Thread 22. Sunak: Taxes, Truth and Tories

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The previous thread filled up fast, so here's another one with a reasonably topical title!

And of course Matthew Eliot's Vote Leave broke electoral law and sold voters lies.

Well he made the Kwasi's friends millions, so he deserves it.

They don't give a shot and we are paying the price

give a shit

Completely agree. It’s a completely fuck witted decision. Even Johnson wouldn’t have been so stupid.

Ooh, a new thread. Thank you.

The whole honours system has been dragged into the gutter. Pure nepotism. Stanley Johnson? Oh do fuck off

Dirty business- worth watching the video in this tweet. Tangled web these right wing think tanks weave.

"Must watch:

Minister Steve Baker hid meetings with Legatum’s Shanker Singham by using IEA’s Mark Littlewood as “shill”.

Singham also wrote Gove’s Customs Union policy.

This is how the opaque rightwing thinktanks interweave with Govt."

twitter.com/mikegalsworthy/status/1024202972685914112?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

Context of Singham/Legatum

The rightwing thinktank, which operates from a townhouse in Mayfair, was set up by the Legatum Group, whose founders include the New Zealand-born billionaire Christopher Chandler.

After the referendum, the Legatum Institute’s former economics directorShanker Singham held several meetings with the pro-Brexit cabinet ministers Michael Gove and Boris Johnson. The reported goal of these meetings was to increase pressure on Theresa May to leave the single market and customs union.

Legatum also had links with Matthew Eliot (Vote Leave & up for honours under Truss)

amp.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jun/01/pro-brexit-thinktank-legatum-institute-broke-charity-rules-politics-watchdog

That's all fine.

But a civil servant working for the Labour party. That is an outrage.

Anything is an outrage if it doesn't benefit hedge funds and their pet think tanks.

Top Tories including Rishi Sunak used misleading immigration figures, watchdog finds

The UK Statistics Authority has written to the government after 3 ministers including Mr Sunak claimed in December that the current backlog is half what it was when Labour was in office - whereas official figures show it is 150,000 higher

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/top-tories-including-rishi-sunak-29541384

Oh so true, this.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/24/boris-johnson-populist-enablers-trump-netanyahu?CMP=share_btn_tw

The Conservatives holding the spring conference behind closed doors doesn't give me the impression that they are feeling very confident. Also suggests shady stuff might be happening.

Nah, the Tories don't do shady business.

One of those behind closed doors (can't be arsed to look who) tweeted that there was a lot of love in the room for Sunak.

As it's behind closed doors they can pretend anything they like can't they?
You gotta laugh....

That piece is brilliant. The QT non show of hands just blew me away.

Cant have been Nads, she only has eyes for one man.

It is, isn't it? It's often the supporters who turn on someone to save their political skin. BJ ain't special.

God alive... disgusting but predictable. Stick with it and watch it

https://twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1639689865238306816

That doesn't look good. Sadly I'm neither shocked or surprised.

I'm thinking of watching it again to count the amount of alcohol in the background, they really do seem incapable of operating without it.

How they didn't spot it was fake is crazy, how were they involved in running the country, and who the fuck thought they were intelligent enough to be there?

They look scruffy as fuck and seem incapable of thinking on their feet. It's becoming clearer why the country is in a state.

Even if you put the issue of MPs having consultancies to one side, where is the oversight into whether that company is genuine? Shocking.

The only reasonable conclusion is that some Tory MPs - ex Ministers are not very bright.
I'm sure someone will be along soon to explain that it was But Jeremy Corbyn's fault and at least they know what a woman is.

I suspect people applying for minimum wage jobs do more research on a potential employer. Because it's clear they did absolutely none

But what did we expect after some of the covid contract fiascos.

And Brexit shipping.