A little prediction

[CurtainRaiser]

Although given the front pages of all the rags this week, not very difficult prediction:

 

Johnson will go soon, make a lot of money and be held to account for absolutely nothing. The Covid Inquiry will report in five or six years and a new Prime Minister will tell the country that "lessons will be learned ". In a couple of years the National Audit Office will pass their findings on dodgy contracts to the Serious Fraud Office which three years later will announce that "procurement rules were not followed and much of the audit trail was incomplete due to the use of private messaging apps and personal email accounts by Ministers, in consequence no individual can be identified as engaged in corruption. Nevertheless lessons will be learned ". Etc etc.

 

A new Tory leader will be painted by BBC and MSM as a refreshing brand new broom.

 

And the circle of corruption will continue.

[John52]

Yeah thats pretty accurate.

Don't know who will replace Johnson though

He got rid of all the competition for the job when he deselected them

[Guest pelmetman]

Seems like our resident Corbynites are predicting that they haven't got a hope in hell ;-) .........

 

They're a more than a bit dim if that fact has only just dawned on them (lol) (lol) (lol).........

[John52]

pelmetman - 2021-11-11 9:16 AM

 

Seems like our resident Corbynites are predicting that they haven't got a hope in hell ;-) .........

 

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Well I don't know who you are talking about because I didn't vote for Corbyn.

And I'm doing alright up here out of your money that Johnson is sending us to bribe the crackheads to vote for him, and maintain his empire at your expense.

Have you realised who the LOSER is yet :D

seems to be taking you a while to figure it out (lol)

[John52]

CurtainRaiser - 2021-11-11 7:52 AM

 

Although given the front pages of all the rags this week, not very difficult prediction:

 

Johnson will go soon, make a lot of money and be held to account for absolutely nothing. The Covid Inquiry will report in five or six years and a new Prime Minister will tell the country that "lessons will be learned ". In a couple of years the National Audit Office will pass their findings on dodgy contracts to the Serious Fraud Office which three years later will announce that "procurement rules were not followed and much of the audit trail was incomplete due to the use of private messaging apps and personal email accounts by Ministers, in consequence no individual can be identified as engaged in corruption. Nevertheless lessons will be learned ". Etc etc.

 

A new Tory leader will be painted by BBC and MSM as a refreshing brand new broom.

 

And the circle of corruption will continue.

 

Seems a lot of his supporters can't see corruption because it never been explained to them.

They were interviewing Johnson supporters in Hartlepool yesterday who couldn't see whats wrong with politicians being hire by firms who are given lucrative contracts for useless PPE at absurd prices at their expense.

[CurtainRaiser]

John52 - 2021-11-12 8:03 AM

 

CurtainRaiser - 2021-11-11 7:52 AM

 

Although given the front pages of all the rags this week, not very difficult prediction:

 

Johnson will go soon, make a lot of money and be held to account for absolutely nothing. The Covid Inquiry will report in five or six years and a new Prime Minister will tell the country that "lessons will be learned ". In a couple of years the National Audit Office will pass their findings on dodgy contracts to the Serious Fraud Office which three years later will announce that "procurement rules were not followed and much of the audit trail was incomplete due to the use of private messaging apps and personal email accounts by Ministers, in consequence no individual can be identified as engaged in corruption. Nevertheless lessons will be learned ". Etc etc.

 

A new Tory leader will be painted by BBC and MSM as a refreshing brand new broom.

 

And the circle of corruption will continue.

 

Seems a lot of his supporters can't see corruption because it never been explained to them.

They were interviewing Johnson supporters in Hartlepool yesterday who couldn't see whats wrong with politicians being hire by firms who are given lucrative contracts for useless PPE at absurd prices at their expense.

 

But when "his" media start backing away?

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10192909/Cash-freebies-galore-MPs-leading-controversial-Commons-committee-pressure-groups.html

 

And to get you around the Ad Blocker I'll take one for the team John!

 

"Tory MPs are sitting on controversial Westminster pressure groups while also being paid thousands of pounds from ‘vested interests’ in the same industries, Daily Mail analysis has found.

 

The backbenchers run the risk of accusations of lobbying by the back door.

 

It has heightened concerns that All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are the next controversy in the wake of the Owen Paterson sleaze lobbying saga and Sir Geoffrey Cox’s £5.5million second career as a barrister. There are almost 750 APPGs devoted to everything from individual countries to industries and sports, which try to get ministers to attend their events then take up their causes.

 

Some MPs and peers sit on dozens of them and they are allowed to host meetings in Westminster rooms and produce official-looking reports to influence Government policy.

 

Yet the groups have no formal status and can be funded by private companies, trade bodies or even foreign governments.

 

The Committee on Standards is already investigating APPGs and has been sent evidence by campaigners that some are a ‘front’ for lobbyists to gain access to ministers while others are being used by corrupt regimes to give a false veneer of legitimacy.

 

Now the Mail has found that at least ten Conservative MPs who are chairmen or vice-chairmen of APPGs are also being paid or receiving free trips and tickets from organisations within the same sectors.

 

Among them is a former Cabinet minister who is paid £15,000 a year for advising a private hire business and who joined an APPG for the taxi industry just months afterwards.

 

They hold often lucrative advisory roles with major businesses while also helping run unofficial parliamentary bodies that promote the same sectors.

 

One MP who is chairman of the Packaging Manufacturing Industry APPG also receives £30,000-a-year to be chairman of the Food Service Packaging Association.

 

Another who is a paid adviser to the Betting and Gaming Council is also chairman of the racing and bloodstock APPG.

 

While they are not breaking any rules, campaigners say that the coming crackdown on outside earnings should see MPs no longer allowed to sit on interest groups if they are also paid by the same industries. Sir Alistair Graham, chairman of the committee on standards in public life from 2003 to 2007, said: ‘This just shows that all-party parliamentary groups are very often totally controlled and dominated by interested parties outside of parliament rather than MPs themselves.

 

‘I think it’s a very unregulated area that needs tightening up.’

 

On the involvement of industry bodies who regularly finance APPGs and act as their point of contact, he added: ‘I don’t think it’s right.

 

‘They are not then genuinely cross-parliamentary groups, they are add-ons to industry associations where they can seek to influence public policy because that’s the only reason they are providing money – to seek to control their interests.’

 

Director of reform group Unlock Democracy Tom Brake said: ‘I struggle to understand how MPs who are prominent on APPGs representing sectors of industry are not lobbying on behalf of those sectors.

 

‘Their whole purpose is to promote a particular cause or sector and that happens by writing to government ministers, inviting them to speak at meetings.’

 

He said it was a ‘murky area’ and had drawn it to the attention of the Commons Committee on Standards, which is carrying out an inquiry into APPGs.

 

In written evidence to the committee inquiry into APPGs, campaign group Transparency International said: ‘It is possible organisations are using this privileged access to MPs and the ability to book rooms within the parliamentary estate, as a way of impressing clients and at the very least appearing to influence the views of parliamentarians.’

 

In written evidence Lord Evans, the former MI5 chief and current chairman of the committee on standards in public life, wrote: ‘APPGs come with the badge of parliamentary branding, and it is therefore likely that members of the public would assume that APPGs’ activity is led solely by their MPs.

 

‘However, APPGs are often funded and staffed by external organisations, leaving them vulnerable to the accusation that they provide official “cover” for private sector interests.’

 

He added: ‘Involvement in APPGs must not operate on a “pay to play” basis, where those who provide financial and/or secretarial support gain privileged access at the exclusion of others.’"