| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 13:11 - Oct 26 with 3023 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth | Looks like another opportunity to remind people of this: “To change Britain, we must change ourselves – we need to clean up politics. No more VIP fast lanes, no more kickbacks for colleagues, no more revolving doors between government and the companies they regulate. I will restore standards in public life with a total crackdown on cronyism.“ Sir Keir Starmer 2024. |  |
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| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 13:33 - Oct 26 with 3004 views | onehunglow |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 13:11 - Oct 26 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth | Looks like another opportunity to remind people of this: “To change Britain, we must change ourselves – we need to clean up politics. No more VIP fast lanes, no more kickbacks for colleagues, no more revolving doors between government and the companies they regulate. I will restore standards in public life with a total crackdown on cronyism.“ Sir Keir Starmer 2024. |
What you thinking Builty ? Just as bad as Tories This lot will be the worst govt in living memory |  |
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| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 13:44 - Oct 26 with 2994 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 13:33 - Oct 26 by onehunglow | What you thinking Builty ? Just as bad as Tories This lot will be the worst govt in living memory |
They’ve been an utter shambles from the first day. There’s just nobody with any intellect in there. We are being governed by incredibly stupid people from top to bottom. |  |
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| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 14:00 - Oct 26 with 2975 views | onehunglow |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 13:44 - Oct 26 by Joesus_Of_Narbereth | They’ve been an utter shambles from the first day. There’s just nobody with any intellect in there. We are being governed by incredibly stupid people from top to bottom. |
Apart from hating the Tories very existence , Labour voters have no ammunition now |  |
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| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 17:55 - Oct 26 with 2913 views | builthjack |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 13:33 - Oct 26 by onehunglow | What you thinking Builty ? Just as bad as Tories This lot will be the worst govt in living memory |
It shouldn’t happen. It’s wrong. £138 Million is big money. By the way, companies linked to Tory donors received a massive £8.4 BILLION of Govt contracts between 2016 and 2024. That’s 60 times the £138 million. You missed that? All figures from the same source. |  |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 18:37 - Oct 26 with 2890 views | majorraglan | It’s highly likely that some of the companies who donate will always pick up contracts, for example 3 of the 4 big accountants made donations but the reality is there aren’t many companies who can probably have the size to do the work. Government and public sector contracts are subject to strict procurement processes and competitive tender, I’m not saying they’re infallible but the processes should be robust. The real issue for me is when contracts are awarded outside the rules and governance structures, for example the Covid contracts via the VIP lane. According to the Guardian, the Autonomy Institute identified a total of 125 companies that were awarded central government contracts worth £28.8bn after previously making £30.15m of donations to a political party. About £2.5bn worth of those contracts were awarded within two years of the donation. The consultancy firm “Baringa Partners, who donated £30,061.50 to Labour in January 2024 and received £35,196,719 worth of government contracts between July 2024 and March this year. Grant Thornton donated £81,658.37 between March 2023 and July 2024 (when Labour weren’t even in power) and has since been awarded £6,541,819 in contracts.” “However, the vast bulk of the contracts – £25.4bn – were awarded under previous Conservative governments to Conservative donors. They include Randox Laboratories and Globus Shetland, both of which were offered contracts during the Covid pandemic.” The big issue for me is stepping outside proper process, think Covid VIP lane, Mone etc, MP’s lobbying on behalf companies, Patterson who was alleged to have acted as a lobbyist for Randox and even worse Boris who tried to change the rules after the Standards Investigation. |  | |  |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 19:35 - Oct 26 with 2842 views | onehunglow |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 17:55 - Oct 26 by builthjack | It shouldn’t happen. It’s wrong. £138 Million is big money. By the way, companies linked to Tory donors received a massive £8.4 BILLION of Govt contracts between 2016 and 2024. That’s 60 times the £138 million. You missed that? All figures from the same source. |
That’s a snot free response I’ll treasure it |  |
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| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 01:57 - Oct 27 with 2755 views | Robbie | Paddy Power is pulling their shops out of the UK High Streets and blaming overheads . Local folk on minimum wage will lose that pittance of a needy few quid now too . Anybody interested in gambling , switch on your phone , there we are now instead . All Ai and updated betting schemes by the second , Asian sports included . Pull a name out of the hat for a Grand National winner for a quid stake was my toierance . |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 09:43 - Oct 27 with 2680 views | onehunglow |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 01:57 - Oct 27 by Robbie | Paddy Power is pulling their shops out of the UK High Streets and blaming overheads . Local folk on minimum wage will lose that pittance of a needy few quid now too . Anybody interested in gambling , switch on your phone , there we are now instead . All Ai and updated betting schemes by the second , Asian sports included . Pull a name out of the hat for a Grand National winner for a quid stake was my toierance . |
Those who can least afford it risking what they can’t afford for something they don’t need |  |
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| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 11:59 - Oct 27 with 2651 views | Boundy |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 17:55 - Oct 26 by builthjack | It shouldn’t happen. It’s wrong. £138 Million is big money. By the way, companies linked to Tory donors received a massive £8.4 BILLION of Govt contracts between 2016 and 2024. That’s 60 times the £138 million. You missed that? All figures from the same source. |
Welsh Labour has trumped that by introducing the 20mph limit ,estimated to cost Wales ( their own figures) 9 Billion pounds , I suppose you may have missed that . |  |
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| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 12:03 - Oct 27 with 2648 views | onehunglow |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 11:59 - Oct 27 by Boundy | Welsh Labour has trumped that by introducing the 20mph limit ,estimated to cost Wales ( their own figures) 9 Billion pounds , I suppose you may have missed that . |
Easily done though Boundy boy It depends on one’s political stance Right now , Labour are unravelling They can only blame Tories for so long Times run out jow so personal attacks take over What a Bluddy cess pit is our political landscape |  |
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| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 12:22 - Oct 27 with 2636 views | Boundy |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 12:03 - Oct 27 by onehunglow | Easily done though Boundy boy It depends on one’s political stance Right now , Labour are unravelling They can only blame Tories for so long Times run out jow so personal attacks take over What a Bluddy cess pit is our political landscape |
But one eyed support of any party is dangerous, I'm not decided on who I will vote for next May but atm its definitely not Labour nor Plaid . Labour because they've shown over 2 decades that they are not capable of running the country nor making proper use of tax payers money. They seem to be more concerned with grandstanding Plaid because imo they are the mirror image of the above. Torys , well the past 14 years should be enough Then whats left of an extremely bad bunch |  |
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| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 18:57 - Oct 27 with 2553 views | builthjack |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 11:59 - Oct 27 by Boundy | Welsh Labour has trumped that by introducing the 20mph limit ,estimated to cost Wales ( their own figures) 9 Billion pounds , I suppose you may have missed that . |
Your counting is worse than Farage’s. 9 billion my anus. It was £32 million. It has saved lives and accidents. I don’t agree that it should have been in as many places as it is though. |  |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 07:06 - Oct 28 with 2455 views | Dr_Winston | I wonder how much the payrises that the Labour Government have chucked the trade unions that pay for their very existence since taking control? Which one costs the country more in the long run? |  |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 22:12 - Nov 6 with 1325 views | majorraglan | Well, who’d have thought this would happen. PPE Medpro who secured large contracts through Boris’s VIP Lane during Covid for supplying kit which was not fit for purpose have entered administration owing the tax payer / government £187m in tax and fines for breach of contract. The company had to enter administration after losing their court case and being hit with the bill, apparently leaving just £672k available to unsecured creditors. There also appears to be a secured debt of £1m which is owed to a company called Angelo. Guess who owns Angelo….. yes it’s Doug Barrowman husband of Mone and the ultimate beneficiary of Medro. This £1m is likely to rank ahead of government creditors when it comes to paying out whatever can be recovered from the company. Great eh! A number of the Nationals have been quite muted on this, couldn’t see anything in the Express, the Mail didn’t link it to the Conservatives or the VIP lane. Two tier reporting or maybe those in power circling the wagons! It’s a shocking state of affairs, she should be booted out of the House of Lords. |  | |  |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 23:00 - Nov 6 with 1314 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Government Contracts for Party Donors on 07:06 - Oct 28 by Dr_Winston | I wonder how much the payrises that the Labour Government have chucked the trade unions that pay for their very existence since taking control? Which one costs the country more in the long run? |
Can you explain. this please. "Pay arises the Labour government he AVE chucked the trade unions". Do you mean the trade unions members in minimum wage increases.or something else ? |  |
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