MarkFeb 8

#KeirStarmer under fire over visit to #Palantir with Peter Mandelson

#Starmer is facing questions over his visit with disgraced Mandelson to #US #tech firm Palantir’s offices in Washington

Downing Street refused to say whether the PM knew the firm was a client of the former #Labour peer’s #lobbying firm at the time, The Financial Times is reporting.

Palantir has since won a massive £240m UK Government contract.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25835891.keir-starmer-fire-visit-palantir-peter-mandelson/

#corruption #BoycottUSA #BigData #backhanders

Keir Starmer under fire over visit to Palantir with Peter Mandelson

KEIR Starmer is facing questions over his visit with the disgraced Peter Mandelson to US tech firm Palantir’s offices in Washington ...

The National
Show threadRichRARobiNov 27

@gareth @ChrisMayLA6

They are resisting that because most of their #backhanders come from that direction. And many of them are in that category anyway.

They don’t care about the people that vote.

The #british #ukgovernment is a vile
hotbed of disgusting #corruption

We go unfailing every time,
from one set of backpocket stuffers to the next.

MarkSep 12, 2024

Lobbying firms #secretly helped new Labour MPs to get elected

A #lobbyist can give a Labour MP £1,499 without it being declared. And that’s still true if they give 30 Labour MPs £1,499

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/lobbying-firms-fund-new-labour-mps-not-declared-register-of-interests

#corruption #UK #Labour #politics #Tory #lobbying #bribes #backhanders

Parliament rules allowed lobbyists to secretly help MPs win

A lobbyist can give a Labour MP £1,499 without it being declared. And that's still true if they give 30 Labour MPs £1,499

openDemocracy
TottsMay 24, 2023

At #PMQs Sharon Hodgson, uses parliamentary privilege to say the MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Simon Clarke and Michael Gove MP, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, are both receiving 'donations' from Ian Waller a man who is backing and will gain from TeeSide #FreePort

(Waller is a director and shareholder of Northern Land Management, a company that has a 25% stake in Teesworks Ltd.)

#Corruption
#Backhanders

more details here ...

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/government-minister-accused-of-breaking-ministerial-code-over-teesworks-donation-4154732

Government minister accused of breaking ministerial code over Teesworks donation

The minister responsible for the government’s response to allegations of corruption at the Teesside freeport has been accused of breaking the ministerial code after it came to light that she had received a political donation from somebody linked to the venture.

Yorkshire Post
U47Jan 31, 2023
First time out here that old Export A time dial was still in use. 😍
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RT @47Chainsaw
@MondayNooner @HockeyDayinSask @hockeysask Wilcox #Sasky. #beauty barn. Home of the Wreck Wrangers. Losers scrape.
Where the #Hounds and #TownRats get away and have some fun! A lot of beauties have honed their skills in this old barn. #fullsend #1Ts #backhanders
https://twitter.com/47Chainsaw/status/1616635323957628936
Dave Pollon on Twitter

“@MondayNooner @HockeyDayinSask @hockeysask Wilcox #Sasky. #beauty barn. Home of the Wreck Wrangers. Losers scrape. Where the #Hounds and #TownRats get away and have some fun! A lot of beauties have honed their skills in this old barn. #fullsend #1Ts #backhanders”

Twitter
MarkJan 3, 2023

Executives charged for supplying low-quality equipment to army

#UnitedKingdom wastes billions on #TrackAndTrace, defective medical/safety equipment with VIP contracts to Conservative donors; no action taken

Ukraine files charges against individuals who supplied low quality equipment army

Ukraine charged 6 executives with embezzlement, abuse of power

https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/ukroboronprom-executives-charged-for-supplying-low-quality-equipment-to-army

#Corruption #ToryCorruption #VIP #ToryCronyism #DemocracyNotAutocracy #backhanders #fraud #Covid19UK #Ukraine

Ukroboronprom executives charged for supplying low-quality equipment to army.

Ukraine’s Economic Security Bureau reported on Jan. 2 that it had charged six executives of Ukroboronprom, the country’s main defense company, with embezzlement and abuse of power. According to the investigation, they concluded contracts to purchase low-quality equipment worth Hr

The Kyiv Independent
Lynda BowyerNov 23, 2022

How the hell can this ever be considered permissible?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/23/revealed-tory-peer-michelle-mone-secretly-received-29m-from-vip-lane-ppe-firm

#MichelleMone '#PPEContracts #BritishPolitics #HouseOfLords #Backhanders #Favours #PPEMedPro #VIPLane

Revealed: Tory peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29m from ‘VIP lane’ PPE firm

Documents suggest husband passed on money from PPE Medpro, which secured £200m contracts after Mone lobbied ministers

The Guardian