More Tory Sleaze.

[Canary42]

https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-recalls-50-million-face-masks-ayanda-capital-andrew-mills-2020-8?r=US&IR=T

Utterly obscene corruption from the Tories.

Cynically using a massive public health crisis to siphon a quarter of a billion pounds to one of their grubby little chums (with absolutely no experience in procuring PPE).

People should end up in jail for this kind of brazen disaster-capitalist profiteering, but as it's the Tories and their chums, they'll obviously get away with it.

[youngmafbog]

Cant read that link. It wants the ad blocker removed.

[teacake44]

I've being saying it for months, they ignored all the specialist companies in the uk who offered to make PPE, but all you got back from government was that they couldn't make such up to UK spec, so they sent to Turkey for the one load of crap that cost them two million, plus this.

[Jackdaw33]

You can remove the ad blocker for any specific site temporarily.

[ToraToraTora]

not sure what the problem is canary, faulty face masks are being returned.

[sevenOP]

" a £252 million ($331 million) deal, ... The masks alone are worth between £156 million and £177 million"

leaves £75 million to cover transport and administration ? and insider profit of course

https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1291244082145177600

[fiction-factory]

The story is here also
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53672841

Andrew Mills is not part of the government, Canary

[fiction-factory]

...and can you clarify what you mean by "siphon a quarter of a billion pounds to one of their grubby little chums". Did the money go to him?

[david small]

Accountability for the many extremely questionable decisions by discredited government mandarins is sorely needed. Don’t hold your breath.

[sevenOP]

"Corruption and dark money now the life blood of the Tory party"

Possibly always was.

https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/corruption-and-dark-money-now-the-life-blood-of-the-tory-party/

[Togo]

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Right click the link and choose open in private window.

[Jackdaw33]

Talking of Tory sleaze, I am surprised that there have been no threads about the un-named Tory MP who was arrested at the weekend on four counts of rape then released on bail. Speculation must be running rife.

[Mamyalynne]

There was a thread.

[Jackdaw33]

Must have missed it then.

[fiction-factory]

I'm not sure this is an example of sleaze- more hurried decision making and lack of proper checks under pressure . The desperate lack of PPE meant the government was making decisions on limited info, knowing that any delay could have meant some other country getting in first and more shortages and public criticism. Mills's interests should have been fully declared though.

[gulliver1]

13.28," Andrew Mills is not part of the Government Canary ".
Neither is Dominic Cummings , or so they say,

[sevenOP]

" On 27 March Government opened its portal inviting tenders for PPE on the gov.uk website and received 24,000 offers from 16,000 suppliers. It has spent – and this is the Treasury’s own figure – a staggering £15 billion​. And, surprisingly, three of the biggest beneficiaries were companies specialising in pest control, a confectionery wholesaler and an opaque private fund owned through a tax haven."

https://goodlawproject.org/news/ppe-masks-not-fit-for-purpose/

https://mobile.twitter.com/GoodLawProject/status/1291290125998186500

[gulliver1]

14.31, There was a thread about a Tory MP arrested for rape,but it was very quickly closed . If it had been a labour MP it would have been active from now until Xmas, but you know what A/B is. Almost 100% Tory Radicals.

[sevenOP]

"In a BBC interview defending Jenrick earlier this week [ of blatant sleaze with Richard Desmond], business minister Nadhim Zahawi said that voters who wanted to raise planning issues with their MPs could likewise go to a Conservative fundraiser."

Said Zahawi, the man who as MP claimed £5,822 expenses for heating his horses stable.

"Property tycoons gave Tories more than £11m in less than a year"

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/exclusive-property-tycoons-gave-tories-more-than-11m-in-less-than-a-year/

[THECORBYLOON]

GULLIVER, there is a thread asking about the MP's ID and that's open still.

[gulliver1]

It's taken just under 12 months, for Boris Johnson to create a Govenment of Sleaze, where it took the last Tory governments best part of 18 years.
Doling out Lucrative contracts , helping Billionaire Property developers cut costs . Handing out lifetime seats in the H.O.L. Protecting Cummings, Jenrick ,and also a un- named MP , who has been accused of a serious offence. Spent 156 million on unusable face masks , via Andrew mills, and Liz truss. Revised Planning Laws for building after Developer had Contributed over £11 m, to the Con Party since Boris gained power.