Stop voting for fucking Tories

[Insane_Homer]

No no no! You've got it all wrong.

It was for ***OUR*** benefit.

[sturginho]

Poor Dave, he died for our sins!

[SaintK]

No no no! You've got it all wrong.

It was for ***OUR*** benefit.

Yes of course.it was and for the benefit of other businesses
Absolutely nothing to do with the 7 figure salary and1% shareholding of a company he thought was worth at least £5 billion!!!
I think it is safe to say that it was not the puce faced, chinless wonder's finest 4 hours yesterday

[Insane_Homer]

https://news.sky.com/story/sfo-investig ... s-12306103

The Serious Fraud Office has said it is investigating steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta's business empire - including links with Greensill Capital.

The SFO said in a statement said it was looking into "suspected fraud, fraudulent trading and money laundering in relation to the financing and conduct of the business of companies within the Gupta Family Group Alliance (GFG)".

It said the investigation included GFG's financing arrangements with Greensill Capital, the lender which collapsed earlier this year.

The announcement comes a day after former prime minister David Cameron faced intense scrutiny by MPs over his lobbying on behalf of Greensill over access to a Bank of England emergency business support scheme set up at the onset of the coronavirus crisis.

Mr Gupta's GFG Alliance controls Liberty Steel, whose 3,000 workers have been facing uncertainty since Greensill's demise.

[fishfoodie]

https://news.sky.com/story/sfo-investig ... s-12306103

The Serious Fraud Office has said it is investigating steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta's business empire - including links with Greensill Capital.

The SFO said in a statement said it was looking into "suspected fraud, fraudulent trading and money laundering in relation to the financing and conduct of the business of companies within the Gupta Family Group Alliance (GFG)".

It said the investigation included GFG's financing arrangements with Greensill Capital, the lender which collapsed earlier this year.

The announcement comes a day after former prime minister David Cameron faced intense scrutiny by MPs over his lobbying on behalf of Greensill over access to a Bank of England emergency business support scheme set up at the onset of the coronavirus crisis.

Mr Gupta's GFG Alliance controls Liberty Steel, whose 3,000 workers have been facing uncertainty since Greensill's demise.

Ooooooh, the SFO .... pardon me if I don't hold my breath, waiting for a charge; let alone a conviction.

How does that quote go; "Like being savaged by a death sheep"

[JM2K6]

A death sheep sounds pretty scary tbh

[Sandstorm]

A death sheep sounds pretty scary tbh

[SaintK]

A death sheep sounds pretty scary tbh

Unfortunately it's more commonly known as the Serious Farce Office!
Though if they do find anything fraudulent you can understand why Cameron was keen to repeat regularly in yesterdays questioning that he was not a main board director!!!

[Biffer]

A death sheep sounds pretty scary tbh

Unfortunately it's more commonly known as the Serious Farce Office!
Though if they do find anything fraudulent you can understand why Cameron was keen to repeat regularly in yesterdays questioning that he was not a main board director!!!

Yeah, sounds like he's willing to throw them under the bus if necessary.

[Hal Jordan]

A death sheep sounds pretty scary tbh

Unfortunately it's more commonly known as the Serious Farce Office!
Though if they do find anything fraudulent you can understand why Cameron was keen to repeat regularly in yesterdays questioning that he was not a main board director!!!

Yeah, sounds like he's willing to throw them under the bus if necessary.

He threw his party and the country under the bus, why should he not repeat the trick?

[Insane_Homer]

Looks like Priti took some time off from top level bullying to do some dodgy PPE lobbying herself.

[tabascoboy]

Looks like Priti took some time off from top level bullying to do some dodgy PPE lobbying herself.

But, but, but exigent circumstances yo, so nothing to see - just move along y'all plebs...

[Hal Jordan]

The contract was only worth eleventy five pounds anyway.

[Insane_Homer]

[Insane_Homer]

[Hal Jordan]

The elections have happened, back to knifing Johnson to get Gove installed.

And Matthew Paris is a disgrace "It's time we stopped pandering to Travellers".

[SaintK]

Hancock was very tetchy and defensive about the timings of the India travel ban and the government slow reactions on his interview round this morning. Unfortunately no one assked him about this piece of naked cronyism

[SaintK]

Eddie baby was also a paid adviser to a second property developer (also a major Tory Party donor) whilst working in government. He also advised the Chinese investment fund when they purchased the Royal Mint building.
Nothing to see here, absolutely no conflicts of interest

[I like neeps]

Rather than fluff about a red wall or woke social justice warriors turning the good working class folk off labour a journalist has actually done some evidence based reporting. The people doing well under this Tory government own houses as the Tories have consciously been blowing up a bubble. Those people then vote Tory as the the Tories have really increased their wealth. Good reporting on real tangible things eh... It'll never catch on!

[Lobby]

Rather than fluff about a red wall or woke social justice warriors turning the good working class folk off labour a journalist has actually done some evidence based reporting. The people doing well under this Tory government own houses as the Tories have consciously been blowing up a bubble. Those people then vote Tory as the the Tories have really increased their wealth. Good reporting on real tangible things eh... It'll never catch on!

On that basis there are lots of Labour seats in the 60+ bracket that could turn blue, but only 3 Tory seats that should be red.

[I like neeps]

Rather than fluff about a red wall or woke social justice warriors turning the good working class folk off labour a journalist has actually done some evidence based reporting. The people doing well under this Tory government own houses as the Tories have consciously been blowing up a bubble. Those people then vote Tory as the the Tories have really increased their wealth. Good reporting on real tangible things eh... It'll never catch on!

On that basis there are lots of Labour seats in the 60+ bracket that could turn blue, but only 3 Tory seats that should be red.

Indeed, it's a good strategy until the bubble bursts or you've priced out young people from houses and kids and society really struggles in the longer term. Just depends which happens first.

[Tichtheid]

The elections have happened, back to knifing Johnson to get Gove installed.

And Matthew Paris is a disgrace "It's time we stopped pandering to Travellers".

There is an article here about the situation facing Travellers in Scotland, I'm sure it's no different to elsewhere in the UK, with particular reference to Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross and his statement about enforcement against Travellers being his "number 1 priority" if he were PM for a day,

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opende ... ravellers/


The travelling community goes back a thousand years in Scotland

[SaintK]

So the poisonous dwarf can be added to the growing list of MP's and Ministers lobbying for PPE contracts on behalf their friends and cronies

Priti Patel has been accused of a “flagrant breach” of the ministerial code by lobbying a fellow minister in an attempt to secure a healthcare firm access to a personal protective equipment (PPE) deal said to be worth £20 million.
Labour has urged cabinet secretary Simon Case to investigate the home secretary over efforts to sway the award of a contract after being approached by a Tory activist.
Patel attempted to apply pressure to Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove in May last year during efforts to secure the contract for Pharmaceuticals Direct Limited (PDL).
Her efforts failed after Matt Hancock said the masks were “not suitable for the NHS”, according to disclosure in a legal case.
But PDL was awarded a £102.7 million contract weeks later in July to provide a different type of mask, during which Samir Jassal was also the contact.
Jassal has stood as a Conservative candidate at two general elections and has met Boris Johnson and David Cameron.

https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexi ... -7976410

[Hal Jordan]

Like the man in Middlesbrough that Matt Hancock doorstepped during the elections said, who cares, Boris has delivered vaccines, pubs and Portugal.

[tabascoboy]

Like the man in Middlesbrough that Matt Hancock doorstepped during the elections said, who cares, Boris has delivered vaccines, pubs and Portugal.

And he "saved" Christmas

[SaintK]

The blonde slug doeas like a "photo op"

A nurse who cared for Boris Johnson when he was gravely ill with Covid-19 says she has handed in her resignation, such is her disillusionment with the “lack of respect” shown by the government for the NHS and healthcare workers.

Jenny McGee, who kept vigil by the prime minister’s bedside for two days when he was in intensive care, also revealed that his staff had later attempted to co-opt her into a “clap for the NHS” photo opportunity with him during what she thought would be a discreet thank you visit to Downing Street.

“We’re not getting the respect and now pay that we deserve. I’m just sick of it. So I’ve handed in my resignation,” said McGee, referring to the government’s proposed 1% pay rise for NHS staff, which unions have described as a “kick in the teeth”.

[Insane_Homer]

[Lobby]

Rather than fluff about a red wall or woke social justice warriors turning the good working class folk off labour a journalist has actually done some evidence based reporting. The people doing well under this Tory government own houses as the Tories have consciously been blowing up a bubble. Those people then vote Tory as the the Tories have really increased their wealth. Good reporting on real tangible things eh... It'll never catch on!

On that basis there are lots of Labour seats in the 60+ bracket that could turn blue, but only 3 Tory seats that should be red.

Indeed, it's a good strategy until the bubble bursts or you've priced out young people from houses and kids and society really struggles in the longer term. Just depends which happens first.

[SaintK]

All that money the blonde slug blagged to decorate the flat for her upstairs and the fucking wallpaper keeps falling off

The spokesman refused to comment on a Daily Mail story saying that the £840 per roll wallpaper in the PM’s Downing Street flat (which partly explained the hefty refurbishment bill) keeps falling down.

[Insane_Homer]

[inactionman]

Assume the mis-spelling of Nostradamus is intentional - "sounds a bit like someone who knows what they're talking about, but actually isn't."

[Insane_Homer]

We heard in particular about one company that had been added to the VIP fast lane because it’s ex-director was an old school friend of a senior official’s father-in-law

[Insane_Homer]

£252 Million to a small “family office", owned through a tax haven in Mauritius

For PPE that was 3x the market rate, that turned out to be faulty

because they were pally with Liz Truss

[dpedin]

£252 Million to a small “family office", owned through a tax haven in Mauritius

For PPE that was 3x the market rate, that turned out to be faulty

because they were pally with Liz Truss

Bunch of feckin crooks! Hopefully Good Law Project will win their case ... its going to be interesting.

[fishfoodie]

£252 Million to a small “family office", owned through a tax haven in Mauritius

For PPE that was 3x the market rate, that turned out to be faulty

because they were pally with Liz Truss

Bunch of feckin crooks! Hopefully Good Law Project will win their case ... its going to be interesting.

None of this is important.

What is apparently ultra important, is that a BBC Journo, lied to a coke head toff, to get an interview with his Sloane ranger sister.

26 fucking years ago !

[I like neeps]

The panel was expecting to publish this coming Monday. However, on Tuesday members were told they could not do so until their report had been passed to the home secretary, Priti Patel, so she could review it and make changes if she thought necessary.

One of the main areas of inquiry for the panel was the conduct of Rupert Murdoch’s business empire, with two of those arrested after the murder having ties to the News of the World, the Sunday tabloid closed after the phone-hacking scandal.

Patel was a guest at Murdoch’s 2016 wedding in London to Jerry Hall. On Friday the Home Office said the home secretary would not discuss her relationship with Murdoch, or her attendance at his wedding, because it was a private matter.

I'd accuse Priti Patel for selling her soul to suckle at Murdoch's teet. But she never had one to sell in the first place.

[tabascoboy]

£252 Million to a small “family office", owned through a tax haven in Mauritius

For PPE that was 3x the market rate, that turned out to be faulty

because they were pally with Liz Truss

Bunch of feckin crooks! Hopefully Good Law Project will win their case ... its going to be interesting.

None of this is important.

What is apparently ultra important, is that a BBC Journo, lied to a coke head toff, to get an interview with his Sloane ranger sister.

26 fucking years ago !

Issues relating to the Royal Family as ever a very good distraction tactic

[SaintK]

The panel was expecting to publish this coming Monday. However, on Tuesday members were told they could not do so until their report had been passed to the home secretary, Priti Patel, so she could review it and make changes if she thought necessary.

One of the main areas of inquiry for the panel was the conduct of Rupert Murdoch’s business empire, with two of those arrested after the murder having ties to the News of the World, the Sunday tabloid closed after the phone-hacking scandal.

Patel was a guest at Murdoch’s 2016 wedding in London to Jerry Hall. On Friday the Home Office said the home secretary would not discuss her relationship with Murdoch, or her attendance at his wedding, because it was a private matter.

I'd accuse Priti Patel for selling her soul to suckle at Murdoch's teet. But she never had one to sell in the first place.

She is an absolute fucking disgrace. This has been going on for over 30 ,years and as well as murder involves corruption in the Met and the News of the World and possibly other Murdoch titles.
Paul Foot and Private Eye were all over this for a long time and Foot has been dead for 14 years!!

[shereblue]

The panel was expecting to publish this coming Monday. However, on Tuesday members were told they could not do so until their report had been passed to the home secretary, Priti Patel, so she could review it and make changes if she thought necessary.

One of the main areas of inquiry for the panel was the conduct of Rupert Murdoch’s business empire, with two of those arrested after the murder having ties to the News of the World, the Sunday tabloid closed after the phone-hacking scandal.

Patel was a guest at Murdoch’s 2016 wedding in London to Jerry Hall. On Friday the Home Office said the home secretary would not discuss her relationship with Murdoch, or her attendance at his wedding, because it was a private matter.

I'd accuse Priti Patel for selling her soul to suckle at Murdoch's teet. But she never had one to sell in the first place.

She is an absolute fucking disgrace. This has been going on for over 30 ,years and as well as murder involves corruption in the Met and the News of the World and possibly other Murdoch titles.
Paul Foot and Private Eye were all over this for a long time and Foot has been dead for 14 years!!

Dare I mention the NOW's phone hacking that added to Millie Dowler's parents' acute distress and sidetracked a murder Investigation - and the complicit lack of outrage from those who are now so steamed up about the BBC?

[fishfoodie]

I'd accuse Priti Patel for selling her soul to suckle at Murdoch's teet. But she never had one to sell in the first place.

She is an absolute fucking disgrace. This has been going on for over 30 ,years and as well as murder involves corruption in the Met and the News of the World and possibly other Murdoch titles.
Paul Foot and Private Eye were all over this for a long time and Foot has been dead for 14 years!!

Dare I mention the NOW's phone hacking that added to Millie Dowler's parents' acute distress and sidetracked a murder Investigation - and the complicit lack of outrage from those who are now so steamed up about the BBC?

The only one charged was the PI; wasn't it ?

It was like throwing the hitman in prison; & letting the people who paid him the money go scot free