Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick unlawfully approved a £1bn east London housing development so Tory Party donor could avoid £40m bill
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planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Good. More ammo for the opposition, official and otherwise.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
He stole the 40 million from the public so as far as the tories are concerned it's just 12 grand in the bank from nothing.
The tories did not threaten the BBC with legal action if they used some photos of Boris Johnson with Richard Desmond.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
You'd think he would give them a bigger payoff though, even Blackbeard shared out his loot in a more equitable manner.
I actually doubt Jenrick was even expecting that donation though, he was doing a favour for a mate, it's just out and out nepotism as far as I can see.
I also doubt there will be much if any comeback either, this (not for the first time) reveals one of BoZo's ugliest personality traits, the overwhelming belief he seems to have in that he and people like him are 'special' and are allowed to do things that the lower classes aren't
ska invita
back on the other side
the matter is closed, marxists
not-bono-ever
meh
He might step down until this has died down and emerge Phoenix like to take some other cabinet role before the year is out. It’s as if we accept that politicians are corrupt and we cannot be arsed any more. They know it. We know it.meh
ska invita
back on the other side
my bet: he won't have to step down, there isnt the pressure
teqniq
DisMembered
What happened then? Did the BBC just choose not to publish them?
Well, yeah. Why would they want to publish them in the first place? What news value do these photos have? That Desmond is a prominent tory donor is already part of the story - what do some old pictures of him with Boris Johnson add? And what legal mechanism would the Tory Party use to prevent them from being published, should they want to?
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
That's the thing that amazes me the most about this story. If you're going to betray your principles, at least do it for a massive payoff. Even I could afford a 12 grand bung ... does anyone need a housing application approved?
Raheem
Well-Known Member
They probably threatened a strike of BBC journalists.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Yeah, when Ecclestone bribed Tony Blair he slapped down a cool million to get his exemption from the cancer stick advertising ban.
That he got it all back when Blair got rumbled is another matter...
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Nobody honestly believes 12 grand was the only bribe here?
No. But I do believe that twat Jenrick probably isn't getting anything personally from it, well not at the moment. I reckon its such shit level of corruption that he did it for the party coffers alone plus probably some future favours.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick mired in new planning row
The housing secretary is facing fresh scrutiny over his use of planning powers after he intervened in a development project backed by prominent Conservatives and party donors.Robert Jenrick has used his ministerial planning powers to recover an appeal by Britain’s largest horse-racing organisati
www.thetimes.co.uk
The cunt seems to have form for this kind of thing, the above link is for a development at Sandown
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
My jaw did progressively drop at the different first three paragraphs of this:
www.theguardian.com
“There is no smoking gun here. The intention was to get more money into tory coffers, quickly, for us who really need it,” more like.
Minister suggests voters could raise planning issues at Tory fundraisers
Nadhim Zahawi defends Robert Jenrick’s overruling of planning decision after lobbying at event
“There is no smoking gun here. The intention was to get more money into tory coffers, quickly, for us who really need it,” more like.
Of course not. Even if he does resign he'll replaced by someone equally corrupt and he'll just be back into the cabinet at the next reshuffle. It doesn't mean to say that out and out corruption should just be ignored.
not-bono-ever
meh
Risking your reputation and career for no personal benefit seems awfully wank to me. If yer gonna be corrupt, then make a fist of it and make it worthwhile. This is why pornographer oligarchs have no respect for the administration
Little Piranha
Small or far away?
Don't forget it was also had the benefit of stopping £45million going to a Labour run council in order to help the most disadvantaged and target inequality. That's worth a fair bit to those Tory twats.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Simply an expression of what his soul is longing for.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
He thinks he's got away with it every time. But it's a gradual chipping away at what tory voters and MPs think of him. This won't have appalled them in the way the Cummings affair did, but it adds to the feeling that he's out of his depth
It's not; he's donated the requisite £50k to grant him an audience with ministers, including the PM. I'm sure they talk about the weather and if they're going anywhere nice on holiday.
I think it was Zahawi on Today this morning who procrastinated long enough to avoid answering Justin Webb's question about why rich people can do this, but not converts from the Red Wall. By no means unique to the Tories, this tactic seems to be heavily ingrained in their 21st century media mannerisms, particularly if it's a broadcaster who has the gall to try and be politically balanced.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
There will be a handsomely paid sinecure waiting for him when he leaves office, that seems to be the main motivation for these kinds of actions.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
he could become steward of the grytviken hundreds.
pay's two cans of vintage spam a month. paid in arrears. but the position is heavily sought after.
Why use the singular? See George Osborne.
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