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Ladybbird · 03-04-22, 02:32

Boris Johnson Hosted Champagne Party Night Before Brits Hit by Tax and Bills Bombshell

The night before Britain was plunged into a cost of living crisis, Boris Johnson hosted a lavish champagne reception

Daily Mirror 3 APR 2022

Boris Johnson hosted the lavish reception

Boris Johnson hosted a lavish champagne reception - the night before Britain was plunged into a cost of living crisis, it has been reported.

The event is said to have taken place at posh Mayfair hotel Claridges on Thursday evening, where wealthy donors rubbed shoulders with ministers over glasses of bubbly.

The next morning, energy prices and taxes soared for millions of Brits already struggling to make ends meet.

And according to the Sun, Mr Johnson joked about Partygate at the bash - at the same time as the Metropolitan police began to issue its first fines over the scandal.

“I can assure you that you won’t be sent any questionnaires for attending this event," he reportedly told guests.

The Sun reported around 150 guests ate "fancy canapés" and swilled champagne as top Tories rattled their donation tins to fill their elections war chest.

The event reportedly took place at Mayfair's posh Claridges hotel

The Prime Minister himself was not seen drinking alcohol, the paper reported.

Officials were yesterday handed the first £50 Partygate fines, reportedly relating to a leaving do during the first lockdown.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed this week that 20 fixed penalty notices would be issued over law-breaking gatherings in Downing Street and Whitehall during the pandemic

Downing Street has said it won't name anyone slapped with a fixed penalty notice, unless the Prime Minister or civil service chief Simon Case get a fine.

No10 and Boris Johnson have so far refused to say laws were broken - despite police saying fines would be issued for Covid law-breaking.

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Infosys: Giant Firm Founded by Chancellor Sunak's Father-in-Law Closes Russian Office

The tech giant, in which the Chancellor's wife Akshata Murty owns a 0.91% stake reportedly worth £690 million, is shutting its office in Russia after facing criticism for still operating in the country five weeks after Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine

A multi-million-pound tech firm founded by Rishi Sunak's billionaire father-in-law is shutting down its Russian office, it has emerged.

The Chancellor's wife Akshata Murty owns a 0.91% stake in tech giant Infosys reportedly worth £690 million.

Infosys, which employs thousands of staff in the UK and is said to have held contracts with government ministries and public bodies, has faced harsh criticism for continuing to operate in Russia five weeks after President Vladimir Putin's forces invaded Ukraine.

Tonight the BBC reports the Indian IT company is now trying to find replacement roles abroad for staff employed in Moscow.

Mr Sunak has previously rejected allegations his family has been "benefiting from Vladimir Putin's regime" when pressed about his wife's stake in Infosys.

He told Sky News he had "nothing to do with that company" and said he had "absolutely no idea" whether Infosys was following the "significant actions" put in place in response to the invasion.

Charles chats with Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy at an event last night

Earlier, Keir Starmer demanded to know whether Mr Sunak’s family was benefiting from cash made in Russia.

The Labour leader said: "As the Chancellor's wife is concerned, there's just a fundamental principle, is their household benefiting from money made in Russia when the Government has put in place sanctions?

"That is in the public interest for us to have an answer to - I'm not attacking their family but I do want to know if the Chancellor's household is benefiting from money from a company that's investing in Russia when the Government is saying quite rightly that nobody should be doing that."

Russian President Vladimir Putin with India's second-largest software exporter Infosys Chairman and Chief Mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy

Earlier this week, Mr Sunak angrily hit out at his wife and her family being thrust into the spotlight.

“I think it's totally fine for people to take shots at me, it's fair game - I'm the one sitting here and that's what I signed up for,” he told BBC Newscast.

"It's very upsetting and wrong for people to try and come at my wife and beyond that actually, with regard to my father-in-law, for whom I have nothing but enormous pride and admiration for everything that he's achieved.

"No amount of attempted smearing is going to make me change that because he's wonderful and has achieved a huge amount.

“As I said, I'm enormously proud."

The Chancellor has previously urged business owners to "think very carefully about any investments that would in any sense support Putin and his regime" as fighting continues across Ukraine.

Labour 's deputy leader Angela Rayner has said Mr Sunak's ties to Infosys amount to a "conflict of interest," and has demanded Mr Sunak declare his wife’s shareholdings "in the usual way" on the Register of Members’ Interests.

She told the Mirror: "One minute he is telling British companies to think carefully about investments that in any sense support Putin and his regime - the next we hear his family are making millions from a company operating out of the Russian capital.

"This company, founded by Sunak’s father-in-law, has been handed millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money in contracts.

" Rishi Sunak must come clean about whether he is personally benefiting from business in Russia and whether he has declared this conflict of interest to the Permanent Secretary or if he's been profiting in secret."

Despite allegations of "hypocrisy", Mr Sunak has insisted he has “followed the ministerial code to the letter” and has previously denied benefitting from doing business in Russia.

A spokesperson for the Chancellor told the Mirror Ms Murthy is a "minority shareholder" in the firm, adding:

"Neither her nor any member of her family have any involvement in the operational decisions of the company."

Ladybbird · 08-04-22, 11:55

Chancellor Sunaks' Wife Avoided up to £20m in Tax With Non-Dom Status

Chancellor Accused of Breathtaking Hypocrisy… Sunak Wife Firm Paid £50m by YOU

--- A Mirror investigation has found the Murty family’s vast Infosys business made tens of millions of pounds from British taxpayer-funded contracts, some since Mr Sunak became Chancellor in 2020

Pressure grows on chancellor over tax affairs of wife, who pays £30,000 a year to be classed as non-domiciled

BBC News 8 APR 2022.

The Mirror has uncovered details of a string of lucrative public sector contracts won by Infosys, the Indian IT firm which is part owned by Chancellor Rishi Sunak ’s wife.

Akshata Murty pays £30,000 a year to secure her non-domiciled tax status, which allows her to avoid paying taxes on millions of pounds earned from her near-1% stake in Infosys overseas.

Labour leader Keir Starmer condemned her “breathtaking hypocrisy” for claiming non-dom status while living in Downing Street with a Chancellor husband who has hiked taxes for millions of ordinary people.

While the Tories force people to choose between eating or heating, the millionaire Chancellor with four luxury homes parades his wealth on social media, posing in £95 slider shoes before the last Budget and with a £180 “smart mug” the year before.

The Chancellor's home at Kirby Sigston Manor, near Northallerton

His brutal 1.25% hike in National Insurance came into force this week.

Our investigation found the Murty family’s vast Infosys business made tens of millions of pounds from British taxpayer-funded contracts, some since Mr Sunak became Chancellor in 2020.

Since 2016, Infosys has earned £15million working for the Care Quality Commission, the regulator of UK care homes. In 2019, it won a £5m contract with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, and this year secured a £25m IT contract from the Tory-run East Sussex County Council.

Infosys is among companies which shared £100m in public sector contracts between 2015 and 2021.

Rishi Sunak's wife's parents

Vladimir Putin with Narayana Murthy

It was one of 12 suppliers in a £95m deal with Transport for London in 2015, at a time when Prime Minister Boris Johnson was Mayor of London.

And it was one of nine partners in a £10m contract with Tory-run Westminster City Council last year.

Angela Rayner, Labour’s Deputy Leader, told the Mirror: “The British public deserve answers. The Government is already awash with Tory cronyism. Now it seems the Chancellor’s close family are personally benefiting from lucrative public contracts. Rishi Sunak must come clean about these business interests and any potential conflicts.”

And Ed Miliband said the Chancellor should issue an “explanation” about his wife’s tax status.

Speaking to Sky News, the Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change said: “He is the UK Chancellor asking people to pay more in taxes.

“Is it right that his immediate family is sheltering from UK taxes? I think Rishi Sunak and his family should reflect on that. Non-dom status is legal but I think we should be clear that non-dom status is used to... pay less tax than you otherwise would.”

Ed Miliband said the Chancellor should issue an 'explanation' about his wife's tax status

Ladybbird · 08-04-22, 20:13

Boris Becker Found Guilty Over Bankruptcy, Could Face Jail

LONDON — Tennis great Boris Becker could face a jail sentence after being found guilty on Friday of illicitly moving thousands of dollars from a bank account after he was declared bankrupt.

The Telegraph UK 8 APR 2022

A jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court convicted Becker on four charges under the Insolvency Act, including removal of property, concealing debt and two counts of failing to disclose estate.

The German star was found to have transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds (dollars) after his June 2017 bankruptcy from his business account to other accounts, including those of his ex-wife Barbara and estranged wife Sharlely “Lilly” Becker.

He was also convicted of failing to declare a property in Germany and hiding an 825,000 euro ($895,000) bank loan and shares in a tech firm.

He was acquitted on 20 other counts, including charges that he failed to hand over his many awards, including two Wimbledon trophies and an Olympic gold medal.

The six-time Grand Slam champion had denied all the charges, saying he had cooperated with trustees tasked with securing his assets - even offering up his wedding ring - and had acted on expert advice.

Becker’s bankruptcy stemmed from a 4.6 million euro ($5 million) loan from a private bank in 2013, as well as about $1.6 million borrowed from a British businessman the year after, according to testimony at the trial.

During the trial Becker, 54, said his $50 million career earnings had been swallowed up by payments for an “expensive divorce” and debts when he lost large chunks of his income after retirement.

He said he had “expensive lifestyle commitments” including a house in Wimbledon that cost 22,000 pounds ($28,800) in rent each month. But he said bad publicity had damaged “brand Becker,” making it hard for him to earn enough to pay off his debts.

“(It is) very difficult when you are bankrupt and in the headlines every week for it,” he told the jury. “(It is) very difficult to make a lot of money with my name.”

The charges carry a maximum sentence of seven years in prison. Becker was granted bail until a sentencing hearing on 29 April .

Ladybbird · 09-04-22, 10:33

Rishi Sunaks' Non-Dom Wife Akshata Murty Will Pay UK Tax On Overseas Income in HUGE U-Turn

Akshata Murty owns £700million worth of shares of the Indian IT giant Infosys which was founded by her father but did not pay UK tax on any income dividend on those shares

Daily Mirror 9 APR 2022

Rishi Sunak's non-dom wife tonight U-turned and announced she will pay UK tax on her overseas income after a furious backlash.

Akshata Murty owns £700million worth of shares of the Indian IT giant Infosys which was founded by her father.

But she is not thought to have paid UK tax on £11.6m in dividend income from the firm last year.

That is because she is a non-domiciled (non-dom) UK resident - and chooses to pay taxes on foreign income in India, instead of in the UK.

The revelation sparked claims of hypocrisy from the Chancellor's family at a time when he is putting up taxes on Brits. As a non-dom she could have chosen to tax her Indian income in the UK, and did not.

Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty to pay UK tax

‘Keep families out of it’: Boris Johnson dodges question on Sunak wife tax affairs

Ladybbird · 11-04-22, 09:32

JOE & Santa Monica Beckons for Sunak UK Chancellor

Sunak Faces Inquiry Into His Financial Interests

Just weeks ago, Rishi Sunak was seen as the UK Prime Minister in waiting. Now friends of the Chancellor are discussing whether he will even stand at the next general election. If Boris Johnson manages to survive the climax of the police's "partygate" investigation, Mr Sunak's allies fear he will be reshuffled out of the Treasury.

Amid questions of transparency over his personal wealth, Mr Sunak now faces an investigation into his financial affairs. He wrote to Mr Johnson to ask for an independent review of statements he has made about his finances since becoming a minister in 2018.

It follows a string of disclosures in the past week. It is an open secret that Mr Sunak is attracted to the idea of a future life in California and the expectation among friends is that, if he feels his shot at the top job has gone, he will move his family to Santa Monica.

Ladybbird · 29-04-22, 19:56

Boris Becker Jailed For Two-and-a-Half Years

29 Apr 2022 Channel 4 News

At 17 he was the youngest ever men's Wimbledon champion.

Now, at 54, the six-time Grand Slam winner Boris Becker has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison.

Becker's crime was hiding assets worth more than 2 million pounds after being declared bankrupt five years ago.

He earned millions during his playing career and became a successful TV pundit but ran into financial difficulties, courtesy of his lavish lifestyle.

Ladybbird · 12-06-22, 12:10

Tory Minister's Wife Buys Second Supermarket as Brits Face Soaring Food Prices

Nadhim Zahawi's wife has added a Co-op superstore to the couple's £100 million property empire

Daily Mirror 12 JUN 2022

Nadhim Zahawi, the Secretary of State for Education

While many worry about paying for their shopping, a mega-rich top Tory’s family have bought a second supermarket.

Nadhim Zahawi ’s wife Lana now owns two superstores as part of their £100million property empire.

Last September she bought a £6.3million plot which includes a giant Co-op and car park in St Neot’s, Cambridgeshire.

It was purchased through Zahawi and Zahawi Ltd, a company controlled by Mr Zahawi’s wife, the day before he became Secretary of State for Education.

Mr Zahawi was a director and founder but stood down in 2018 upon joining the Government.

The Co-operative Food - Eaton Socon

Another firm controlled by Lana owns land worth £18million containing an Asda megastore in Brierley Hill, West Midlands.

Its value has risen £1.25million since it was bought four years ago.

Mr Zahawi, the 55-year-old MP for Stratford-on-Avon and former vaccines minister, is tipped as a leadership contender if Boris Johnson is forced out.

He has refused to rule out running for the top job, refusing to answer the question three times last week.

In the past six years, the couple’s companies have spent over £80million on commercial properties.

They also own five residences worth £17million – three in London, one in Warwickshire and one in Dubai.

Questions have been raised about Mr Zahawi’s declaration of interests.

Last year, it emerged one of his wife’s firms bought a £3.5million industrial estate by the Eurotunnel train station in Ashford, Kent, mortgage-free – days before the Government secured the trade deal with the EU in December 2020.

Mr Zahawi had played a leading role in preparing for Brexit.

Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, said: “In my view, this falls far short of the standards of transparency we expect.

"It is a potential conflict of interest and should have been fully declared.”

In the list of ministers’ interests, Mr Zahawi declares his wife “is director of several limited companies, including Zahawi & Zahawi Ltd, which own commercial and retail property”.

Individual firms and properties are not named. Mr Zahawi was approached for comment.

Ladybbird · 14-06-22, 13:59

Boris Johnson Suns Himself on Beach With Family as Travel Chaos Rages Across Britain

---Prime Minister Boris Johnson was photographed with wife Carrie and their two children on the beach in Porthminster, St Ives, as travel chaos continues to rage across Britain

Rwanda Asylum Plan: First Removal Flight Will Take Off, Foreign Secretary Says

---The first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda will take off and people who are not removed on Tuesday will be on subsequent flights, Liz Truss has said.

Daily Mirror 14 JUN 2022

Boris Johnson has been snapped sunning himself on a beach with his family as travel chaos rages across the country.

Boris Johnson on the beach in St Ives with wife Carrie and their two children

The Prime Minister, as well as his wife Carrie Johnson and their kids were seen today in Porthminster, St Ives, in Cornwall.

It comes as Britain faces the biggest rail strike in a generation later this month while multiple airports are in daily meltdown due to staffing shortages.

The photos were taken by eagle-eyed beachgoers at 2.30pm on Monday.

The Tory leader was wearing a white shirt and colourful swimming shorts and could be seen in one snap walking along the sea front with a plastic spade.

In another, he is sitting with Carrie and the children Wilfred and Romy.

Earlier in the day Mr Johnson had been at Southern England Farms in Hayle, just eight miles from the beach.

Temperatures are expected to hit 34C later this week in the south of England, with the Johnson’s returning to the site of the G7 Summit this time last year.

Last Wednesday it was confirmed members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on June 21, 23 and 25.

The strikes are over pay, conditions, 2,500 maintenance job cuts and ticket office closures and will cripple the services.

Separately the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) is also balloting workers for industrial action that could happen later in the summer.

It came days after the 24-hour Underground strike on Monday (June 6), during which Transport for London (TfL) advised passengers: "Do not travel unless necessary."

Commuters queue for the underground to resume at Waterloo station in London

The union said it will be the biggest strike on the railways since 1989.

The coming months are *threatening to turn into a “summer of discontent” as hundreds of thousands of workers across a raft of sectors gear up for possible industrial acton.

Most want a decent pay rise in the face of soaring inflation.

The Centre for Economics and Business Research estimated the planned rail and tube strikes will cause a hit of at least £91million to the economy, with London set to suffer the biggest output loss.

British Airways passengers queue inside Heathrow airport Terminal 5

Meanwhile, pilots for easyJet have warned customers will turn their backs on the airline following "unprecedented chaos".

A letter from the easyJet branch of the French SNPL pilots’ union said that the airline has cancelled viable flights.

The letter reportedly said that easyJet is suffering “operational meltdowns” after bosses failed to heed staff warnings about surging demand.

Several UK airports which have seen long queues in recent weeks as the aviation sector struggles to cope with the spike in demand for travel.

Gatwick Airport is suffering a "meltdown every night" due to staff shortages in the air traffic control tower, insiders have revealed.

Boris Johnson on Hols, nervously drives tractor and inspects broccoli at Cornish farm

Rwanda Asylum Plan: First Removal Flight Will Take Off, Foreign Secretary Says

---The first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda will take off and people who are not removed on Tuesday will be on subsequent flights, Liz Truss has said.

BBC 14 JUN 2022

More than 10,000 people have made the dangerous journey across the Channel this year...

The foreign secretary said it would "establish the principle" and break people traffickers' business models.

Seven or eight people are due to be removed on Tuesday, after dozens won legal cases to be taken off. But more legal challenges are set to be heard.

Church of England leaders described the plan as an "immoral policy".

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the government will not be "deterred or abashed" by criticism of the plan.

Four more legal challenges from people set to be flown to the east African nation's capital Kigali are expected to be heard in the courts before the flight departs, after a last-ditch attempt to block the flight altogether was rejected by the Court of Appeal on Monday.

On Monday 138 people reached the UK in three boats, with more than 10,000 migrants making the dangerous journey so far this year.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Ms Truss confirmed the flight will depart as scheduled even if only a small number of people were on board, describing it as a "key part of our strategy for tacking the appalling people smugglers who are trading in people's hopes and dreams".

She said: "If people aren't on the flight today, they will be on subsequent flights to Rwanda."

Ms Truss added the government was prepared to "face down" future legal challenges to its plans, adding: "It's about making sure that people have a safe future in Rwanda and we're determined to follow through on it".

Asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme if the plane would take off even if no one was on board, Ms Truss said she was confident there will people on the flight - but added she was not able to say how many it would be.

However, she said the numbers of people being sent to Rwanda by the end of the year "will be significant".

She also declined to say how much the flight would cost, but argued the cost of human trafficking and illegal immigration was "huge" to the taxpayer.

Boeing 767-35D/ER operated by airline Privileged Style

The flight on Tuesday evening was originally due to carry dozens of passengers, but most succeeded in their individual appeals against removal.

It is not clear exactly how many will leave on the flight: on Monday night, the Home Office said it was eight, while the charity Care4Calais said the number had fallen to seven.

In a letter to the Times, senior Church of England leaders described the plan as an "immoral policy that shames Britain".

Signed by the archbishops of Canterbury and York and more than 20 other bishops who sit in the House of Lords, the letter said that "those to be deported to Rwanda have had no chance to appeal, or reunite with family in Britain".

"They have had no consideration of their asylum claim, recognition of their medical or other needs, or any attempt to understand their predicament."

Speaking in cabinet on Tuesday, Mr Johnson said the government were "going to get on and deliver" on its plan, despite the "criticism that is being directed upon this policy, some of it from slightly unexpected quarters".

He told ministers the objective is to ensure there is a "clear distinction" between immigration to the UK by safe and legal routes that the government supports and "dangerous and illegal cross-Channel migration, which we intend to stop".

Tuesday's flight is due to be the first in a five-year trial, in which some asylum seekers deemed to have entered the UK illegally are transported to Rwanda to claim refuge there.

They will get accommodation and support while the Rwandan government considers their application, and if they are successful they can stay in the country with up to five years' access to education and support.

If their asylum claim is unsuccessful, they will be offered the chance to apply for other immigration routes, but could face deportation from Rwanda.

The letter to The Times, signed by the entire senior leadership of the Church of England, said those being sent to Rwanda have had no chance to reunite with family in Britain.

"Many are desperate people fleeing unspeakable horrors. These are people Jesus had in mind as he said when we offer hospitality to a stranger, we do it for him," it says.

"We cannot offer asylum to everyone, but we must not outsource our ethical responsibilities, or discard international law - which protects the right to claim asylum."

It's not the first time the Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised the plan - he described it as "the opposite of the nature of God" in his Easter sermon.

At the time, the Home Office responded that the UK had a "proud history" of supporting those in need.

At-a-Glance: The Rwanda Policy So Far

The PM announces the five-year £120m trial in which some asylum seekers will get a one-way ticket to Rwanda

It faces widespread opposition from more than 160 charities and campaign groups, a small number of which launch a legal challenge

Home Office lawyers say the plan is in the public interest - and the High Court agrees
Campaigners appealed against the ruling but are unsuccessful

Judges will consider whether the policy is lawful next month - this could see some people returned to the UK from Rwanda if it is ruled unlawful....

On Monday, appeal court judges ruled the first deportation flight could go ahead, agreeing with a previous judgement that it was in the "public interest" for the government to carry out its policies.

Campaigners had hoped to stop the plane taking off before a full court hearing on whether the policy is lawful next month.

A woman in a crowd holds a sign saying 'stop the plane'

Speaking in the Commons on Monday, Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper described the plan as "profoundly un-British".

But Rwanda's high commissioner Johnston Busingye earlier defended the partnership, telling the Daily Telegraph people arriving in the country would be treated with "safety, dignity and respect". = £££££...

Ladybbird · 15-06-22, 09:19

European Judges Stop Rwanda Flight

Rwanda Asylum Flight Cancelled After Legal Action

The first flight due to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled minutes before take-off after legal rulings on Tuesday evening.

BBC News 15 JUN 2022.

A Boeing 767 aircraft at MoD Boscombe Down, near Salisbury, which is believed to be the plane set to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda

Up to seven people had been expected to be removed to the east African country.

But the flight was stopped after a late intervention from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) led to fresh challenges in the UK courts.

Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was "disappointed" but added: "Preparation for the next flight begins now."

However, James Wilson from campaign group Detention Action said the rare intervention from the ECtHR "shows how potentially dangerous" the Rwanda removals are.

He said the court had recognised no one should be forced on to a plane until the policy was fully scrutinised in a High Court hearing next month.

The Rwanda asylum plan, announced by the government in April, sees some asylum seekers who cross the Channel to the UK given a one-way ticket to Rwanda to claim asylum there instead. The government said the scheme would discourage others from crossing the English Channel.

The cancellation of the flight followed days of arguments in UK courts, ending with the home secretary getting the go-ahead to begin transporting some of the asylum seekers.

A Boeing 767, chartered at an estimated cost of £500,000, had been due to take off at 22:30 BST from a military airport in Wiltshire.

But a judgement from the ECtHR in Strasbourg halting the deportation of one of the men arrived just after 19:30, and triggered a series of legal challenges in London courts. By 22:15 all the passengers had been removed from the plane, which then returned to Spain.

The Strasbourg human rights court - part of the Council of Europe, which still counts the UK as a member, rather than the European Union - said an Iraqi man known as KN faced "a real risk of irreversible harm" if he remained on the flight.

Whereas the High Court in London had found that KN could be returned to the UK if his bid to overturn the Rwanda transportation policy succeeded, the ECtHR said there was no legally enforceable mechanism to ensure he could come back from east Africa.

The Strasbourg court also said the UN had raised concerns that UK asylum seekers transferred to Rwanda would not have access to "fair and efficient" procedures to determine their refugee status.

And it noted that the High Court had acknowledged there were serious issues regarding whether Rwanda had been correctly assessed as a safe third country.

The home secretary said these "repeated legal barriers" were similar to those the government faced on other deportations, adding that "many of those removed from this flight will be placed on the next".

Ms Patel said that she had always maintained this policy would "not be easy to deliver" but added it was "very surprising" the European court had intervened after the government had been permitted to go ahead with the flights by domestic courts.

"Our legal team are reviewing every decision made on this flight and preparation for the next flight begins now," she said.

The Rwandan government said it remained committed to its deal with the UK and was "not deterred" by the failure of the first flight to depart.

Spokeswoman Yolande Makolo said: "Rwanda stands ready to receive the migrants when they do arrive and offer them safety and opportunity in our country."

At-a-Glance: The Rwanda Asylum Policy so Far

The PM announces a five-year £120m trial in which some asylum seekers will get a one-way ticket to Rwanda

It faces widespread opposition from more than 160 charities and campaign groups, a small number of which launch a legal challenge

Home Office lawyers say the plan is in the public interest - and the High Court says there is no lawful reason to stop the flight

Campaigners appeal the ruling but are unsuccessful
But a last-minute judgement by the European Court of Human Rights blocking one of the deportations sets off a fresh wave of legal challenges and ultimately grounds the flight

Judges will consider whether the whole Rwanda policy is lawful next month

Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his cabinet that people undermining the Rwanda policy were "abetting the work of criminal gangs" and said the government would not be deterred from the policy.

Asked by reporters if the UK would withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, which the Strasbourg court upholds, Mr Johnson said it "very well may be" necessary to change the law.

But groups supporting asylum seekers urged the government to change course and provide a fair way for people fleeing persecution to seek refuge in the UK.

Refugee Council chief executive Enver Solomon said the fact the flight could not take off was "indicative of the inhumanity of the plan" and said the government had to rethink its plans by having "a grown-up conversation with France" over Channel crossings by migrants.

Mr Wilson from Detention Action said the European Court of Human Rights, founded in the wake of the Holocaust, had "done what it was established to do", calling it "a night for the history books".

Ladybbird · 18-06-22, 14:12

The Only Way Is Ethics: Who Will Advise Boris Johnson Now?'

We're at T Point Where There are Literally NO Ethics Left in Downing Street, Says Fleet Street Fox

Boris Johnson's brazen acts that led ANOTHER ethics chief to quit - and why it's dangerous for PM

Daily Mirror 18 JUN 2022

It is a truth universally acknowledged that 1.3million unemployed people must be in want of a job.

And those who enjoy saying what the government ought to do will be interested to learn of a role, freshly-delivered to the jobs market, that comes with the chance to walk the corridors of power, command ministers of the Crown, and generally swan about acting like the big-I-am.

The salary is unknown, but is large enough for its existence to be noted in the House of Lords register of interests. Holidays are likely to be interrupted, and there isn't really any sick leave because if you are sickened, you just have to leave. You're also going to have to spend a lot of time telling the Prime Minister that the only way is ethics
.

Boris Johnson Geidt ethics adviser Good luck with that

After Lord Geidt became the second ethics adviser to flounce out of Downing Street - the first one went in a huff over Priti Patel, this one has departed in a huff about steel tariffs, if you believe that's possible - the job of Independent Adviser on Ministerial Ethics is vacant at a time when the jobs market is awash with opportunities.

Of course, they're opportunities to pick seasonal fruit for 6 weeks and lose rights to Universal Credit for months afterwards, to do back-breaking labour for little pay, wait tables, or drive a lorry into a six-week traffic jam at the ports, so the prospect of a nice office job in an actual palace when all that is asked of you is an opinion may seem proper cushty by comparison.

This was a job first instituted by Tony Blair, soon after he was accused of misleading Parliament over the Iraq War and his majority shrank to 66, which is so piteously small that Theresa May would have chewed stinging nettles for such a swingeing mandate to rule.

It continued under Gordon Brown, David Cameron, and the aforesaid Mrs May, and all may have had their moments of moral wobble - bigoted women, pig's heads, hooliganism in wheat fields - but none of them ever caused the incumbent ethics adviser to down tools in protest.

Boris Johnson Geidt ethics adviser
"Yes, but I'm world-beating"

'I'm a 72-year-old councillor and I've had to take on THREE jobs to make ends meet'

If there's one thing you can say about Boris Johnson, though, it's that he does always like to go one better. And now the job of advising him on the principles of public life is available for the second time in as many years, it would be completely in character for the Prime Minister to decide the next one shouldn't be some stuffy old lord with olde worlde ideas on what's right and, er, the other thing.

Who has the pizzazz to dazzle the media, the zing to adorn the right hand of the Prime Minister, the zap to tell him, yes old boy, you can absolutely do that with no qualms whatsoever? And who, more importantly, is desperate enough to do the job?

Step forward Prince Andrew, Duke of Dork, who just so happens to be looking for a way back into public life and may enjoy being seen as a moral crusader, for once.

"Cripes! Old Bozza's in the poop again, Your Royal Ethics Advisoriness! What do I do about this one?"

"I've got the perfect excuse. Tell them you were in Woking Pizza Express and it's not your hands in the pictures."

Boris Johnson Geidt ethics adviser > "You're so fired"

Bombshell resignation letter of Boris Johnson's ethics chief blasting PM's rule breach plan

Boris Johnson could scrap ethics chief entirely after second one quits in a row

Perhaps that wouldn't work. What about Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of a thief, ex-girlfriend of a sex abuser, and long-time associate of unpleasant prats in gilded walks of life?
---"Bugger me backwards, Giz, those fiends at the Church of England are calling me morally bankrupt for enabling

Priti Patel! Gizza some backup! Geddit? Gizza! Crumbs, Geidt would've got it."
---"Have you considered hiding, or claiming to be a victim of precisely the thing you're accused of?"

"Hid in a fridge once, didn't go well. And I'm not going to deport myself to Rwanda! They think albinos are the result of witchcraft, they might put Old Bozza in a wicker man! Get thee back to maximum security."

Boris Johnson nails his own coffin shut

Perhaps Loki would like to have a crack at it, or that MP who had a bit of a thing for tractors. Failing that, Vladimir Putin might be looking for an exit strategy from his current predicament, and Sarah Ferguson always seem up for making a bit of money and talking tripe.

The real issue is that ethics and this government seem to be in a state of instable equilibrium, like mutually-repellent magnets. Johnson needs rules in order to be seen as a rule-breaker, and the rules need a bad guy to be seen as necessary.

Neither can exist without the other, yet they pull in opposite directions: it's like having a tug-o'-war with your backs turned.

If the thought of commuting to London every day through simmering union discontent is not enough to put you off this job, the idea that you'd be daily bedevilled by the sort of ethical concerns which would make King Solomon weep hot tears of frustration probably would.

Throw in the fact that the person you'd be guiding through the moral maze is as likely to heed your advice as a cheese-crazed puppy humping Granny's slipper, and frankly we'd all be volunteering to die in a urine-stained sweatbox parked on the A2 outside Dover instead.

Because, as the employment figures show, just because there are 1.3m jobs available and 1.3m unemployed, it does not mean that those without work are in any position to fulfil the roles available.

'A wheelchair-bound accountant isn't going to pick sprouts, and if the combined forces of Eton, Oxford, Her Majesty the Queen, and the Conservative Party can't make Boris Johnson behave, it's probably beyond the power of most mortals.

Which is why he'll either appoint Jacob Rees-Mogg, who no doubt applauds wildly if the PM does a ripping fart, or scrap the role entirely so there are literally no ethics left in Downing Street and he can, therefore, no longer be accused of ignoring them. The only question is whether Boris Johnson sticks around long enough to ask for moral feedback from the ballot box.

Ladybbird · 22-06-22, 10:21

Inside Glitzy Tory Summer Party Where Donors Bid £120k For Dinner With Boris Johnson

Super-rich donors paid thousands to attend the lavish Tory Summer Party, held at London's V&A museum, where they rubbed shoulders with Cabinet ministers, party chiefs and the PM

BBC News 22 JUN 2022.

Boris Johnson auctioned off a cosy dinner with himself, Theresa May and David Cameron for £120,000 as he begged Tory donors to fill his election war chest.

Ring of Tory donors 'line pals up' for knighthoods and honours in "Gong-Go-Round"

Super-rich donors paid thousands to attend the lavish Tory Summer Party, held at London's V&A museum, where they rubbed shoulders with Cabinet ministers, party chiefs and the PM.

Cabinet members in attendance at the bash included Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Welfare Secretary Therese Coffey and Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.

Millionaire property mogul Nick Candy and his wife, former Neighbours star Holly Vallance, also attended.

Russian-born Tory donor given 'Knighthood' by San Marino in London ceremony

Tory donor Lubov Chernukhin

Lubov Chernukhin, the biggest female political donor in British history, also attended the posh do.

In auctions at previous events, Ms Chernukhin has won tennis matches with Mr Johnson and Mr Cameron, a "girls' night out" with Mrs May and Ms Truss and a private dinner with then-Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson in the Churchill War Rooms.

Prices ranged from £12,500 for a "standard" table, up to £20,000 to sit next to a Cabinet minister.

Labour party chair Anneliese Dodds told the Mirror: " The cash for access culture created by Boris Johnson raises serious questions about who is really pulling the strings in the Conservative Party."

Nick Candy and Holly Vallance arriving at the fundraiser

The party fund-raising event began with a drinks bash in the museum's courtyard for 250 assorted Government ministers, wealthy donors and Tory advisors.

Tory insiders at the event said Mr Johnson, who had a minor operation on his sinuses earlier in the day under general anaesthetic, gave a "short and funny" address to donors, followed by speeches by Cabinet minister Michael Gove and co-party chairman Ben Elliott.

The PM's spokesman said his operation had not required his doctors to sign off his attendance at the event.

He added: "My understanding is that he was there for a relatively brief period of time".

But he was later spotted, along with much of the Cabinet, at Rupert Murdoch's summer party at the Serpentine Gallery.

Guests at the V&A were treated to an online auction as they were served a starter of salmon tartare followed by beef with asparagus mash, with passionfruit meringues for dessert.

Other items in the auction included a safari trip which sold for around £65,000, a weekend of shooting in Market Harborough which raised £37,000 and a wine tasting which went for £30,000.

Donors were booed as they arrived

Former Tory Treasurer Howard Lee, raising money for the Tory plan to hold onto 80 marginal seats and win a further 20 at the next election, asked people to “stand up to donate £500”.

Several sat back down quickly when asked them to “stay standing to donate £1,000", according to reports.

A band played ABBA songs at the event. A source told Politico: "It was like a school disco band. There were one or two people making slightly boogie-looking moves but no one was fully committed to dancing".

Tables at the event started from £12,500

Another added: “If there’s one thing the country thinks the Tories do well it’s throwing parties - and ironically this wasn’t much of one."

A third insider told the website: "I've had better Monday nights."

Meanwhile outside the venue, Labour's former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell joined a picket organised by the museum's PCS union branch.

Protesters shouted "shame on you" as donors, party figures and ministers arrived at the exclusive dinner.

One donor arriving at the event told protesters to "get a job!"

Ladybbird · 26-06-22, 20:45

Home Secretary Priti Patel Breaks The Law in Yet ANOTHER Asylum Seeker Scandal

The High Court ruled housing refugees in Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, until 2026 was in breach of the Equality Act - the second time the plans have been branded unlawful

Daily Mirror 26 JUN 2022

Another of Priti Patel’s controversial asylum schemes has been ruled illegal – as she waits for a court verdict on her Rwanda plan.

The Home Secretary granted herself a five-year extension to house migrants in dilapidated Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent – where hundreds of migrants sleep 14 to a dorm.

But a judge ruled on Friday that the plan breached the Equality Act, designed to protect people from discrimination.

It was the second time Ms Patel’s plans for Napier were branded unlawful.

Inspectors said Napier is ‘dilapidated'

In June last year transfers there were temporarily halted after the High Court ruled the selection process was unlawful.

Another defeat came in March this year, when she lost a High Court challenge brought by three asylum seekers after she admitted their phones were unlawfully seized under a blanket policy targeting migrants crossing the Channel.

Napier Barracks were initially loaned from the MoD in September 2020 to help with a backlog caused by Covid.

Napier Barracks has been controversial
The Government had used emergency planning laws to use Napier for 12 months

But Mrs Justice Lieven highlighted potential victimisation and harassment, plus tensions with the local community once the scheme was extended to 2026.

Napier has divided opinion. Far-right groups opposing the presence of asylum seekers have protested outside the camp.

Others expressed concern for the welfare of refugees – and the impact on the community.

Tonight campaigners who crowdfunded £40,000 to mount the court challenge against Ms Patel hailed it a victory.

Napier has up to 400 migrants

Organiser Sally Hough, who lives in Folkestone and helps migrants with legal and welfare issues, said: “I am delighted. The judgment vindicates the concerns of local people and camp residents.

“The judge reached the same view we did – that the Home Office shouldn’t have used the barracks long term without properly assessing how it was going to impact the community and vulnerable people at the camp.”

The legal ruling comes as the Government scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda faces a High Court challenge – on July 19.

Refuguee charities Care4Calais and Detention Action – along with the Public and Commercial Services Union are seeking permission for a judicial review.

If approved, the review could take place during the same hearing – set to last three days.

The decision to house up to 400 male migrants at Napier caused a storm from day one. In early 2021, some 197 were infected in a Covid outbreak.

Rwanda asylum seekers hostel is making preparations to accept kids from Britain

Last year many were evacuated when a fire – thought to have been started deliberately – broke out.

The Government had used emergency planning laws to use Napier for 12 months.

When that expired, Ms Patel secured use of the base until 2026 via a Special Development Order – which overrides local planning law.

As part of the plan, the Government was obliged to consider any implications under equality law.

After Friday’s ruling, it must make a new submission that satisfies the Equality Act.

Mrs Justice Lieven said: “The development raises very obvious issues, in particular relating to potential victimisation and harassment.

“Large segregated accommodation for male asylum seekers on the edge of town has obvious potential to create tensions within the community.

Inside the empty hostel in Rwanda where Britain wants to send its asylum seekers

UK has given Rwanda entire £120m for asylum plan - and it’s already being spent

“There is a very significant difference between a development which is proposed to continue for two months and one for five years.

“Pressure on services, for example on the local GP, community health and possibly on the police, will be very much greater over a prolonged period. The potential for impact on community relations are wholly different.”

She said she did “not consider there was a proper consideration” of the Government’s duties under the Equality Act.

On Sunday, a court order will be issued which will determine the future of the barracks, which remains in use.

Care4Calais founder Clare Moseley said: “Once again Priti Patel has shown her lack of regard for the law and dignity of refugees.”

Ladybbird · 28-06-22, 09:27

Fresh court Delays as UK Barristers Walk Out on First Day of Strike Action

UK Doctors Demand Pay Rise of Up To 30% Over Five Years

BMA members’ call for reversal of real-terms cuts over last 14 years increases chances of strike action

The Guardian UK 28 JUN 2022

Barristers in England and Wales have begun strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions.

Some crown courts across the two nations are running limited services, with criminal trials and other cases postponed or rescheduled from Monday, the first day of a walkout by thousands of lawyers.

Barristers on picket lines accused the government of not listening to their concerns about the criminal justice system, and are angry that a proposed pay rise of 15% would not kick in immediately or apply to backlogged cases.

UK Doctors Demand Pay Rise

Doctors have thrown down the gauntlet to the government by calling for a pay rise of up to 30% over the next five years, in a move that increases the chances of strike action.

Delegates at the British Medical Association’s (BMA) annual conference voted to press ministers to agree to the increase to make up for real-terms cuts to their salaries over the last 14 years.

Some doctors who supported the motion cited striking rail workers as an inspiration for how groups of workers should pursue pay claims with Boris Johnson’s administration.

Last week members of the RMT union staged three stoppages, while teaching unions threatened strike action if their pay was not increased by more than inflation.

Frontline doctors said years of pay freezes and annual salary uplifts of 1% had caused the real value of their take-home pay to fall by almost a third since 2008. They now want “full pay restoration” to return the value of their pay to 2008 levels, and have instructed the BMA to pursue that goal with a government that has made clear it will not hand public sector workers sizeable salary increases in case it fuels already rampant inflation.

The motion noted “with horror that all doctors’ pay has fallen against RPI [the retail prices index] since 2008 to the tune of up to 30%”. It said the BMA’s leadership should “achieve pay restoration to 2008 for its members within the next five years” and report back annually on progress.

Proposing the motion, Dr Emma Runswick, a member of the BMA’s ruling council, said: “We should not wait for things to get worse. All of us deserve comfort and pleasure in our lives. Pay restoration is the right, just and moral thing to do. But it is a significant demand and it won’t be easy to win. Every part of the BMA needs to plan for how to achieve this.”

She added: “I’m not foolish, I know that’s it’s likely to be that industrial action will be required to move the government on this issue … Do not be tempted to accept a pathetic future for our profession. We are worth more.”

The BMA’s decision represents a major escalation of the growing determination among health unions to secure substantially bigger salaries for NHS staff, to help them cope with inflation running at 9.1%. All are pressing for a pay rise that at least equals inflation, though the Royal College of Nursing is seeking a rise of 5% above that.

Junior doctors – all those below consultant level – are closely involved in the drive for restoration of lost earnings. In a speech supporting the motion, Joanna Sutton-Klein, a trainee A&E doctor, told the conference:

“Some people might think that the demand of over 30% pay restoration is too high, they might think it is outrageous. But I’ll tell you what is outrageous. It is outrageous that our pay has been cut by 30%. It is outrageous that doctors today are unable to afford mortgages, and are delaying starting families due to our falling pay. It is outrageous that our pay has been cut. It is sensible that we demand it back.”

She said a 30% uplift was possible. “Last month binmen in Manchester won a 22% pay rise. Two weeks ago Gatwick airport workers won a 21% pay increase. And in March cleaners and porters at Croydon hospital won a 24% pay rise,” Sutton-Klein said, noting that those workers’ ability “to collectively negotiate and collectively withdraw labour” had proved instrumental to their successes.

The depth of feeling among doctors about their pay was evident at the conference in Brighton. One delegate, Anna Athow from London, called the motion “a sellout” because, she claimed, it meant doctors had “to sit on their hands” doing nothing for five years. Others also said the 30% restoration should be achieved much sooner, with one saying it should happen within six months.

Another speaker, Dr Kevin O’Kane, a consultant, told the gathering: “This is our time of maximum power. Don’t waste it with a five-year flaccid fudge. We need real action this side of the general election.”

Two independent groups of experts that advise the government on NHS pay – the NHS pay review body and the review body on doctors’ and dentists’ remuneration – will soon give their recommendations for what frontline personnel should receive in 2022-23.

The pay review body is expected to recommend that NHS personnel (not including doctors and dentists) should get an increase this year of somewhere between 4% and 5% – above the 3% that ministers have set as a firm maximum, but well below that demanded by health unions.

Dr Vishal Sharma, the chair of the BMA’s consultants committee, who is one of four contenders to become the union’s new leader on Wednesday, said he understood the calls for full pay restoration. “Doctors’ pay has been unjustifiably cut, with their take-home pay falling by almost a third since 2008. It’s clear that our members will no longer tolerate the government’s woeful failure to reverse these cuts.”

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “We are incredibly grateful to all our NHS staff and we recognise the pressures caused by the rising cost of living. NHS staff received a 3% pay rise last year, despite a public sector pay freeze, and in 2019 the government and the BMA agreed to a multi-year pay deal for doctors in training, which guaranteed an 8.2% rise in pay over four years.

“We are giving NHS workers another pay rise this year – no decisions have been made and we will carefully consider the recommendations from the independent pay review bodies.”

Ladybbird · 05-07-22, 10:44

Boris Johnson Under Pressure as Tory MP is Accused of Groping Two Men

Boris Johnson Was Made Aware of Formal Chris Pincher Complaint

BBC News 5 JUL 2022.

Boris Johnson was made aware of a formal complaint about Chris Pincher's "inappropriate behaviour" while Mr Pincher was a Foreign Office minister from 2019-20.

Boris Johnson's Deputy Chief whip Chris Pincher has resigned from government over an allegation of groping.

Mr Pincher said he had "embarrassed" himself after "drinking too much" and apologised to the Prime Minister and "those concerned".

The complaint led to a disciplinary process which confirmed his misconduct.

BBC News understands the PM and the foreign secretary at the time - Dominic Raab - were told about the complaint.

The claim raises fresh questions about what the PM knew before making Mr Pincher deputy chief whip in February.

For days ministers have insisted Mr Johnson was not aware of specific allegations against Mr Pincher when he was appointed deputy chief whip - whose job it is to uphold discipline among fellow Tory MPs.

Mr Pincher, the MP for Tamworth, was suspended as a Conservative Party MP last week over allegations he groped two men at a private members' club in London. He says he is seeking professional medical support and has no intention of resigning as an MP.

In the latest statement addressing what Mr Johnson knew, Downing Street said the prime minister was aware of media reports and some allegations about Mr Pincher's misconduct that were "either resolved or did not progress to a formal complaint".

He added: "It was in one way concluded in some form. These issues tend to be anonymous."

Mr Pincher apologised after the disciplinary process concluded, BBC News has been told, but the MP has not responded to our request for comment.

The message from No 10 has developed since last Thursday when Mr Pincher first resigned. Since then, Mr Pincher has faced a number of historical claims, which he denies.

On Sunday and Monday morning, ministers continued to stress that Boris Johnson was not aware of specific allegations when he gave Mr Pincher his most recent government job.

But later on Monday, Downing Street conceded the prime minister was previously aware of "reports and speculation", but nothing firmer than that.

The BBC has been told a formal complaint was made against Mr Pincher while he was serving as a Foreign Office minister from July 2019 to February 2020.

An official complaint was raised about Mr Pincher for "inappropriate behaviour" and it triggered a process, overseen by the Cabinet Office, which resulted in a report that confirmed misconduct.

Both the prime minister and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary at the time, were made aware of the disciplinary process, the BBC has been told.

Mr Raab's team have been approached for comment, and the Foreign Office said: "We have robust measures in place to respond to any allegations of inappropriate behaviour. It's our long-standing policy not to comment on individual cases."

On Monday evening, No 10 reiterated that the prime minister was not aware of any "specific allegations" being looked at, and that in the "absence of a formal complaint it would not be appropriate to stop the appointment".

Mr Johnson's allies have defended his handling of the situation, with Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg telling BBC Two's Newsnight: "There's always a lot of gossip going on in politics, there's gossip about all sorts of politicians, an awful lot of which is untrue.

"You can't hire and fire on the basis of rumour... There are rumours about so many people in politics in all parties."

But opposition MPs have been critical, with the Lib Dem MP Daisy Cooper saying: "I think what we've seen time and time again with Boris Johnson is that he's just prepared to carpet over things and try and hope they go away until they become a real problem."

The prime minister's official spokesman has previously said that before Mr Pincher was appointed a deputy chief whip, advice was sought from the government's propriety and ethics team, part of the Cabinet Office, who did not advise against the move.

The spokesman declined to comment on a claim by the PM's former chief aide Dominic Cummings that Mr Johnson had referred to the MP as "Pincher by name, pincher by nature".

"I'm simply not going to comment on content of what was or wasn't said in private conversations," the spokesman said.

More New allegations emerge against Chris Pincher

Ladybbird · 05-07-22, 18:56

No 10 Under Scrutiny After Extraordinary Letter From Former Top Civil Servant

Guardian News 5 JUL 2022.

Downing Street has been forced to deny misleading journalists about Boris Johnson's knowledge of the allegations surrounding Chris Pincher after the former Foreign Office permanent secretary Simon McDonald published an extraordinary letter alleging No 10's version of events was untrue.

Responding to an urgent question from the deputy Labour leader, Cabinet Office minister Michael Ellis conceded the prime minister had been informed about an internal investigation that upheld a complaint about Pincher’s behaviour in 2019.

Boris Johnson ‘did not immediately recall’ being briefed about Chris Pincher

Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid Resign From The Cabinet

Guardian News

Rishi Sunak has quit as Chancellor and Sajid Javid has resigned as health secretary as Boris Johnson's leadership faced a fresh crisis following the Chris Pincher scandal.

Mr Sunak said "the public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously", adding "I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning."

In an incendiary letter, Mr Javid said the British people "expect integrity from their government" but voters now believed Mr Johnson's administration was neither competent nor "acting in the national interest". Mr Johnson had tonight admitted "it was a mistake" to give Mr Pincher his job as deputy chief whip and said:

"I apologise for it". Mr Sunak and Mr Javid's resignations come after Downing Street was accused of lying over the Chris Pincher scandal this morning, as Lord McDonald said Mr Johnson was briefed "in person" about concerns relating to the then Foreign Office minister.

The publication of the letter appeared to wrong foot Dominic Raab as he conducted interviews.

Later Downing Street suggested Mr Johnson forgot he had been briefed, with Cabinet Office minister Michael Ellis telling the Commons Mr Johnson was "made aware" in "late 2019" and "did not immediately recall" it.

These are the ministers wheeled out to respond to the scandal and what they said. If you are struggling to keep up, read how No 10's story has changed over the Chris Pincher scandal.

Meltdown For Johnson’s Government - Will The PM Survive Resignations?

Ladybbird · 06-07-22, 05:53

Exclusive: Quarter of Parliamentary Staff Say They’ve Witnessed Both MEN and WOMEN Being Sexually Harassed

6 Jul 2022 Channel 4 News

Allegations of impropriety and what the prime minister knew, have called his future into question with those bombshell resignations of both the chancellor and health secretary.

Channel 4 News has been looking into the culture of harassment and impunity and tonight we have an exclusive investigation that shows how widespread the problems are across the political spectrum.

Half of the 51 parliamentary workers we spoke to said a victim of sexual harrassment had confided in them - and a quarter said they'd seen it happen themselves.

70% said they felt that if they reported inappropriate behaviour their careers would be harmed - and today parliamentary authorities admitted to us that there are barriers to speaking up.

Prime Minister Under Pressure After Bombshell REVOLTS

Johnson Names New Top Team as Sunak and Javid Quit

Boris Johnson fights for political survival as he prepares to face MPs

BBC News 5 Jul 2022

He is scrambling to shore up his support, but insists he will carry on. Boris Johnson is battling to save his premiership after two of his most senior Cabinet ministers resigned within 10 minutes of each other.

First Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, and then Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, published letters on their Twitter accounts explaining why they could not remain in their posts.

Mr Johnson scrambled to fill the gaps on the front bench even as further resignations from government positions were announced.

Nadhim Zahawi, the Education Secretary, was named as the new Chancellor. It is understood he and Mr Johnson agreed on the need for tax cuts to secure growth in their one-on-one meeting on Tuesday night.

Michelle Donelan, the universities minister, will replace Mr Zahawi as Education Secretary, while Steve Barclay, the Downing Street chief of staff, was appointed to replace Mr Javid as Health Secretary. Mr Johnson takes to the despatch box for Prime Minister's questions at midday and will answer questions from the liaison committee of MPs at 3pm.

The resignations began just two minutes after broadcasters began playing a clip filmed for the 6pm news where Mr Johnson finally said sorry over his handling of the Chris Pincher scandal. This was after yet another calamitous day that began with his deputy, Dominic Raab, being hung out to dry by No 10 in both the media and the Commons.

Knocked senseless by the resignations, Nick Gutteridge and Tony Diver recount the events which left the Prime Minister staggering about like Rocky in his final fight. Tim Stanley sketches the dramatic day of revelations which ended with the Prime Minister watching a metaphorical lifeboat pushing away from the ship,

Mr Sunak and Mr Javid at the oars, others to follow. Daniel Capurro reveals how history shows that the bond between No 10 and No 11 can make or break any government.

Sunak and Javid Think They Can Avoid Heseltine's Fate

By resigning within minutes of each other, Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak jointly wielded the knife, and they no doubt hope that in doing so one of them will get to wear the crown.

The hesitancy of Cabinet ministers to lead the charge against Boris Johnson in recent months has been put down to the belief that direct challengers never get the top job. Lord Heseltine's humiliation after he forced out Margaret Thatcher cast a long shadow over the Conservative Party.

But if Mr Johnson is, ultimately, toppled as a result of Tuesday's events, it will be impossible to pinpoint whether it was Mr Javid, who quit first, or Mr Sunak, the senior man, who started the landslide. Gordon Rayner analyses how the pair will now believe they can avoid Lord Heseltine's fate.

Ladybbird · 06-07-22, 17:04

Boris Johnson Takes Questions From Liaison Committee on Integrity in Politics – LIVE

MP Tells Boris Johnson at Liaison Committee The Game is UP

Boris Johnson Pressed on Meeting With Ex-KGB Agent Alexander Lebedev While Foreign Secretary

The Guardian UK 6 JUL 2022

Prime minister is questioned by Commons liaison committee about integrity in politics, war in Ukraine and the cost of living crisis and on meeting with ex-KGB agent Alexander Lebedev while foreign secretary

'Enough is Enough' Says Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid

Chancellor Rishi Sunak RESIGNS

Boris Johnson Pressed on Meeting With Ex-KGB Agent Alexander Lebedev While Foreign Secretary

Ladybbird · 07-07-22, 03:43

Boris Johnson on The Brink as Dozens of His Ministers Resign

Many Believe The British Prime Minister Cannot Remain in Office And Will be Forced OUT Within Days.

BBC News 6 Jul 2022

Boris Johnson is clinging to power and vowing to fight on, after the resignation of dozens of members of his government.

The latest crisis began with the resignation of Mr Johnson’s Chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid. Since then more than 40 other ministers have resigned, with many of them calling on Mr Johnson to step down immediately or be forced from office.

It follows a series of scandals, with accusations that Mr Johnson lacks honesty and integrity and has repeatedly lied to his party and the country.

Recently more than 40% of his Conservative MPs declared that they had no confidence in Boris Johnson's leadership.

Even Larry the Cat refuses to enter 10 Downing Street as Boris Johnson Cabinet resignation pile up.........

Ladybbird · 07-07-22, 10:14

Johnson to Resign as Tory Leader

Tory MPs Want Reassurances Johnson Will Really be Caretaker PM

Boris Johnson is to resign as Conservative leader today, but remain as PM until autumn, following further ministerial resignations this morning.

BBC News 7 JUL 2022.

Thoughts are turning to the leadership race in Conservative circles.

"We will rattle through the process," one MP predicts - probably two votes a day at Westminster to whittle the candidates down to the final two, who will then go to a vote of the members after a summer campaign.

But that initial process is likely to be intensely fought.

So far, Suella Braverman, the attorney-general, is the only person to definitively throw her hat in the ring. Others, including Steve Baker, have heavily hinted they will stand.

A Conservative leadership contest will take place this summer and a new prime minister will be in place in time for the party conference in October.

In the meantime, Mr Johnson will continue as prime minister.

He had vowed to "keep going" following a wave of resignations from the government over his leadership but has now decided to step down.

Senior members of his cabinet, including chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, urged him to resign and "leave with dignity".

Mr Johnson is expected to give a resignation statement outside No 10 Downing Street later.

Mr Johnson became prime minister in July 2019 after winning a Tory leadership contest, and went on to win an historic landslide general election victory five months after that.

He won the election vowing to "get Brexit done" but his government has been dogged by a series of controversies in recent months, not least a police investigation into parties in Downing Street during lockdown.

The revolt this week was triggered by revelations about the prime minister's handling of sexual misconduct allegations against former Deputy Chief Whip Chris Pincher.

BBC political editor Chris Mason said Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs, has met the prime minister to tell him he has lost the confidence of the party.

Ladybbird · 07-07-22, 11:52

Boris Johnson Resignation Speech in Full | 10 Downing Street

Ladybbird · 08-07-22, 03:38

Boris Johnson: Downfall of a Prime Minister

'Rishi Sunak was not a successful chancellor,' says Jacob-Rees Mogg

Sky News

As Boris Johnson offers his resignation as prime minister, Sky News's Dermot Murnaghan presents this special programme on the downfall of a prime minister.

Ladybbird · 08-07-22, 11:27

Boris Johnson's Chequers Wedding Party Plan Branded Crass After Months of Scandal

Boris Johnson's allies say that devotion to duty is why he wants to stay on at No10 until a new Conservative leader is elected - but sources say he wants to hold a lavish wedding bash at Chequers

Carefree EX PM Theresa May Dances to Craig David on Day Boris Johnson Finally Ousted as PM

BBC News 8 JUL 2022.

Boris Johnson wants to stay at the helm as caretaker Tory leader... partly to hold a lavish wedding bash at Chequers, sources claim.

He and wife Carrie have planned a party at the grace-and-favour home on 30 July, a year on from their nuptials. A Tory source said: “It beggars belief.”

The PM announced his resignation but intends to stay until a successor is elected. It may take months.

His allies say that devotion to duty is why he wants to stay on at No10 until a new Conservative leader is elected.

But Tory insiders say one of the reasons is so he can stage one more party at Chequers while he still can.

The sources say the Prime Minister and his wife Carrie intend to throw a big wedding bash there this month.

Carrie Johnson and baby Romy, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries and Scotland Secretary Alister Jack look on as Boris Johnson addresses the nation to announce his resignation

One Tory insider told the Mirror: “It beggars belief that even after all the criticism Johnson has faced regarding integrity and probity, one of the reasons he is staying is to have his wedding party at Chequers.

“It’s a national asset not his personal home. The Johnsons should do the decent thing and find a different venue.

“And Boris should do the decent thing and leave No10 immediately”. A second source said: “It’s crass if it goes ahead.” Mr Johnson finally announced his resignation yesterday.

It came after he desperately tried to cling to power in the face of a massive Tory rebellion.

He was forced to the brink after months of scandal and lies that began with Partygate and concluded with the Chris Pincher sex pest row.

But in an unapologetic statement outside No10, the shameless PM fired a bitter broadside at the Tory Party’s “eccentric” decision to force him out.

Boris Johnson hugs his son Wilfred as he arrives back into No10 after delivering his statement

With Carrie and baby Romy among the crowd, Mr Johnson said: “It is painful not to be able to see through so many ideas and projects myself.

“At Westminster the herd instinct is powerful, when the herd moves, it moves. I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world, but them’s the breaks.”

Tory leadership candidates were last night jostling for position as MPs from right across the party to become the next inhabitant of No10.

Nominations are likely to kick off next week with defence secretary Ben Wallace and ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak among the favourites to take over.

Mr Johnson prompted a huge backlash from Tory grandees when he confirmed his intention to remain in office until a successor is elected.

In an astonishing move, he assembled a new-look Cabinet to replace the ministers who quit or were sacked since the political bloodbath began on Tuesday.

He told them the caretaker Government would not seek to implement new policies or make major changes of direction - with tax cuts left for the next PM.

Boris Johnson poses with his wife Carrie Johnson in the garden of 10 Downing Street following their wedding at Westminster Cathedral in May last year

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab

Carefree EX PM Theresa May Dances to Craig David on Day Boris Johnson Finally Ousted as PM

The former PM looked glamorous in a red dress with a statement jewelled necklace while watching Craig David perform at Henley Festival - showcasing her signature move

In what has become her signature move, May was seen robotically swinging her arms from side to side as she took in the star's performance.

The 65-year-old was joined by her husband, Philip, 64, and appeared carefree and a world away from the political fall out at No10.

It comes three years after May herself resigned as PM under pressure from Johnson - who was waiting in the wings to take over - and Leave-backing Tory MPs as she struggled to get her Brexit deal through the House of Commons.

After her announcement in July 2019 that she would be quitting, May once again displayed her abilities to bop as she danced to Abba hits at the famous Oxfordshire festival.

Then, May and husband Philip bopped to a cover of Van Halen's 1983 hit Jump in the grandstand - where one-evening tickets cost up to £135.

She was also spotted elsewhere at the festival throwing shapes to Dancing Queen - which famously soundtracked her walk on stage at the 2018 Tory conference.

The Henley Festival bills itself as an "exclusive boutique black tie festival" where "art and gastronomy share equal billing with music".

Meanwhile her successor grappled with a collapse of his Cabinet before earlier announcing his resignation.

The desperate Prime Minister finally caved to pressure from his own MPs to quit as all but his most loyal allies abandoned him.

In a statement outside No10, Mr Johnson told the nation he would leave his post after just shy of three years in Downing Street, adding: "I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world, but them's the breaks.''

But he was unrepentant in the seven-minute speech, saying his attempts to stay in power had been rejected by "herd instinct".

In what has become her signature move, May was seen robotically swinging her arms from side to side as she took in the star's performance

Chequers 16th century mansion, is the country retreat of the Prime Minister

Ladybbird · 08-07-22, 14:59

The Queens' Role in Appointing a New PM

ITV News 8 Jul 2022

Chris and Lizzie discuss Boris Johnson's phone calls with the Queen ahead of his resignation, and what the Monarch’s role is at such a turbulent political time.

Ladybbird · 27-07-22, 05:44

U.K. Prime Minister Debate Abruptly Ends After Presenter Faints On Air

TalkTV show goes off air after Kate McCann’s collapse, cutting short a bitter clash over NHS and tax cuts

The Guardian UK 27 JUL 2022

TV debate between Truss and Sunak cancelled after presenter faints

The second TV debate between the Conservative leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak was halted dramatically after the presenter Kate McCann fainted, cutting short a bitter clash over funding for the NHS and tax cuts.

The event, hosted by TalkTV, had the Tory leadership hopefuls quizzed by one audience member with cancer, who said he had not received proper support from the health service and asked: “Why is the NHS broken?”

The pair talked up plans including cutting the number of NHS managers and rolling out new technology. Truss argued too much of the health service’s infrastructure was crumbling, saying a hospital in her Norfolk constituency was “being held up by stilts”.

But the scheduled hour-long debate was halted just under halfway through after McCann fainted off-camera while Truss was talking.

Viewers heard a loud crash, with Truss looking shocked and holding her hands to her face. She began walking towards where McCann had been standing before the video feed was cut. The debate did not resume.

The station said later that McCann, its political editor, “fainted on air tonight and although she is fine, the medical advice was that we shouldn’t continue with the debate”.

Truss, who polling suggests is ahead of Sunak in the vote of Conservative party members to find a replacement for Boris Johnson, repeated her attacks on Sunak’s decision to increase national insurance to finance Covid catch-up for the NHS and social care, one of the biggest dividing lines between the pair.

“What has happened is that the tax has been raised on families through national insurance so that they are having to pay more money to the Treasury,” Truss said in answering an audience member’s question about the cost of living.

“I do think it is morally wrong at this moment when families are struggling to pay for food that we have put up taxes on ordinary people when we said we wouldn’t in our manifesto and when we didn’t need to do so.”

Sunak responded by again castigating Truss’s proposal to delay paying back some debts accrued during Covid, which she argues would allow the same increase in NHS and social care spending without raising taxes.

“What’s morally wrong is asking our children and grandchildren to pick up the tab for the bills that we are not prepared to meet,” the former chancellor said.

In choosing to increase national insurance to pay for the NHS, Sunak said, he had made a “brave decision to get it the support it needed”.

He said: “It wasn’t an easy thing for me to do, I got a lot of criticism for it, but I believe it was the right thing to do because I don’t think we can have an NHS which is ultimately the country’s number one public service priority that is underfunded and not able to deliver the care it needs.”

Truss, who said she had opposed the tax rise in cabinet, said the NHS could save money with less “directing and micromanaging people on the frontline”.

Questioned by an audience member from Birmingham, John Hughes, who said he was reliant on help from a charity to support him with cancer, Truss said:

“What I want to see is fewer layers of management in the National Health Service and less central direction, because I simply don’t think that people can sit there in Whitehall and direct everything that happens in local communities across our country.”

Ladybbird · 14-08-22, 07:55

Boris Johnson Spotted on Holiday AGAIN - Boris in Greece Enjoying Second Holiday in as Many Weeks

--Less Than 5 Weeks Before Leaving No 10

“It’s all just one big party for Boris Johnson while the country struggles with the Tory cost of living crisis

BBC News 14 AUG 2022

Boris Johnson didn’t seem to be troubled by the cost of living crisis today, as he jetted off on his second holiday in as many weeks.

The jet-setting PM only returned from a week at a Slovenian spa last Sunday.

And now locals have spotted him and wife Carrie in a supermarket in Greece.

The couple were seen shopping for groceries, filling up two baskets with groceries, including bottles of wine from the fridge.

According to Greek website In, Mr and Mrs Johnson were in Nea Makri, a sun-soaked coastal town near Athens.

He’s seen paying for his shopping using the self-checkout terminals, before loading it into a waiting SUV, flanked by security guards.

The lame duck Prime Minister stayed at Vila Planinka in Slovenia, which urges guests to ditch their phones and laptops in rooms costing £242 to £542 a night.

Speaking outside his hotel, he declared he'd had an “absolutely wonderful time” on his “honeymoon in peace and quiet”.

Boris Johnson: 'Let Greece Go Bankrupt

Ladybbird · 04-09-22, 08:45

Britains NEW PM Truss v Sunak: Pack Cabinet With Johnson Loyalists at Your Peril, Liz Truss is Warned

Senior Tories tell likely leadership winner that she needs to appoint an inclusive team as row looms over Partygate report

The Guardian UK 4 SEP 2022

Truss has been advised she needs to include figures from across the party if she is to unite it.

Senior Tories are warning Liz Truss that she will lead a deeply divided Tory party to inevitable defeat at the next election unless she makes a concerted effort to include senior figures from across the party – including critics of Boris Johnson - in her cabinet.

The foreign secretary is expected to be named on Monday as the new Tory leader and then enter Downing Street as prime minister on Tuesday after visiting the Queen at Balmoral.

But after a bruising and at times hugely divisive seven-week campaign against former chancellor Rishi Sunak, senior figures in the party fear she may be about to pack her administration with a mix of Johnson loyalists and rightwingers such as John Redwood and Iain Duncan Smith, inflaming tension with moderates.

On Saturday night a former Tory cabinet minister and critic of Johnson said there would be huge and “explosive” consequences if Truss allies such as Duncan Smith and Nadine Dorries were appointed to top positions and then tried to use their influence to scrap a parliamentary inquiry into whether Johnson deliberately misled parliament.

Duncan Smith has put his name to a parliamentary motion calling for the investigation by the privileges committee – which could lead to Johnson being suspended as an MP – to be “discontinued”, while Dorries has made clear she backs such a move.

The privileges committee has been given the task of establishing whether Johnson deliberately misled parliament by denying knowledge of lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street.

Nadine Dorries A former minister said there would be explosive consequences if figures such as Nadine Dorries were appointed to senior roles.

The former cabinet minister said: “If she wins, then on policy issues, including budget issues, most colleagues will take the view that she deserves the chance to put her plans into effect. She will get things through parliament. But if her government tries to do things on the integrity questions, I think there could be trouble quite early on. That would be explosive.”

The tension of Johnson’s past behaviour is one indication of how his presence may hamper Truss as she tries to keep his allies happy while governing the country at a time of deepening economic crisis.

Another former cabinet minister and Johnson critic, David Davis, said that because Truss would have won the keys to No 10 with the support of less than a third of Tory MPs, it was vital that she unite the parliamentary party with a “big tent” approach to the formation of her government.

“It is incredibly important that the incoming leader knits the party together. It was one of Boris’s earliest failures that he did not do that. He just picked the loyalists and as a result it made it more and more difficult to manage the party.

“It is not just in the party’s interests but in the interests of delivering serious policy and winning the next election. None of those are possible with a divided party.”

Amanda Milling, a Foreign Office minister and former party chair, said: “This leadership contest has been toxic and bruising for the Conservative party brand. As it concludes, the whole party, from the frontbench to the backbench, has to come together as one united team in order to deliver for the British people and defeat Labour. If we don’t, we risk being out of power for a decade.”

Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake, a member of the Treasury select committee, who still believes Sunak may triumph and has put bets on him to do so, said the party had to win back a reputation for competence and unity over the next 18 months or face defeat and not dwell on past divisions.

He said: “We are not going to win the next election with a divided party so it is absolutely vital that whoever wins brings people in from different camps.”

As well as rewarding Johnson loyalists such as Duncan Smith, Redwood and Jacob Rees-Mogg, Truss is expected to offer top jobs to her key backers Kwasi Kwarteng, Suella Braverman, James Cleverly and Thérèse Coffey, while pushing out those who failed to support her, including health secretary Steve Barclay and environment secretary George Eustice.

A senior minister predicted early rebellions unless Truss adopted a big tent approach. “If she does what is rumoured and brings back Redwood and Duncan Smith, there’ll be hell to pay.

You’ll have senior people on the backbenches joining forces, dishing out tempting amendments to the budget and all of that sort of thing, prising the red wall MPs away from her.

Ladybbird · 05-09-22, 17:40

Liz Truss to Be New Prime Minister

Liz Truss Announced as UK’s New Prime Minister

Incoming PM Truss pledges to address energy crisis

BBC News 5 SEP 2022.

Liz Truss will become the next Prime Minister after beating Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest.

Ms Truss, 47, triumphed over the former Chancellor following a gruelling two-month campaign. The Foreign Secretary won the backing of 81,326 Tory members, compared with 60,399 for Mr Sunak.

In a speech after the announcement, Ms Truss promised a “bold plan” to cut taxes and grow the economy and “deliver on the energy crisis, dealing with people’s energy bills but also dealing with the long-term issues we have on energy supply”.

She is expected to finalise her choices for the Cabinet and other ministerial roles before being formally appointed by the Queen at Balmoral on Tuesday.

Her victory comes as the UK faces an economic crisis this winter, with household energy bills set to rise to £3,549 from October and inflation poised to exceed 18 per cent next year, according to Citigroup.

Liz Truss with her husband Hugo

Ms Truss is strongly considering freezing energy bills to ease the burden on households this winter, according to reports.
However, she has remained tight-lipped about what kind of support package she might introduce.

The Times reports the package could be on the scale of the furlough scheme introduced by Mr Sunak when the Covid pandemic struck, while The Telegraph suggests the specifics of such a policy are still being debated.

Priti Patel ‘to resign from Government and head to backbenches'

Home Secretary Priti Patel is heading to the backbenches, according to reports, once a new person has been appointed to the role.

In a letter obtained by the Sun’s Political Editor, Harry Cole, Ms Patel writes: “I congratulate Liz Truss on being elected our new Leader, and will give her my support as our new Prime Minister.

“It is my choice to continue my public service to the country and the Witham constituency from the backbenches, once Liz formally assumes office and a new Home Secretary is appointed.

Ladybbird · 06-09-22, 07:18

Boris Johnson Gves Final Speech Before Liz Truss Takes Over as PM

Boris Johnson Delivers Farewell Remarks...

BBC News 6 SEP 2022.

‘It’s time for politics to be over, folks’ says Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson makes his last address as Britain’s prime minister from Downing Street before Liz Truss takes office on 6 Sept.

Ladybbird · 06-12-22, 06:55

Boris Becker Set to Be Deported to Germany Next Week After Hiding £2.5 Mil in Fraud Case

The former tennis champion was jailed earlier this year for hiding more than £2m in assets and will be deported next week without having to serve his remaining sentence

BBC 6 DEC 2022

Boris Becker is set to be deported to Germany next week having served less than eight months of his two-and-a-half year sentence.

The three-time Wimbledon winner, 54, was jailed in April for hiding £2.5million of assets in a bankruptcy fraud case.

He is being held in HMP Huntercombe in Oxfordshire where foreign nationals are detained ahead of deportation.

Becker is expected to return to Germany next week and will not have to serve his remaining sentence.

He has qualified for a fast-track scheme that sends criminals to their home countries before their release date in an effort to reduce pressure on British jails and save money.

Becker was first held at HMP Wandsworth, where he was visited by his girlfriend, Lillian de Carvalho Monteiro.

A Home Office spokesman said: “Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.”

Ladybbird · 22-01-23, 14:22

Probe Urged Over Claims BBC Chair Helped Johnson Secure Loan Guarantee
--Labour is calling for a parliamentary investigation into claims the chairman of the BBC helped Boris Johnson secure a loan guarantee, weeks before the then-PM recommended him for the role.

Nadhim Zahawi: Tax Avoidance Was Error and Careless & Not Deliberate
--Tory Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi says an error in his tax affairs was accepted by HMRC as having been "careless and not deliberate".

BBC 22 JAN 2023

The Sunday Times says Richard Sharp was involved in arranging a guarantor on a loan of up to £800,000 for Mr Johnson.

Mr Sharp said he had "simply connected" people and there was no conflict of interest. Richard Sharp became chairman of the BBC in February 2021

Mr Johnson's spokesman said he did not receive financial advice from Mr Sharp.

He also dismissed Labour's suggestion Mr Johnson could have breached the code of conduct for MPs "through failing to appropriately declare the arrangement" on his Parliamentary register of interests.

Labour's chairwoman Anneliese Dodds has written to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Daniel Greenberg, asking for "an urgent investigation into the facts of this case".

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that "of course perception matters". But he added Mr Sharp was an "incredibly accomplished, incredibly successful individual", and there was "no doubt he was appointed on merit".

He also said it was not "unusual for someone to be politically active prior to their appointment to senior BBC positions".

Mr Sharp declined to appear on Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday but told the show "the claim that there was anything financial involved is not true".

Mr Johnson was reported to be in financial difficulty in late 2020.

The Sunday Times says multimillionaire Canadian businessman Sam Blyth - a distant cousin of Mr Johnson - raised with Mr Sharp the idea of acting as Mr Johnson's guarantor for a loan. It is not clear where the loan agreement itself came from.

Mr Sharp - a Conservative Party donor who at the time was applying to be the chairman of the BBC - contacted Simon Case, the then-cabinet secretary and head of the civil service. The paper says a due diligence process was then instigated.

The Cabinet Office later wrote a letter telling Mr Johnson to stop seeking Mr Sharp's advice about his personal finances, given the forthcoming BBC appointment, the Times says.

BBC News has not seen the letter and the Cabinet Office said it would "not comment on private discussions between any prime minister and officials".

According to the paper, Mr Sharp, Mr Blyth and Mr Johnson had dinner together at Chequers before the loan guarantee was finalised, although they deny the PM's finances were discussed then.

Former Goldman Sachs banker Mr Sharp was announced as the government's choice for the new BBC chairman in January 2021. The role is recommended by the culture secretary and the prime minister.

The BBC chairman heads the board that sets the corporation's strategic direction and upholds its independence.

The Sunday Times says candidates for such publicly-appointed roles are required to declare any conflicts of interest.

In a statement, Mr Sharp said: "There is not a conflict when I simply connected, at his request, Mr Blyth with the cabinet secretary and had no further involvement whatsoever."

Undated handout photo issued by DCMS of Richard Sharp, the former Goldman Sachs banker who will succeed Sir David Clementi as BBC chairman. PA Photo. Issue date: Wednesday January 6, 2021. His appointment comes amid a debate about the BBC licence fee and how the broadcaster is facing competition from streaming services.Image source, PA Media

Labour had already written to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards calling for an investigation into the reports Mr Blyth had set up the loan guarantee.

The guarantee is a promise by one party - known as a guarantor - to assume the debt obligation of a borrower if that borrower defaults.

In her letter to the commissioner, Ms Dodds cites the Sunday Times story, saying she was concerned that Mr Johnson may have breached rules "by asking for an individual to facilitate a guarantee on a loan whom he would later appoint to a senior public role".

She said that a "lack of transparency" may "give the impression that this was a quid pro quo arrangement, something which would undermine the integrity of the democratic process, and calls into question the process by which the chairman of the BBC was appointed".

A spokesman for Mr Johnson said: "Richard Sharp has never given any financial advice to Boris Johnson, nor has Mr Johnson sought any financial advice from him. There has never been any remuneration or compensation to Mr Sharp from Boris Johnson for this or any other service.

"Mr Johnson did indeed have dinner with Mr Sharp, whom he has known for almost 20 years, and with his cousin. So what? Big deal.

"All Mr Johnson's financial arrangements have been properly declared and registered on the advice of officials."

A BBC spokesman said: "The BBC plays no role in the recruitment of the chair and any questions are a matter for the government.

Nadhim Zahawi: Tax Avoidance Was Error and Careless & Not Deliberate...

Nadhim Zahawi, who attends cabinet, was made chancellor in the closing days of Boris Johnson's government

In a statement, he said he wanted to address "confusion about my finances" after claims he tried to avoid tax and had to pay it back.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is satisfied with Mr Zahawi's account, the BBC has been told.

Labour said there was a whole list of questions that still needed answering.

The party has called on Mr Zahawi to publish all correspondence with HMRC "so we can get the full picture".

According to the Guardian, Mr Zahawi had to pay back tax he owed with a 30% penalty and the total amounts to £4.8m.

The BBC has been unable to verify that figure, but when the paper asked about the penalty, Mr Zahawi's spokesperson did not deny one had been paid.

Mr Zahawi's statement does not make clear whether he paid a penalty or not as part of his settlement, nor does it say how much he paid to HMRC.

He said when he was being appointed chancellor, questions were being raised about his tax affairs and he discussed it with the Cabinet Office at the time.

The exact timing of when the matter was settled with HMRC remains unclear.

In the statement issued on Saturday afternoon, Mr Zahawi said:

"As a senior politician I know that scrutiny and propriety are important parts of public life. Twenty-two years ago I co-founded a company called YouGov. I'm incredibly proud of what we achieved. It is an amazing business that has employed thousands of people and provides a world-beating service.

"When we set it up, I didn't have the money or the expertise to go it alone. So I asked my father to help. In the process, he took founder shares in the business in exchange for some capital and his invaluable guidance.

"Twenty one years later, when I was being appointed chancellor of the exchequer, questions were being raised about my tax affairs. I discussed this with the Cabinet Office at the time.

"Following discussions with HMRC, they agreed that my father was entitled to founder shares in YouGov, though they disagreed about the exact allocation. They concluded that this was a 'careless and not deliberate' error.

"So that I could focus on my life as a public servant, I chose to settle the matter and pay what they said was due, which was the right thing to do."

The questions facing Mr Zahawi include whether he tried to avoid paying tax by using an offshore company called Balshore Investments to hold shares in YouGov, the polling company he co-founded in 2000 - something he has always denied.

Balshore Investments is registered offshore in Gibraltar.

According to HMRC, tax avoidance involves bending the rules of the tax system to try to gain a tax advantage that Parliament never intended. It is legal and includes things that some people would consider to be normal tax planning. Tax avoidance is different from tax evasion, which is illegal.

Penalties can be applied by HMRC if tax is not paid in the correct amount at the right time.

In his statement, Mr Zahawi continues: "Additionally, HMRC agreed with my accountants that I have never set up an offshore structure, including Balshore Investments, and that I am not the beneficiary of Balshore Investments.

"This matter was resolved prior to my appointments as chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster and subsequently chairman of the party I love so much. When I was appointed by the prime minister, all my tax affairs were up to date."

Labour listed some of the questions still facing Mr Zahawi - including how much he agreed to pay HMRC and whether he paid a fine.

"This carefully worded statement blows a hole in Nadhim Zahawi's previous accounts of this murky affair," said Labour Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds, who called on Rishi Sunak to sack him.

"He must now publish all correspondence with HMRC so we can get the full picture.

"In the middle of the biggest cost-of-living crisis in a generation, the public will rightly be astonished that anyone could claim that failing to pay millions of pounds worth of tax is a simple matter of 'carelessness'.

"Nadhim Zahawi still needs to explain when he became aware of the investigation, and if he was chancellor and in charge of our tax system at the time."

Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats claimed Mr Zahawi was trying to brush it under the carpet.

No 10 said they have nothing to add to Mr Zahawi's statement.

BBC News has been told Mr Sunak is satisfied with Mr Zahawi's account and has confidence in him as chairman of the Conservative Party.

HMRC previously said it would not comment on the affairs of individual taxpayers.

Mr Zahawi's tax affairs began to make headlines last summer, when he ran for the Tory leadership.

In a personal statement issued to reporters at the time, Mr Zahawi said news stories suggesting he had been investigated by agencies including HMRC were "inaccurate, unfair and are clearly smears".

"It's very sad that such smears should be circulated and sadder still that they have been published," the July 2022 statement read.

And of the reported investigations, the statement said: "Let me be absolutely clear. I am not aware of this. I have not been told that this is the case. I've always declared my financial interests and paid my taxes in the UK."

Who is Nadhim Zahawi?

Nadhim Zahawi was announced as chancellor on 5 July 2022, hours after the resignation of Rishi Sunak from Boris Johnson's government.

He was previously education secretary and before that, coronavirus vaccines minister. He was made minister for equalities, minister for intergovernmental relations, and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster under Liz Truss.

Mr Sunak appointed him as Conservative Party chairman and minister without portfolio, attending cabinet, on 25 October.

Ladybbird · 30-01-23, 01:44

Tory Chief EX-Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi FIRED

Nadhim Zahawi committed a serious breach of ministerial code, says Sunak

BBC 30 JAN 2023

Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked as Tory Party chairman, after an inquiry by the prime minister's ethics adviser found he had failed to disclose that HMRC was investigating his tax affairs.

The PM said Sir Laurie Magnus's inquiry made clear there had been a "serious breach of the ministerial code".

Rishi Sunak asked for the probe after Mr Zahawi admitted paying a settlement to HMRC, including a penalty.

Sir Laurie said the MP had missed many chances to be open about his tax.

In his report for Mr Sunak, he wrote: "Mr Zahawi's conduct as a minister has fallen below the high standards that, as prime minister, you rightly expect from those who serve in your government."

Sir Laurie cited Mr Zahawi's failures to update his register of interests until more than a year after HMRC started looking into his taxes.

When Mr Zahawi reached a settlement with the taxman in August 2022, this too should have been declared, Sir Laurie wrote.

The BBC understands that Mr Zahawi - who was then responsible for the UK's tax system as chancellor - paid around £5m in total, including a penalty.

Mr Zahawi has previously insisted that he acted properly, and that his tax error was "careless and not deliberate".

But Mr Zahawi's "omissions" of information constituted a "serious failure to meet the standards set out in the ministerial code", Sir Laurie wrote in his report.

Sir Laurie was also critical of the MP for describing news stories about his tax affairs as "smears" in July 2022 and failing to correct the record until earlier this month.

"I consider that this delay in correcting an untrue public statement is inconsistent with the requirement for openness," he said.

After receiving the findings, Mr Sunak wrote to Mr Zahawi to say he had decided to remove him from government.

Mr Zahawi thanked the prime minister and said he took pride in his role in the vaccine rollout and the Queen's funeral - but did not offer an apology or mention his tax affairs.

He promised to support the prime minister "from the backbenches in the coming years".

Ladybbird · 21-02-23, 08:27

Boris Becker Branded Devil in Scathing Attack by Estranged Wife After Jail Term

Lilly Becker Reveals She's Still Married to Her Ex Boris

Boris Becker was released from prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence, and was immediately deported from the UK

BBC 21 FEB

Boris Becker may have been handed the chance to reunite with loved ones earlier than expected after his stint in a UK prison - but it seems relations remain very strained with his ex-wife.

Last April, the tennis icon was found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act, having been accused of hiding £2.5 million worth of assets and loans amis declaring himself bankrupt in 2017. He was duly sentenced to 30 months in jail, but served just eight of those before being released from HM Prison Huntercombe.

His deportation back to Germany was welcomed by 87-year-old mum Elvira, but not so it seems, by former spouse Sharlely 'Lilly' Kerssenberg. The pair met in 2009 and married that same year, with their son born in February 2010. However, they separated in 2018, shortly after the six-time Grand Slam winner filed for bankruptcy.

And now Dutch actress Kerssenberg, 46, has gone as far as to compare Becker to Satan himself: "Boris can be charming and loving when he wants to, but also extremely hurtful with words. A devil," she told German media outlet Bild .

"Prison didn't make Boris a better person. Boris lives in his world in which everything revolves around Boris Becker. It is not my fault he went to prison. He ruined his reputation all by himself. Boris doesn't care whether we're doing well or badly."

And Kerssenberg, who claimed on Piers Morgan: Uncensored last year that reports the pair were technically divorced were false, said Becker's dishonesty scuppered their relationship. "We used to have an honest love," she added. "When I started to emancipate myself in marriage, there were arguments. Also because of Boris's lies about his finances."

Ladybbird · 29-04-23, 04:16

Richard Sharp QUITS as BBC Chairman After Arranging Boris Johnson Loan

Richard Sharp - who awkwardly used to be Rishi Sunak's boss when he was an investment banker - has faced calls to quit since it emerged he helped Boris Johnson secure an £80,000 loan

BBC News 29 APR 2023

9 November 2020: Richard Sharp applies for BBC chairman job
11 November 2020: Applications close for BBC chairman job
4 December 2020: Sharp tells Cabinet Secretary he has a friend who could help Boris Johnson with his finances
11 December 2020: Sharp interviewed for job
23 December 2020: Johnson gives formal backing to Sharp getting job
17 February 2021: Sharp announced as BBC chairman

BBC chairman Richard Sharp has dramatically QUIT in a bitter cronyism row after a long-awaited report found he'd breached public appointment rules.

Mr Sharp - who awkwardly used to be Rishi Sunaks' boss when he was an investment banker - had faced calls to step down since it emerged he helped Boris Johnson secure an loan.

Up to now the Tory Party donor has refused to do so, but today a report by barrister Adam Heppinstall KC. found he "failed to disclose potential perceived conflicts of interest".

Labour has said Mr Sunak should have sacked Mr Sharp weeks ago.

In a speech this morning the outgoing BBC boss said remaining in place would become a "distraction" for the corporation.

Mr Sharp brokered the loan for Mr Johnson before being recommended by the former PM for the BBC job - but a committee of MPs who approved his appointment weren't told.

He introduced Canadian businessman - and distant cousin of Mr Johnson - Sam Blyth to Cabinet Secretary Simon Case to discuss the funding in 2020.

The disruptive saga has raised questions about the BBC's impartiality and sparked widespread calls for him to be removed.

Sunak said he has not spoken to former BBC chairman Richard Sharp following his resignation.

Speaking to reporters in Glasgow he said: "When concerns are raised, it is right there is a proper process, an independent process that we don't prejudge, we allow it to carry on, establish the facts of what happened, reach a conclusion.

"That has happened, Richard Sharp has resigned. But it is right that we do these things properly and professionally, I think most people will think that is the right thing to do."

In his resignation letter to Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, Mr Sharp said the rule breach was "inadvertent and not material".

But he added:: "Nevertheless, I have decided that it is right to prioritise the interests of the BBC. I fee that these matters may well be a distraction from the Corporation’s good work were I to remain in post until the end of my term."

Mr Heppinstall said he disagreed with Mr Sharp's assessment that his conversation with Mr Johnson did not amount to a conflict of interest.

"It may well have been a reasonable conversation in the context of Mr Sharp's role as special adviser, but failing to mention it to the panel does amount to a failure to disclose a potential perceived conflict of interest," the barrister wrote in his report.

"There was a risk that members of the public might form the view that Mr Sharp was informing the Prime Minister of his application because he wanted him to make a recommendation to appoint him.

"They might also perceive that he was putting himself in a position where he might, if appointed, be beholden to the Prime Minister for his support such that his independence from Government was compromised."

The BBC said in a statement: “We accept and understand Richard’s decision to stand down. We want to put on record our thanks to Richard, who has been a valued and respected colleague, and a very effective Chairman of the BBC. The BBC Board believes that Richard Sharp is a person of integrity.

Dithering Rishi Sunak would have had to decide whether to remove his old boss

Ladybbird · 18-05-23, 07:01

Boris Johnson Paid £3,800,000 For Mansion That Has Moat to Keep People OUT

Ex-prime minister Boris Johnson has bought a multi-million mansion despite previously complaining about 'only' earning £160,000.

BBC 18 MAY 2023

The house is Grade II listed

It's been reported Mr Johnson even negotiated £200,000 off the asking price, buying the nine-bedroom home for a cool £3.8 million.

This is despite complaining that as both prime minister and an MP he couldn't get by on a combined salary of £164,080.

The country house, Brightwell Manor, had been on the market for four years, The Mirror reports, and the sale is said to have gone through just weeks before BBC chairman Richard Sharp resigned over his role in helping Mr Johnson secure an £800,000 loan.

The manor, located in the Oxfordshire countryside, dates back to the 1600s and has Tudor and Georgian features.

However the house is still surrounded on three sides by a 900-year-old moat, which dates back to when a castle originally stood on the site, built by King Stephen.

Brightwell Manor is 8,128-square-feet and has nine bedrooms and five bathrooms.

It stands on just under five acres of land which also features a guest cottage, a garage, a tennis court and stables.

As Boris Johnson pulled up the drawbridge over the Partygate allegations it emerged the former Prime Minister has paid 3.8m in cash for a moated country house.

The Grade II-listed manor house in the Oxfordshire countryside has nine bedrooms for Mr Johnson, wife Carrie and their young children Wilf and Romy. The Georgian property also has five acres of land which even include a moat to keep out any unwanted guests like Harriet Harman who grilled Mr Johnson yesterday

Boris will be moving in with his wife Carrie and their two sons

The house has heaps of character

It's understood Mr Johnson and wife Carrie saw the property online and then viewed it twice in person.

Ladybbird · 10-06-23, 00:57

Boris Johnson Resignation: Former Prime Minister QUITS as MP Over Claims He Misled Parliament

‘Sickening’ Johnson Honours List Includes ‘Bring Your Own Booze’ Partygate aide

Boris Johnson has been accused of a “sickening insult” to the bereaved after he gave honours to allies embroiled in the Partygate scandal, including one dubbed “party Marty”.

BBC 10 JUNE 2023

Martin Reynolds, his former principal private secretary who boasted “we seem to have got away with” the “bring your own booze” garden party during coronavirus restrictions, has been nominated for a peerage.

There were also honours for Dan Rosenfield, his ex-chief of staff, and Jack Doyle, his former director of communications, both of whom were in office during some of the rule-breaking.

Former No 10 head of operations Shelley Williams-Walker – allegedly nicknamed “DJ SWW” after playing tunes from a laptop during a No 10 party on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral – was given a damehood.

Boris Johnson pictured when prime minister with his then-principal private secretary Martin Reynolds (PA Wire)

And there was a peerage for one-time London mayoral contender Shaun Bailey, who was photographed at an apparent lockdown Christmas party at Conservative Party headquarters in 2020.

Labour said it was a “sickening insult that those who planned Covid parties and held boozy lockdown bashes while families were unable to mourn loved ones are now set to be handed gongs by Rishi Sunak”.

The party also denounced the list as “a carousel of Boris Johnson’s cronies”.

Those elevated to the House of Lords include Ross Kempsell, in his early 30s, his spokesperson and tennis partner and a close friend of Mr Johnson’s wife, Carrie.

As a journalist with TalkRadio, Mr Kempsell secured the infamous interview with Mr Johnson in which he revealed he “paints buses” as a hobby.

He was subsequently given a No 10 post by Mr Johnson and appointed head of Tory research with a salary of £90,000 despite protests that he was too inexperienced to do the job.

Charlotte Owen, a former assistant to Mr Johnson, is set to become the youngest person to be awarded a life peerage. It means that Ms Owen, who graduated from university in 2015, will sit in the Upper House after serving less than two years in the No 10 policy unit.

Longtime ally Conor Burns, who infamously claimed Mr Johnson had been “ambushed” by a cake during a rule-breaking birthday party has also been given a knighthood. Others honoured include the former business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, awarded a knighthood, and Mr Johnson’s home secretary UNPriti Patel, given a damehood.

The long-awaited list reignited bitter infighting within the Tory party. One senior Tory MP described the list as “even worse than I thought it would be”.

Fervent pro-Brexit Johnson supporter Nadine Dorries appeared to take revenge on Rishi Sunak over her omission, quitting as an MP, triggering a by-election in her constituency.

There had been much wrangling behind the scenes over a possible peerage for Ms Dorries. She had been expected to stand down as an MP to enter the Lords. But she said her nomination had “gone back to Holac (House of Lords Appointments Commission)” which vets MPs and she quit anyway. The by-election in her Mid Bedfordshire seat could be just as hazardous for Rishi Sunak as Boris Johnson’s marginal Uxbridge constituency.

Another significant ommission from the list was Mr Johnson’s father Stanley, who at one point was expected to be handed a knighthood. The Independent called on Mr Sunak to block that plan and a petition reached 308,000 signatures. Mr Sunak had said at the time of the row, in a swipe at his predecessor, said he would get his own dad a father’s day card, not a knighthood.

Stanley Johnson’s nomination had prompted accusations of further cronyism, after Mr Johnson already nominated his brother Jo Johnson for a peerage in 2020.

It also drew criticism after senior Tory MP Caroline Nokes and a journalist in 2021 publicly accused Stanley Johnson, a former MEP, of touching them at Conservative party conferences.

Ms Nokes, chairperson of the Commons women and equalities committee, accused Stanley Johnson of forcefully smacking her on the backside and making a vulgar comment at the Conservative Party conference in 2003.

Stanley Johnson said after that he had “no recollection” of either incident.

Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper accused Mr Sunak of rewarding “failure”, by not blocking the list.

“The fact that one of the most scandal-ridden prime ministers is now allowed to stuff his cronies in the Lords after a failed premiership tells the British public everything they need to know about this Conservative Party,” she said.

“Boris Johnson caused crisis after crisis in this country – if Rishi Sunak rewards his failure it’s just proof it is one rule for the Conservatives and another for everyone else. The buck stops with Sunak – he must ensure that Johnson’s honours list is put through the shredder.”

Ladybbird · 16-06-23, 10:19

BORIS 'Pinocchio' Johnson Lied Four Times But Ex-PM Still Denies His Pants Are On Fire

The Committee of Privileges said it was 'obvious' to the then PM that the boozy events broke pandemic rules. They looked at Whasapp texts, emails, pictures and witness statements

Devil BORIS Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied Over Partygate

BBC 16 JUNE 2023

LIAR LIAR Pants On Fire

Boris “Bozo” Johnson may have misled Parliament four times about No10 lockdown parties, according to MPs.

They fear the ex-PM may have deliberately hoodwinked the House of Commons as he tried to quell outrage over the Covid rule-busting gatherings, the Committee of Privileges said.

The cross-party group said it would have been “obvious” to the then-PM that the boozy events broke pandemic rules.

They based their conclusions on witness statements, WhatsApp messages, emails and pictures taken by a Downing Street photographer, the committee said.

But Bozo, who will appear before them later this month, last night claimed he had “believed implicitly” all events were within the rules.

Boris Johnson: Conservative MPs Divided Over Partygate Vote

My Pal TRUMP said it was OK to LIE

Conservative MPs are split over whether or not to approve a report condemning Boris Johnson for misleading Parliament over Covid rule-breaking.

The former PM has branded the Privileges Committee's findings "deranged" - and his most loyal supporters are set to vote against it.

But other Tory MPs are torn about what to do, as Mr Johnson remains popular with many party members.

No 10 has not said if Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will attend the vote.

His official spokesman said he would "take the time" to fully consider its findings before Monday, when MPs will vote on its recommendations.

The report, which was published on Thursday morning, said the former PM had deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties and had committed repeated offences with his denials.

If Mr Johnson had still been in Parliament, MPs would be voting on whether to suspend him for 90 days.

But since he has already stood down, the main punishment available to the committee is to strip him of the parliamentary pass former MPs are normally entitled to hold.

Nevertheless, many Conservatives face a dilemma.

Voting against the recommendations risks alienating local party activists who want Mr Johnson gone - but voting for it risks angering his fans, who believe he has been hounded out of Parliament.

Some MPs may well choose to abstain to keep their distance from the vote.

The BBC has spoken to several Conservative MPs who did not want to be named.

One former minister told the BBC they were planning to vote for the report but, in a sign of the febrile mood, did not want to say so publicly yet in case "something happens" over the weekend.

Another said: "I think I'm hovering between voting for the report and abstaining, the latter solely because voting for it will rile members."

One senior party figure said: "The report speaks for itself." They described the 90-day suspension as "a bit tough, but hey-ho".

A committee ruled it was 'obvious' he knew it breached rules

MORE: Boris Johnson Partygate report at a glance

Is This The End of Boris?

Ladybbird · 01-07-23, 09:49

BORIS, THE LORD & The Russian SPY

Italy Was Monitoring Lebedev Villa at Time of Boris Johnson

---Intelligence service believed property was being used for espionage purposes, documentary claims

Eight Boris Johnson Allies Named and Shamed For Intimidating Partygate Committee

---Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadine Dorries and Priti Patel are among the Tory MPs and peers who attempted to "undermine" the committee investigating the disgraced former PM's Partygate lies

BBC NEWS 1 JULY 2023

For a moment, I thought that Dispatches: Boris, the Lord and the Russian Spy (Channel 4) was about Boris Johnson and God and a Russian spy — which would have been interesting.

A fiver says that Boris would have emerged triumphant. And that God would have ended up angry and confused and ready to launch a parliamentary inquiry. But we live in ungodly times.

These days it is a relief to look at other people’s scandals. Things at RTÉ have become so gothic that watching even the weather forecast has become like visiting the bedside of a dying relative. So it was nice to curl up with Boris, the Lord and the Russian Spy. Because, whatever the problem there was, at least it wasn’t being paid for with your money.

Boris was one of the many influential British people drawn into the circle of the extraordinarily rich Lebedev family. Alexander Lebedev is a Russian oligarch, a billionaire many times over.

Like many Russian oligarchs, he is an Anglophile, and had his son Evgeny educated in the UK. Unlike many oligarchs, Alexander Lebedev had been a senior officer in the KGB. He said that he had retired but the British security services were pretty sure that he attended the annual KGB conference every year.
Evgeny, rail-thin, permanently tanned and with black hair and a black beard that make him look like a Russian Rylan Clark, stayed in the UK (and also two villas in Italy) throwing parties. Which everyone who was anyone attended: one party was at Althorp, the ancestral home of Lady Diana; although she was at this point unfortunately deceased. But Boris was very much alive.

Italy’s secret intelligence service was monitoring the luxury Umbrian villa owned by the Lebedev family when Boris Johnson visited in April 2018 while he was foreign secretary, a documentary has claimed.

The agency believed the property, Palazzo Terranova, and a second villa nearby owned by the family were being used for espionage purposes, according to the Channel 4 documentary Boris, the Lord and the Russian Spy.

Italian security concluded in a secret document that Alexander Lebedev, a former Russian spy who became a wealthy businessman, had continued to enjoy the “favour and friendship” of Vladimir Putin and queried whether he had genuinely severed ties with Russian intelligence after leaving the KGB decades earlier.

It stated that Lebedev’s resignation from the Russian spy agency, for which he served in London between 1988 and 1992, was “considered by many to be unclear”.

Johnson attended a Nato summit in Brussels in April 2018 where leaders agreed it was “highly likely” that Russia was behind the Salisbury nerve agent attack the month before.

Hours later, he flew to Italy where he attended a party hosted by Lebedev’s media magnate son, Evgeny, in Palazzo Terranova. Johnson had been a frequent visitor, attending social gatherings on at least half a dozen occasions dating back to his time as London mayor.

Johnson admitted for the first time last July, during a session with the Commons liaison committee, that he met the former KGB agent at his Italian palazzo without officials present during his visit. He told MPs: “As far as I am aware, no government business was discussed.”

The report by Italy’s foreign intelligence agency, written for the former prime minister Giuseppe Conte and seen by the film-makers, was part of a wider security service investigation that was shown to members of the Italian parliament’s intelligence oversight committee in 2021.

The documentary reports that, unknown to Johnson, Italy’s secret intelligence service had been monitoring the Lebedevs’ two Umbrian properties for several years, suspecting they were being used for spying.

Lia Quartapelle, an MP who sits on the Italian parliament’s foreign affairs committee, told the film-makers: “The conclusion of the report is that it cannot be ruled out that he [Alexander Lebedev] still works for the KGB or he still is involved in KGB activities.

“The report says that it cannot be excluded that Lebedev today, up to date, enjoys the favour of Vladimir Putin. You should really be careful on what kind of relationship you keep with such a person.”

She added: “Clearly from the report, it stands out that the properties were part and tool of a network of relationships. They were part and tool of a strategy of influence. And so it was noticed who was there, how many times people went there and so on.”

A spokesperson for Johnson said: “As this programme makes clear, there were no concerns about Lord Lebedev … Lord Lebedev is a British citizen. He has invested in British journalism and has extensively criticised the Russian regime.

Italy Was Monitoring Lebedev Villa

The full story of Boris Johnson's friendship with press baron Evgeny Lebedev and his dad Alexander, an ex-KGB spy, revealing the secret fears of security services

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Partygate Video Revealed as Tories Drink, Dance and Laugh at Covid Rules

Exclusive footage obtained by the Sunday Mirror shows Tory staff dancing and laughing about ‘bending the rules’ during a Partygate gathering in 2020.

03-04-22, 02:32	#51
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: BORIS Sleeze: PM on Hols Amid Chaos & Asylum Seekers Flight Leaves UK For Rwanda Boris Johnson Hosted Champagne Party Night Before Brits Hit by Tax and Bills Bombshell The night before Britain was plunged into a cost of living crisis, Boris Johnson hosted a lavish champagne reception Daily Mirror 3 APR 2022 Boris Johnson hosted the lavish reception Boris Johnson hosted a lavish champagne reception - the night before Britain was plunged into a cost of living crisis, it has been reported. The event is said to have taken place at posh Mayfair hotel Claridges on Thursday evening, where wealthy donors rubbed shoulders with ministers over glasses of bubbly. The next morning, energy prices and taxes soared for millions of Brits already struggling to make ends meet. And according to the Sun, Mr Johnson joked about Partygate at the bash - at the same time as the Metropolitan police began to issue its first fines over the scandal. “I can assure you that you won’t be sent any questionnaires for attending this event," he reportedly told guests. The Sun reported around 150 guests ate "fancy canapés" and swilled champagne as top Tories rattled their donation tins to fill their elections war chest. The event reportedly took place at Mayfair's posh Claridges hotel The Prime Minister himself was not seen drinking alcohol, the paper reported. Officials were yesterday handed the first £50 Partygate fines, reportedly relating to a leaving do during the first lockdown. The Metropolitan Police confirmed this week that 20 fixed penalty notices would be issued over law-breaking gatherings in Downing Street and Whitehall during the pandemic Downing Street has said it won't name anyone slapped with a fixed penalty notice, unless the Prime Minister or civil service chief Simon Case get a fine. No10 and Boris Johnson have so far refused to say laws were broken - despite police saying fines would be issued for Covid law-breaking. Related; Infosys: Giant Firm Founded by Chancellor Sunak's Father-in-Law Closes Russian Office The tech giant, in which the Chancellor's wife Akshata Murty owns a 0.91% stake reportedly worth £690 million, is shutting its office in Russia after facing criticism for still operating in the country five weeks after Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine A multi-million-pound tech firm founded by Rishi Sunak's billionaire father-in-law is shutting down its Russian office, it has emerged. The Chancellor's wife Akshata Murty owns a 0.91% stake in tech giant Infosys reportedly worth £690 million. Infosys, which employs thousands of staff in the UK and is said to have held contracts with government ministries and public bodies, has faced harsh criticism for continuing to operate in Russia five weeks after President Vladimir Putin's forces invaded Ukraine. Tonight the BBC reports the Indian IT company is now trying to find replacement roles abroad for staff employed in Moscow. Mr Sunak has previously rejected allegations his family has been "benefiting from Vladimir Putin's regime" when pressed about his wife's stake in Infosys. He told Sky News he had "nothing to do with that company" and said he had "absolutely no idea" whether Infosys was following the "significant actions" put in place in response to the invasion. Charles chats with Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy at an event last night Earlier, Keir Starmer demanded to know whether Mr Sunak’s family was benefiting from cash made in Russia. The Labour leader said: "As the Chancellor's wife is concerned, there's just a fundamental principle, is their household benefiting from money made in Russia when the Government has put in place sanctions? "That is in the public interest for us to have an answer to - I'm not attacking their family but I do want to know if the Chancellor's household is benefiting from money from a company that's investing in Russia when the Government is saying quite rightly that nobody should be doing that." Russian President Vladimir Putin with India's second-largest software exporter Infosys Chairman and Chief Mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy Earlier this week, Mr Sunak angrily hit out at his wife and her family being thrust into the spotlight. “I think it's totally fine for people to take shots at me, it's fair game - I'm the one sitting here and that's what I signed up for,” he told BBC Newscast. "It's very upsetting and wrong for people to try and come at my wife and beyond that actually, with regard to my father-in-law, for whom I have nothing but enormous pride and admiration for everything that he's achieved. "No amount of attempted smearing is going to make me change that because he's wonderful and has achieved a huge amount. “As I said, I'm enormously proud." The Chancellor has previously urged business owners to "think very carefully about any investments that would in any sense support Putin and his regime" as fighting continues across Ukraine. Labour 's deputy leader Angela Rayner has said Mr Sunak's ties to Infosys amount to a "conflict of interest," and has demanded Mr Sunak declare his wife’s shareholdings "in the usual way" on the Register of Members’ Interests. She told the Mirror: "One minute he is telling British companies to think carefully about investments that in any sense support Putin and his regime - the next we hear his family are making millions from a company operating out of the Russian capital. "This company, founded by Sunak’s father-in-law, has been handed millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money in contracts. " Rishi Sunak must come clean about whether he is personally benefiting from business in Russia and whether he has declared this conflict of interest to the Permanent Secretary or if he's been profiting in secret." Despite allegations of "hypocrisy", Mr Sunak has insisted he has “followed the ministerial code to the letter” and has previously denied benefitting from doing business in Russia. A spokesperson for the Chancellor told the Mirror Ms Murthy is a "minority shareholder" in the firm, adding: "Neither her nor any member of her family have any involvement in the operational decisions of the company." __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

08-04-22, 11:55	#52
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: BORIS Sleeze: PM on Hols Amid Chaos & Asylum Seekers Flight Leaves UK For Rwanda Chancellor Sunaks' Wife Avoided up to £20m in Tax With Non-Dom Status Chancellor Accused of Breathtaking Hypocrisy… Sunak Wife Firm Paid £50m by YOU --- A Mirror investigation has found the Murty family’s vast Infosys business made tens of millions of pounds from British taxpayer-funded contracts, some since Mr Sunak became Chancellor in 2020 Pressure grows on chancellor over tax affairs of wife, who pays £30,000 a year to be classed as non-domiciled BBC News 8 APR 2022. The Mirror has uncovered details of a string of lucrative public sector contracts won by Infosys, the Indian IT firm which is part owned by Chancellor Rishi Sunak ’s wife. *Akshata Murty pays £30,000 a year to secure her non-domiciled tax status, which allows her to avoid paying taxes on millions of pounds earned from her near-1% stake in Infosys overseas.* Labour leader Keir Starmer condemned her “breathtaking hypocrisy” for claiming non-dom status while living in Downing Street with a Chancellor husband who has hiked taxes for millions of ordinary people. While the Tories force people to choose between eating or heating, the millionaire Chancellor with four luxury homes parades his wealth on social media, posing in £95 slider shoes before the last Budget and with a £180 “smart mug” the year before. The Chancellor's home at Kirby Sigston Manor, near Northallerton *His brutal 1.25% hike in National Insurance came into force this week.* Our investigation found the Murty family’s vast Infosys business made tens of millions of pounds from British taxpayer-funded contracts, some since Mr Sunak became Chancellor in 2020. Since 2016, Infosys has earned £15million working for the Care Quality Commission, the regulator of UK care homes. In 2019, it won a £5m contract with the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, and this year secured a £25m IT contract from the Tory-run East Sussex County Council. Infosys is among companies which shared £100m in public sector contracts between 2015 and 2021. Rishi Sunak's wife's parents Vladimir Putin with Narayana Murthy It was one of 12 suppliers in a £95m deal with Transport for London in 2015, at a time when Prime Minister Boris Johnson was Mayor of London. And it was one of nine partners in a £10m contract with Tory-run Westminster City Council last year. Angela Rayner, Labour’s Deputy Leader, told the Mirror: “The British public deserve answers. The Government is already awash with Tory cronyism. Now it seems the Chancellor’s close family are personally benefiting from lucrative public contracts. Rishi Sunak must come clean about these business interests and any potential conflicts.” And Ed Miliband said the Chancellor should issue an “explanation” about his wife’s tax status. Speaking to Sky News, the Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change said: “He is the UK Chancellor asking people to pay more in taxes. “Is it right that his immediate family is sheltering from UK taxes? I think Rishi Sunak and his family should reflect on that. Non-dom status is legal but I think we should be clear that non-dom status is used to... pay less tax than you otherwise would.” *Ed Miliband said the Chancellor should issue an 'explanation' about his wife's tax status* __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

08-04-22, 20:13	#53
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Boris Becker Branded Devil by Estranged Wife Boris Becker Found Guilty Over Bankruptcy, Could Face Jail LONDON — Tennis great Boris Becker could face a jail sentence after being found guilty on Friday of illicitly moving thousands of dollars from a bank account after he was declared bankrupt. The Telegraph UK 8 APR 2022 *A jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court convicted Becker on four charges under the Insolvency Act, including removal of property, concealing debt and two counts of failing to disclose estate.* The German star was found to have transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds (dollars) after his June 2017 bankruptcy from his business account to other accounts, including those of his ex-wife Barbara and estranged wife Sharlely “Lilly” Becker. He was also convicted of failing to declare a property in Germany and hiding an 825,000 euro ($895,000) bank loan and shares in a tech firm. He was acquitted on 20 other counts, including charges that he failed to hand over his many awards, including two Wimbledon trophies and an Olympic gold medal. The six-time Grand Slam champion had denied all the charges, saying he had cooperated with trustees tasked with securing his assets - even offering up his wedding ring - and had acted on expert advice. Becker’s bankruptcy stemmed from a 4.6 million euro ($5 million) loan from a private bank in 2013, as well as about $1.6 million borrowed from a British businessman the year after, according to testimony at the trial. During the trial Becker, 54, said his $50 million career earnings had been swallowed up by payments for an “expensive divorce” and debts when he lost large chunks of his income after retirement. He said he had “expensive lifestyle commitments” including a house in Wimbledon that cost 22,000 pounds ($28,800) in rent each month. But he said bad publicity had damaged “brand Becker,” making it hard for him to earn enough to pay off his debts. “(It is) very difficult when you are bankrupt and in the headlines every week for it,” he told the jury. “(It is) very difficult to make a lot of money with my name.” The charges carry a maximum sentence of seven years in prison. Becker was granted bail until a sentencing hearing on 29 April . __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

09-04-22, 10:33	#54
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: BORIS Sleeze: PM on Hols Amid Chaos & Asylum Seekers Flight Leaves UK For Rwanda Rishi Sunaks' Non-Dom Wife Akshata Murty Will Pay UK Tax On Overseas Income in HUGE U-Turn Akshata Murty owns £700million worth of shares of the Indian IT giant Infosys which was founded by her father but did not pay UK tax on any income dividend on those shares Daily Mirror 9 APR 2022 Rishi Sunak's non-dom wife tonight U-turned and announced she will pay UK tax on her overseas income after a furious backlash. Akshata Murty owns £700million worth of shares of the Indian IT giant Infosys which was founded by her father. But she is not thought to have paid UK tax on £11.6m in dividend income from the firm last year. That is because she is a non-domiciled (non-dom) UK resident - and chooses to pay taxes on foreign income in India, instead of in the UK. The revelation sparked claims of hypocrisy from the Chancellor's family at a time when he is putting up taxes on Brits. As a non-dom she could have chosen to tax her Indian income in the UK, and did not. Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty to pay UK tax ‘Keep families out of it’: Boris Johnson dodges question on Sunak wife tax affairs __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

11-04-22, 09:32	#55
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	BORIS Sleeze: Chancellors' Wife WILL Pay UK Tax On HUGE Income JOE & Santa Monica Beckons for Sunak UK Chancellor Sunak Faces Inquiry Into His Financial Interests Just weeks ago, Rishi Sunak was seen as the UK Prime Minister in waiting. Now friends of the Chancellor are discussing whether he will even stand at the next general election. If Boris Johnson manages to survive the climax of the police's "partygate" investigation, Mr Sunak's allies fear he will be reshuffled out of the Treasury. Amid questions of transparency over his personal wealth, Mr Sunak now faces an investigation into his financial affairs. He wrote to Mr Johnson to ask for an independent review of statements he has made about his finances since becoming a minister in 2018. It follows a string of disclosures in the past week. It is an open secret that Mr Sunak is attracted to the idea of a future life in California and the expectation among friends is that, if he feels his shot at the top job has gone, he will move his family to Santa Monica. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

29-04-22, 19:56	#56
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: Boris Becker Branded Devil by Estranged Wife Boris Becker Jailed For Two-and-a-Half Years 29 Apr 2022 Channel 4 News At 17 he was the youngest ever men's Wimbledon champion. Now, at 54, the six-time Grand Slam winner Boris Becker has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. Becker's crime was hiding assets worth more than 2 million pounds after being declared bankrupt five years ago. He earned millions during his playing career and became a successful TV pundit but ran into financial difficulties, courtesy of his lavish lifestyle. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

12-06-22, 12:10	#57
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: BORIS Sleeze: PM on Hols Amid Chaos & Asylum Seekers Flight Leaves UK For Rwanda Tory Minister's Wife Buys Second Supermarket as Brits Face Soaring Food Prices Nadhim Zahawi's wife has added a Co-op superstore to the couple's £100 million property empire Daily Mirror 12 JUN 2022 Nadhim Zahawi, the Secretary of State for Education While many worry about paying for their shopping, a mega-rich top Tory’s family have bought a second supermarket. Nadhim Zahawi ’s wife Lana now owns two superstores as part of their £100million property empire. Last September she bought a £6.3million plot which includes a giant Co-op and car park in St Neot’s, Cambridgeshire. It was purchased through Zahawi and Zahawi Ltd, a company controlled by Mr Zahawi’s wife, the day before he became Secretary of State for Education. Mr Zahawi was a director and founder but stood down in 2018 upon joining the Government. The Co-operative Food - Eaton Socon Another firm controlled by Lana owns land worth £18million containing an Asda megastore in Brierley Hill, West Midlands. *Its value has risen £1.25million since it was bought four years ago.* Mr Zahawi, the 55-year-old MP for Stratford-on-Avon and former vaccines minister, is tipped as a leadership contender if Boris Johnson is forced out. He has refused to rule out running for the top job, refusing to answer the question three times last week. In the past six years, the couple’s companies have spent over £80million on commercial properties. They also own five residences worth £17million – three in London, one in Warwickshire and one in Dubai. Questions have been raised about Mr Zahawi’s declaration of interests. Last year, it emerged one of his wife’s firms bought a £3.5million industrial estate by the Eurotunnel train station in Ashford, Kent, mortgage-free – days before the Government secured the trade deal with the EU in December 2020. Mr Zahawi had played a leading role in preparing for Brexit. Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, said: “In my view, this falls far short of the standards of transparency we expect. "It is a potential conflict of interest and should have been fully declared.” In the list of ministers’ interests, Mr Zahawi declares his wife “is director of several limited companies, including Zahawi & Zahawi Ltd, which own commercial and retail property”. Individual firms and properties are not named. Mr Zahawi was approached for comment. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

14-06-22, 13:59	#58
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: BORIS Sleeze: Barristers STRIKE & Doctors Demand Pay Rise Boris Johnson Suns Himself on Beach With Family as Travel Chaos Rages Across Britain ---Prime Minister Boris Johnson was photographed with wife Carrie and their two children on the beach in Porthminster, St Ives, as travel chaos continues to rage across Britain Rwanda Asylum Plan: First Removal Flight Will Take Off, Foreign Secretary Says ---The first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda will take off and people who are not removed on Tuesday will be on subsequent flights, Liz Truss has said. Daily Mirror 14 JUN 2022 Boris Johnson has been snapped sunning himself on a beach with his family as travel chaos rages across the country. Boris Johnson on the beach in St Ives with wife Carrie and their two children The Prime Minister, as well as his wife Carrie Johnson and their kids were seen today in Porthminster, St Ives, in Cornwall. It comes as Britain faces the biggest rail strike in a generation later this month while multiple airports are in daily meltdown due to staffing shortages. The photos were taken by eagle-eyed beachgoers at 2.30pm on Monday. The Tory leader was wearing a white shirt and colourful swimming shorts and could be seen in one snap walking along the sea front with a plastic spade. In another, he is sitting with Carrie and the children Wilfred and Romy. Earlier in the day Mr Johnson had been at Southern England Farms in Hayle, just eight miles from the beach. Temperatures are expected to hit 34C later this week in the south of England, with the Johnson’s returning to the site of the G7 Summit this time last year. Last Wednesday it was confirmed members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13 train operators will walk out on June 21, 23 and 25. The strikes are over pay, conditions, 2,500 maintenance job cuts and ticket office closures and will cripple the services. Separately the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) is also balloting workers for industrial action that could happen later in the summer. It came days after the 24-hour Underground strike on Monday (June 6), during which Transport for London (TfL) advised passengers: "Do not travel unless necessary." Commuters queue for the underground to resume at Waterloo station in London The union said it will be the biggest strike on the railways since 1989. The coming months are threatening to turn into a “summer of discontent” as hundreds of thousands of workers across a raft of sectors gear up for possible industrial acton. Most want a decent pay rise in the face of soaring inflation. The Centre for Economics and Business Research estimated the planned rail and tube strikes will cause a hit of at least £91million to the economy, with London set to suffer the biggest output loss.* British Airways passengers queue inside Heathrow airport Terminal 5 Meanwhile, pilots for easyJet have warned customers will turn their backs on the airline following "unprecedented chaos". A letter from the easyJet branch of the French SNPL pilots’ union said that the airline has cancelled viable flights. The letter reportedly said that easyJet is suffering “operational meltdowns” after bosses failed to heed staff warnings about surging demand. Several UK airports which have seen long queues in recent weeks as the aviation sector struggles to cope with the spike in demand for travel. *Gatwick Airport is suffering a "meltdown every night" due to staff shortages in the air traffic control tower, insiders have revealed.* Boris Johnson on Hols, nervously drives tractor and inspects broccoli at Cornish farm Rwanda Asylum Plan: First Removal Flight Will Take Off, Foreign Secretary Says ---The first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda will take off and people who are not removed on Tuesday will be on subsequent flights, Liz Truss has said. BBC 14 JUN 2022 More than 10,000 people have made the dangerous journey across the Channel this year... *The foreign secretary said it would "establish the principle" and break people traffickers' business models.* Seven or eight people are due to be removed on Tuesday, after dozens won legal cases to be taken off. But more legal challenges are set to be heard. Church of England leaders described the plan as an "immoral policy". Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the government will not be "deterred or abashed" by criticism of the plan. Four more legal challenges from people set to be flown to the east African nation's capital Kigali are expected to be heard in the courts before the flight departs, after a last-ditch attempt to block the flight altogether was rejected by the Court of Appeal on Monday. On Monday 138 people reached the UK in three boats, with more than 10,000 migrants making the dangerous journey so far this year. Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Ms Truss confirmed the flight will depart as scheduled even if only a small number of people were on board, describing it as a "key part of our strategy for tacking the appalling people smugglers who are trading in people's hopes and dreams". She said: "If people aren't on the flight today, they will be on subsequent flights to Rwanda." Ms Truss added the government was prepared to "face down" future legal challenges to its plans, adding: "It's about making sure that people have a safe future in Rwanda and we're determined to follow through on it". Asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme if the plane would take off even if no one was on board, Ms Truss said she was confident there will people on the flight - but added she was not able to say how many it would be. However, she said the numbers of people being sent to Rwanda by the end of the year "will be significant". She also declined to say how much the flight would cost, but argued the cost of human trafficking and illegal immigration was "huge" to the taxpayer. Boeing 767-35D/ER operated by airline Privileged Style The flight on Tuesday evening was originally due to carry dozens of passengers, but most succeeded in their individual appeals against removal. It is not clear exactly how many will leave on the flight: on Monday night, the Home Office said it was eight, while the charity Care4Calais said the number had fallen to seven. In a letter to the Times, senior Church of England leaders described the plan as an "immoral policy that shames Britain". Signed by the archbishops of Canterbury and York and more than 20 other bishops who sit in the House of Lords, the letter said that "those to be deported to Rwanda have had no chance to appeal, or reunite with family in Britain". "They have had no consideration of their asylum claim, recognition of their medical or other needs, or any attempt to understand their predicament." Speaking in cabinet on Tuesday, Mr Johnson said the government were "going to get on and deliver" on its plan, despite the "criticism that is being directed upon this policy, some of it from slightly unexpected quarters". He told ministers the objective is to ensure there is a "clear distinction" between immigration to the UK by safe and legal routes that the government supports and "dangerous and illegal cross-Channel migration, which we intend to stop". Tuesday's flight is due to be the first in a five-year trial, in which some asylum seekers deemed to have entered the UK illegally are transported to Rwanda to claim refuge there. They will get accommodation and support while the Rwandan government considers their application, and if they are successful they can stay in the country with up to five years' access to education and support. If their asylum claim is unsuccessful, they will be offered the chance to apply for other immigration routes, but could face deportation from Rwanda. The letter to The Times, signed by the entire senior leadership of the Church of England, said those being sent to Rwanda have had no chance to reunite with family in Britain. "Many are desperate people fleeing unspeakable horrors. These are people Jesus had in mind as he said when we offer hospitality to a stranger, we do it for him," it says. "We cannot offer asylum to everyone, but we must not outsource our ethical responsibilities, or discard international law - which protects the right to claim asylum." It's not the first time the Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised the plan - he described it as "the opposite of the nature of God" in his Easter sermon. At the time, the Home Office responded that the UK had a "proud history" of supporting those in need. At-a-Glance: The Rwanda Policy So Far The PM announces the five-year £120m trial in which some asylum seekers will get a one-way ticket to Rwanda It faces widespread opposition from more than 160 charities and campaign groups, a small number of which launch a legal challenge Home Office lawyers say the plan is in the public interest - and the High Court agrees Campaigners appealed against the ruling but are unsuccessful Judges will consider whether the policy is lawful next month - this could see some people returned to the UK from Rwanda if it is ruled unlawful.... On Monday, appeal court judges ruled the first deportation flight could go ahead, agreeing with a previous judgement that it was in the "public interest" for the government to carry out its policies. Campaigners had hoped to stop the plane taking off before a full court hearing on whether the policy is lawful next month. A woman in a crowd holds a sign saying 'stop the plane' Speaking in the Commons on Monday, Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper described the plan as "profoundly un-British". But Rwanda's high commissioner Johnston Busingye earlier defended the partnership, telling the Daily Telegraph people arriving in the country would be treated with "safety, dignity and respect". = ££££*£...* __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

15-06-22, 09:19	#59
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: BORIS Sleeze: Barristers STRIKE & Doctors Demand Pay Rise European Judges Stop Rwanda Flight Rwanda Asylum Flight Cancelled After Legal Action The first flight due to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda was cancelled minutes before take-off after legal rulings on Tuesday evening. BBC News 15 JUN 2022. A Boeing 767 aircraft at MoD Boscombe Down, near Salisbury, which is believed to be the plane set to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda Up to seven people had been expected to be removed to the east African country. But the flight was stopped after a late intervention from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) led to fresh challenges in the UK courts. Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was "disappointed" but added: "Preparation for the next flight begins now." However, James Wilson from campaign group Detention Action said the rare intervention from the ECtHR "shows how potentially dangerous" the Rwanda removals are. He said the court had recognised no one should be forced on to a plane until the policy was fully scrutinised in a High Court hearing next month. The Rwanda asylum plan, announced by the government in April, sees some asylum seekers who cross the Channel to the UK given a one-way ticket to Rwanda to claim asylum there instead. The government said the scheme would discourage others from crossing the English Channel. The cancellation of the flight followed days of arguments in UK courts, ending with the home secretary getting the go-ahead to begin transporting some of the asylum seekers. A Boeing 767, chartered at an estimated cost of £500,000, had been due to take off at 22:30 BST from a military airport in Wiltshire. But a judgement from the ECtHR in Strasbourg halting the deportation of one of the men arrived just after 19:30, and triggered a series of legal challenges in London courts. By 22:15 all the passengers had been removed from the plane, which then returned to Spain. The Strasbourg human rights court - part of the Council of Europe, which still counts the UK as a member, rather than the European Union - said an Iraqi man known as KN faced "a real risk of irreversible harm" if he remained on the flight. Whereas the High Court in London had found that KN could be returned to the UK if his bid to overturn the Rwanda transportation policy succeeded, the ECtHR said there was no legally enforceable mechanism to ensure he could come back from east Africa. The Strasbourg court also said the UN had raised concerns that UK asylum seekers transferred to Rwanda would not have access to "fair and efficient" procedures to determine their refugee status. And it noted that the High Court had acknowledged there were serious issues regarding whether Rwanda had been correctly assessed as a safe third country. The home secretary said these "repeated legal barriers" were similar to those the government faced on other deportations, adding that "many of those removed from this flight will be placed on the next". Ms Patel said that she had always maintained this policy would "not be easy to deliver" but added it was "very surprising" the European court had intervened after the government had been permitted to go ahead with the flights by domestic courts. "Our legal team are reviewing every decision made on this flight and preparation for the next flight begins now," she said. The Rwandan government said it remained committed to its deal with the UK and was "not deterred" by the failure of the first flight to depart. Spokeswoman Yolande Makolo said: "Rwanda stands ready to receive the migrants when they do arrive and offer them safety and opportunity in our country." At-a-Glance: The Rwanda Asylum Policy so Far The PM announces a five-year £120m trial in which some asylum seekers will get a one-way ticket to Rwanda It faces widespread opposition from more than 160 charities and campaign groups, a small number of which launch a legal challenge Home Office lawyers say the plan is in the public interest - and the High Court says there is no lawful reason to stop the flight Campaigners appeal the ruling but are unsuccessful But a last-minute judgement by the European Court of Human Rights blocking one of the deportations sets off a fresh wave of legal challenges and ultimately grounds the flight Judges will consider whether the whole Rwanda policy is lawful next month Earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his cabinet that people undermining the Rwanda policy were "abetting the work of criminal gangs" and said the government would not be deterred from the policy. Asked by reporters if the UK would withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, which the Strasbourg court upholds, Mr Johnson said it "very well may be" necessary to change the law. But groups supporting asylum seekers urged the government to change course and provide a fair way for people fleeing persecution to seek refuge in the UK. Refugee Council chief executive Enver Solomon said the fact the flight could not take off was "indicative of the inhumanity of the plan" and said the government had to rethink its plans by having "a grown-up conversation with France" over Channel crossings by migrants. Mr Wilson from Detention Action said the European Court of Human Rights, founded in the wake of the Holocaust, had "done what it was established to do", calling it "a night for the history books". __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

18-06-22, 14:12	#60
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: BORIS Sleeze: Barristers STRIKE & Doctors Demand Pay Rise The Only Way Is Ethics: Who Will Advise Boris Johnson Now?' We're at T Point Where There are Literally NO Ethics Left in Downing Street, Says Fleet Street Fox Boris Johnson's brazen acts that led ANOTHER ethics chief to quit - and why it's dangerous for PM Daily Mirror 18 JUN 2022 It is a truth universally acknowledged that 1.3million unemployed people must be in want of a job. And those who enjoy saying what the government ought to do will be interested to learn of a role, freshly-delivered to the jobs market, that comes with the chance to walk the corridors of power, command ministers of the Crown, and generally swan about acting like the big-I-am. The salary is unknown, but is large enough for its existence to be noted in the House of Lords register of interests. Holidays are likely to be interrupted, and there isn't really any sick leave because if you are sickened, you just have to leave. You're also going to have to spend a lot of time telling the Prime Minister that the only way is ethics . Boris Johnson Geidt ethics adviser Good luck with that After Lord Geidt became the second ethics adviser to flounce out of Downing Street - the first one went in a huff over Priti Patel, this one has departed in a huff about steel tariffs, if you believe that's possible - the job of Independent Adviser on Ministerial Ethics is vacant at a time when the jobs market is awash with opportunities. Of course, they're opportunities to pick seasonal fruit for 6 weeks and lose rights to Universal Credit for months afterwards, to do back-breaking labour for little pay, wait tables, or drive a lorry into a six-week traffic jam at the ports, so the prospect of a nice office job in an actual palace when all that is asked of you is an opinion may seem proper cushty by comparison. This was a job first instituted by Tony Blair, soon after he was accused of misleading Parliament over the Iraq War and his majority shrank to 66, which is so piteously small that Theresa May would have chewed stinging nettles for such a swingeing mandate to rule. It continued under Gordon Brown, David Cameron, and the aforesaid Mrs May, and all may have had their moments of moral wobble - bigoted women, pig's heads, hooliganism in wheat fields - but none of them ever caused the incumbent ethics adviser to down tools in protest. Boris Johnson Geidt ethics adviser "Yes, but I'm world-beating" *'I'm a 72-year-old councillor and I've had to take on THREE jobs to make ends meet'* If there's one thing you can say about Boris Johnson, though, it's that he does always like to go one better. And now the job of advising him on the principles of public life is available for the second time in as many years, it would be completely in character for the Prime Minister to decide the next one shouldn't be some stuffy old lord with olde worlde ideas on what's right and, er, the other thing. Who has the pizzazz to dazzle the media, the zing to adorn the right hand of the Prime Minister, the zap to tell him, yes old boy, you can absolutely do that with no qualms whatsoever? And who, more importantly, is desperate enough to do the job? Step forward Prince Andrew, Duke of Dork, who just so happens to be looking for a way back into public life and may enjoy being seen as a moral crusader, for once. "Cripes! Old Bozza's in the poop again, Your Royal Ethics Advisoriness! What do I do about this one?" "I've got the perfect excuse. Tell them you were in Woking Pizza Express and it's not your hands in the pictures." Boris Johnson Geidt ethics adviser > "You're so fired" Bombshell resignation letter of Boris Johnson's ethics chief blasting PM's rule breach plan Boris Johnson could scrap ethics chief entirely after second one quits in a row Perhaps that wouldn't work. What about Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of a thief, ex-girlfriend of a sex abuser, and long-time associate of unpleasant prats in gilded walks of life? ---"Bugger me backwards, Giz, those fiends at the Church of England are calling me morally bankrupt for enabling Priti Patel! Gizza some backup! Geddit? Gizza! Crumbs, Geidt would've got it." ---"Have you considered hiding, or claiming to be a victim of precisely the thing you're accused of?" "Hid in a fridge once, didn't go well. And I'm not going to deport myself to Rwanda! They think albinos are the result of witchcraft, they might put Old Bozza in a wicker man! Get thee back to maximum security." Boris Johnson nails his own coffin shut Perhaps Loki would like to have a crack at it, or that MP who had a bit of a thing for tractors. Failing that, Vladimir Putin might be looking for an exit strategy from his current predicament, and Sarah Ferguson always seem up for making a bit of money and talking tripe. The real issue is that ethics and this government seem to be in a state of instable equilibrium, like mutually-repellent magnets. Johnson needs rules in order to be seen as a rule-breaker, and the rules need a bad guy to be seen as necessary. Neither can exist without the other, yet they pull in opposite directions: it's like having a tug-o'-war with your backs turned. If the thought of commuting to London every day through simmering union discontent is not enough to put you off this job, the idea that you'd be daily bedevilled by the sort of ethical concerns which would make King Solomon weep hot tears of frustration probably would. Throw in the fact that the person you'd be guiding through the moral maze is as likely to heed your advice as a cheese-crazed puppy humping Granny's slipper, and frankly we'd all be volunteering to die in a urine-stained sweatbox parked on the A2 outside Dover instead. Because, as the employment figures show, just because there are 1.3m jobs available and 1.3m unemployed, it does not mean that those without work are in any position to fulfil the roles available. 'A wheelchair-bound accountant isn't going to pick sprouts, and if the combined forces of Eton, Oxford, Her Majesty the Queen, and the Conservative Party can't make Boris Johnson behave, it's probably beyond the power of most mortals. Which is why he'll either appoint Jacob Rees-Mogg, who no doubt applauds wildly if the PM does a ripping fart, or scrap the role entirely so there are literally no ethics left in Downing Street and he can, therefore, no longer be accused of ignoring them. The only question is whether Boris Johnson sticks around long enough to ask for moral feedback from the ballot box. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

22-06-22, 10:21	#61
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: BORIS Sleeze: Barristers STRIKE & Doctors Demand Pay Rise Inside Glitzy Tory Summer Party Where Donors Bid £120k For Dinner With Boris Johnson Super-rich donors paid thousands to attend the lavish Tory Summer Party, held at London's V&A museum, where they rubbed shoulders with Cabinet ministers, party chiefs and the PM BBC News 22 JUN 2022. Boris Johnson auctioned off a cosy dinner with himself, Theresa May and David Cameron for £120,000 as he begged Tory donors to fill his election war chest. Ring of Tory donors 'line pals up' for knighthoods and honours in "Gong-Go-Round" *Super-rich donors paid thousands to attend the lavish Tory Summer Party, held at London's V&A museum, where they rubbed shoulders with Cabinet ministers, party chiefs and the PM.* Cabinet members in attendance at the bash included Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Welfare Secretary Therese Coffey and Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng. Millionaire property mogul Nick Candy and his wife, former Neighbours star Holly Vallance, also attended. Russian-born Tory donor given 'Knighthood' by San Marino in London ceremony Tory donor Lubov Chernukhin Lubov Chernukhin, the biggest female political donor in British history, also attended the posh do. In auctions at previous events, Ms Chernukhin has won tennis matches with Mr Johnson and Mr Cameron, a "girls' night out" with Mrs May and Ms Truss and a private dinner with then-Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson in the Churchill War Rooms. Prices ranged from £12,500 for a "standard" table, up to £20,000 to sit next to a Cabinet minister. Labour party chair Anneliese Dodds told the Mirror: " The cash for access culture created by Boris Johnson raises serious questions about who is really pulling the strings in the Conservative Party." Nick Candy and Holly Vallance arriving at the fundraiser The party fund-raising event began with a drinks bash in the museum's courtyard for 250 assorted Government ministers, wealthy donors and Tory advisors. Tory insiders at the event said Mr Johnson, who had a minor operation on his sinuses earlier in the day under general anaesthetic, gave a "short and funny" address to donors, followed by speeches by Cabinet minister Michael Gove and co-party chairman Ben Elliott. The PM's spokesman said his operation had not required his doctors to sign off his attendance at the event. He added: "My understanding is that he was there for a relatively brief period of time". But he was later spotted, along with much of the Cabinet, at Rupert Murdoch's summer party at the Serpentine Gallery. Guests at the V&A were treated to an online auction as they were served a starter of salmon tartare followed by beef with asparagus mash, with passionfruit meringues for dessert. Other items in the auction included a safari trip which sold for around £65,000, a weekend of shooting in Market Harborough which raised £37,000 and a wine tasting which went for £30,000. Donors were booed as they arrived Former Tory Treasurer Howard Lee, raising money for the Tory plan to hold onto 80 marginal seats and win a further 20 at the next election, asked people to “stand up to donate £500”. Several sat back down quickly when asked them to “stay standing to donate £1,000", according to reports. A band played ABBA songs at the event. A source told Politico: "It was like a school disco band. There were one or two people making slightly boogie-looking moves but no one was fully committed to dancing". Tables at the event started from £12,500 Another added: “If there’s one thing the country thinks the Tories do well it’s throwing parties - and ironically this wasn’t much of one." A third insider told the website: "I've had better Monday nights." Meanwhile outside the venue, Labour's former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell joined a picket organised by the museum's PCS union branch. Protesters shouted "shame on you" as donors, party figures and ministers arrived at the exclusive dinner. One donor arriving at the event told protesters to "get a job!" __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

26-06-22, 20:45	#62
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: BORIS Sleeze: Barristers STRIKE & Doctors Demand Pay Rise Home Secretary Priti Patel Breaks The Law in Yet ANOTHER Asylum Seeker Scandal The High Court ruled housing refugees in Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, until 2026 was in breach of the Equality Act - the second time the plans have been branded unlawful Daily Mirror 26 JUN 2022 Another of Priti Patel’s controversial asylum schemes has been ruled illegal – as she waits for a court verdict on her Rwanda plan. The Home Secretary granted herself a five-year extension to house migrants in dilapidated Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent – where hundreds of migrants sleep 14 to a dorm. But a judge ruled on Friday that the plan breached the Equality Act, designed to protect people from discrimination. It was the second time Ms Patel’s plans for Napier were branded unlawful. Inspectors said Napier is ‘dilapidated' In June last year transfers there were temporarily halted after the High Court ruled the selection process was unlawful. Another defeat came in March this year, when she lost a High Court challenge brought by three asylum seekers after she admitted their phones were unlawfully seized under a blanket policy targeting migrants crossing the Channel. Napier Barracks were initially loaned from the MoD in September 2020 to help with a backlog caused by Covid. Napier Barracks has been controversial The Government had used emergency planning laws to use Napier for 12 months But Mrs Justice Lieven highlighted potential victimisation and harassment, plus tensions with the local community once the scheme was extended to 2026. Napier has divided opinion. Far-right groups opposing the presence of asylum seekers have protested outside the camp. Others expressed concern for the welfare of refugees – and the impact on the community. Tonight campaigners who crowdfunded £40,000 to mount the court challenge against Ms Patel hailed it a victory. Napier has up to 400 migrants Organiser Sally Hough, who lives in Folkestone and helps migrants with legal and welfare issues, said: “I am delighted. The judgment vindicates the concerns of local people and camp residents. “The judge reached the same view we did – that the Home Office shouldn’t have used the barracks long term without properly assessing how it was going to impact the community and vulnerable people at the camp.” The legal ruling comes as the Government scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda faces a High Court challenge – on July 19. Refuguee charities Care4Calais and Detention Action – along with the Public and Commercial Services Union are seeking permission for a judicial review. If approved, the review could take place during the same hearing – set to last three days. The decision to house up to 400 male migrants at Napier caused a storm from day one. In early 2021, some 197 were infected in a Covid outbreak. Rwanda asylum seekers hostel is making preparations to accept kids from Britain Last year many were evacuated when a fire – thought to have been started deliberately – broke out. The Government had used emergency planning laws to use Napier for 12 months. When that expired, Ms Patel secured use of the base until 2026 via a Special Development Order – which overrides local planning law. As part of the plan, the Government was obliged to consider any implications under equality law. After Friday’s ruling, it must make a new submission that satisfies the Equality Act. Mrs Justice Lieven said: “The development raises very obvious issues, in particular relating to potential victimisation and harassment. “Large segregated accommodation for male asylum seekers on the edge of town has obvious potential to create tensions within the community. Inside the empty hostel in Rwanda where Britain wants to send its asylum seekers UK has given Rwanda entire £120m for asylum plan - and it’s already being spent “There is a very significant difference between a development which is proposed to continue for two months and one for five years. “Pressure on services, for example on the local GP, community health and possibly on the police, will be very much greater over a prolonged period. The potential for impact on community relations are wholly different.” She said she did “not consider there was a proper consideration” of the Government’s duties under the Equality Act. On Sunday, a court order will be issued which will determine the future of the barracks, which remains in use. Care4Calais founder Clare Moseley said: “Once again Priti Patel has shown her lack of regard for the law and dignity of refugees.” __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

28-06-22, 09:27	#63
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: BORIS Sleeze: Parties Bullying Sexual Harrassment & LIES at No 10 Fresh court Delays as UK Barristers Walk Out on First Day of Strike Action UK Doctors Demand Pay Rise of Up To 30% Over Five Years BMA members’ call for reversal of real-terms cuts over last 14 years increases chances of strike action The Guardian UK 28 JUN 2022 Barristers in England and Wales have begun strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions. Some crown courts across the two nations are running limited services, with criminal trials and other cases postponed or rescheduled from Monday, the first day of a walkout by thousands of lawyers. Barristers on picket lines accused the government of not listening to their concerns about the criminal justice system, and are angry that a proposed pay rise of 15% would not kick in immediately or apply to backlogged cases. UK Doctors Demand Pay Rise Doctors have thrown down the gauntlet to the government by calling for a pay rise of up to 30% over the next five years, in a move that increases the chances of strike action. Delegates at the British Medical Association’s (BMA) annual conference voted to press ministers to agree to the increase to make up for real-terms cuts to their salaries over the last 14 years. Some doctors who supported the motion cited striking rail workers as an inspiration for how groups of workers should pursue pay claims with Boris Johnson’s administration. Last week members of the RMT union staged three stoppages, while teaching unions threatened strike action if their pay was not increased by more than inflation. Frontline doctors said years of pay freezes and annual salary uplifts of 1% had caused the real value of their take-home pay to fall by almost a third since 2008. They now want “full pay restoration” to return the value of their pay to 2008 levels, and have instructed the BMA to pursue that goal with a government that has made clear it will not hand public sector workers sizeable salary increases in case it fuels already rampant inflation. The motion noted “with horror that all doctors’ pay has fallen against RPI [the retail prices index] since 2008 to the tune of up to 30%”. It said the BMA’s leadership should “achieve pay restoration to 2008 for its members within the next five years” and report back annually on progress. Proposing the motion, Dr Emma Runswick, a member of the BMA’s ruling council, said: “We should not wait for things to get worse. All of us deserve comfort and pleasure in our lives. Pay restoration is the right, just and moral thing to do. But it is a significant demand and it won’t be easy to win. Every part of the BMA needs to plan for how to achieve this.” She added: “I’m not foolish, I know that’s it’s likely to be that industrial action will be required to move the government on this issue … Do not be tempted to accept a pathetic future for our profession. We are worth more.” The BMA’s decision represents a major escalation of the growing determination among health unions to secure substantially bigger salaries for NHS staff, to help them cope with inflation running at 9.1%. All are pressing for a pay rise that at least equals inflation, though the Royal College of Nursing is seeking a rise of 5% above that. Junior doctors – all those below consultant level – are closely involved in the drive for restoration of lost earnings. In a speech supporting the motion, Joanna Sutton-Klein, a trainee A&E doctor, told the conference: “Some people might think that the demand of over 30% pay restoration is too high, they might think it is outrageous. But I’ll tell you what is outrageous. It is outrageous that our pay has been cut by 30%. It is outrageous that doctors today are unable to afford mortgages, and are delaying starting families due to our falling pay. It is outrageous that our pay has been cut. It is sensible that we demand it back.” She said a 30% uplift was possible. “Last month binmen in Manchester won a 22% pay rise. Two weeks ago Gatwick airport workers won a 21% pay increase. And in March cleaners and porters at Croydon hospital won a 24% pay rise,” Sutton-Klein said, noting that those workers’ ability “to collectively negotiate and collectively withdraw labour” had proved instrumental to their successes. The depth of feeling among doctors about their pay was evident at the conference in Brighton. One delegate, Anna Athow from London, called the motion “a sellout” because, she claimed, it meant doctors had “to sit on their hands” doing nothing for five years. Others also said the 30% restoration should be achieved much sooner, with one saying it should happen within six months. Another speaker, Dr Kevin O’Kane, a consultant, told the gathering: “This is our time of maximum power. Don’t waste it with a five-year flaccid fudge. We need real action this side of the general election.” Two independent groups of experts that advise the government on NHS pay – the NHS pay review body and the review body on doctors’ and dentists’ remuneration – will soon give their recommendations for what frontline personnel should receive in 2022-23. The pay review body is expected to recommend that NHS personnel (not including doctors and dentists) should get an increase this year of somewhere between 4% and 5% – above the 3% that ministers have set as a firm maximum, but well below that demanded by health unions. Dr Vishal Sharma, the chair of the BMA’s consultants committee, who is one of four contenders to become the union’s new leader on Wednesday, said he understood the calls for full pay restoration. “Doctors’ pay has been unjustifiably cut, with their take-home pay falling by almost a third since 2008. It’s clear that our members will no longer tolerate the government’s woeful failure to reverse these cuts.” A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “We are incredibly grateful to all our NHS staff and we recognise the pressures caused by the rising cost of living. NHS staff received a 3% pay rise last year, despite a public sector pay freeze, and in 2019 the government and the BMA agreed to a multi-year pay deal for doctors in training, which guaranteed an 8.2% rise in pay over four years. *“We are giving NHS workers another pay rise this year – no decisions have been made and we will carefully consider the recommendations from the independent pay review bodies.”* __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

05-07-22, 10:44	#64
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: BORIS Sleeze: Parties Bullying Sexual Harrassment & LIES at No 10 Boris Johnson Under Pressure as Tory MP is Accused of Groping Two Men Boris Johnson Was Made Aware of Formal Chris Pincher Complaint BBC News 5 JUL 2022. Boris Johnson was made aware of a formal complaint about Chris Pincher's "inappropriate behaviour" while Mr Pincher was a Foreign Office minister from 2019-20. Boris Johnson's Deputy Chief whip Chris Pincher has resigned from government over an allegation of groping. Mr Pincher said he had "embarrassed" himself after "drinking too much" and apologised to the Prime Minister and "those concerned". The complaint led to a disciplinary process which confirmed his misconduct. BBC News understands the PM and the foreign secretary at the time - Dominic Raab - were told about the complaint. The claim raises fresh questions about what the PM knew before making Mr Pincher deputy chief whip in February. For days ministers have insisted Mr Johnson was not aware of specific allegations against Mr Pincher when he was appointed deputy chief whip - whose job it is to uphold discipline among fellow Tory MPs. Mr Pincher, the MP for Tamworth, was suspended as a Conservative Party MP last week over allegations he groped two men at a private members' club in London. He says he is seeking professional medical support and has no intention of resigning as an MP. In the latest statement addressing what Mr Johnson knew, Downing Street said the prime minister was aware of media reports and some allegations about Mr Pincher's misconduct that were "either resolved or did not progress to a formal complaint". He added: "It was in one way concluded in some form. These issues tend to be anonymous." Mr Pincher apologised after the disciplinary process concluded, BBC News has been told, but the MP has not responded to our request for comment. The message from No 10 has developed since last Thursday when Mr Pincher first resigned. Since then, Mr Pincher has faced a number of historical claims, which he denies. On Sunday and Monday morning, ministers continued to stress that Boris Johnson was not aware of specific allegations when he gave Mr Pincher his most recent government job. But later on Monday, Downing Street conceded the prime minister was previously aware of "reports and speculation", but nothing firmer than that. The BBC has been told a formal complaint was made against Mr Pincher while he was serving as a Foreign Office minister from July 2019 to February 2020. An official complaint was raised about Mr Pincher for "inappropriate behaviour" and it triggered a process, overseen by the Cabinet Office, which resulted in a report that confirmed misconduct. Both the prime minister and Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary at the time, were made aware of the disciplinary process, the BBC has been told. Mr Raab's team have been approached for comment, and the Foreign Office said: "We have robust measures in place to respond to any allegations of inappropriate behaviour. It's our long-standing policy not to comment on individual cases." On Monday evening, No 10 reiterated that the prime minister was not aware of any "specific allegations" being looked at, and that in the "absence of a formal complaint it would not be appropriate to stop the appointment". Mr Johnson's allies have defended his handling of the situation, with Cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg telling BBC Two's Newsnight: "There's always a lot of gossip going on in politics, there's gossip about all sorts of politicians, an awful lot of which is untrue. "You can't hire and fire on the basis of rumour... There are rumours about so many people in politics in all parties." But opposition MPs have been critical, with the Lib Dem MP Daisy Cooper saying: "I think what we've seen time and time again with Boris Johnson is that he's just prepared to carpet over things and try and hope they go away until they become a real problem." The prime minister's official spokesman has previously said that before Mr Pincher was appointed a deputy chief whip, advice was sought from the government's propriety and ethics team, part of the Cabinet Office, who did not advise against the move. The spokesman declined to comment on a claim by the PM's former chief aide Dominic Cummings that Mr Johnson had referred to the MP as "Pincher by name, pincher by nature". "I'm simply not going to comment on content of what was or wasn't said in private conversations," the spokesman said. More New allegations emerge against Chris Pincher __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

05-07-22, 18:56	#65
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: BORIS Sleeze: Parties Bullying Sexual Harrassment & LIES at No 10 No 10 Under Scrutiny After Extraordinary Letter From Former Top Civil Servant Guardian News 5 JUL 2022. Downing Street has been forced to deny misleading journalists about Boris Johnson's knowledge of the allegations surrounding Chris Pincher after the former Foreign Office permanent secretary Simon McDonald published an extraordinary letter alleging No 10's version of events was untrue. Responding to an urgent question from the deputy Labour leader, Cabinet Office minister Michael Ellis conceded the prime minister had been informed about an internal investigation that upheld a complaint about Pincher’s behaviour in 2019. Boris Johnson ‘did not immediately recall’ being briefed about Chris Pincher Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid Resign From The Cabinet Guardian News Rishi Sunak has quit as Chancellor and Sajid Javid has resigned as health secretary as Boris Johnson's leadership faced a fresh crisis following the Chris Pincher scandal. Mr Sunak said "the public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously", adding "I believe these standards are worth fighting for and that is why I am resigning." In an incendiary letter, Mr Javid said the British people "expect integrity from their government" but voters now believed Mr Johnson's administration was neither competent nor "acting in the national interest". Mr Johnson had tonight admitted "it was a mistake" to give Mr Pincher his job as deputy chief whip and said: "I apologise for it". Mr Sunak and Mr Javid's resignations come after Downing Street was accused of lying over the Chris Pincher scandal this morning, as Lord McDonald said Mr Johnson was briefed "in person" about concerns relating to the then Foreign Office minister. The publication of the letter appeared to wrong foot Dominic Raab as he conducted interviews. Later Downing Street suggested Mr Johnson forgot he had been briefed, with Cabinet Office minister Michael Ellis telling the Commons Mr Johnson was "made aware" in "late 2019" and "did not immediately recall" it. *These are the ministers wheeled out to respond to the scandal and what they said. If you are struggling to keep up, read how No 10's story has changed over the Chris Pincher scandal.* Meltdown For Johnson’s Government - Will The PM Survive Resignations? __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

06-07-22, 05:53	#66
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: NEW UK PM: Presenter Faints on Air During Debate Exclusive: Quarter of Parliamentary Staff Say They’ve Witnessed Both MEN and WOMEN Being Sexually Harassed 6 Jul 2022 Channel 4 News Allegations of impropriety and what the prime minister knew, have called his future into question with those bombshell resignations of both the chancellor and health secretary. Channel 4 News has been looking into the culture of harassment and impunity and tonight we have an exclusive investigation that shows how widespread the problems are across the political spectrum. Half of the 51 parliamentary workers we spoke to said a victim of sexual harrassment had confided in them - and a quarter said they'd seen it happen themselves. 70% said they felt that if they reported inappropriate behaviour their careers would be harmed - and today parliamentary authorities admitted to us that there are barriers to speaking up. Prime Minister Under Pressure After Bombshell REVOLTS Johnson Names New Top Team as Sunak and Javid Quit Boris Johnson fights for political survival as he prepares to face MPs BBC News 5 Jul 2022 He is scrambling to shore up his support, but insists he will carry on. Boris Johnson is battling to save his premiership after two of his most senior Cabinet ministers resigned within 10 minutes of each other. First Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, and then Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, published letters on their Twitter accounts explaining why they could not remain in their posts. Mr Johnson scrambled to fill the gaps on the front bench even as further resignations from government positions were announced. Nadhim Zahawi, the Education Secretary, was named as the new Chancellor. It is understood he and Mr Johnson agreed on the need for tax cuts to secure growth in their one-on-one meeting on Tuesday night. Michelle Donelan, the universities minister, will replace Mr Zahawi as Education Secretary, while Steve Barclay, the Downing Street chief of staff, was appointed to replace Mr Javid as Health Secretary. Mr Johnson takes to the despatch box for Prime Minister's questions at midday and will answer questions from the liaison committee of MPs at 3pm. The resignations began just two minutes after broadcasters began playing a clip filmed for the 6pm news where Mr Johnson finally said sorry over his handling of the Chris Pincher scandal. This was after yet another calamitous day that began with his deputy, Dominic Raab, being hung out to dry by No 10 in both the media and the Commons. Knocked senseless by the resignations, Nick Gutteridge and Tony Diver recount the events which left the Prime Minister staggering about like Rocky in his final fight. Tim Stanley sketches the dramatic day of revelations which ended with the Prime Minister watching a metaphorical lifeboat pushing away from the ship, Mr Sunak and Mr Javid at the oars, others to follow. Daniel Capurro reveals how history shows that the bond between No 10 and No 11 can make or break any government. Sunak and Javid Think They Can Avoid Heseltine's Fate By resigning within minutes of each other, Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak jointly wielded the knife, and they no doubt hope that in doing so one of them will get to wear the crown. The hesitancy of Cabinet ministers to lead the charge against Boris Johnson in recent months has been put down to the belief that direct challengers never get the top job. Lord Heseltine's humiliation after he forced out Margaret Thatcher cast a long shadow over the Conservative Party. But if Mr Johnson is, ultimately, toppled as a result of Tuesday's events, it will be impossible to pinpoint whether it was Mr Javid, who quit first, or Mr Sunak, the senior man, who started the landslide. Gordon Rayner analyses how the pair will now believe they can avoid Lord Heseltine's fate. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

06-07-22, 17:04	#67
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: NEW UK PM: Presenter Faints on Air During Debate Boris Johnson Takes Questions From Liaison Committee on Integrity in Politics – LIVE MP Tells Boris Johnson at Liaison Committee The Game is UP Boris Johnson Pressed on Meeting With Ex-KGB Agent Alexander Lebedev While Foreign Secretary The Guardian UK 6 JUL 2022 Prime minister is questioned by Commons liaison committee about integrity in politics, war in Ukraine and the cost of living crisis and on meeting with ex-KGB agent Alexander Lebedev while foreign secretary 'Enough is Enough' Says Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid Chancellor Rishi Sunak RESIGNS Boris Johnson Pressed on Meeting With Ex-KGB Agent Alexander Lebedev While Foreign Secretary __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

07-07-22, 03:43	#68
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: NEW UK PM: Presenter Faints on Air During Debate Boris Johnson on The Brink as Dozens of His Ministers Resign Many Believe The British Prime Minister Cannot Remain in Office And Will be Forced OUT Within Days. BBC News 6 Jul 2022 Boris Johnson is clinging to power and vowing to fight on, after the resignation of dozens of members of his government. The latest crisis began with the resignation of Mr Johnson’s Chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid. Since then more than 40 other ministers have resigned, with many of them calling on Mr Johnson to step down immediately or be forced from office. It follows a series of scandals, with accusations that Mr Johnson lacks honesty and integrity and has repeatedly lied to his party and the country. Recently more than 40% of his Conservative MPs declared that they had no confidence in Boris Johnson's leadership. Even Larry the Cat refuses to enter 10 Downing Street as Boris Johnson Cabinet resignation pile up......... __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

07-07-22, 10:14	#69
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: NEW UK PM: Presenter Faints on Air During Debate Johnson to Resign as Tory Leader Tory MPs Want Reassurances Johnson Will Really be Caretaker PM Boris Johnson is to resign as Conservative leader today, but remain as PM until autumn, following further ministerial resignations this morning. BBC News 7 JUL 2022. Thoughts are turning to the leadership race in Conservative circles. "We will rattle through the process," one MP predicts - probably two votes a day at Westminster to whittle the candidates down to the final two, who will then go to a vote of the members after a summer campaign. But that initial process is likely to be intensely fought. So far, Suella Braverman, the attorney-general, is the only person to definitively throw her hat in the ring. Others, including Steve Baker, have heavily hinted they will stand. A Conservative leadership contest will take place this summer and a new prime minister will be in place in time for the party conference in October. In the meantime, Mr Johnson will continue as prime minister. He had vowed to "keep going" following a wave of resignations from the government over his leadership but has now decided to step down. Senior members of his cabinet, including chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, urged him to resign and "leave with dignity". Mr Johnson is expected to give a resignation statement outside No 10 Downing Street later. Mr Johnson became prime minister in July 2019 after winning a Tory leadership contest, and went on to win an historic landslide general election victory five months after that. He won the election vowing to "get Brexit done" but his government has been dogged by a series of controversies in recent months, not least a police investigation into parties in Downing Street during lockdown. The revolt this week was triggered by revelations about the prime minister's handling of sexual misconduct allegations against former Deputy Chief Whip Chris Pincher. BBC political editor Chris Mason said Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs, has met the prime minister to tell him he has lost the confidence of the party. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

07-07-22, 11:52	#70
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: NEW UK PM: Presenter Faints on Air During Debate Boris Johnson Resignation Speech in Full \| 10 Downing Street __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

08-07-22, 03:38	#71
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: NEW UK PM: Presenter Faints on Air During Debate Boris Johnson: Downfall of a Prime Minister *'Rishi Sunak was not a successful chancellor,' says Jacob-Rees Mogg* Sky News As Boris Johnson offers his resignation as prime minister, Sky News's Dermot Murnaghan presents this special programme on the downfall of a prime minister. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

08-07-22, 11:27	#72
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: NEW UK PM: Presenter Faints on Air During Debate Boris Johnson's Chequers Wedding Party Plan Branded Crass After Months of Scandal Boris Johnson's allies say that devotion to duty is why he wants to stay on at No10 until a new Conservative leader is elected - but sources say he wants to hold a lavish wedding bash at Chequers Carefree EX PM Theresa May Dances to Craig David on Day Boris Johnson Finally Ousted as PM BBC News 8 JUL 2022. Boris Johnson wants to stay at the helm as caretaker Tory leader... partly to hold a lavish wedding bash at Chequers, sources claim. He and wife Carrie have planned a party at the grace-and-favour home on 30 July, a year on from their nuptials. A Tory source said: “It beggars belief.” The PM announced his resignation but intends to stay until a successor is elected. It may take months. His allies say that devotion to duty is why he wants to stay on at No10 until a new Conservative leader is elected. But Tory insiders say one of the reasons is so he can stage one more party at Chequers while he still can. The sources say the Prime Minister and his wife Carrie intend to throw a big wedding bash there this month. Carrie Johnson and baby Romy, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries and Scotland Secretary Alister Jack look on as Boris Johnson addresses the nation to announce his resignation One Tory insider told the Mirror: “It beggars belief that even after all the criticism Johnson has faced regarding integrity and probity, one of the reasons he is staying is to have his wedding party at Chequers. “It’s a national asset not his personal home. The Johnsons should do the decent thing and find a different venue. “And Boris should do the decent thing and leave No10 immediately”. A second source said: “It’s crass if it goes ahead.” Mr Johnson finally announced his resignation yesterday. It came after he desperately tried to cling to power in the face of a massive Tory rebellion. He was forced to the brink after months of scandal and lies that began with Partygate and concluded with the Chris Pincher sex pest row. But in an unapologetic statement outside No10, the shameless PM fired a bitter broadside at the Tory Party’s “eccentric” decision to force him out. Boris Johnson hugs his son Wilfred as he arrives back into No10 after delivering his statement With Carrie and baby Romy among the crowd, Mr Johnson said: “It is painful not to be able to see through so many ideas and projects myself. “At Westminster the herd instinct is powerful, when the herd moves, it moves. I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world, but them’s the breaks.” Tory leadership candidates were last night jostling for position as MPs from right across the party to become the next inhabitant of No10. Nominations are likely to kick off next week with defence secretary Ben Wallace and ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak among the favourites to take over. Mr Johnson prompted a huge backlash from Tory grandees when he confirmed his intention to remain in office until a successor is elected. In an astonishing move, he assembled a new-look Cabinet to replace the ministers who quit or were sacked since the political bloodbath began on Tuesday. He told them the caretaker Government would not seek to implement new policies or make major changes of direction - with tax cuts left for the next PM. Boris Johnson poses with his wife Carrie Johnson in the garden of 10 Downing Street following their wedding at Westminster Cathedral in May last year Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab Carefree EX PM Theresa May Dances to Craig David on Day Boris Johnson Finally Ousted as PM The former PM looked glamorous in a red dress with a statement jewelled necklace while watching Craig David perform at Henley Festival - showcasing her signature move In what has become her signature move, May was seen robotically swinging her arms from side to side as she took in the star's performance. The 65-year-old was joined by her husband, Philip, 64, and appeared carefree and a world away from the political fall out at No10. It comes three years after May herself resigned as PM under pressure from Johnson - who was waiting in the wings to take over - and Leave-backing Tory MPs as she struggled to get her Brexit deal through the House of Commons. After her announcement in July 2019 that she would be quitting, May once again displayed her abilities to bop as she danced to Abba hits at the famous Oxfordshire festival. Then, May and husband Philip bopped to a cover of Van Halen's 1983 hit Jump in the grandstand - where one-evening tickets cost up to £135. She was also spotted elsewhere at the festival throwing shapes to Dancing Queen - which famously soundtracked her walk on stage at the 2018 Tory conference. *The Henley Festival bills itself as an "exclusive boutique black tie festival" where "art and gastronomy share equal billing with music".* Meanwhile her successor grappled with a collapse of his Cabinet before earlier announcing his resignation. The desperate Prime Minister finally caved to pressure from his own MPs to quit as all but his most loyal allies abandoned him. In a statement outside No10, Mr Johnson told the nation he would leave his post after just shy of three years in Downing Street, adding: "I want you to know how sad I am to be giving up the best job in the world, but them's the breaks.'' But he was unrepentant in the seven-minute speech, saying his attempts to stay in power had been rejected by "herd instinct". In what has become her signature move, May was seen robotically swinging her arms from side to side as she took in the star's performance Chequers 16th century mansion, is the country retreat of the Prime Minister __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. 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08-07-22, 14:59	#73
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: NEW UK PM: Presenter Faints on Air During Debate The Queens' Role in Appointing a New PM ITV News 8 Jul 2022 Chris and Lizzie discuss Boris Johnson's phone calls with the Queen ahead of his resignation, and what the Monarch’s role is at such a turbulent political time. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

27-07-22, 05:44	#74
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Re: NEW UK PM: Presenter Faints on Air During Debate U.K. Prime Minister Debate Abruptly Ends After Presenter Faints On Air TalkTV show goes off air after Kate McCann’s collapse, cutting short a bitter clash over NHS and tax cuts The Guardian UK 27 JUL 2022 TV debate between Truss and Sunak cancelled after presenter faints The second TV debate between the Conservative leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak was halted dramatically after the presenter Kate McCann fainted, cutting short a bitter clash over funding for the NHS and tax cuts. The event, hosted by TalkTV, had the Tory leadership hopefuls quizzed by one audience member with cancer, who said he had not received proper support from the health service and asked: “Why is the NHS broken?” The pair talked up plans including cutting the number of NHS managers and rolling out new technology. Truss argued too much of the health service’s infrastructure was crumbling, saying a hospital in her Norfolk constituency was “being held up by stilts”. But the scheduled hour-long debate was halted just under halfway through after McCann fainted off-camera while Truss was talking. Viewers heard a loud crash, with Truss looking shocked and holding her hands to her face. She began walking towards where McCann had been standing before the video feed was cut. The debate did not resume. The station said later that McCann, its political editor, “fainted on air tonight and although she is fine, the medical advice was that we shouldn’t continue with the debate”. Truss, who polling suggests is ahead of Sunak in the vote of Conservative party members to find a replacement for Boris Johnson, repeated her attacks on Sunak’s decision to increase national insurance to finance Covid catch-up for the NHS and social care, one of the biggest dividing lines between the pair. “What has happened is that the tax has been raised on families through national insurance so that they are having to pay more money to the Treasury,” Truss said in answering an audience member’s question about the cost of living. “I do think it is morally wrong at this moment when families are struggling to pay for food that we have put up taxes on ordinary people when we said we wouldn’t in our manifesto and when we didn’t need to do so.” Sunak responded by again castigating Truss’s proposal to delay paying back some debts accrued during Covid, which she argues would allow the same increase in NHS and social care spending without raising taxes. “What’s morally wrong is asking our children and grandchildren to pick up the tab for the bills that we are not prepared to meet,” the former chancellor said. In choosing to increase national insurance to pay for the NHS, Sunak said, he had made a “brave decision to get it the support it needed”. He said: “It wasn’t an easy thing for me to do, I got a lot of criticism for it, but I believe it was the right thing to do because I don’t think we can have an NHS which is ultimately the country’s number one public service priority that is underfunded and not able to deliver the care it needs.” Truss, who said she had opposed the tax rise in cabinet, said the NHS could save money with less “directing and micromanaging people on the frontline”. Questioned by an audience member from Birmingham, John Hughes, who said he was reliant on help from a charity to support him with cancer, Truss said: “What I want to see is fewer layers of management in the National Health Service and less central direction, because I simply don’t think that people can sit there in Whitehall and direct everything that happens in local communities across our country.” __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

14-08-22, 07:55	#75
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Re: Boris on Hols AGAIN -Spotted in Greece Enjoying 2nd Hol in 2 Wks Boris Johnson Spotted on Holiday AGAIN - Boris in Greece Enjoying Second Holiday in as Many Weeks --Less Than 5 Weeks Before Leaving No 10 “It’s all just one big party for Boris Johnson while the country struggles with the Tory cost of living crisis BBC News 14 AUG 2022 Boris Johnson didn’t seem to be troubled by the cost of living crisis today, as he jetted off on his second holiday in as many weeks. The jet-setting PM only returned from a week at a Slovenian spa last Sunday. And now locals have spotted him and wife Carrie in a supermarket in Greece. The couple were seen shopping for groceries, filling up two baskets with groceries, including bottles of wine from the fridge. According to Greek website In, Mr and Mrs Johnson were in Nea Makri, a sun-soaked coastal town near Athens. He’s seen paying for his shopping using the self-checkout terminals, before loading it into a waiting SUV, flanked by security guards. The lame duck Prime Minister stayed at Vila Planinka in Slovenia, which urges guests to ditch their phones and laptops in rooms costing £242 to £542 a night. Speaking outside his hotel, he declared he'd had an “absolutely wonderful time” on his “honeymoon in peace and quiet”. Boris Johnson: 'Let Greece Go Bankrupt __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

04-09-22, 08:45	#76
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Britains NEW PM Truss v Sunak:Truss WARNED-Pack Cabinet With Johnson Pals at Yr Peril Britains NEW PM Truss v Sunak: Pack Cabinet With Johnson Loyalists at Your Peril, Liz Truss is Warned Senior Tories tell likely leadership winner that she needs to appoint an inclusive team as row looms over Partygate report The Guardian UK 4 SEP 2022 Truss has been advised she needs to include figures from across the party if she is to unite it. Senior Tories are warning Liz Truss that she will lead a deeply divided Tory party to inevitable defeat at the next election unless she makes a concerted effort to include senior figures from across the party – including critics of Boris Johnson - in her cabinet. The foreign secretary is expected to be named on Monday as the new Tory leader and then enter Downing Street as prime minister on Tuesday after visiting the Queen at Balmoral. But after a bruising and at times hugely divisive seven-week campaign against former chancellor Rishi Sunak, senior figures in the party fear she may be about to pack her administration with a mix of Johnson loyalists and rightwingers such as John Redwood and Iain Duncan Smith, inflaming tension with moderates. On Saturday night a former Tory cabinet minister and critic of Johnson said there would be huge and “explosive” consequences if Truss allies such as Duncan Smith and Nadine Dorries were appointed to top positions and then tried to use their influence to scrap a parliamentary inquiry into whether Johnson deliberately misled parliament. Duncan Smith has put his name to a parliamentary motion calling for the investigation by the privileges committee – which could lead to Johnson being suspended as an MP – to be “discontinued”, while Dorries has made clear she backs such a move. The privileges committee has been given the task of establishing whether Johnson deliberately misled parliament by denying knowledge of lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street. Nadine Dorries A former minister said there would be explosive consequences if figures such as Nadine Dorries were appointed to senior roles. The former cabinet minister said: “If she wins, then on policy issues, including budget issues, most colleagues will take the view that she deserves the chance to put her plans into effect. She will get things through parliament. But if her government tries to do things on the integrity questions, I think there could be trouble quite early on. That would be explosive.” The tension of Johnson’s past behaviour is one indication of how his presence may hamper Truss as she tries to keep his allies happy while governing the country at a time of deepening economic crisis. Another former cabinet minister and Johnson critic, David Davis, said that because Truss would have won the keys to No 10 with the support of less than a third of Tory MPs, it was vital that she unite the parliamentary party with a “big tent” approach to the formation of her government. “It is incredibly important that the incoming leader knits the party together. It was one of Boris’s earliest failures that he did not do that. He just picked the loyalists and as a result it made it more and more difficult to manage the party. “It is not just in the party’s interests but in the interests of delivering serious policy and winning the next election. None of those are possible with a divided party.” Amanda Milling, a Foreign Office minister and former party chair, said: “This leadership contest has been toxic and bruising for the Conservative party brand. As it concludes, the whole party, from the frontbench to the backbench, has to come together as one united team in order to deliver for the British people and defeat Labour. If we don’t, we risk being out of power for a decade.” Tory MP Kevin Hollinrake, a member of the Treasury select committee, who still believes Sunak may triumph and has put bets on him to do so, said the party had to win back a reputation for competence and unity over the next 18 months or face defeat and not dwell on past divisions. He said: “We are not going to win the next election with a divided party so it is absolutely vital that whoever wins brings people in from different camps.” As well as rewarding Johnson loyalists such as Duncan Smith, Redwood and Jacob Rees-Mogg, Truss is expected to offer top jobs to her key backers Kwasi Kwarteng, Suella Braverman, James Cleverly and Thérèse Coffey, while pushing out those who failed to support her, including health secretary Steve Barclay and environment secretary George Eustice. A senior minister predicted early rebellions unless Truss adopted a big tent approach. “If she does what is rumoured and brings back Redwood and Duncan Smith, there’ll be hell to pay. You’ll have senior people on the backbenches joining forces, dishing out tempting amendments to the budget and all of that sort of thing, prising the red wall MPs away from her. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

05-09-22, 17:40	#77
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: Boris QUITS After Giving GONGS to Pals & LIES to Parliament Over Partygate Liz Truss to Be New Prime Minister Liz Truss Announced as UK’s New Prime Minister *Incoming PM Truss pledges to address energy crisis* BBC News 5 SEP 2022. Liz Truss will become the next Prime Minister after beating Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership contest. Ms Truss, 47, triumphed over the former Chancellor following a gruelling two-month campaign. The Foreign Secretary won the backing of 81,326 Tory members, compared with 60,399 for Mr Sunak. In a speech after the announcement, Ms Truss promised a “bold plan” to cut taxes and grow the economy and “deliver on the energy crisis, dealing with people’s energy bills but also dealing with the long-term issues we have on energy supply”. She is expected to finalise her choices for the Cabinet and other ministerial roles before being formally appointed by the Queen at Balmoral on Tuesday. Her victory comes as the UK faces an economic crisis this winter, with household energy bills set to rise to £3,549 from October and inflation poised to exceed 18 per cent next year, according to Citigroup. Liz Truss with her husband Hugo *Ms Truss is strongly considering freezing energy bills to ease the burden on households this winter, according to reports.* However, she has remained tight-lipped about what kind of support package she might introduce. The Times reports the package could be on the scale of the furlough scheme introduced by Mr Sunak when the Covid pandemic struck, while The Telegraph suggests the specifics of such a policy are still being debated. Priti Patel ‘to resign from Government and head to backbenches' Home Secretary Priti Patel is heading to the backbenches, according to reports, once a new person has been appointed to the role. In a letter obtained by the Sun’s Political Editor, Harry Cole, Ms Patel writes: “I congratulate Liz Truss on being elected our new Leader, and will give her my support as our new Prime Minister. “It is my choice to continue my public service to the country and the Witham constituency from the backbenches, once Liz formally assumes office and a new Home Secretary is appointed. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

06-09-22, 07:18	#78
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: Boris QUITS After Giving GONGS to Pals & LIES to Parliament Over Partygate Boris Johnson Gves Final Speech Before Liz Truss Takes Over as PM Boris Johnson Delivers Farewell Remarks... BBC News 6 SEP 2022. *‘It’s time for politics to be over, folks’ says Boris Johnson* Boris Johnson makes his last address as Britain’s prime minister from Downing Street before Liz Truss takes office on 6 Sept. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

06-12-22, 06:55	#79
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: Boris Becker Branded Devil by Estranged Wife Boris Becker Set to Be Deported to Germany Next Week After Hiding £2.5 Mil in Fraud Case The former tennis champion was jailed earlier this year for hiding more than £2m in assets and will be deported next week without having to serve his remaining sentence BBC 6 DEC 2022 Boris Becker is set to be deported to Germany next week having served less than eight months of his two-and-a-half year sentence. The three-time Wimbledon winner, 54, was jailed in April for hiding £2.5million of assets in a bankruptcy fraud case. He is being held in HMP Huntercombe in Oxfordshire where foreign nationals are detained ahead of deportation. Becker is expected to return to Germany next week and will not have to serve his remaining sentence. He has qualified for a fast-track scheme that sends criminals to their home countries before their release date in an effort to reduce pressure on British jails and save money. Becker was first held at HMP Wandsworth, where he was visited by his girlfriend, Lillian de Carvalho Monteiro. *A Home Office spokesman said: “Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.”* __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

22-01-23, 14:22	#80
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: Boris QUITS After Giving GONGS to Pals & LIES to Parliament Over Partygate Probe Urged Over Claims BBC Chair Helped Johnson Secure Loan Guarantee --Labour is calling for a parliamentary investigation into claims the chairman of the BBC helped Boris Johnson secure a loan guarantee, weeks before the then-PM recommended him for the role. Nadhim Zahawi: Tax Avoidance Was Error and Careless & Not Deliberate --Tory Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi says an error in his tax affairs was accepted by HMRC as having been "careless and not deliberate". BBC 22 JAN 2023 The Sunday Times says Richard Sharp was involved in arranging a guarantor on a loan of up to £800,000 for Mr Johnson. Mr Sharp said he had "simply connected" people and there was no conflict of interest. Richard Sharp became chairman of the BBC in February 2021 Mr Johnson's spokesman said he did not receive financial advice from Mr Sharp. He also dismissed Labour's suggestion Mr Johnson could have breached the code of conduct for MPs "through failing to appropriately declare the arrangement" on his Parliamentary register of interests. Labour's chairwoman Anneliese Dodds has written to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Daniel Greenberg, asking for "an urgent investigation into the facts of this case". Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that "of course perception matters". But he added Mr Sharp was an "incredibly accomplished, incredibly successful individual", and there was "no doubt he was appointed on merit". He also said it was not "unusual for someone to be politically active prior to their appointment to senior BBC positions". Mr Sharp declined to appear on Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday but told the show "the claim that there was anything financial involved is not true". Mr Johnson was reported to be in financial difficulty in late 2020. The Sunday Times says multimillionaire Canadian businessman Sam Blyth - a distant cousin of Mr Johnson - raised with Mr Sharp the idea of acting as Mr Johnson's guarantor for a loan. It is not clear where the loan agreement itself came from. Mr Sharp - a Conservative Party donor who at the time was applying to be the chairman of the BBC - contacted Simon Case, the then-cabinet secretary and head of the civil service. The paper says a due diligence process was then instigated. The Cabinet Office later wrote a letter telling Mr Johnson to stop seeking Mr Sharp's advice about his personal finances, given the forthcoming BBC appointment, the Times says. BBC News has not seen the letter and the Cabinet Office said it would "not comment on private discussions between any prime minister and officials". According to the paper, Mr Sharp, Mr Blyth and Mr Johnson had dinner together at Chequers before the loan guarantee was finalised, although they deny the PM's finances were discussed then. Former Goldman Sachs banker Mr Sharp was announced as the government's choice for the new BBC chairman in January 2021. The role is recommended by the culture secretary and the prime minister. The BBC chairman heads the board that sets the corporation's strategic direction and upholds its independence. The Sunday Times says candidates for such publicly-appointed roles are required to declare any conflicts of interest. In a statement, Mr Sharp said: "There is not a conflict when I simply connected, at his request, Mr Blyth with the cabinet secretary and had no further involvement whatsoever." Undated handout photo issued by DCMS of Richard Sharp, the former Goldman Sachs banker who will succeed Sir David Clementi as BBC chairman. PA Photo. Issue date: Wednesday January 6, 2021. His appointment comes amid a debate about the BBC licence fee and how the broadcaster is facing competition from streaming services.Image source, PA Media Labour had already written to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards calling for an investigation into the reports Mr Blyth had set up the loan guarantee. The guarantee is a promise by one party - known as a guarantor - to assume the debt obligation of a borrower if that borrower defaults. In her letter to the commissioner, Ms Dodds cites the Sunday Times story, saying she was concerned that Mr Johnson may have breached rules "by asking for an individual to facilitate a guarantee on a loan whom he would later appoint to a senior public role". She said that a "lack of transparency" may "give the impression that this was a quid pro quo arrangement, something which would undermine the integrity of the democratic process, and calls into question the process by which the chairman of the BBC was appointed". A spokesman for Mr Johnson said: "Richard Sharp has never given any financial advice to Boris Johnson, nor has Mr Johnson sought any financial advice from him. There has never been any remuneration or compensation to Mr Sharp from Boris Johnson for this or any other service. "Mr Johnson did indeed have dinner with Mr Sharp, whom he has known for almost 20 years, and with his cousin. So what? Big deal. "All Mr Johnson's financial arrangements have been properly declared and registered on the advice of officials." A BBC spokesman said: "The BBC plays no role in the recruitment of the chair and any questions are a matter for the government. Nadhim Zahawi: Tax Avoidance Was Error and Careless & Not Deliberate... Nadhim Zahawi, who attends cabinet, was made chancellor in the closing days of Boris Johnson's government In a statement, he said he wanted to address "confusion about my finances" after claims he tried to avoid tax and had to pay it back. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is satisfied with Mr Zahawi's account, the BBC has been told. Labour said there was a whole list of questions that still needed answering. The party has called on Mr Zahawi to publish all correspondence with HMRC "so we can get the full picture". According to the Guardian, Mr Zahawi had to pay back tax he owed with a 30% penalty and the total amounts to £4.8m. The BBC has been unable to verify that figure, but when the paper asked about the penalty, Mr Zahawi's spokesperson did not deny one had been paid. Mr Zahawi's statement does not make clear whether he paid a penalty or not as part of his settlement, nor does it say how much he paid to HMRC. He said when he was being appointed chancellor, questions were being raised about his tax affairs and he discussed it with the Cabinet Office at the time. The exact timing of when the matter was settled with HMRC remains unclear. In the statement issued on Saturday afternoon, Mr Zahawi said: "As a senior politician I know that scrutiny and propriety are important parts of public life. Twenty-two years ago I co-founded a company called YouGov. I'm incredibly proud of what we achieved. It is an amazing business that has employed thousands of people and provides a world-beating service. "When we set it up, I didn't have the money or the expertise to go it alone. So I asked my father to help. In the process, he took founder shares in the business in exchange for some capital and his invaluable guidance. "Twenty one years later, when I was being appointed chancellor of the exchequer, questions were being raised about my tax affairs. I discussed this with the Cabinet Office at the time. "Following discussions with HMRC, they agreed that my father was entitled to founder shares in YouGov, though they disagreed about the exact allocation. They concluded that this was a 'careless and not deliberate' error. "So that I could focus on my life as a public servant, I chose to settle the matter and pay what they said was due, which was the right thing to do." The questions facing Mr Zahawi include whether he tried to avoid paying tax by using an offshore company called Balshore Investments to hold shares in YouGov, the polling company he co-founded in 2000 - something he has always denied. Balshore Investments is registered offshore in Gibraltar. According to HMRC, tax avoidance involves bending the rules of the tax system to try to gain a tax advantage that Parliament never intended. It is legal and includes things that some people would consider to be normal tax planning. Tax avoidance is different from tax evasion, which is illegal. Penalties can be applied by HMRC if tax is not paid in the correct amount at the right time. In his statement, Mr Zahawi continues: "Additionally, HMRC agreed with my accountants that I have never set up an offshore structure, including Balshore Investments, and that I am not the beneficiary of Balshore Investments. "This matter was resolved prior to my appointments as chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster and subsequently chairman of the party I love so much. When I was appointed by the prime minister, all my tax affairs were up to date." Labour listed some of the questions still facing Mr Zahawi - including how much he agreed to pay HMRC and whether he paid a fine. "This carefully worded statement blows a hole in Nadhim Zahawi's previous accounts of this murky affair," said Labour Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds, who called on Rishi Sunak to sack him. "He must now publish all correspondence with HMRC so we can get the full picture. "In the middle of the biggest cost-of-living crisis in a generation, the public will rightly be astonished that anyone could claim that failing to pay millions of pounds worth of tax is a simple matter of 'carelessness'. "Nadhim Zahawi still needs to explain when he became aware of the investigation, and if he was chancellor and in charge of our tax system at the time." Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats claimed Mr Zahawi was trying to brush it under the carpet. No 10 said they have nothing to add to Mr Zahawi's statement. BBC News has been told Mr Sunak is satisfied with Mr Zahawi's account and has confidence in him as chairman of the Conservative Party. HMRC previously said it would not comment on the affairs of individual taxpayers. Mr Zahawi's tax affairs began to make headlines last summer, when he ran for the Tory leadership. In a personal statement issued to reporters at the time, Mr Zahawi said news stories suggesting he had been investigated by agencies including HMRC were "inaccurate, unfair and are clearly smears". "It's very sad that such smears should be circulated and sadder still that they have been published," the July 2022 statement read. And of the reported investigations, the statement said: "Let me be absolutely clear. I am not aware of this. I have not been told that this is the case. I've always declared my financial interests and paid my taxes in the UK." Who is Nadhim Zahawi? Nadhim Zahawi was announced as chancellor on 5 July 2022, hours after the resignation of Rishi Sunak from Boris Johnson's government. He was previously education secretary and before that, coronavirus vaccines minister. He was made minister for equalities, minister for intergovernmental relations, and chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster under Liz Truss. Mr Sunak appointed him as Conservative Party chairman and minister without portfolio, attending cabinet, on 25 October. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

30-01-23, 01:44	#81
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: Boris QUITS After Giving GONGS to Pals & LIES to Parliament Over Partygate Tory Chief EX-Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi FIRED Nadhim Zahawi committed a serious breach of ministerial code, says Sunak BBC 30 JAN 2023 Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked as Tory Party chairman, after an inquiry by the prime minister's ethics adviser found he had failed to disclose that HMRC was investigating his tax affairs. The PM said Sir Laurie Magnus's inquiry made clear there had been a "serious breach of the ministerial code". Rishi Sunak asked for the probe after Mr Zahawi admitted paying a settlement to HMRC, including a penalty. Sir Laurie said the MP had missed many chances to be open about his tax. In his report for Mr Sunak, he wrote: "Mr Zahawi's conduct as a minister has fallen below the high standards that, as prime minister, you rightly expect from those who serve in your government." Sir Laurie cited Mr Zahawi's failures to update his register of interests until more than a year after HMRC started looking into his taxes. When Mr Zahawi reached a settlement with the taxman in August 2022, this too should have been declared, Sir Laurie wrote. The BBC understands that Mr Zahawi - who was then responsible for the UK's tax system as chancellor - paid around £5m in total, including a penalty. Mr Zahawi has previously insisted that he acted properly, and that his tax error was "careless and not deliberate". But Mr Zahawi's "omissions" of information constituted a "serious failure to meet the standards set out in the ministerial code", Sir Laurie wrote in his report. Sir Laurie was also critical of the MP for describing news stories about his tax affairs as "smears" in July 2022 and failing to correct the record until earlier this month. "I consider that this delay in correcting an untrue public statement is inconsistent with the requirement for openness," he said. After receiving the findings, Mr Sunak wrote to Mr Zahawi to say he had decided to remove him from government. Mr Zahawi thanked the prime minister and said he took pride in his role in the vaccine rollout and the Queen's funeral - but did not offer an apology or mention his tax affairs. He promised to support the prime minister "from the backbenches in the coming years". __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

21-02-23, 08:27	#82
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Re: Boris Becker Branded Devil by Estranged Wife Boris Becker Branded Devil in Scathing Attack by Estranged Wife After Jail Term Lilly Becker Reveals She's Still Married to Her Ex Boris Boris Becker was released from prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence, and was immediately deported from the UK BBC 21 FEB Boris Becker may have been handed the chance to reunite with loved ones earlier than expected after his stint in a UK prison - but it seems relations remain very strained with his ex-wife. Last April, the tennis icon was found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act, having been accused of hiding £2.5 million worth of assets and loans amis declaring himself bankrupt in 2017. He was duly sentenced to 30 months in jail, but served just eight of those before being released from HM Prison Huntercombe. His deportation back to Germany was welcomed by 87-year-old mum Elvira, but not so it seems, by former spouse Sharlely 'Lilly' Kerssenberg. The pair met in 2009 and married that same year, with their son born in February 2010. However, they separated in 2018, shortly after the six-time Grand Slam winner filed for bankruptcy. And now Dutch actress Kerssenberg, 46, has gone as far as to compare Becker to Satan himself: "Boris can be charming and loving when he wants to, but also extremely hurtful with words. A devil," she told German media outlet Bild . "Prison didn't make Boris a better person. Boris lives in his world in which everything revolves around Boris Becker. It is not my fault he went to prison. He ruined his reputation all by himself. Boris doesn't care whether we're doing well or badly." And Kerssenberg, who claimed on Piers Morgan: Uncensored last year that reports the pair were technically divorced were false, said Becker's dishonesty scuppered their relationship. "We used to have an honest love," she added. "When I started to emancipate myself in marriage, there were arguments. Also because of Boris's lies about his finances." __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

29-04-23, 04:16	#83
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: Boris QUITS After Giving GONGS to Pals & LIES to Parliament Over Partygate Richard Sharp QUITS as BBC Chairman After Arranging Boris Johnson Loan Richard Sharp - who awkwardly used to be Rishi Sunak's boss when he was an investment banker - has faced calls to quit since it emerged he helped Boris Johnson secure an £80,000 loan BBC News 29 APR 2023 9 November 2020: Richard Sharp applies for BBC chairman job 11 November 2020: Applications close for BBC chairman job 4 December 2020: Sharp tells Cabinet Secretary he has a friend who could help Boris Johnson with his finances 11 December 2020: Sharp interviewed for job 23 December 2020: Johnson gives formal backing to Sharp getting job 17 February 2021: Sharp announced as BBC chairman BBC chairman Richard Sharp has dramatically QUIT in a bitter cronyism row after a long-awaited report found he'd breached public appointment rules. Mr Sharp - who awkwardly used to be Rishi Sunaks' boss when he was an investment banker - had faced calls to step down since it emerged he helped Boris Johnson secure an loan. Up to now the Tory Party donor has refused to do so, but today a report by barrister Adam Heppinstall KC. found he "failed to disclose potential perceived conflicts of interest". Labour has said Mr Sunak should have sacked Mr Sharp weeks ago. In a speech this morning the outgoing BBC boss said remaining in place would become a "distraction" for the corporation. Mr Sharp brokered the loan for Mr Johnson before being recommended by the former PM for the BBC job - but a committee of MPs who approved his appointment weren't told. He introduced Canadian businessman - and distant cousin of Mr Johnson - Sam Blyth to Cabinet Secretary Simon Case to discuss the funding in 2020. The disruptive saga has raised questions about the BBC's impartiality and sparked widespread calls for him to be removed. Sunak said he has not spoken to former BBC chairman Richard Sharp following his resignation. Speaking to reporters in Glasgow he said: "When concerns are raised, it is right there is a proper process, an independent process that we don't prejudge, we allow it to carry on, establish the facts of what happened, reach a conclusion. "That has happened, Richard Sharp has resigned. But it is right that we do these things properly and professionally, I think most people will think that is the right thing to do." In his resignation letter to Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, Mr Sharp said the rule breach was "inadvertent and not material". But he added:: "Nevertheless, I have decided that it is right to prioritise the interests of the BBC. I fee that these matters may well be a distraction from the Corporation’s good work were I to remain in post until the end of my term." Mr Heppinstall said he disagreed with Mr Sharp's assessment that his conversation with Mr Johnson did not amount to a conflict of interest. "It may well have been a reasonable conversation in the context of Mr Sharp's role as special adviser, but failing to mention it to the panel does amount to a failure to disclose a potential perceived conflict of interest," the barrister wrote in his report. "There was a risk that members of the public might form the view that Mr Sharp was informing the Prime Minister of his application because he wanted him to make a recommendation to appoint him. "They might also perceive that he was putting himself in a position where he might, if appointed, be beholden to the Prime Minister for his support such that his independence from Government was compromised." The BBC said in a statement: “We accept and understand Richard’s decision to stand down. We want to put on record our thanks to Richard, who has been a valued and respected colleague, and a very effective Chairman of the BBC. The BBC Board believes that Richard Sharp is a person of integrity. Dithering Rishi Sunak would have had to decide whether to remove his old boss __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

18-05-23, 07:01	#84
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Boris Johnson Paid £3,800,000 For Mansion WITH Moat to Keep People OUT Boris Johnson Paid £3,800,000 For Mansion That Has Moat to Keep People OUT Ex-prime minister Boris Johnson has bought a multi-million mansion despite previously complaining about 'only' earning £160,000. BBC 18 MAY 2023 The house is Grade II listed It's been reported Mr Johnson even negotiated £200,000 off the asking price, buying the nine-bedroom home for a cool £3.8 million. This is despite complaining that as both prime minister and an MP he couldn't get by on a combined salary of £164,080. The country house, Brightwell Manor, had been on the market for four years, The Mirror reports, and the sale is said to have gone through just weeks before BBC chairman Richard Sharp resigned over his role in helping Mr Johnson secure an £800,000 loan. The manor, located in the Oxfordshire countryside, dates back to the 1600s and has Tudor and Georgian features. However the house is still surrounded on three sides by a 900-year-old moat, which dates back to when a castle originally stood on the site, built by King Stephen. Brightwell Manor is 8,128-square-feet and has nine bedrooms and five bathrooms. It stands on just under five acres of land which also features a guest cottage, a garage, a tennis court and stables. As Boris Johnson pulled up the drawbridge over the Partygate allegations it emerged the former Prime Minister has paid 3.8m in cash for a moated country house. The Grade II-listed manor house in the Oxfordshire countryside has nine bedrooms for Mr Johnson, wife Carrie and their young children Wilf and Romy. The Georgian property also has five acres of land which even include a moat to keep out any unwanted guests like Harriet Harman who grilled Mr Johnson yesterday Boris will be moving in with his wife Carrie and their two sons The house has heaps of character It's understood Mr Johnson and wife Carrie saw the property online and then viewed it twice in person. __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. THIS SITE IS MORE THAN JUST WAREZ...& TO STOP SPAM-IF YOU WANT TO POST, YOUR FIRST POST MUST BE IN WELCOMES

10-06-23, 00:57	#85
Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,549 Thanks: 27,621 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	re: PINOCCHIO BORIS Lied & Lied & Lied to Parliament Over Partygate Boris Johnson Resignation: Former Prime Minister QUITS as MP Over Claims He Misled Parliament ‘Sickening’ Johnson Honours List Includes ‘Bring Your Own Booze’ Partygate aide Boris Johnson has been accused of a “sickening insult” to the bereaved after he gave honours to allies embroiled in the Partygate scandal, including one dubbed “party Marty”. BBC 10 JUNE 2023 Martin Reynolds, his former principal private secretary who boasted “we seem to have got away with” the “bring your own booze” garden party during coronavirus restrictions, has been nominated for a peerage. There were also honours for Dan Rosenfield, his ex-chief of staff, and Jack Doyle, his former director of communications, both of whom were in office during some of the rule-breaking. Former No 10 head of operations Shelley Williams-Walker – allegedly nicknamed “DJ SWW” after playing tunes from a laptop during a No 10 party on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral – was given a damehood. Boris Johnson pictured when prime minister with his then-principal private secretary Martin Reynolds (PA Wire) And there was a peerage for one-time London mayoral contender Shaun Bailey, who was photographed at an apparent lockdown Christmas party at Conservative Party headquarters in 2020. Labour said it was a “sickening insult that those who planned Covid parties and held boozy lockdown bashes while families were unable to mourn loved ones are now set to be handed gongs by Rishi Sunak”. The party also denounced the list as “a carousel of Boris Johnson’s cronies”. Those elevated to the House of Lords include Ross Kempsell, in his early 30s, his spokesperson and tennis partner and a close friend of Mr Johnson’s wife, Carrie. As a journalist with TalkRadio, Mr Kempsell secured the infamous interview with Mr Johnson in which he revealed he “paints buses” as a hobby. He was subsequently given a No 10 post by Mr Johnson and appointed head of Tory research with a salary of £90,000 despite protests that he was too inexperienced to do the job. Charlotte Owen, a former assistant to Mr Johnson, is set to become the youngest person to be awarded a life peerage. It means that Ms Owen, who graduated from university in 2015, will sit in the Upper House after serving less than two years in the No 10 policy unit. Longtime ally Conor Burns, who infamously claimed Mr Johnson had been “ambushed” by a cake during a rule-breaking birthday party has also been given a knighthood. Others honoured include the former business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg, awarded a knighthood, and Mr Johnson’s home secretary UNPriti Patel, given a damehood. The long-awaited list reignited bitter infighting within the Tory party. One senior Tory MP described the list as “even worse than I thought it would be”. Fervent pro-Brexit Johnson supporter Nadine Dorries appeared to take revenge on Rishi Sunak over her omission, quitting as an MP, triggering a by-election in her constituency. There had been much wrangling behind the scenes over a possible peerage for Ms Dorries. She had been expected to stand down as an MP to enter the Lords. But she said her nomination had “gone back to Holac (House of Lords Appointments Commission)” which vets MPs and she quit anyway. The by-election in her Mid Bedfordshire seat could be just as hazardous for Rishi Sunak as Boris Johnson’s marginal Uxbridge constituency. Another significant ommission from the list was Mr Johnson’s father Stanley, who at one point was expected to be handed a knighthood. The Independent called on Mr Sunak to block that plan and a petition reached 308,000 signatures. Mr Sunak had said at the time of the row, in a swipe at his predecessor, said he would get his own dad a father’s day card, not a knighthood. Stanley Johnson’s nomination had prompted accusations of further cronyism, after Mr Johnson already nominated his brother Jo Johnson for a peerage in 2020. It also drew criticism after senior Tory MP Caroline Nokes and a journalist in 2021 publicly accused Stanley Johnson, a former MEP, of touching them at Conservative party conferences. Ms Nokes, chairperson of the Commons women and equalities committee, accused Stanley Johnson of forcefully smacking her on the backside and making a vulgar comment at the Conservative Party conference in 2003. Stanley Johnson said after that he had “no recollection” of either incident. Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper accused Mr Sunak of rewarding “failure”, by not blocking the list. “The fact that one of the most scandal-ridden prime ministers is now allowed to stuff his cronies in the Lords after a failed premiership tells the British public everything they need to know about this Conservative Party,” she said. “Boris Johnson caused crisis after crisis in this country – if Rishi Sunak rewards his failure it’s just proof it is one rule for the Conservatives and another for everyone else. The buck stops with Sunak – he must ensure that Johnson’s honours list is put through the shredder.” __________________ PUTIN TRUMP & Netanyahu Will Meet in HELL ..................*SHARKS are Closing in on TRUMP*.......................... *TRUMP WARNS; 'There'll Be a Bloodbath* If I Don't Get Elected'..MAGA - MyAssGotArrested...IT's COMING** PLEASE HELP THIS SITE..Click DONATE & Thanks to ALL Members of ... 1.. 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