Chumocracy

[JohnD]

March

It is revealed that dozens of Covid contracts had not been published when Boris Johnson assured MPs they were "on the record for everyone to see".

A BBC investigation reveals a former investment banker, who now owns a dog food firm, brokered PPE deals worth £258m between the government and a Hong Kong firm. The work was likely to have earned her more than £1m.

 

[JohnD]

April

Documents uncovered after an apparent admin error reveal the role of a former Tory parliamentary candidate and party donor in a £100m government deal to buy PPE.

 

[JohnD]

Who's going to be the first to say "but all Tories are crooks, they all do it?"

 

[JP_]

but all Tories are crooks, they all do it

 

[JohnD]

That’s all old news, isn’t it?

Can you see the pattern yet?

 

[JP_]

Said before, will probably say it again, the Tory party was set up specifically to ensure that the aristocracy remain in charge of the country - it ensure wealth is contained within the old elite. The a majority of the voting public realise this, the better the country will become.

 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

I’d call May and June 2020 old news though, wouldn’t you?

Although the deal, for protective masks for hospital workers, was signed last year, the details only came to light in March after a court rebuked the government for failing to publish contracts within the legal time frame. Health Secretary Matt Hancock was found to have acted unlawfully for this failure.
https://www.bbc.com/news
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For someone who keeps harassing another member for something he might have said many, many months ago, you conveniently describe news that recently emerged, as old news.
You do yourself no favours with your prejudicial opinions.

 

[JohnD]

but all Tories are crooks, they all do it

well done, you got in before Mottie this time.

 

[just pumps]

Cor, wish I had as much spare time on my hands as you!
How about looking past the headlines and looking at clauses in the contracts re Fit for purpose!

 

[SirGalahad]

well done, you got in before Mottie this time.

I think he was being sarcastic.

Mottie et al are just waiting for the next faux outrage issue to distract them from the real issues. Oh look Meghan eating apples has caused global warming..

 

[SirGalahad]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56667960

Covid contracts: PPE fixer who was Tory donor named in admin error

The role of a former Tory parliamentary candidate and party donor in a £100m government deal to buy PPE has been revealed after an apparent admin error.

The deal for face masks was signed in July, but the names of those involved were blacked out when the contract was finally published seven months later.

A second document listed Samir Jassal, an ex-councillor who has campaigned with the PM, as the supplier's contact.

However, in what appears to have been a clerical error, a separate document published with the contract gives Mr Jassal's name. He is listed as the "supplier's contact" to Pharmaceuticals Direct Limited, the company paid to supply the masks.

Pharmaceuticals Direct Limited have two listed directors - Hital and Bemal Patel.

https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5b444c8c2c94e050012d8eee

So a Tax dodger gets a Covid contract.

 

[SirGalahad]

Just in case they say it wasn't me.

 

[Mottie]

Said before, will probably say it again, the Tory party was set up specifically to ensure that the aristocracy remain in charge of the country - it ensure wealth is contained within the old elite.

Correct. That’s how I understand it. What were the Labour Party set up for?

 

[JP_]

Correct. That’s how I understand it. What were the Labour Party set up for?

The opposite, to help the little guy!

 

[ellal]

Can you see the pattern yet?

You can't point out the bleeding obvious to those who are also 'on the take'!