Misapropriation of finances ???

Now look what these scumbag 'nasty party' bastards have done with 'OUR' money !!!



Boris Johnson friend’s ‘luxury lifestyle’ firm handed £1.4m of government money to help super-rich ‘network’ with officials
Labour condemns contract with prime minister's Old Etonian tennis partner as 'blindingly obvious conflict of interest' – and demands investigation



Ben Elliot boasts powerful connections across British society, as the nephew of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall ( Rex )
A firm run by Boris Johnson’s tennis partner is being paid £1.4m of government cash to help officials “network” with some of the UK’s richest people, it has been revealed.

Labour has condemned the contract as “a blindingly obvious conflict of interest and a shocking waste of money” and demanded an investigation.


The money is being paid to Quintessentially, a “luxury lifestyle” company – co-founded by Ben Elliot, an Old Etonian friend of the prime minister – which charges well-heeled clients thousands of pounds to meet powerful people.

Mr Elliot was appointed co-chairman of the Conservative party last summer and raised funds for Mr Johnson’s election victory. In January 2019, he was picked as the government’s first “food waste tsar”.


Now the Financial Times has revealed that the Department for International Trade (DIT) has paid Quintessentially £1.4m to enable civil servants and the super-rich to “network at the highest levels”, under a contract that began in 2016.

It arranges “exceptional visits” in order for officials to convince them to invest in the UK, according to the contract it has seen.


Jon Trickett MP, Labour’s Cabinet Office minister, said: “Everybody knows the Conservatives are a party of the rich and powerful, for the rich and powerful, but these revelations further expose how they and their allies see government as a chance to make easy money at the public’s expense.

“Handing over taxpayers’ money to a company run by the Tory Party co-chair just so officials can meet the ‘great and good’ is a blindingly obvious conflict of interest and a shocking waste of money.

“The government must immediately stop paying for these services, and make a statement on why it thought it was appropriate to pay this company for them in the first place.”

Mr Elliot is the prime minister’s tennis partner for a game recently auctioned off to the wife of an ally of Vladimir Putin, to raise £90,000 for Conservative coffers.

Aged 44, he boasts powerful connections across British society. As the nephew of Camilla Parker-Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, he has been photographed with her husband, Prince Charles, the future king.


When Michael Gove picked him to tackle food waste, Mr Elliot told the Evening Standard it was because “I am such a relentless, bossy f***er that I will turbocharge the whole thing”.

He also acknowledged he had considered running as the Conservative candidate for the London seat of Kensington, saying: “Yes, I’ve thought about it. The professional political class is not great.”

Mr Elliot also praised Extinction Rebellion as “marvellous”, saying: “It’s a wonderful thing. It’s moved the debate on, making the penny drop on green issues.”

 

Seems the 'standards' commissioner is dissatified with Bori's explanation and has launched a full investigation !!!


Boris Johnson ‘to be investigated’ by Parliament watchdog over Caribbean holiday

PA
Mar 7th 2020 4:25PM
Boris Johnson is to be investigated by Parliament's sleaze watchdog over his £15,000 winter break to the Caribbean, according to reports.

The Prime Minister and his partner Carrie Symonds accepted accommodation for a private break in St Vincent and the Grenadines as a post-election victory escape.

But confusion reigned after Mr Johnson declared in the register of MPs' interests that he had accepted "accommodation for a private holiday for my partner and me, value £15,000", citing businessman David Ross as the provider.




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A spokesman for Mr Ross then denied that the co-founder of the Carphone Warehouse had stumped up any money.

But the Conservative Party donor's spokesman later clarified his stance, agreeing it was a "benefit in kind" to the PM and Ms Symonds during their private break to the island of Mustique.

The Observer said the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Kathryn Stone, decided to pursue an official inquiry into Mr Johnson on Wednesday, and has requested information from the PM and Mr Ross.

It follows calls from Labour for an inquiry into how the PM came to enjoy the free provision of a five-figure villa.

In a letter to the commissioner last month, shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett said: "The Code of Conduct requires members to provide the name of the person or organisation that actually funded a donation.

"The evidence now suggests it was not David Ross. The entry made by the Prime Minister therefore appears to be incorrect."

The trip provided Mr Johnson with a break after the election campaign, which produced a Conservative landslide for the first time since the 1980s.

But he faced criticism for failing to cut the festive holiday short when international tensions rose after the US killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on January 3.

The Commissioner would investigate whether Mr Johnson has broken the MPs' code of conduct, and forward any findings onto the Committee on Standards which would review the evidence and, if appropriate, recommend a penalty.

Mr Johnson and Ms Symonds announced last week that they became engaged at the end of 2019, and are expecting a baby early this summer.