Tories ENGULFED by Michelle Mone Scandal

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[@FuriousImp]

8:03 watch your pronunciation 🤣

[@matthewhocking2054]

Hate that sunak is trying to use the hospitality industry as a stick to beat the union strikes with. I've been in the hospitality industry in one form or another for 19 years, it's the industry I love, but is the lowest paid skilled trade around. We get treated like garbage by the public and our employers, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Everyone I know in the hospitality industry is massively behind the train unions, nurses, postal workers etc, we just wish we had a union that looked out for us in the same way.

[@FuriousImp]

@@matthewhocking2054 I'm in hospitality myself. I second every word you said.

[@leshazell6050]

Please do one about the amount of public money that the MoD are wasting pretty much all the time especially the Ajax project

[@princesshassim6009]

Well said.

[@TheBorderRyker]

Mone should be stripped of her peerage and investigated, under caution, along with any party members who were involved! And given that Sunak, as Chancellor, signed off on the deal (and others) that includes him! The UK might have it’s faults but none of us deserve this! We need a GOVERNMENT not a bunch of THIEVES and SCAMMERS! But The Met will make it all go away as usual! 🤬🤬🤬

[@S.S._CHANNEL]

That is exactly why Richy Prada Shoerack said that billions of pounds in fraudulent PPE contracts will not be pursued and were written off.

[@graemekeable8461]

I agree on every single point

[@malcolmmckinlay2143]

It is costing £770,00 per day to store the PPE that was never fit for service

[@ebrucewilliams]

@@malcolmmckinlay2143 WHAT!!!!

[@leighparr7961]

Does anyone have mone's address and a decent kitchen knife?

[@sarangistudent8614]

They didn’t ‘follow the process’ when awarding these corrupt contracts, and now he want us to ‘follow the process’; the absolute gall of these crooks.

[@Billy-rq7jm]

The wheels of justice turn so slowly when investigating the rich and powerful

[@Welcome2TheInternet]

they sure do.

[@ince55ant]

meanwhile for the poor its more like a greased up chainsaw

[@Lynnefromlyn]

If at all.

[@pauls3204]

They turn like a ceased 1970s fiat engine

[@vincentedwards6749]

this is very heavy criminal Sunak should be in prison

[@paulfairbairn1066]

And Johnson... Biggest c#Ʃ of the lot!

[@ince55ant]

which would mean tony blair's involvement in iraq war would... seriously though, there is zero probability of any of these people facing concequences, which is why they will keep doing this sort of thing

[@Kurwajegomac]

@@ince55ant apples and oranges

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

These attempts at deflection are sickening.

[@blueband8114]

They only distract, tory sycophants and the brain dead.

[@glazierblue573]

Just so I have this right.... Sunak puts a block on talks with the union about workers pay. He wont even talk about pay for the nurses. But people from his party steal millions of tax payers money, oh that's ok, but Labour needs to stand up for works rights? You mean the rights HE is taking?? ..... 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 (breath... breath) I do not care much for this entitled hypocrit! 😤 Can we toss the Tory off a cliff yet?

[@alanpattinson6211]

The press and media assist substantially in this deception. You raise a major issue that the Tories constantly get away with. Remember Kwantengs meeting with bankers immediately after the mini budget? Seemed highly dodgy but now not a wispher.

[@ingridschmid1709]

The clumsiest parade riposte on record .

[@TJTOPBOY]

I think it’s more guilt because he can’t defend what he has done and knows their time is up. This scandal can be the final nail in the coffin but labour and the papers need to keeping pushing it

[@timurbaskin9230]

An average NHS nurse’s pay is around £34,000/year. The government spent £9Bn ( or NINE THOUSAND MILLION POUNDS) on defective PPE during Covid. That equates to the government squandering over 10 years worth of the salaries for over 26,000 additional nurses on defective PPE. Mone's deal alone for £203,000,000 would pay the annual salaries of close to 6000 nurses. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

[@lamueldagon7618]

Right there with you.

[@Anon-xd3cf]

Average NHS nurse salary is £26k. Not 34.

[@truthaboveall7988]

Conservatives love spending & squandering it’s what they do

[@reaceness]

I honestly think that this should be considered treasonous. It is absolutely salacious.

[@Lee_303]

That's why she done a runner.... be on the safe side like!

[@macflod]

I agree and the mps involved should be held accountable too. However this is the legalised corruption that the Tories exist to exploit. Nothing of any consequence will happen yet they have knowingly contributed to providing substandard ppe and probably the deaths of many British citizens

[@faithlesshound5621]

Salty!

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

This is a crime that deserves the death penalty.

[@reaceness]

@@faithlesshound5621 I'm very salty about it! I paid my taxes for hospitals for our sick, schools for our children, infrastructure for rural communities, not for some kleptocrat to take advantage of a health crisis to greedily ferret that money into their own pocket. It is disgusting and it cannot be allowed to stand.

[@blueband8114]

Prison time is needed, and the money paying back to the tax payer.

[@kenneths1585]

This is just the tip of the iceberg.

[@allanmcdowall6568]

That shocked he was sniggering.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Poor little Richi banker. Shocked I tell you. He will be even more shocked when the money and beneficiaries are tracked down and him, Johnson and his mates are found to have had theirs hands in the public till.

[@S.S._CHANNEL]

That is exactly why Richy Prada Shoerack said that billions of pounds in fraudulent PPE contracts will not be pursued and were written off.

[@alistairewen9558]

Start with Mr. Zahawi.

[@johncraggs3658]

It won't matter. If you're from a council estate and you nick something you'll feel the full force of British justice. Likewise if you're growing a few dope plants the police will hammer the door down. But if you're from the other end of society you can rob with impunity. And much, much more.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

@@S.S._CHANNEL exactly…they are desperate to distance themselves from the biggest heist in history.

[@buntyjoy1800]

He must have known.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

Of course he did...😐

[@isbestlizard]

This sure will run and run and run. The investigation will be dragged out for year after year, nobody will be able to comment 'for legal reasons' until eventually it'll be ruled that it's not in the public interest to prosecute her.

[@Daisy-tl2lh]

not so quick the worm is turning, they great reset might not be actually be the great reset the elites had planned for us

[@koreyleigh2733]

SAME OLD STORY, TWIST AND TURN UNTIL IT'S ALL FORGOTTEN.

[@pauls3204]

She flogging off all her belongings on Isle of Man and moving to “ Southern Europe “ clearly somewhere with no extradition agreement with UKplc

[@geraintedwards5034]

Amazing how the tories demonise the strikers, like they are not part of the "honest working people"

[@yolandeportor6800]

I totally agree the pm must of known he was the one that signed the cheques

[@heliotropezzz333]

At the very least the government must not have followed required procedures and Treasury guidance and someone in government must have authorised that.

[@S.S._CHANNEL]

That is exactly why Richy Prada Shoerack said that billions of pounds in fraudulent PPE contracts will not be pursued.

[@faithlesshound5621]

Strictly speaking, it's the Paymaster General (minister no. 6 in the Treasury) who signs the cheques.

[@heliotropezzz333]

@@faithlesshound5621 Penny Mordaunt, at the time?

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@heliotropezzz333 Since the PMG's signature appears on all government cheques, it must be purely a formality.

[@reidbarter2390]

She Recently bought a £10million Yacht ...... Its called "THE TAXPAYER" Because that's who paid for it.

[@poplife123]

Ok the latest I heard was she was forced to sell it .....she knows the jig is up .....

[@zam1007]

I thought it was called 'thanks, you mugs', Vote tory haha

[@paulwebster4499]

Another excellent analogy Owen, never has Angela Rayners analogy of the Tories been more appropriate

[@smon4164]

1. The pandemic was a feeding frenzy for scammers. 2. We've allowed a group of sociopaths, guffawing at the idea of making sure all people have their basic needs met (as a human right), to be able to skim off the top of the taxpayers money for their own personal gain, and in turn lobby the government for more of the same.

[@easytiger652]

Name and shame all involved

[@johncraggs3658]

Nothing will happen. Money will not be repaid. People will still vote Tory. Sad, but true. Thanks for posting Owen.

[@bettyholmes1155]

Some people may vote Tory but I won’t they are out of control not that labour will solve any problems for the minimum rate working class especially in the private sector as for oaps their finished living in poverty for the rest of their lives

[@stephenwakeman3074]

I wish you were wrong. But…you aren’t.

[@blairarcher8952]

I voted conservative but I won't be next time as they are not endearing to conservative values number one ,a free market place .Bunch of crooks

[@andrewmanning3639]

He wasn't shocked 'like everyone else' because NOBODY else was shocked!

[@petermills542]

😂🤣🤣

[@Papillion-Man]

Trade union for civil service said "their members are struggling and all they want is a wage increase to meet their rising costs like anyone else. The money that they get will be taxed and spent in the economy, and not just be invested in the Cayman Islands". He was spot on with that one👍

[@malcolmmckinlay2143]

Take their assets

[@grahamstephenson9393]

The PM did not answer. had to work hard to nearly conceal his smirk. What a second rate actor he is.

[@HBFaash]

These almost daily videos are extremely useful and informative, furthermore, they mean I don't have to rot my brain attempting to glean info/facts from mainstream media.

[@storm_shadow78]

Owen Jones is so brilliant his always so spot on in his arguments 👏!

[@thomasmorin749]

The Vermin in Ermine.

[@Alfadrottning86]

Aside from the wish it was... is there even a remote chance that the money wasted on this corrupt "lord/lady" can be recovered? I do not expect her to ever being forced to give it back .. nor do i expect the chancellor to ever even being labelled responsible for the waste.

[@poplife123]

Well apparently she's had sell a yacht.....I kid you not ....she must know the writings on the wall.....it's imperative that this money is recovered so we can fund nurses pay rise ....simple as that.

[@arghjayem]

@@poplife123technically she didn’t sell “her” yacht (for £10.5 million apparently). The yacht in question (called the “Lady M” and not “The Taxpayer as some have said) was a yacht registered in the Isle of Mann to a company called LM Yachts whose director is Anthony Page. Mr Page is also an employee of the Knox House Trust which is a part of the Knox Group company which is owned by……Doug Barrowman, Lady Michelle Mone’s husband. So Lady Mone didn’t sell her yacht, LM Yachts sold “their” yacht. Tax avoiding scumbags.

[@cosmicmusicreynolds3266]

she may lose everything don t believe these people can get away with this because of their status

[@malcolmmckinlay2143]

If you or I owed the government money they would take your house and any other assets you may have

[@ofark2764]

United Nations General Resolution 3379. Interesting read...

[@Harley-ir4er]

Not 1p to the Self employed while they doled it out like confetti to the criminals that set up Ltd companies to benefit from furlough grants and bounce back loans - Rotten to the core.

[@PhilTheProf]

Yep, I was self employed at the time and had 2 years tax returns in but got absolutely nothing!

[@nomoretax]

Yes, as a result of the government's contempt for the self employed, I now pay NO tax into the system. Previously, I paid my fair share, but never again. Further, if we were to run our books in the same way the government runs theirs, we would be in jail.

[@johnnypatterson7512]

Sounds like an admission of guilt to me.

[@toriesdontgettazered7464]

Guilty as sin

[@a.j.rimmer7612]

Pubs were closing way before the train strikes.

[@kernowarty]

I think a whole new attitude is required when it comes to public spending and tax payers money. These private contractors and even councils play fast and loose with "our money" because they don't seem to think it originates from actual people. It is just part of a vast pot of money that the government has to give to companies. Every penny should be accounted for!! They need an independent body set up to oversea exactly where it all goes and ends up!! No more stealing. No more waste!!!

[@mickhills9543]

Don't cast local Authorities with this kind of behaviour. That is just deflection.

[@kernowarty]

@@mickhills9543 It is all our tax money and they get to decide how they spend it and how much they pocket

[@kernowarty]

@@frank1847 You could but my left kidney wouldn't like it!

[@alipanroosendaal9503]

Does anyone still believe that Mone isn't a utter crook? Does anyone believe that the rest of the government were totally unaware of what she was up to?

[@PanglossDr]

The Olympics have been used by governments as an example of a huge success. What they don't tell you is that almost all of the second tier construction contractors went bankrupt because of non-payment by main contractors.

[@tommyshock494]

@PanglossDr would love to see some stats or docs which support this nor that I doubt it. UK Gov contractors seem to hqve been reading the Trump playbook

[@PanglossDr]

@@tommyshock494 My information is that they are covered by a DSMA-notice.

[@garyboyle695]

While they will do nothing to her they are getting ready to force through legislation making it harder to go on strike. These souless people need removing from power.

[@BassistInATutu]

Socialism for the rich and capitolism for the poor is something Chomsky has been talking about for decades. We are just seeing it play out more often, and more in the open than ever before. But it's nothing new.

[@AshOs90]

Noticed one of the MPs said "you" when Rishi said "ill tell him what is weak" 😂

[@jibberjabber2957]

Well spotted

[@Patricia-sv8zb]

I have to go back and listen to that! 🤣🤣

[@smartguy9101]

Well Said!

[@jimwright1148]

He's only shocked they've been caught,again!

[@royupton2031]

all the $$ she earned should be confiscated and put back into NHS and she should be stripped of her titles and serve a prison sentence

[@fgcpeak9591]

That's what we all hope. But she is a blonde white woman. Nothing will happen to her.

[@themoodyteam]

Whomever nominates people for the HoL (in this case David Cameron) should take a hit for their nominee’s misdemeanours 😤

[@Billy-rq7jm]

The House of Lords retirement home has to go and the nest of vipers in the commons too

[@jonhill7858]

Her leave of absence enables her to not reveal her finances very helpful in her circumstances. She also needs permission to do this if anyone has a spine in the Lords.

[@susanmason6476]

THANKS OWEN, YOU ARE BRILLIANT AT YOUR JOB . A MINE OF INFORMATION.❤️🌹🙏🏻

[@redshift3]

It's great when rich people employ lawyers to carefully craft deceptive statements. Misdirection and obfuscation

[@ollieflj]

Someone should inform Sunak that those going on strike are working people

[@steveo44]

I was shocked... Then he smirked. Yeah right. Disgusting

[@teniente_snafu]

Mone is just one of many. This is what Tories do, it is part of their game.

[@lostinfens]

It is laughable that PPE Medpro, a company that had never made nor sold one item of PPE before it was awarded a huge contract should argue about the effectiveness of their product with the NHS. It also shows the level of what the Tories term "due diligence" . How can you carry out due diligence on a non-existent company? The whole scandal seems to pivot around Mone, yet her husband who previously denied any connection with PPE Medpro received £65m, for what? Hancock has today like the rest of the Tory rats leaving their sinking ship announced his intention not to stand again, similarly Mone has gone awol from the lords. See how they run.

[@tomcochrane56]

Bravo young man.

[@Athanael777]

Socialism for the rich is spot on.

[@M2Mil7er]

Nurses and rail workers aren't workers? Utterly bonkers.

[@johnvansing5527]

They get found out but what's going to happen, just a scandal, will the money get claimed back?

[@richard766723]

Sunak was shocked it was so little and should have been more if she was a proper Tory

[@dale1444]

They should all be in prison

[@Grayson_Baker]

Every MP and Lord needs to be investigated over this scandal.

[@davidquinn7144]

When ministers are taking cash from big companies this can never stop.

[@RunOfTheHind]

I'm so glad this perfect example of the Tory modus operandi has come out to show people what they do writ large.

[@lesley7239]

I don't think medpro had been constituted at the time of the awarding of the contract. Ministers who signed off on these contracts without a mechanism for clawing back excess profits above 3% and for repayment in full where the product failed such as with test and trace

[@lesley7239]

Should be held responsible

[@robertmaitland09]

Shocked? He would say that wouldn't he.

[@jenxsj3902]

What a circus.

[@macflod]

Thing is nothing will happen and this is just one example of probably hundreds of corrupt contracts since 2010

[@fgcpeak9591]

more than likely many hundreds too. The treasury and tax payers money is literally being looted as we speak

[@macflod]

@@fgcpeak9591 absolutely. I see the tories as just legalised crooks

[@jesmarina]

Rishi Sunak might be more eloquent than Liz Truss, but that doesn't make him any less of an a-hole!

[@stephenodey5147]

Excellent , thank you, funny and educational 👍👍👍

[@robjackson9943]

What has to happen to bring this government down ????

[@childofthe60s100]

Guy Fawkes 2022!

[@ianwheeler7513]

From what has been reported Medpro didn't exist five days prior to the contract being awarded.

[@seanthomas2906]

All Liars

[@Bull_sheet_Bob]

I can bet they've all done it. I was equally shocked when I found out that sunak made millions from hedge funds during the banking collapse, I was shocked when I saw what his wife saved in taxes with her non Dom status, stocked when the majority of the government contracts went to certain people. Our taxes pay for these things folks. Including MPs wages, expenses, we even pay their energy bills, and people will be literally freezing to death this winter. You couldn't make this up. I sometimes wonder what it will take for everyone to realise that they don't care. Starmer is just as bad I think. Career politicians. "We're in this together" they said... Sure we are. Great video Owen, as usual.

[@annettealex1]

the tories , one scandal after another

[@MH-qy5hh]

Why is it, these people can never have enough money?

[@audreymcgready4329]

Where has dido harding vanished to with billions for track and trace that made no difference. But they handed the money to an ex jockey.

[@blueband8114]

Tell you what's going to happen, bugger all. Brushed under carpet, within rules, and scapegoating.

[@gerrypowell2748]

Agh🤪corruption,scandal,greed,selfishness and lies,could this be the tone of the next Netflix film🤪

[@lewisg7614]

Sunak signed the checks,,, and mone is just one of many mps cashing in...

[@elvisthewart670]

This will get brushed under the carpet like everything else.

[@TadeuszCantwell]

Is there a way to remove a member of the HoL? It is heartening to know scandal since affects the Tories with Johnson gone.

[@arghjayem]

36 barrels of gunpowder should do the trick!

[@peterah7957]

Poor Rishi.... He had no idea 😂😂😂😂

[@juliesimpson2122]

LOVE your book. Reading it now 😊

[@ThomBoecker]

Your facial expression during your first few words... absolutely priceless! 😄😄😄😄😄

[@johnhodkinson2063]

Don't her lawyers also represent Medpro?

[@shawnkeys4712]

Supporting strikes is supporting working people. RISKY shooting another own goal

[@DickusCopernicus]

... and under the bus she goes.

[@roderickscott7429]

,,,,,and if this brings down Gove hopefully he,ll bring down Sunak as he wouldn,t want to be Mones fall guy , a xmas wish !

[@ebrucewilliams]

Glad to discover you. Well thought out position and well stated.

[@sophocles8761]

just two question here the VIP lane members should declare any interest - the biggest risk of this arrangement was corruption - this 404 Bribery Act stuff

[@matthewn1805]

A retort to comments on the PPE scandal is wouldn't labour have done the same, but what that is ignoring is the last labour government set up a stock pile of PPE as a contingency for a pandemic, unfortunately the Tories decided not to maintain that so none of that was usable when the pandemic happened. SO the Tory failure created the crisis they are asking to be praised for fixing and ignore the corruption they had in that fix as apparently they had no choice!!

[@fabiotabaton314]

Wtf the Tories are been in power 12 effing years...!!!!!

[@matthewn1805]

@@fabiotabaton314 So your saying its OK that for 12 years they failed to maintain an essential health provision??

[@fabiotabaton314]

@@matthewn1805 hi..just the contrary after 12 years they should bare the responsibility of failings....ciao

[@awpqq]

not attending the HoL - because then she won't have to reveal her income streams!

[@davidwilson9264]

I'm not sure how the rail strikes affect people going to the bar or for a meal.

[@cosmicmusicreynolds3266]

it won t

[@iancarnell5020]

If she is found guilty of stealing this 29 million pounds she should go to Prison for a long time. It's vital that these PPE and Track &Trace contracts be thoroughly investigated. Those found to have embezzled funds should be dealt with through the courts.Hancock needs to be thoroughly investigated.

[@stephenobrien9870]

All purchases should be looked into

[@collintrytsman3353]

NEW LABOUR.........................PFI FOR HOSPITALS........MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.......THATS WORKED OUT WELL HASN'T IT!!!!! BLAIR BEGAN THIS DOWNARD SPIRAL OF PUBLIC SPENDING..................ITS JUST GETTING WORSE & WORSE!!!!

[@chrisferris8793]

On the same note as your stream.i stay in Scotland and Anne cloag is a major investor in the snp and now Nicholas sturgeon has repaid her by making bus passes free for under 22's and whilst lining both there pockets has made public transport extremely dangerous.where I stay in Kilmarnock.bus drivers literally refuse to go in the "bus station" after 7pm

[@notbloodylikely4817]

Rail workers aren't workers?

[@alien4422]

Tory Mafia.

[@johnminshell6532]

Greasey Sunak has drawn Hundereds of Billions for Covid Pantomime and now he says there’s nothing in the till He never answered Starmer Questions because it would finish off the Tories so he as usual changes the Subject and Starmer as usual let’s him off the hook again and again

[@phillang3073]

Spot on Owen. Keep up the great work

[@simonclarke7309]

At full disgrace level now

[@markoakley8526]

how the F can Wishi be shocked -- this isn't news we've know about this for 2 years now

[@benbhoy9]

This is Criminal …..Tax Payers money into the Family account…..OMG

[@bettyswallocks6411]

It is absolutely WRONG that Mone should take a leave of absence from the HoL when she is under investigation.

[@robe1811]

I wonder how much of that 200 million could have been spent on wage increases for striking workers. Money for actual labour rather than useless PPE which couldn’t even be used