Thread 20 Sunak and the Winter of Discontent

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I would like to take issue with something in what you post.

It is not the least a bombshell that Johnson was corrupt and would provide favours to anyone who paid him enough.

Very true jgw1

Maybe it is directed to our lost posters?

According to The Times Zahawi has been sacked.

Just heard that too, Notonthestairs. Only a matter of time that he'd be gone, voluntarily or otherwise.

Well that was inevitable wasn't it? Sunak was incredibly weak letting it go on so long.

It really shouldn't have taken 10 days to reach this point.

Ds1 and I thought he wouldn't last the week.

Just came to say sky news has just informed me of the same!

...down to the wire though.
Sunak seems to want others (in this case Laurie) to tell him what to do.
Worrying.

Call me cynical but I think this has been done on a Sunday in the hope it won't get the traction on the media to damage the party, as much as it would on a week day.
It's barely been mentioned on Kuennsberg show.

Very odd LK this morning.

I agree it's been done today in the hope that something else will hit the front pages tomorrow.

Peter Bone is on my local telly just now. The man is beyond bonkers.

Unfortunately, the interviewer did not have enough info about the teachers' strike to tell him he was incorrect , ill informed or lying and he is now shouting at her about Brexit. I mean really shouting.

It's official

He is blaming the media and no word of apology or his behaviour

I was interested in what the serious breaches of Ministerial Code actually were. And here it is.

Pippa Crerar

Two clear breaches of ministerial code:

1/ Nadhim Zahawi failed to declare HMRC investigation after appointed chancellor by Boris Johnson in July 2022.
2/ He failed to declare penalty for tax avoidance to HMRC which only came to light in report mid-Jan.

How in god's name did he think he could brazen it out? I am glad it is now being called 'tax avoidance', we always knew it was that. Just thank goodness it was a 'serious' breach, because otherwise he would still be in post like Braverman is.

The nature of Sir Laurie Magnus’ findings on Zahawi suggest that without public interest journalism - despite legal interventions that might have suppressed it - some of these details might never have come to light.

Brave sources. Cracking media lawyers. Great editors.

twitter.com/Annaisaac/status/1619636579332689920?t=6xhQTA3mJD6Wxaz5whrU7g&s=19

NEW: Nadhim Zahawi tells Rishi Sunak that he will stay on as an MP "in the coming years" and raises concerns about some media conduct in recent weeks, which he feels went beyond legitimate scrutiny of his tax affairs.

twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1619642736268947456?t=N7tL9Zh8PmuP-eNSI7RoIA&s=19

He will be back, just like Braverman

What he means is he would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids journalists.

I hope Stratford sees sense and gets rid of the awful man. Sadly Stratford is very much a pig with a blue rosette territory, though it’s grown a great deal recently and I can but hope the demographic has changed (used to live in the constituency).

Oh yes. It's the people telling tales at fault - not the people who could be told tales about 🤦‍♀️

There's a huge issue with "snitches get stitches" in teens nowadays and is there any wonder when the government are advocating the same approach.

It annoys me that it's being called tax avoidance. Tax avoidance is legal and if he'd done that he wouldn't have had to pay anything, just weather the political storm. It was tax evasion.

Great point. That is exactly what I meant.

Seven breaches of the Ministerial Code and no apology from Zahawi, just slinging blame around.

Sharp clearly up to his neck in securing Johnson £800,000 loan (from where?) whilst considering a role whose shortlist is compiled by Johnson.

Meanwhile whilst they are busy covering their backsides and filling their bank accounts, public services grind to a halt.

"It annoys me that it's being called tax avoidance. Tax avoidance is legal and if he'd done that he wouldn't have had to pay anything, just weather the political storm. It was tax evasion."

Absolutely.

You can't make it up....

I've archived this as it's behind a paywall
archive.ph/Zp3pP

Hope you can read it.

Boris Johnson was told: stop seeking Richard Sharp’s advice on ‘financial matters’
Leaked Cabinet Office memo warned then prime minister to stop consulting a friend days before he was appointed BBC chairman