The Sunaks are earning millions off government contracts | Peter Geoghegan interview

Rishi Sunak's wife is a shareholder in Indian tech firm Infosys. His father-in-law is the founder and chairman of the company.
Business is good for Infosys. After years of fulfilling small government contracts worth less than £70 million combined, they've been put on a list of approved suppliers for contracts worth around £750 MILLION.
Investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan broke the story, and swung by JOE Towers to give us the full rundown of events.
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[@DileepaRanawake]

This absolutely should be declared. It’s corruption, unchecked. It’s not illegal, because the people who benefit write the laws that suit them

[@mikerodent3164]

It's great because it's coming to light right now, just so that by November when the GE happens it will have finally filtered through to the thickest floating voters in the most important marginals ... But it simply does not in fact qualify as corruption for the simple reason that at no point is there any suggestion that Sunak sits on any of these boards or panels which are actually awarding the contracts. It qualifies as unbelievably pathetic, incompetent to the point of corruption perhaps, that MPs' spouses' financial and other interests do not have to be declared in the Members' Interests Register. But that's just the consequence of standard Palace of Westminster sh'tness and slowness. The same reason the HMRC website is complete dysfunctional crap which a 12-year-old programmer could have written better.

[@mikerodent3164]

It's great because it's coming to light right now, just so that by November when the GE happens it will have finally filtered through to the thykest floating voters in the most important marginals ... But it simply does not in fact qualify as corruption for the simple reason that at no point is there any suggestion that Sunak sits on any of these boards or panels which are actually awarding the contracts. It qualifies as unbelievably pathetic, incompetent to the point of corruption perhaps, that MPs' spouses' financial and other interests do not have to be declared in the Members' Interests Register. But that's just the consequence of standard Palace of Westminster schy tness and slowness. The same reason the HMRC website is complete dysfunctional clrap which a 12-year-old programmer could have written better.

[@nnkk7742]

@@mikel8850 Most people don't want better governments and politicians? What type of braindead take is that.

[@matthewv4170]

Most people only cited for Brexit.......if you compared Rishis policies to Corbyns policies during COVID he made Corbyn look like a Tory ​@@mikel8850

[@DavidAndrewsPEC]

​@@nnkk7742 Sadly ... it is true. They _should_ care. But they don't. And this attitude has been reinforced by the politicians who benefit from it.

[@stephanguitar9778]

If you have to go on benefits in the UK, your partners wages and savings are open to full scrutiny by the DWP. Is it not hypocritical that Sunnaks and his wifes earnings and investments and wealth are not considered to be 100% intertwined?

[@isabellewhite3505]

I totally agree!!!!

[@colinstratford9952]

I came in to make this exact comment so I totally agree.

[@countesscable]

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!

[@malenky4057]

This right here.

[@HA05GER]

Yup too right and now they can even look in your bank account.

[@elainemorgan2285]

This should be on the front page of the tabloids and on the News channels!

[@CKW10001]

Murdoch won't allow it.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Only the Guardian pays it's taxes in the UK. The others offshore profits.

[@31Blaize]

If it was another party's MP, it would be.

[@cassie5344]

...and it's not, and that should tell us all something.

[@mazedeux]

Tabloids are only right-wing

[@johnmosey5606]

At the very least, it is totally, morally corrupt.

[@jakobthelibrarycard6261]

I think that's gonna be one of the Tories election promises!

[@AeroplaneDope]

Doesn’t a democracy require the people to vote for a specific leader or are they just letting anybody run the UK now? How many prime ministers were elected through a vote in the last 15 years? Gordon brown? Nope, Teresa May, nope, Nick Clegg/David Cameron tagteam Nope, Richy Sunak Nope, the list goes on. UK thinks they’re woke but they’re more asleep than ever

[@starofdavid9919]

Morals, they couldn't spell the word.

[@eileenpritchard9154]

​@@starofdavid9919 ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL, they are THIEVES. 🤔🤔🤔

[@ruthvanstraten7126]

Arrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!! I CANNOT FKG STAND THE CORRUPTION IN THIS COUNTRY ANYMORE 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@NelsonDoc]

Try living in India then

[@worldofameiso5491]

Unfortunately, corruption is part of the human condition - every country is subject to it, to a greater or lesser extent.

[@Jeff-q4u]

I get it 😭 🫖🍰 🫂🌹

[@carlarthur4442]

Feel your Frustration mate , they get away with everything , one rule for them a different one for the rest of us , Bds .

[@lizmacrae4970]

Don’t do anything meaningful….even though you want to!

[@Jeff-q4u]

This highlights not only how crap our politicians are, but also how crap our investigative journalists have been for 40 years. 😮

[@CKW10001]

The platform they use have been bought by Murdoch, if good journalist raise anything, the Murdoch empire will crush them.

[@hawkhoskins4250]

And how crap our voting is.

[@Jeff-q4u]

@@hawkhoskins4250 what options do we? And what are we told about the options? The whole thing is suss.

[@treeaboo]

It's not really that they're crap, is that the editors are not allowed to publish these kind of things because Daddy Murdoch on high won't let them. There's a reason these kinds of stories usually come from independent journalists (or journalists that do work for these papers publishing it independently).

[@HitchcockTheSnail]

It's the 'beigeification' of industries. We've been led to believe that one achieves based on one's merit which, in journalism, was always the case. It used to be an industry full of diverse backgrounds, especially the working class. However, as the disparity between the rich and poor has widened over, yes, specifically the last 40 years, those only in the middle economic brackets can move into positions of semi-power. Journalism these days is full of those whose parents afforded them the privilege of un-paid internships which has meant a loss of diversity of thinking but also a loss of actual merit. The 60s and 70s were a blossoming of civil rights that were put in place by politicians with a moral conscience who were not in the game for personal greed but were, instead, aware of the importance for a nation's heath for all its citizens to live in decent conditions so that everyone had a chance of fulfilling their life's purpose. For the last 40 years our rights have been lost at a rate of knots and those that can afford to move into positions of semi-power have become homogenised resulting in the society we see today - that of greed and corruption, with neither checks nor balance and a narrowing of thought. What is to be done?

[@catherinemartin6258]

If it’s not illegal why the fuck is it not 🤬

[@TravisHi_YT]

Because they are the ones that write and change the laws.

[@prathapanjohn]

​@@TravisHi_YTcorrection, the predecessors wrote the law and these laws have loop holes. Simple

[@derekmab7734]

Because they are the ones who make the laws with full power to protect themselves after having a majority in parliament

[@eileenpritchard9154]

​@@TravisHi_YT ABSOLUTELY BLOODY DISGUSTING.

[@LightSmithe]

bcoz king got cancer

[@dougiesweeny4833]

Never trust anyone that puts money before morality and profit before people

[@The-walloper]

I like you 👍

[@eileenpritchard9154]

​@@The-walloper Me too.👏👏👏🤔🤔🤔🤑🤑🤑

[@fredmercury1314]

So... When are you quitting your job to go help dig water wells in Africa..?

[@clairevp1980]

agree ...these arnt the only people doing this trust me ....theres more companys then u think ....

[@1pauljs]

Not sexist at all. Theresa Mays husband had shares in capital Group; linked to BAE. Which was scrutinized at the time. And Sunak is orders of magnitude wealthier so the Focus needs to be similarly greater.

[@GaryFuller]

I'm a District Cllr and I'm expected to declare my partner's interests on my register of interests form. I'm surprised the same isn't true for Rishi Sunak.

[@31Blaize]

"It's not illegal" - we need some serious reform and far, far better investigative journalism to hold people to account. Regardless of whether it's legal or not, it is absolutely morally and ethically bankrupt.

[@HitchcockTheSnail]

Legacy media are all Oxbridge or wannabe yuppies whose purpose is to toe the govt establishment line. Journalists like Peter Geoghegan don't have reach for a reason and they have no power to hold these that we are questioning to account. Hold them account how? At the heart if it, they have not broken the law because 'our' law is written by those that govern over us and we no longer have the calibre of politicians in the country any longer who do bring this topic up for debate for reform. Who do you suggest voting for to change this? Control-freakery is off the chart these days. If it's not illegal, why would it change? If those in positions of power profit in this way, why would any of them change the structure of our legal system?

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

Nothing is illegal when the system has been captured 😂

[@marklangley7758]

Easy money! That's why they like it here so much, Sunak isn't here to help the UK that's for sure.

[@TheFaro2011]

I can't stand sunk, but you're mad if the rest of the politicians aren't doing it

[@kamalvipul9213]

It is to wonder if this whole thing is God’ sense of humour. A way for British to return back some of the money and resources stolen from India for so many decades. If all this money ends up in India and back in the hands of the common folks to improve the country’s situation where most people live under $2 @ day. It’s not too bad. Again God has a mighty sense of humour.

[@comdo831]

As far as I know Rishi's wife is not domiciled in the UK. So most likely all the money she is raking in is tax free.

[@neilbevan6480]

She wasn't but is now and didn't pay 20m in tax that she would have paid she said sorry she didn't now she had to and will pay from now on so basically she got of without paying 20m in tax what a piss take

[@Dawah_Help]

@neilbevan6480 It sounds like a variant of, "Me no English" except the husband was the Chancellor 😆

[@demontrader1222]

Now if I made this remark about the lefts favourite victim religion, there would be a chorus of "racissssmmmmmmm""""@@Dawah_Help

[@underdawg2743]

@@Dawah_Help so from your name it's obvious you're an Islamist. How old was Aisha when your prophet married her

[@imadogsass6717]

Standard tendering my arse!

[@DdotRay86]

Why the fuck isnt this broadcast all over the place, and why isnt he questioned in PMQs? This country is absolutely finished. In history, i cannot imagine a more corrupt government.

[@EdJames-tb9oz]

It probably will come up in a PMQs but it will need to be timed well. As will a bunch of other massively damaging ones. None of the opposition questions ever have a specific time frame to ask they are chosen for strategic benefit. Sometimes a story breaks in the media and they go that route but others are held for key times. If the opposition go for the Sunaks government corruption and theft now it will outrage the public for a few weeks but if the election is in next January 2025 the public will forget (well enough of the public). The Opposition questions are posed to inflict maximum damage to the incumbent or to reinforce a narrative. This particular topic can derail the whole Infosys/India trade deal for months. It would be better to hit Sunak with this when he commits to a firm date of the election giving him no time to bury the scandal succinctly.

[@charlielatham3372]

Sadly there are many many more corrupt governments than our own

[@Discombobulate453]

Because Starmer, if elected, would likely do the same thing. Award friends large government contracts

[@DdotRay86]

@Discombobulate453 so you're saying we should keep the current government in place despite knowing they are literally ALL criminals to a man because there's a chance the next lot might not be great? After 14 years of driving people into the ground, killing 100,000s through forced impoverishment, taking backhanders for helping corporations rob the population blind, creating division using racial tropes and pushing us to the brink of civil war just to distract you from the fact its them hurting everyone...after all this, not even mentioning the ongoing national suicide that is Brexit, you STILL think Starmer is the boogie man? You are precisely the reason why this country will never recover. I'm fortunate, I work in financial services and have done well for myself. I don't struggle with my bills and consider myself extremely lucky. The Tories, technically, are better for me financially. That doesn't mean it's OK to forget about my fellow citizens. People who already had nothing, are losing even more now. This is a pathetic government, most of whom belong in jail. If you can't see that, you're the reason I think there should be a basic intelligence test to be allowed to vote.

[@themsmloveswar3985]

Because Murdoch media keeps people focussed on irrelevant rubbish.

[@KingTheJim]

So you go on benefits and have to have your partners interests scrutinised but the priminister of our country is allowed to not declare his wife’s interests. Amazing.

[@DileepaRanawake]

There needs to be a law against profiteering that protects people from exploitation and the people in power abusing access and loop holes to profit. Especially when the profits are harmful to our country and humanity in general.

[@825rpd]

Yes agree but the people who make the laws are the ones abusing them.

[@mystic_mimi21]

I think it should be any immediate family that has interest or benefits from contracts or companies , so it isn’t sexism, if it’s the PM partner, parents, in laws, siblings then it must be declared and questioned. My mum is a health care assistant, and cannot accept a gift over £10. It’s corruption but nothing is happening.

[@Robert-cu9bm]

There will be just 1million small gifts received.

[@Lee-bv6iv]

Wow, so the UKs' prime minister is an oligarch.

[@Cruelty-Torture]

Her father is, she will inherit billions though.

[@numptynoonoos]

WEF. Young leader.

[@fooballers7883]

and he brags he does not know anyone poor....LOL well pleb now u know

[@derekmab7734]

Why would a billionaire want governmental power? The answer is to grab government contracts and they make this corruption legal because they have the power to make laws so that they get away with it. It's a clever loophole.

[@PrematureProcrastinator]

Ffs, this should be headline news, everyday, all day until something is done. Imagine if Keir Starmer was doing this! It would be the headline for years. The tories should be done because of this. It confirms what everyone thought. Sunak is on record, gleefully describing how he moves public money from deprived areas into already rich areas.

[@AI-Records24]

Don’t worry, considering they’ll probably win the next GE he will soon be doing the same thing.

[@LeornianCyng]

Utterly sickening. Richie Rish stealing and stripping away for his own personal gain.

[@amreenazam9013]

Why does his wife get off with so much tax and I can’t get away with even just a tenner of council tax‼️‼️

[@OsofoGriot]

Tories? Corruption? Nah I’d never expect that…

[@rknow78229]

🤦🏾‍♂️

[@sparky6612]

Wake up, they are all at it, Tories, Labour, Liberals, SNP and list goes on and on.

[@Ayeright.]

Integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level???

[@fionaburnett8578]

Yes pure lies

[@dougiesweeny4833]

The only difference between my racket and the government's is that they legalised theirs. Al Capone

[@placebo2020]

I wonder how many other countries Sunak has influenced using the UK as leverage to earn contracts for Infosys 🤔

[@DeeDee-mf3jt]

No morals and it all cartel behaviour, it needs to be stopped enough is enough rise up 💯🤬🤬

[@Robert-cu9bm]

Don't wait for a change vote for one.

[@Ajalemes]

​@@Robert-cu9bmstill too far away. take direct action

[@brianevans2819]

It really is pitch fork time, before these hopeless hypocrites destroy our country.

[@edism]

Assemble.

[@paddymush1]

WISE UP & RISE UP !!!!!

[@IntheSpotlight588]

As for Rwanda, what is in it for Rishi Sushi, knowing that Cruella did not disclose her financial involvment with Rwanda?

[@joso7228]

Diversion from ineptitude

[@IntheSpotlight588]

@@freko106 Before or after this? The Daily Mail By NEIL TWEEDIE 10 June 2020 "Attorney General Suella Braverman and her religious sect are still mired in sex abuse scandal after founder of the Buddhist group sexually preyed on dozens of young men The Government's top legal officer is so devoted to a Buddhist group that she almost became ordained Yet its revered founder sexually preyed on dozens of young men... some of whom reveal they've suffered every since"

[@IntheSpotlight588]

@@freko106 Yeah and didn't disclose her financial involvment. We know. Source: CivilSociety "Home secretary accused of failing to disclose Rwanda charity link Home secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of failing to formally disclose links to a charity that trained lawyers in Rwanda. Braverman co-founded the Africa Justice Foundation (AJF) in 2010 and used to chair the charity, which trained lawyers in sub-Saharan African countries. The Independent reported this week that Braverman did not formally disclose her links to the charity when she was appointed home secretary last year. According to the Independent, “several people the charity worked with are now key members of president Paul Kagame’s government and are involved in the UK’s £140m deal to send asylum seekers to Rwanda”. The newspaper reported that one former minister told it that the home secretary “never mentioned” her work with the charity."

[@IntheSpotlight588]

@@joso7228 Not at all. Again what is in it financially for Rishi Sushi if he is able to get migrants sent to Rwanda? How much money does he get?

[@IntheSpotlight588]

@@freko106 And has her financial interest in it. Yes we know.

[@hazyhayley7488]

I love how people act like the tories aren’t criminals. Just letting these people ruin lives and acting like they’re not doing anything at all.

[@fionaburnett8578]

Yes I agree

[@TeeDub42]

When I work at one of the big consulting companies that had an audit division, I had to declare all of my investments, as well as my wife’s investments and even where my parents, children and siblings were employed - all to avoid conflicts with the audit arm (a consequence of the Enron/Arthur Anderson debacle). Why should politicians not be subject to the same scrutiny?

[@1inchPunchBowl]

They should absolutely not be treated as separate individuals when it comes to somebody responsible for setting financial policy. What do you think they discuss over the breakfast table each morning.

[@darrylwigginton1067]

Politicians should have too publish each year any interest them & their partners have in anything ideally including their income sources so public can see if they are con artist grifters pushing agendas or contracts where they have interest in making money from it!

[@31Blaize]

I liked the idea I saw a few years ago from America: politicians should wear badges like racing drivers to show who donates to them.

[@or1on89]

So much for integrity and accountability…

[@rudysocks2088]

this makes me feel physically sick, looking at poverty in England this is wrong on so many different levels. the corruption in England is of the hook.

[@metalhead2550]

Great interview, keep up the great work Peter! This is a fantastic demonstration as to why organizations such as the good law project and open democracy are invaluable!

[@IMO1964]

If one of them was on benefits you bet your life you'd be declaring it. One law for them as the corruption continues and another law for everyone else

[@jamesstokes1579]

'Not saying anything is illegal here' it blatantly is. To quote David cameron, 'if you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide'. Yet, there are no questions ever answered and not an ounce of transparency or accountability.

[@isabellewhite3505]

There's an investigation into David Cameron's (corruption) on Greensil. It's rife in this gov't.

[@linaanderson2622]

He knows he, ll lost the next election so is just biding his time, then he and his wife and all the rest of the corrupt lot can swan off with their loot. Leaving the Labour Party to clear up their mess

[@fredmercury1314]

That doesn't make it illegal.

[@matthewphoenix6372]

If Rishi Sunak needed to make a claim for Universal Credit tomorrow, his wife would be required to provide evidence of her financial situation. If it is correct and proper that we ask that of people and their partners on the bottom end of the financial spectrum then it should be so for those at the top

[@reverendroar]

This is probably the best interview I’ve seen from PoliticJoe for both the content/debate and for the comedic value too. Great podcast!

[@catbreath007]

Imagine playing a crappy game of Monopoly where the banker has control over the loaded dice & then slyly hands out money under the table ?

[@vishmaster09]

Some journalists were saying sunak knows he's going to lose the next election anyways so he might as well benefit as much as he can as PM whilst he's still there

[@joso7228]

Well everyone is saying that which is why he wants to stay till November

[@suminshizzles6951]

He is goign to lose the next election. They only have themselves to blame. I cant see labour doing any better with the cards that were left on the table but i think it is time for new blood. The cons had far too long with their filthy snouts in the trough siphoning money off of the public teat.

[@TheFaro2011]

You think he gives a fxxk? He's just going to milk the game whilst he can

[@lledrmorganp3591]

Why are they not being investigated ? Conflict of interest? Dereliction of duty whilst in public office

[@kanedNunable]

rishi is the biggest crook we have ever had as PM.

[@fooballers7883]

his god is Money... the one with an elephant head and a obese Indian body... thats a money god... and UK is the cash cow.

[@underdawg2743]

no he's not. His wife's dad is a multi billionaire tech entrepreneur and India's 5th richest man. There's nothing illegal about marrying into wealth.

[@Dawah_Help]

@underdawg2743 Indian big business as clean as a whistle...😆

[@kanedNunable]

@@underdawg2743 sorry. You're mumbling. Think it's rishis member in your mouth. He's given his family hundreds of millions in contracts. No tenders. That's corruption. He made his money from the banking crash before he married her. Stand up guy

[@underdawg2743]

@@kanedNunable look at you, spouting your repressed gay fantasies. Butthurt little closet boy is green eyed cos Rishi is a baller

[@subliminalart.1637]

Shocking. We the people need to start putting all our assets into trusts, just like the elites, so that your inheritance cannot be touched. 🤣🇬🇧

[@animeshkumar1684]

It's like a dark comedy

[@qiraat8032]

Did you talk about phishy rishi connection to robbing Gaza's gas?

[@fattoad2668]

Infosys is partners to Fujitsu(since 2002).Infosys benefited from that super phone alert too.

[@rodericde876]

Well he did say he would hang on till the end of the year because there were still plenty of things he wanted to do.

[@user-qn6yt3zx3w]

No way, I thought Sunak became PM because he wanted to make Britain great again.

[@allendowning8501]

Well you know what thought did???

[@paulinetipper1351]

Balls!

[@hg82met]

Why else would he quit a job earning a seven-figure salary to become an MP for 80k a year?

[@TheWolfe83]

He infiltrated the government to line his own pockets and doesn’t care at all about how bad he looks doing it. Now he’s our prime minister???

[@Crystal-nl7qy]

No wonder they pushed Sunak to be PM it's for his family to get huge contracts and earn millions. It all about money not the country. It's disgusting and disgraceful.

[@cheebee2659]

i wonder if old ritchie sanooks interests are connected to tata steel too

[@joso7228]

Its all India plc

[@user-bz9cb8bp2y]

Very cosy situation, they can't lose.... 😢

[@paulgibbons2320]

It's not right to hate the rich for being rich. It's not right to envy the Rich. It's absolutely right to acknowledge, and to keep saying, that the rich cannot be trusted to balance society for everybody. They have proven beyond all reasonable doubt that they can only be trusted to increase the wealth disparity within our great society. This needs to change not because I hate rich self servants. But because I wish to see more people within society reach their great potential. We all win from a society which is more balanced. An so nobody has to be seen to suffer by design.

[@GG-hu9dn]

All.the time "the rich" exist, it ain't gonna happen, I'm afraid?! I do not feel envious of the rich, I feel embarrassed by the sheer fact that they exist?!

[@HitchcockTheSnail]

How old are you though because as a teacher, I've never seen so many young people who obsess over monetary wealth, status and style over substance. Everything is image these days which is based on the animal nature of desire and greed. Some of us thought that we were evolving to relinquish such 'ideals' however we seem to be going backwards. The reason I asked you your generation bracket is because the older of us grew up in a world where image, brand and ads weren't as insidious in society as they are now@@GG-hu9dn

[@lordmountbatten154]

Are u defending your class ?

[@GG-hu9dn]

@@lordmountbatten154 God! Class? Nothing but inferiority complexed claptrap!

[@HitchcockTheSnail]

Says a person who's chosen to name their online persona after one of the most well-know pea doe files in the so-called 'class system'. Great choice. Says it all. Have a look into the school for 'wayward' boys in Northern Ireland and Mount Batten & his cohort including the psychiatrist employed there then, look at said Doc in relation to a boat called Azimuth in Cornwall where boys would sail across the channel organised by your namesake's cohort. Ungodly choice, well-done@@lordmountbatten154

[@livman17]

This must be on the front page of the newspaper

[@JH-ck1nr]

Corruption and Crooked. Just like the MOD a few years back were exposed for paying £11.00 each for light bulbs. The same bulbs could be bought for a £1.00 each anywhere. So who owns the company supplying them, who chose them, who signed off on such a waste of public money? This has been going on for years.

[@placebo2020]

Infosys has been awarded a 1.5 billion 15 year deal with BP. BP was awarded a license for Gas field in sea off coast of Gaza requiring Israel to remain the occupier! Sunak’s bias towards Israel explained! 💵

[@HitchcockTheSnail]

Honestly, this has all been happening behind closed doors since Dutch Shell advertised their intent to sell their equity in the gas field off Gaza which happened years ago. You can't help but wonder what deals have been going on behind closed doors for all of this to come to pass they way that it has. Yes, 'business is business' but there is something seriously underhand with what is happening in the Holy Land and the 7th of Oct was not the full story. What a ghastly aspect of the world we live in - some people are filled with filthy greed and corruption

[@OnlyThe1Son]

he should be arrested!

[@earthling33]

Peter Geoghegan is excellent!

[@PawelGuellard]

If that was someone outside the government, they would be called 'criminal syndicate'

[@gbickell]

Corruption writ large. Is this part of the Brexit bonus?

[@janereynolds7555]

Absolute conflict of interest.

[@jonathanperry4189]

Unreported as press reform is needed, it should be so much more about stories than sides. I can't believe how much my beloved country and it's people have been failed.. We're so much better than this.

[@ozyMalkin]

There must be a change in the law - requiring this to be declared and conflict of interests making one’s ability in office impossible. In my profession (medicine) we have to declare anything and everything. The scrutiny is very strict.

[@carolspencer6915]

Good evening PoliticsJoe and Peter Again cheers for the super sensemaking sanity brain gym. Nurse politics, so needing same attention, just maybe! Truly grateful. 💜

[@DoctorBastard]

Twenty years hard labour for MPs who enrich themselves at the public expense.

[@kanedNunable]

especially in a pandemic.

[@lythalls]

@@kanedNunabledouble if in a pandemic and stripped of all assets .

[@martyncardno2172]

At the very least it's a conflict of interest and under no certain terms should be acceptable from the Prime Minister. Absolutely shocking.

[@deebarnard5439]

Just imagine the tabloids if it was Starmer's wife.

[@Sophie333C]

No wonder Rishi said the vaccines were safe yesterday, he and his family have shares in the vaccine companies!

[@StuartForrester]

Imagine this was Starmer, Drakeford or Yusuf

[@chowbai]

Starmer is also WEF and Trilateral Commission. You can vote for Klaus Schwab or Klaus Schwab.

[@stevedoggart2805]

If he was signing on Universal credit her earnings would be taken into account when calculating benefit. So why should these corrupt ingrates not be held to account?

[@grahamogorman7831]

Politicians should NOT be allowed to buy shares whilst in office. They're well paid with generous pensions.

[@lcdc27]

When you smell a rat it’s a 🐀!

[@Napoleonwilson1973]

Called Roland 😂

[@lythalls]

Sunak is a big rat who undoubtedly will leave the sinking ship the day after the GE , personally I think all Tory MPs should have to hand their passports in before the next GE to prevent them from leaving the country while investigations into their parties corruption.

[@ClaireSweets]

Snouts n the trough

[@d.y.8276]

Slavery was legal, too. If something is not ethical, morally right like this corruption, competition is not fair. So their money should be taken away. And made law’s against it

[@RandallSlick]

'Integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level.'

[@eveb.6568]

Criminal

[@ainerush8942]

I love peters work and joes work. The trumpian tricks of the tories are not well known enough. This is the information that voters need to know in order to make an informed decision on who to vote for

[@thecommonsensechannel6268]

For my civil service job I have to go through security clearance to have access to certain information Obviously the prime minister has the highest clearance During the that clearance I have to state everything- and I mean everything including details about wife and parents including their finances to see if I could be liable to bribery (there is even bits about where I and all family have lived for last 10 years to check for terrorism links) if I have to declare all these details there is no reason why Sunak shouldn’t have to declare which companies his family has shares in so we can see if those companies are getting government contracts

[@paddymush1]

Wise up, the corruption is ridiculous in all global politics, wise up n rise up

[@martinwyke]

#ToryCorruptio runs deep #VoteTactically #ToriesOut

[@XAVR_]

Anything but the Tories

[@YA-hm5zy]

Current labour will be exactly the same

[@XAVR_]

@@YA-hm5zy Obviously it won't though will it. The two parties disagree fundamentally on a number of key issues, and the backbenchers are made up of a completely different demographic of politicians

[@treeaboo]

@@YA-hm5zy Very evidently incorrect.

[@YA-hm5zy]

So that's why labour have confirmed they won't undo anything the Tories have done. Like lifting caps on bankers bonuses but keeping caps on benefits for the most vulnerable. Like not repealing the Draconian legislation which stops us protesting and striking etc.

[@AndreAmorim-AA]

Is that the reason billionaires accept to be public servants? I thought it was because altruism..

[@pigpenpete]

Billionaires are only driven by greed

[@cheebee2659]

HAHAHA

[@carolynpantlin7626]

How did you think you become a millionaire

[@kanedNunable]

altruism in the tory party? lol.

[@lindenveitch3017]

Parasitic, pure and simple.

[@paddymallory4080]

Sunaks father in laws IT firm developed the software for a cashless society boasting that it could switch it on and off at will for the individual and also place spending and vendor limits within the software, along with facial recognition software for the Israeli military and security services. He also gave an interview on Indian tv when sunak was chancellor, in the interview he said on a few occasions how the U.K. would benefit from the caste system and being a hub for Indian business.

[@E-Kat]

I'm so happy for the background noise to stop! Thank you so much; I wouldn't have watched with the noise.😊

[@andrewneil6027]

These people have technically abolished the United Kingdom. Mollycddling these traitor is embarrassing

[@markwildphotography]

Well, Rishi didn't ever want the job for the salary now did he?

[@thisismetoday]

We don’t think something is going on because we believe in conspiracy theories. We believe something is going on based on experience.

[@AI-Records24]

“Antixxxxxx”

[@Jackspiring]

Wow this talk is so densely packed with information i love this guy! He’s like if martin lewis only looked at the corrupt government

[@lisastickytuna8668]

Show me a politician who grows rich(er) due to his position, and I'll show you a corrupted crook.

[@kriegfaust]

'Politics for the many not the few', as long as its labour you support.

[@gillstraker1994]

This is sooo interesting. 🇿🇦 South Africa has experienced a “brain drain” in the last 15years, partly due to the government being completely corrupt. Tenders for projects going to friends. It’s sick making🤢

[@andrewbutler210]

If you apply to be a police officer they will want to know any family as they will do checks on them plus your financial position.... There's a reason for this so why should our politicians be any different?

[@michaelmayo3127]

"Nothing illicit is going on" ? get real.

[@DC-sd1lw]

And yet, I have family members that will still vote Tory every time

[@isabellewhite3505]

I do not understand. what else has to happen for electorates to not vote Tory!!!

[@Ukmongoose3]

Or Labour! You must be crazy to vote for either 🙀

[@fishinmalarkey9830]

I belive money and politics should be separate... should be a law about it all

[@unies176]

Electing a priminster from a council estate would be more beneficial to the British people's plight and hardships

[@homegardens7682]

Totally agree in most cases.

[@user-em3vl6li5w]

Why wouldn’t they want to share out their vast wealth? Honestly I really don’t understand, how much money does someone need. Do these moguls go to bed just thinking of their personal wealth. Is there no thought for the peoples of the world living in abject poverty, evidently not. It’s not the fact that these processes are legal, it’s the fact that it’s still immoral.

[@lifeevent88]

Wouldn't trust these making me a Korma

[@cheebee2659]

I WOULDNT WANT EM MAKING ME A CUPPA TEA

[@treeaboo]

I don't think they've ever made one in their lives, bold to assume they cook their own food.

[@costicamiron1127]

He is bringing Indian 🇮🇳 people in this country now too 50.000 got visa in 3 months period

[@chrisshaw5709]

“It’s not illegal” Well it should be!

[@grumpy-dad3701]

You plebs don't know how hard it is to live on billions. Give em a break they are struggling