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Post by Morgan on Nov 24, 2022 14:21:00 GMT
Revealed: Tory peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29m from ‘VIP lane’ PPE firm The Conservative peer Michelle Mone and her children secretly received £29m originating from the profits of a PPE business that was awarded large government contracts after she recommended it to ministers, documents seen by the Guardian indicate. Lady Mone’s support helped the company, PPE Medpro, secure a place in a “VIP lane” the government used during the coronavirus pandemic to prioritise companies that had political connections. It then secured contracts worth more than £200m. Documents seen by the Guardian indicate tens of millions of pounds of PPE Medpro’s profits were later transferred to a secret offshore trust of which Mone and her adult children were the beneficiaries. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/23/revealed-tory-peer-michelle-mone-secretly-received-29m-from-vip-lane-ppe-firm |
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Post by totheleft3 on Nov 24, 2022 14:27:53 GMT
I seen that this morning and think its scandalous
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Post by dodgydave on Nov 24, 2022 14:37:21 GMT
So what is the story?
She isn't an MP, she isn't in government, so unless they can prove she bribed somebody then this story is going nowhere.
Are they trying to say a millionaire businesswoman taking the opportunity to earn more millions, is corruption?
Let's face it, anybody with a business brain would have seen COVID as a business opportunity to be milked... from this level right down to the puppy breeders that added zeros to their prices.
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Post by dappy on Nov 24, 2022 14:51:56 GMT
No Dave, sorry. If this is true,it is outrageous behaviour that puts Owen Patterson to shame.
Mone takes the Tory whip in the House of Lords. If the story is true which used the influence that gave her for very significant personal gain.
You can't defend that behaviour (if it happened) due to party loyalty.
If true she should at the very least by stripped of the whip and thrown out of the House of Lords. Actually I would have thought it constituted a criminal act.
Regardless of party loyalty, lets all hope this is properly investigated and appropriate action (if any) taken once the true facts are estaablished
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Post by Morgan on Nov 24, 2022 15:43:24 GMT
So what is the story? She isn't an MP, she isn't in government, so unless they can prove she bribed somebody then this story is going nowhere. Are they trying to say a millionaire businesswoman taking the opportunity to earn more millions, is corruption? Let's face it, anybody with a business brain would have seen COVID as a business opportunity to be milked... from this level right down to the puppy breeders that added zeros to their prices. So why wasn't this bung declared at the time? If she had nothing to hide, she had nothing to fear. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Nov 24, 2022 15:59:48 GMT
Revealed: Tory peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29m from ‘VIP lane’ PPE firm The Conservative peer Michelle Mone and her children secretly received £29m originating from the profits of a PPE business that was awarded large government contracts after she recommended it to ministers, documents seen by the Guardian indicate. Lady Mone’s support helped the company, PPE Medpro, secure a place in a “VIP lane” the government used during the coronavirus pandemic to prioritise companies that had political connections. It then secured contracts worth more than £200m. Documents seen by the Guardian indicate tens of millions of pounds of PPE Medpro’s profits were later transferred to a secret offshore trust of which Mone and her adult children were the beneficiaries. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/23/revealed-tory-peer-michelle-mone-secretly-received-29m-from-vip-lane-ppe-firmShe has always insisted she neither had any involvement in PPE Medpro nor benefited financially from it. I have to say, that seems unlikely. In September 2020 Lady Mone's partner Douglas Barrowman was paid at least £65million from the NHS PPE deal into an Isle of Man trust. The following month £28.8 million was transferred from that account to another entity called the Keristal Trust, which was set up by Mr Barrowman the beneficiaries being Lady Mone and her children. I'm no forensic accountant, but it seems pretty clear to me what's gone on. However, strictly speaking has she broken the law? I'm sure she and her partner have some pretty fancy lawyers working on that one. |
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Post by jaydee on Nov 24, 2022 18:13:53 GMT
Revealed: Tory peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29m from ‘VIP lane’ PPE firm The Conservative peer Michelle Mone and her children secretly received £29m originating from the profits of a PPE business that was awarded large government contracts after she recommended it to ministers, documents seen by the Guardian indicate. Lady Mone’s support helped the company, PPE Medpro, secure a place in a “VIP lane” the government used during the coronavirus pandemic to prioritise companies that had political connections. It then secured contracts worth more than £200m. Documents seen by the Guardian indicate tens of millions of pounds of PPE Medpro’s profits were later transferred to a secret offshore trust of which Mone and her adult children were the beneficiaries. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/23/revealed-tory-peer-michelle-mone-secretly-received-29m-from-vip-lane-ppe-firmShe has always insisted she neither had any involvement in PPE Medpro nor benefited financially from it. I have to say, that seems unlikely. In September 2020 Lady Mone's partner Douglas Barrowman was paid at least £65million from the NHS PPE deal into an Isle of Man trust. The following month £28.8 million was transferred from that account to another entity called the Keristal Trust, which was set up by Mr Barrowman the beneficiaries being Lady Mone and her children. I'm no forensic accountant, but it seems pretty clear to me what's gone on. However, strictly speaking has she broken the law? I'm sure she and her partner have some pretty fancy lawyers working on that one. What does it take to get through to you. You ae being taken for a mug. How many times has it been pointed out and you are still in denial. It is out and out fecking sleaze. It was called the VIUP lane. Which translates . Sleaze |
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Post by Red Rackham on Nov 24, 2022 18:19:38 GMT
She has always insisted she neither had any involvement in PPE Medpro nor benefited financially from it. I have to say, that seems unlikely. In September 2020 Lady Mone's partner Douglas Barrowman was paid at least £65million from the NHS PPE deal into an Isle of Man trust. The following month £28.8 million was transferred from that account to another entity called the Keristal Trust, which was set up by Mr Barrowman the beneficiaries being Lady Mone and her children. I'm no forensic accountant, but it seems pretty clear to me what's gone on. However, strictly speaking has she broken the law? I'm sure she and her partner have some pretty fancy lawyers working on that one. What does it take to get through to you. You ae being taken for a mug. How many times has it been pointed out and you are still in denial. It is out and out fecking sleaze. It was called the VIUP lane. Which translates . Sleaze JD ffs calm down, I would have thought anyone blessed with the gift of sight could see that I'm not defending her. |
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Post by Pacifico on Nov 24, 2022 18:23:06 GMT
I think its sleazy but I can't see where it would be illegal.
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Post by dodgydave on Nov 25, 2022 2:27:29 GMT
No Dave, sorry. If this is true,it is outrageous behaviour that puts Owen Patterson to shame. Mone takes the Tory whip in the House of Lords. If the story is true which used the influence that gave her for very significant personal gain. You can't defend that behaviour (if it happened) due to party loyalty. If true she should at the very least by stripped of the whip and thrown out of the House of Lords. Actually I would have thought it constituted a criminal act. Regardless of party loyalty, lets all hope this is properly investigated and appropriate action (if any) taken once the true facts are estaablished What party loyalty? I've never voted Tory in my life lol. I'm just bored with all these "corruption" stories that never actually go anywhere because they are putting two and two together and suggesting five. We have very strict laws on corruption in this country, yet we are to believe that the Tories are somehow getting away with it. Do me a favour. Again, she isn't an MP, she isn't in government, she is a peer because she is a successful businesswoman. Again, thousands of people milked COVID so I really can't get excited about this. I'll get excited when one of them is arrested and charged. |
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Post by Morgan on Nov 25, 2022 7:07:55 GMT
More this morning.......... Michael Gove is facing mounting pressure to fully explain his role in the government’s award of large PPE contracts to a company that was first recommended to him by the Tory peer Michelle Mone. Asked in an interview on Thursday how he had responded to Lady Mone’s approach in May 2020, Gove said he had referred all offers of PPE to “the appropriate civil service channels”. That explanation appears to be at odds with a chain of emails previously released under the Freedom of Information Act that shed light on how the company, PPE Medpro, was added to a “VIP” lane that prioritised politically connected firms. The emails suggest that after initially being contacted by Mone, Gove suggested she contact another then minister, the Tory peer Theodore Agnew. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/24/michael-gove-under-pressure-explain-role-ppe-deals-michelle-mone |
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Post by Toreador on Nov 25, 2022 11:09:19 GMT
Makes you wonder whether the journalist(s) found any others who may have been involved and how much Tory funds may have been improved.
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Post by Handyman on Nov 25, 2022 12:25:06 GMT
Dappy actually made one point that I actually agree with " If it is true" the National Crime Agency as stated in the Guardian has executed search warrants seized documents, and as far as I am aware that investigation is still on going.
These are allegations at this moment in time, again as far as I am aware nobody has been charged with anything so far,
If it is true and accurate, then quite rightly all and anyone involved should the evidence support the allegations and is strong enough charges should be brought and those suspected of Fraud or any other offence should be tried by the due process of Law, not the media and speculation
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Post by Toreador on Nov 25, 2022 13:20:50 GMT
If there was any serious involvement by Tories, then a prosecution may not see the light of day.
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Post by borchester on Nov 25, 2022 13:21:01 GMT
During the recent flu outbreak, Boris Johnson said that he was not bothered about paying over the odds provided the UK got the drugs and equipment required. Presumably that included greasing a few palms. The public broadly agreed with the Blond Moppet, feeling that it was better to be poor than dead.
Now however, the UK is in the midst of one of its periodic fits of morality.
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