https://www.scotsman.com/news/politi...rnment-3989137
Busy day for Alistair Jack. Looks like his company trousered £2m from the govt.
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https://www.scotsman.com/news/politi...rnment-3989137
Busy day for Alistair Jack. Looks like his company trousered £2m from the govt.
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I'm not getting the controversy over this, tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Think the company hasn’t filed their accounts in a timely manner and is under investigation.Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
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The accounts are less than 3 weeks overdue. Companies House don't mount "investigations" into companies whose accounts are that overdue. They fine them and, ultimately, strike them off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Jack and his family, according to the last Confirmation Statement, have less than 1% of the shares. He isn't on the Board.
It was a loan. There has been no suggestion that the loan hasn't been, or won't be, repaid.
There are many things to decry the Tories about. IMO I can't see this as being one of them.
Does this fall into the 'desperate' category when trying to score political points?Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Possibly, but yours definitely does! :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by James310
https://thecritic.co.uk/clear-them-all-out/Quote:
Now we learn from the Sunday Times about an arrangement where a distant cousin of Johnson’s, a rich Canadian named Sam Blyth, guaranteed the cash-strapped prime minister an £800,000 line of credit to help fund his wallpaper habit.
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Should a prime minister be allowed to accept a very large gift from a rich foreign person and keep it a secret? This does not feel like one of the trickier propriety and ethics questions. And yet, somehow, it turns out that it was.
In what way? It's publicly available information.Quote:
Originally Posted by James310
Because it's a non story.Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
My post?Quote:
Originally Posted by James310
No, the story about Alistair Jack.Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Ah ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by James310
In that case, I agree with Radge :greengrin
:smug:Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
I've bookmarked that!
Is it because so many arguments (Scottish Independence, Brexit, Westminster Politics in general) are now blighted by straw man arguments, irrelevance, triviality, mudslinging and utter bollocks that the Tories are more than ever able to hide in plain sight for the genuinely deplorable things that they do?
Subjects I once found engaging and interesting I'm finding more and more to be a chore to follow.
DesperateQuote:
Originally Posted by Hibbyradge
I'll take anything I can get!Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
:hilarious
Not far off Johnsons strategy of making so many gaffs people don't know which one to concentrate on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smartie
There is so much noise and so many in public office acting in bad faith that switching off for some is guaranteed.
https://twitter.com/Deadferrets/stat...9FUI1Ll_g&s=09
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****ing Tories.
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...droidApp_Other
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Under a further change to the bill, video footage that shows people crossing the Channel in small boats in a “positive light” will be added to a list of illegal content that all tech platforms must proactively prevent from reaching users.
Donelan said posting positive videos of crossings could be aiding and abetting immigration offences. Natalie Elphicke, the Conservative MP for Dover, had originally tabled an amendment proposing the change.
****ing Tories #2
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/12/...ing-verdict-ukQuote:
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(London) – The United Kingdom government repeatedly sought to damage and undermine human rights protections in 2022, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2023.
“In 2022, we saw the most significant assault on human rights protections in the UK in decades,” said Yasmine Ahmed, UK director at Human Rights Watch. “From your right to protest to your ability to hold institutions to account, fundamental and hard-won rights are being systematically dismantled.”
https://twitter.com/marinapurkiss/st...WVYUBCBE0kVFog
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This is just levelling up by building back better, or one of those, no? Seems like intelligent business people running rings around the Anti-Growth Coalition. Stuff like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
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Fraser Nelson is a tory prat but he exposes Hunt here for trying to claim its his doing that inflation is about to fall
https://mobile.twitter.com/FraserNel...21982250221569
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...box=1674050765
Strikes have now cost more than it would have cost to settle the dispute.
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I'm sure the tories were more than aware that this would ultimately be the case and will use it to double down on anti-union coverage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
https://twitter.com/pippacrerar/stat...HaIclWcdysCc2g
Levelling up funds all going to already wealthy areas.
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Is Granton a wealthy area?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
The Richmond one is outrageous hardly the poorest part of the country, wonder who the MP is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
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https://bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...nce-in-brexit/
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Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit
You never miss an opportunity to defend the Tories.[emoji122][emoji122][emoji122]Quote:
Originally Posted by James310
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You said all the money was going to wealthy areas, just pointing out that's wrong. Facts matter don't they? You don't want to be spreading misinformation? You were simply just wrong, that's all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ozyhibby
Elsewhere in Scotland:
A multi-storey car park in Dundee has been granted £14m for its redevelopment into a sustainable transport hub.
Nearly £20m will be spent to help demolish and reroute the A78 dual carriageway to reconnect and transform Greenock town centre.
The regeneration of Riverside Park in Fife and improved access to the River Leven will be accelerated with the award of more than £19.4m
In Cumbernauld, more than £9m will support the demolition and regeneration of two shopping centres and a vacant office block
Nearly £11.3m of funding will help free up land at a former coal-fired power station in East Lothian
Almost £18m will help Dumfries and Galloway turn redundant spaces and buildings into new cultural and leisure opportunities