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Why is Cummings not on the verge of being put away?

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user1471565182 · 10/11/2020 14:40

Again more naked corruption and blatant pisstaking of the public and their tax money. I am so fed up of these spoilt bastards and their constant rewarding of failure with money that they have no right to touch.

''A boss at the PR firm handed £670,000 of taxpayers’ cash by the government’s vaccine tsar works with Dominic Cummings’ father-in-law and runs a caviar company, where he touts himself as an expert on “indulgence”.

Angus Collingwood-Cameron is the company secretary of Admiral Associates, which has reportedly been hired by the under-fire head of the government’s vaccine taskforce, Kate Bingham, to oversee her media strategy.

Company filings reveal that Collingwood-Cameron is also a director at the Chillingham Wild Cattle Association, which is run by Sir Humphry Wakefield, the father-in-law of Boris Johnson’s top aide.

Collingwood-Cameron further runs Caspian Caviar, where he became involved “due to his love of the good things in life”, and is “happy to advise on indulgence”, according to the firm’s website.

The Liberal Democrats said the revelations “beggar belief” and called for Bingham to quit, while Labour said the public deserve “urgent answers” on the contract.

It came after the Sunday Times reported that Bingham, who is married to Tory minister Jesse Norman, had already spent £500,000 on a team of eight full-time consultants from London PR agency Admiral Associates.

They are contracted to the end of the year, which means each consultant is being paid more than £83,000 for about half a year’s work – more than the prime minister’s average salary, the report said.

Whitehall insiders have indicated that Bingham is expected to leave her role when her contract expires at the end of the year.

Liberal Democrat peer Lord Scriven said the contract for Admiral Associates was a “colossal waste” of taxpayers’ money.''

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/cummings-caviar-vaccine-kate-bingham_uk_5faa7573c5b66009569e3b71?ncid=fcbklnkukhpmg00000008&fbclid=IwAR1wtqHQVRzpIWe3AFN7DVU9_cBlnZcMMWj5hl8qbgPQuleh0BsW_MBLesY

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user1471565182 · 10/11/2020 17:55

oh god here we go

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Clavinova · 10/11/2020 18:04

SerendipityJane
I noticed that John Redwood was most concerned recently about the people that voted for Trump not to be ignored.

Did you read his letter?

Dear Mr President elect

Congratulations on your victory. Gaining more votes than any previous President and getting above 50% of the popular vote gives you a clear mandate for your policy of uniting the USA.

Your opponent succeeded in boosting his vote by an impressive 8 million extra votes, demonstrating considerable support for his Republican vision of growth promoted by lower taxes, putting America first when dealing with China, promoting peace in the Middle East, and protecting individual liberties. It is a pity he has chosen to query the election outcome without setting out convincing evidence of the voter fraud he alleges. It makes your task of uniting America more difficult. The U.K. respects democratic mandates and agrees with you that the results of counting all the valid votes are the sacred instruction of the people which all true democrats respect. ...

SerendipityJane · 10/11/2020 18:10

Did you read his letter?

Well I understood it. Which admittedly is a feat for a Redwood missive.

DynamoKev · 10/11/2020 18:35

@user1471565182

oh god here we go
????
nosswith · 10/11/2020 18:38

Simple- the alternative at the last election was Jeremy Corbyn. A former IRA and Hamas 'friend', someone who would not tackle anti-semitism by some in his own party, and who presented a manifesto that was fiction and unachievable in five years of government.

The other option was a party that planned to cancel a referendum without another one.

MercyBooth · 10/11/2020 18:46

The only publication covering these issues at length and with depth is Private Eye. Ive bought every issue since Cummingsgate

Charley50 · 10/11/2020 18:47

I'm disgusted by it but don't know what to do. I didn't vote for this government.

user1471565182 · 10/11/2020 18:50

Im talking about Conservative party HQ's in house copy paster, Dynamo

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tobee · 10/11/2020 18:50

There's nothing we can do. Except to vote at the next GE. And hope we are still alive then. And that there is something worth living for.

Clavinova · 10/11/2020 19:06

Simple- the alternative at the last election was Jeremy Corbyn.

While the media were amusing themselves publishing Joe Biden's opinion of Boris Johnson they edited this bit out;

"Boris Johnson is winning in a walk,” Biden said Thursday [Dec 2019] predicting that headlines would say, “Look what happens when the Labour Party moves so, so far to the left. It comes up with ideas that are not able to be contained within a rational basis quickly.”

SerendipityJane · 10/11/2020 19:08

@tobee

There's nothing we can do. Except to vote at the next GE. And hope we are still alive then. And that there is something worth living for.
I wonder what America would look like had George Washington and the founding fathers decided to lie down and just accept it ???
tobee · 10/11/2020 19:10

Don't know what to say to that @SerendipityJane GrinConfused

DynamoKev · 10/11/2020 19:24

@nosswith

Simple- the alternative at the last election was Jeremy Corbyn. A former IRA and Hamas 'friend', someone who would not tackle anti-semitism by some in his own party, and who presented a manifesto that was fiction and unachievable in five years of government.

The other option was a party that planned to cancel a referendum without another one.

Meanwhile, Biden

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/07/joe-biden-angered-john-major-lobbying-us-visa-gerry-adams/

Why is Cummings not on the verge of being put away?
tobee · 11/11/2020 02:36

Not sure what President Elect Joe Biden's got to do with Dominic Cummings? 🤔

tobee · 13/11/2020 00:04

He's going

user1471565182 · 13/11/2020 13:49

Just seen this, the My Little Crony map. See what connections your Conservative MP has to the millions of pounds of your money given out in untendered contracts.

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/valerie-vaz-questions-rees-mogg-on-my-little-crony-map-in-parliament/13/11/?fbclid=IwAR1Qoabyb8DVpXErVZRmLcQN9-qTqwTd5f7uGvIwRLcT2mbaqLoM0ZGYrkw

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user1471565182 · 13/11/2020 13:51

Seriously Clavinova, if you want to post entirely unrelated diversionary copy paste stuff just start your own thread. I have no interest in Joe Biden.

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Clavinova · 13/11/2020 21:13

user1471565182
Seriously Clavinova, if you want to post entirely unrelated diversionary copy paste stuff just start your own thread. I have no interest in Joe Biden.

But you were fine with other posters referring to John Redwood, the Major government, the May administration, Jeremy Corbyn and Neil Kinnock? Not to mention that my last post on this thread was on Tuesday and today is Friday.

From your latest link;
"Many of the companies have reportedly ‘established links to senior Tories’. They include Hanbury Strategy, whose co-founder Paul Stephenson worked with Dominic Cummings in the Vote Leave campaign, while fellow boss Ameet Gill was David Cameron’s director of strategy. Another is Public First, whose co-founder Rachel Wolf is a former adviser to Michael Gove."

Hanbury Strategy does have a link - however, can we add the LibDems and Labour to the map as well?

2019 "Insider insight into what it's like to work at Hanbury Strategy."

"Our founding partners, Ameet Gill and Paul Stephenson, came together after the 2016 EU Referendum - from either side of the debate. From that starting point, Hanbury has always been cross-party; a place where all ideas are valued and we aren’t afraid to challenge each other. I was the first Lib Dem to join the team, and now two-thirds of the 2017 Labour Policy Unit is now at Hanbury."

www.prweek.com/article/1661691/public-affairs-consultancy-spotlight-hanbury-strategy

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