by Workingman » 05 Apr 2014, 11:34
Would you be on about Vince Cable, Kate?
The Vince Cable who lost us something in the region of £2 billion when selling off our Royal Mail? Not only did he 1. Undervalue the business, he 2. Came to a gentleman's agreement that his chosen investors would keep their shares over the long term. A "Gentleman's agreement!", with bankers? He used to be one, he knows there is no such thing. Regardless, a deal such as Royal Mail has, absolutely has, to be watertight with every i dotted and t crossed. What happened? His mates bought low and sold high, that's what happened. One of them made £36m, which is no doubt offshored somewhere, so we don't even get the tax on it. This is one where a Public Inquiry is badly needed, and Cable need to be closely investigated for his part in the debacle - conflict of interest and friends in the right places and all that.
Or would it be Millionaire Miller the property tycoon and benefits thief?
She bought a property in London as her "second home" the one she is supposed to use to aid her in her duties as an MP - to live in when she attends Parliament. So what does she do? She installs mum and dad, but continues to claim back mortgage interest to the tune of £90,000. When she flogs the place she makes a cool £1.1m. No problem there, we all like a good deal when we sell our houses, but her sale raised questions. Not only did she block and parry and bluff and bluster to the committee set up to look after our interests, she got her aide to invoke Leveson to attempt to keep things quiet - the Telegraph has the recording. Grudgingly she has made a non-apology apology and made to pay back £5,800, but she gets to keep the other £92,200 and her Minister's salary. She should be in jail.