Bulletguy Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 The Sunak debacle just got a lot worse.....if thats possible. Deputy leader Angela Rayner has written to the Prime Minister and Lord Geidt with a series of detailed questions whether Mr Sunak had ever benefited from the use of tax havens – particularly when he ran hedge funds before he was an MP – and whether he had received any updates on his blind trust since becoming Chancellor. She also questioned whether he had made a legal promise to the US when he received his green card that it was his permanent residence, and, if so, whether he was legally a permanent US resident when he entered Parliament and became a minister. Steve Reid MP was interviewed on Sky News this morning and made some more troubling claims about how the Infosys company has had access to senior govt officials and secured large contracts. Steve Reid said: “Rishi Sunak did not declare that his wife was a non-dom and he made changes in the finance bill that benefited non-doms. He should not have taken part in that decision given that his household income may have benefited from it. “He also failed to declare his wife’s £690 million shareholding in IT company called Infosys. “From the research we have carried out the company had at least 15 1-to-1 meetings with senior ministers, including the PM, & as a result of this they were awarded multi-million-pound contracts. That will have benefitted Sunak’s household income.” https://tinyurl.com/vd5p8m5f A desperate Sunak has now referred himself to Lord Geidt, Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests. He came recommended from Teflon Johnson who he got out of "Papergate". https://tinyurl.com/yzxb4hpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John52 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Thing I don't understand is why now? Sunak doesn't seem to know as his focus seems to be on an inquisition into who leaked this information to us. Is it because Sunak is the only Cabinet Minister to break ranks and admit Brexit might have damaged our economy? Is it because he was not available to be found when Johnson needed another stooge to defend him over patygate? Is it because he became more popular than Johnson when he was borrowing money to throw around on Furlough Fraud etc, and his Eat Out To Spread It Around Scam - which the Daily Mail called 'Ingenious' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John52 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Maybe the leak is because Sunak is after Johnson's Job - polishing his brand by borrowing a Sainsbury worker's modest car instead of using his own car, for his photoshoot filling a car up with petrol https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/24/adding-fuel-to-the-fire-customers-at-the-forecourt-react-to-sunaks-statement Wheras Sunaks telling people they need to pay more tax, whilst claiming to live somewhere else so he can pay less tax, doesn't look so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John52 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 ....... and of all Johnson's ministers its only Sunak who has had his tax avoidance leaked to the press 'despite the continuing public outcry, No 10 on Monday said it could not reveal whether any other ministers or their spouses held or had previously held non-dom tax status.' https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/11/keir-starmer-accuses-rishi-sunak-of-rank-hypocrisy-over-tax-scheme Does Johnson not see the others as a threat to his job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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