City firm Deloitte picks up Government contracts worth nearly £7m after bankrolling the Tories

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011...15875-23531315/

 

A CITY firm which bankrolled the Tories has landed Government contracts worth almost £7million.

 

Management consultants Deloitte have given the party nearly £675,000 since David Cameron became leader. And, according to Whitehall departments, the company and its spin-offs have since scooped Government deals totalling £6.75million during Mr Cameron’s first year in Downing Street.

 

It also emerged that a drugs firm partly owned by Tory donor Jon Moulton received taxpayers’ cash from the Government’s £1.4billion Regional Growth Fund, despite Mr Moulton sitting on the board that made the awards. The venture capitalist, who has given the Tories £400,000, owns a 26% stake in Liverpool-based Redx Pharma, which was offered £5.9million by the RGF.

 

Construction firm JCB, whose boss Sir Anthony Bamford and his family have given the Tories more than £4.5million, was also among the winners but refused to say how much it received.

 

Labour MP John Robertson said the awards made Mr Cameron and his party look like “stooges of big multinational corporations”.

 

But a Cabinet Office spokeswoman insisted: “Contracts are awarded based on the best value for money for taxpayers.”

 

A spokesman for Deloitte – where Treasury minister Chloe Smith worked before she became a Tory MP – said it was also willing to help the Lib Dems and Labour.

 

Mr Moulton said last night he declared his conflict of interest and played no role in the decision-making.

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This lot aren't even bothering to hide their corruption anymore, are they...?

 

 

 

 

 

Seems like a good deal actually.. Bung the Tories some cash, you end up getting 10 times your original stake back (of course, you have to be a multi-billionaire, a CEO or otherwise a member of the 1% to take advantage of this offer)... Maybe Dodgy Dave should go on Dragon's Den and do a pitch....

 

Or howabout, a BOGOFF deal.. Bribe One, Get One For Free.... Bribe Dave, get Nick free.... Sweet...

 

I laugh about it, but really, this is serious corruption... Funny how the law doesn't seem to spring into action quite so quickly though, isn't it...?

And this is pretty dodgy too....

 

The Princess Royal is roped into Tory hunt for black gold in Africa

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the...-in-Africa.html

 

On an official visit to Africa, the Princess Royal visits Tullow Oil, a British company which has benefited from Conservative support.

 

While the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s every move on the international stage attracts huge interest, the travels of less glamorous members of the Royal family often go overlooked. The Princess Royal’s trip to Africa last week included, however, an eye-catching engagement.

 

Mandrake can disclose that Princess Anne visited a Tullow Oil facility off the coast of Ghana. Earlier this year, The Daily Telegraph reported that William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, had intervened personally on behalf of the British company in a dispute over a £175 million unpaid tax bill in its African operations.

A spokesman for the Princess makes clear that the event was organised by the Government, rather than at her own behest. “The Princess Royal’s visit to Ghana was on the advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and, as such, undertaken on behalf of the Government. The visit to the oil facility was part of this official visit.”

Last month, I reported that Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, whose private office has excited interest, had accepted a £12,500 donation from Aidan Heavey, a founding director of Tullow, who is now the company’s chief executive.

The Buckingham Palace website explained that the Queen’s daughter saw “how the Tullow Oil-led operation is supporting the development of Ghana’s off-shore oil industry, a key contribution to the rapid development of Ghana’s economy, and a pillar upon which Ghana’s remarkable dynamic growth is being built”.

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Well, I suppose she must be doing Andy's job now that he disgraced himself by hanging out with billionaire Paedophiles who paid underage girls for sex..... -_-

What do people expect when they vote a Tory government into power. It was no different under Thatcher. The Tories always take care of Business, the City and Multinationals first. For the rest of us it is every man, woman and child for themselves. If you are rich you will always get richer under the Tories they have never cared about the rest of us.

The Telegraph has been doing the odd report into Property Developers also paying millions into the coffers of the Tory party-

"It seems that the Conservative Party has encouraged dozens of property firms likely to benefit from the new opportunity to develop rural land to subscribe to the Party. Developers are also paying thousands of pounds for access to senior Conservatives through the Property Forum, a club of elite donors which sets up “breakfast meetings” to discuss planning and property issues. The Forum raises about £150,000 a year for the Tory Party and charges members £2500 to meet senior MPs.Mike Slade, its chairman, has given more than £300,000 over the past decade, individually and through his property firm, Helical Bar. Mr Slade advocated reforms to encourage local authorities to ” see the benefits of development” and has openly claimed that the club plays a key role in shaping the party’s planning policy."

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters...developers.html

What do people expect when they vote a Tory government into power. It was no different under Thatcher. The Tories always take care of Business, the City and Multinationals first. For the rest of us it is every man, woman and child for themselves. If you are rich you will always get richer under the Tories they have never cared about the rest of us.

The Telegraph has been doing the odd report into Property Developers also paying millions into the coffers of the Tory party-

"It seems that the Conservative Party has encouraged dozens of property firms likely to benefit from the new opportunity to develop rural land to subscribe to the Party. Developers are also paying thousands of pounds for access to senior Conservatives through the Property Forum, a club of elite donors which sets up “breakfast meetings” to discuss planning and property issues. The Forum raises about £150,000 a year for the Tory Party and charges members £2500 to meet senior MPs.Mike Slade, its chairman, has given more than £300,000 over the past decade, individually and through his property firm, Helical Bar. Mr Slade advocated reforms to encourage local authorities to ” see the benefits of development” and has openly claimed that the club plays a key role in shaping the party’s planning policy."

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters...developers.html

 

Yeah, "rural land", ie, The Green Belt... And, hey, didn't we just chuck a bunch of "pikeys" off their property for that very reason, that they were supposedly "developing on the Green Belt".... And, that was a TORY council in Essex, I believe.... We may run out of oil or silver or tin, but one "commodity" that seems limitless is Tory hypocrisy..... -_-

 

Haha- as if Labour were any better!- who was it who got richer under them? the average man in the street? I'm not saying the current government is any better or worse then the previous one, but at least Labour was set up to protect THE WORKING CLASSES and ended up cuddling to the banks/ big business just as much as this bunch, as you say you EXPECT that of the tories but not of Labour.

 

They are all as bad as each other- this can't be a revelation surely?

Haha- as if Labour were any better!- who was it who got richer under them? the average man in the street? I'm not saying the current government is any better or worse then the previous one, but at least Labour was set up to protect THE WORKING CLASSES and ended up cuddling to the banks/ big business just as much as this bunch, as you say you EXPECT that of the tories but not of Labour.

 

They are all as bad as each other- this can't be a revelation surely?

 

I didn't say Nu Lie-bore were any better... But, tbh, I dont regard that lot as being a true "Labour" government anyway (that would be people like Clement Attlee and Harold Wilson)... Tony B-Liar was nothing more than a Tory in disguise as far as I'm concerned... ;)

This just helps to illustrate a serious problem with party funding. It costs a lot of money to fight an election even with the restrictions introduced by the last government. I would like to see the limit even lower but we're still going to be talking serious money. Obviously that money has to come from somewhere. That means either state financing or donations.

 

There will always be a suspicion that major donors want something in return. When major donors get government contracts, that suspicion will be heightened however transparent they try to make the whole process. But what is the answer? Should companies who make donations to a political party then be barred from bidding for contracts?

 

This subject is another one where a lot of people hold views which are almost incompatible. Most people are opposed to state funding of political parties. However they also son't like the fact that organisations or individuals can be perceived of buying influence.

This just helps to illustrate a serious problem with party funding. It costs a lot of money to fight an election even with the restrictions introduced by the last government. I would like to see the limit even lower but we're still going to be talking serious money. Obviously that money has to come from somewhere. That means either state financing or donations.

 

There will always be a suspicion that major donors want something in return. When major donors get government contracts, that suspicion will be heightened however transparent they try to make the whole process. But what is the answer? Should companies who make donations to a political party then be barred from bidding for contracts?

 

This subject is another one where a lot of people hold views which are almost incompatible. Most people are opposed to state funding of political parties. However they also son't like the fact that organisations or individuals can be perceived of buying influence.

 

If it meant that bankers and corporations cant buy influence, I wouldn't be opposed to state funding of election campaigns.... Obviously, all monies would have to be accounted for though, and there would have to be complete transparency....

 

Although, I'd be interested to see what would happen if we took the other option too.. Companies who donate to political parties then being barred from bidding on lucrative Govt contracts (as clearly it would be a conflict of interests, would it not..?), then we'd really get an idea of just who it is that's genuinely donating and who it is that's just doing it to see what they could get out of it... After all, if it's a genuine donation, then surely they shouldn't expect anything in return... -_-