Neil Mullens

According to Private Eye, Kwasi Kwarteng has had a second job with Crispin Odey's hedge fund as a paid 'political advisor' at £20,000 a month ever since he was elected as an MP in 2010.

It is endless, isn’t it ? The corruption is endless.

#ukpolitics #PrivateEye
#KwasiKwarteng #CrispinOdey
#ToryCorruption #TorySleaze
#GeneralElectionNOW #gtto

Nov 13, 2022 at 9:22pmWeb
Show threadLondonACutieMedicNov 13, 2022
@3DayMonk You couldn’t make it up 🤦🏽‍♂️
Show threadNeil MullensNov 13, 2022
@ACutieMedic You really couldn’t.
Show threadEricMay 18, 2023
@3DayMonk @ACutieMedic
#BrexitHasFailed
Show threadAnn AubertNov 13, 2022
@3DayMonk it’s unbelievable! Get them gone pleeeeeeease 😩
Show threadNeil MullensNov 13, 2022
@AnnAubert I wish it were sooner rather than later but it’s likely they will poison as many wells as possible before they hand over the reins.
Show threadBigbreakfastNov 13, 2022
@3DayMonk the only advantage of the prolonged death of their party is it's giving time for evidence to be gathered, so that the inevitable corruption enquiry under the labour government will fill the jails
Show threadFurciferNov 13, 2022
@Bigbreakfast_Irl @3DayMonk The reality is a new Gov will never punish the sins of their predecessor regardless. Honour amongst Politicians
Show threadNeil MullensNov 13, 2022
@Bigbreakfast_Irl @SheepyDreamings Possibly, they way Johnson ripped up ministerial code, who knows what the future holds?
Show threadBigbreakfastNov 13, 2022

@SheepyDreamings @3place after a spate of corruption in Ireland in the 80s/90s a 15 year & huge tribunal took place.

On corruption in public life, Judge Mahon stated in the report that:

"It continued because nobody was prepared to do enough to stop it. This is perhaps inevitable when corruption ceases to become an isolated event and becomes so entrenched that it is transformed into an acknowledged way of doing business.' Politicians were jailed."
Sound familiar?

Cross those fingers

Show threadNeil MullensNov 13, 2022
@SheepyDreamings @Bigbreakfast_Irl Meanwhile, the government here is removing the right to protest, muzzling journalists and stoking culture wars to deflect from their criminality.
Show threadFurciferNov 14, 2022

@Bigbreakfast_Irl We're talking about a culture of complicity where a bunch of privileged individuals conduct back-scratching exercises, whilst bound by ridiculous rules that prevent them calling each other a liar.

I'm not holding my breath.

Show threadNeil MullensNov 13, 2022
@Bigbreakfast_Irl That is the one positive. But I hate to think what kind of state the country will be in by then. It’s likely that the greatest burden of their actions now will fall upon the next government.
Show threadChristopher LaudanNov 13, 2022
@3DayMonk
Just unacceptable
Show threadScrumplesNov 13, 2022
@3DayMonk he's my MP and he's the worst.
Show threadNeil MullensNov 13, 2022
@Scrumples I pity you. Mine is Darren Jones and not too bad on the whole.
Show threadNewt_GrunnionNov 13, 2022
@3DayMonk Quelle fücking surprise!
Show threadWendy ANov 13, 2022
@3DayMonk I've heard this before. Isn't it illegal?
Show threadNeil MullensNov 13, 2022
@Wendy No, but it should be. Certainly unethical as Crispin Odey was one of the big movers behind #Brexit.
Show threadRachaelJSNov 13, 2022

@3DayMonk @Wendy
And I believe Odey..ous made another fortune on the back of Kamikwasis 'mini budget' ...having met with him in the lead up to the Truss disaster but they 'didn't discuss politics!' And I'm the pope on Mondays and Jesus on a Tuesday.
If thats not illegal then it bloody well should be!

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/kwasi-kwartengs-old-boss-making-25147302

Kwasi Kwarteng's old boss is making a fortune betting on falling pound

Crispin Odey described his bets against government debt as "the gifts that keep on giving"

WalesOnline
Show threadNeil MullensNov 13, 2022
@Wendy @RachaelJS He did. In any other walk of life known as insider trading.
Show threadEdNov 14, 2022
@3DayMonk We desperately need laws banning MPs taking on any other work/roles/jobs/"advisor" positions, anything outside their work as an MP. It all just screams corruption and massive conflict of interest. Also, they're meant to be running the bloody country. If that's not enough to keep them busy perhaps they should make way for someone else to do a better job of it.
Show threadNeil MullensNov 14, 2022
@ednewmy
Absolutely agree, 💯! Might result in us getting politicians who know what they are doing.
Show threadRwehavenfunyetNov 14, 2022

@ednewmy @3DayMonk while I absolutely agree nothing will change so long as the Tories remain in absolute power

They lie about everything

Whatever and whenever I hear from them my first assumption is it is a lie and that motivation is self-serving corruption and self-preservation

Show threadJohn O’ConnellNov 14, 2022

@ednewmy @3DayMonk

I have a better idea.

Allow all MPs to take second jobs if they want… In their own time.

Compulsory attendance at the House of Commons, 9 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday, unless on specific constituency business (with advance notice), unless a Minister (where they can also be at the Ministry, or Downing Street, only). No excuses.

Is there any job in the world where you can take as many days off as you like and not be fired?

Show threadTed Smith #ProEUNov 14, 2022
@ednewmy @3DayMonk I agree.
Show threadNewt_GrunnionNov 14, 2022
@3DayMonk Quelle fücking surprise!
Show threadHermitNov 14, 2022
@3DayMonk Very few MPs don't have'other income'. Sad and I wish it weren't so. The lists of their backers - all of them - is huge. Like Caesar's Wife - they should be above suspicion.
Show threadNeil MullensNov 14, 2022
@Hermit I agree, regardless of party. Second jobs should be banned altogether.
Show threadJuggling With EggsNov 14, 2022
@Hermit @3DayMonk is that true? 650 MPs in Parliament and about 200 have second jobs. The vast majority who earn money from being consultants are Tories... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-59206904.amp
Which MPs have second jobs? - BBC News

Boris Johnson is proposing to ban MPs from acting as paid political consultants - Labour is also calling for a ban.

BBC News
Show threadHermitNov 16, 2022
@JugglingWithEggs @3DayMonk There isn't an MP who hasn't had many donations. They declare them here https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-financial-interests/parliamentary-commissioner-for-standards/registers-of-interests/register-of-members-financial-interests/
Show threadFelice 🇪🇺Nov 14, 2022
@3DayMonk 😡
Show threadJuggling With EggsNov 14, 2022
@3DayMonk this was all over the ‘other place’ while Kwarteng was still Chancellor. Odey obtained market sensitive information ahead of time and apparently acted on it to his benefit...I think there is a very specific phrase for that and it carries very specific penalties.
Show threadNeil MullensNov 14, 2022
@JugglingWithEggs Yes, those stories on dead bird came about after it was revealed that he’d had a meeting with Odey prior to the announcement of the mini-budget. I wasn't aware that he’d been on the payroll for 12 years at that stage.
Show threadJuliefaithmcmurrayartNov 15, 2022
@3DayMonk brilliant
Show threadHope 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SNPNov 15, 2022
@3DayMonk hard to be any more disgusted with these vile creatures than I already am…and the system is clearly rotten to the core.
Show threadNeil MullensNov 15, 2022
@TheMorrigan It is indeed.
Show threadKim For Dagenham And RainhamNov 16, 2022
@3DayMonk which raises questions about whether the harm inflicted on the UK economy by Kwarteng was genuinely unforseen or the purpose of the policy.
Show threadSilvia Antlady69Nov 16, 2022
@3DayMonk Unfortunately that is true for pretty much every politician in the world. They are all getting paid by other entities. We all are being governed by lobbyists. 😑
Show threadAnne @annevelink_adNov 16, 2022

@3DayMonk

His economic policy did not consider impact on a struggling population

Show threadPaul Briley 🇪🇺Nov 26, 2022
@3DayMonk
It's a shame UK can't be like mastodon rather than warped Twitter.
Show threadTed Smith #ProEUNov 26, 2022
@3DayMonk Still, we’re ‘all in it together’. What a joke!
Show threadJackzeroNov 26, 2022
@3DayMonk it ends when and only when we oust them in a #GeneralElection
Show threadStoneface VimesNov 26, 2022
@3DayMonk nearly £3,000,000 over twelve years - and I wonder which employer he is truly serving, odey or us. Or perhaps I don't.
Show threadColinTHFC #FBPE #GTTO 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Nov 26, 2022
@3DayMonk They are pure scum and it just proves that they are not there to serve their constituents but to feather there own nests and pray at the feet of their God.....GREED.
Show threadEvanDec 13, 2022
@3DayMonk
The #ToryCorruption seems to be endless. No sooner has one scandal emerged or the next one presents itself
Show threadNeil MullensDec 14, 2022
@Evanderstap It has been an unprecedented period in British politics. As long as they think they can get away with it, they'll keep on doing it. It's important that voters send them a message at the next General Election.
Show threadprotein & vegDec 14, 2022

@3DayMonk
The phrase used is 'political advisor' but 'spy' seems more appropriate!

#ukpolitics

Show threadNeil MullensDec 14, 2022
@mc_cheapo Yep. Or ‘fixer’.
Show threadSalmDec 24, 2022
@3DayMonk
Though I am no fan of Kwasi Kwarteng, fullfact says this information is not correct.
https://fullfact.org/online/kwarteng-odey-hedge-fund/
Private Eye did not say Kwasi Kwarteng was paid £20,000 a month by a hedge fund - Full Fact

Claims circulating on social media don’t reflect what was reported by the magazine, or what’s recorded in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.

Full Fact
Show threadObserverDec 24, 2022
@3DayMonk Not declared in register of members' interests?