Establishment networking, sleaze and corruption. A handy compendium.

[existentialist]

The very definition of "defending the indefensible".

Minister seeks to play down growing accusations of Tory sleaze

Thérèse Coffey says public does not care about makeover of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat

www.theguardian.com

Mind you, it's got to be bad if they're rolling out Therese Coffey.

 

[two sheds]

I think this belongs here because the government's known about it for years and has done fuck all. They actually made it easier with the Limited Liability Partnerships as detailed in many Private Eye issues.

UK to come under scrutiny in Italy’s largest mafia trial in decades

Witnesses will be asked to respond to claims the ’Ndrangheta has laundered billions of euros in City of London

www.theguardian.com

 

[Badgers]

Feathering the Party nest with public money - Good Law Project

This month brought us the alarming sight of Boris Johnson hijacking a taxpayer-funded Downing Street press conference – intended to provide the public with a vital COVID-19 update – to attack one of his political opponents. And over the last few weeks we’ve seen a worrying new trend of...

goodlawproject.org

It is a legal requirement for Government to have a published policy for how it maintains a clear dividing line between informative communications, which can be properly funded by taxpayers, and electoral material, which is governed by strict campaign finance rules. Otherwise, those in power could simply divert the resources of the state to hold onto power.

 

[MrSki]

Well this might make some stop & think.

 

[MrSki]

The Russia report has not been followed up but really is where it all started.

 

[elbows]

Well this might make some stop & think.

Yeah they are probably anxiously signing new contracts for Political Protective Equipment as a result. The Pandemic Profiteering Entrepreneurs are on a come-down after the Party Political Endorphins started to wear off. And all because someone misheard banana republic as big pharma republic.

 

[Dystopiary]

"Is the government about to renew Serco & Sitels Test and Trace contracts, awarded without competition a year ago? They’ve already had up to £3/4bn, but have made no “measurable difference” to infection."

Government faces ‘urgent’ calls to scrap England's Test and Trace scheme

 

[not-bono-ever]

Greensill collapse could cost UK taxpayer up to £5bn, MPs told.

poor Cameron, he looks to have chummed up with shysters. He was out of his depth with Greensil

 

[stdP]

He was out of his depth with Greensil

He was out of his depth in a puddle.

 

[mx wcfc]

Greensill collapse could cost UK taxpayer up to £5bn, MPs told.

poor Cameron, he looks to have chummed up with shysters. He was out of his depth with Greensil

I think that's it - I'm prepared to accept that Cameron didn't have a Scooby what was going on.
He just saw the big bucks from share options and swung into gear.

Greed clearly.
Error of judgement? Let's face it he's got form when it comes to that.

Out of his depth? Absolutely.

 

[elbows]

I suspec that if you are involved with desperately lobbying government for lifelines that you may have some awareness that lifelines were urgently required.

 

[teqniq]

Aaaaand another one:

 

[teqniq]

Another hearing today:

 

[Badgers]

Greensill collapse could cost UK taxpayer up to £5bn, MPs told | Greensill | The Guardian

One expert tells Treasury committee firm’s business model ‘was as close to fraud as you could imagine’

amp.theguardian.com

The failure of Greensill Capital will cost UK taxpayers up to £5bn, a parliamentary inquiry has heard, as one expert said the lender’s business model was “as close to fraud as you could imagine”.

 

[not-bono-ever]

It is likely that cos if the structure of this sham outfit the UKG may be liable for covering some of the Gupta outstandings. Win win if you are on that side

 

[Badgers]

True to form...

 

[teqniq]

 

[Badgers]

The Judgment is in

Link here

 

[Badgers]

More from the courts

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Ignore that shit and look at the wallpaper ffs.

 

[MrSki]

 

[Badgers]

Tory donor 'asked to fund Boris Johnson's nanny' as PM 'needs £300k to get by'

The benefactor is said to have moaned "I resent being asked to pay to literally wipe the Prime Minister's baby's bottom" amid claims the PM needs double his £157,000 salary just to survive

www.mirror.co.uk

A Tory donor was asked to fund a nanny for Boris Johnson's baby because the Prime Minister can't survive on his £157,372-a-year salary, bombshell reports say today.

The 'cash for curtains' saga has deepened after the claims in the Sunday Times - which reported the twice-divorced PM needs £300,000 a year to pay his astronomical living costs.

 

[Badgers]

Bailout too late for Rishi Sunak's wife

David Cameron's mates at Greensill Capital may not have been eligible for any of Rishi Sunak’s emergency Covid bailouts, but it turns...

www.theneweuropean.co.uk

Rishi Sunak’s wife invested in a publishing firm. In 2020, Rishi Sunak launched the Future Fund Covid-19 loan scheme. 4 months later the firm received a £1.3 million cash investment from the scheme; up to £50,000 a month. Last month it went into administration owing £16 million.

 

[Badgers]

Johnson aide 'advised on planning law shake-up' while employed by property firms

EXCLUSIVE: Industry insiders claim that Boris Johnson's former top aide Eddie Lister advised on radical planning reforms and 'it was a wholly untenable position in light of the conflicts of interest' - he denies he was a key architect of the plans

www.mirror.co.uk

Industry insiders claim that Boris Johnson's former top aide Eddie Lister advised on radical planning reforms and 'it was a wholly untenable position in light of the conflicts of interest'

 

[Saul Goodman]

Bailout too late for Rishi Sunak's wife

David Cameron's mates at Greensill Capital may not have been eligible for any of Rishi Sunak’s emergency Covid bailouts, but it turns...

www.theneweuropean.co.uk

There's no end to it, is there. And fuck all will be done about it. They're pissing their sides laughing at everybody who isn't them.

 

[Badgers]

There's no end to it, is there. And fuck all will be done about it. They're pissing their sides laughing at everybody who isn't them.

A handful of lawyers and doctors trying to at least hold them to account but they are stealing with impunity.

This thread has been good for exposing what is known but I fear there is much more already done and on the way.

The US NHS takeover is gathering pace.

 

[Saul Goodman]

they are stealing with impunity.

This is exactly it. They're acting like a bunch of asset-stripping cunts, treating the country like it's one of their failing businesses, that's there to be a exploited for every penny they can pillage from it. It's fucking sickening.

 

[two sheds]

And they'll get the funding for the next election from their mates who've had all the billions of handouts.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Yeh but Corbyn

 

[Badgers]

Yeh but Corbyn

It would have been worse under that monster.