| Government corruption on 13:51 - Feb 9 with 835 views | MonkeyAlan |
| Government corruption on 22:28 - Jan 28 by wkj |
Good egg and all that bullocks. |
The government is a good egg really. |  | |  |
| Government corruption on 07:23 - Feb 11 with 807 views | Meadowlark |
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| Government corruption on 14:23 - Feb 11 with 781 views | Meadowlark |
Correspondence from Government shows it plans to claim a staggering £500k-600k in costs for a one day hearing of a judicial review challenge to a contract awarded by Dominic Cummings to his friends at Public First. The higher figure is more than the total value of the Public First contract of £564k.
By way of contrast, our costs will be around £44k if we lose and £127k if we win. As a further contrast, Government’s costs in a legal challenge to Jeremy Hunt’s decision to impose new junior doctors contracts with a number of interim hearings and a two-day final hearing requiring an 83 page judgment were under £200k.
The costs in Public First - £500k-£600k - is what Government says we must pay if we lose. There is no denying that figures like this - huge sums inflated beyond all commonsense - pose an existential risk to Good Law Project. Indeed, I think that is their very purpose.
They will also deter important public interest challenges to Government cronyism.
Last year we issued another judicial review challenge to the award of another lucrative market research contract to other friends of Dominic Cummings, this time the consultancy firm Hanbury. The contract, too, bears all the hallmarks of cronyism.
We have just been granted permission to proceed with that judicial review by the High Court. Giving permission the Court said: “it is arguable that the challenge raises serious issues of public importance that would otherwise not be scrutinised,” and “the Defendant has admitted that some directors of the Interested Party were known to both the Defendant and the former Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister, and had worked previously with and for them and for the Conservative Party. In those circumstances, apparent bias is arguable.”
But although the Courts can see the considerable public importance of these cases Government is desperate that they should not come to light.
The Public First judicial review involves extraordinary revelations. Both Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain have given witness statements. We are determined that the truth should see the light of day on Monday.
But bringing cases like this involves profound risk for us. If you are in a position to do so, you can help us by contributing to our crowdfunder here: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/a-river-to-my-people/ | | | |
| Government corruption on 21:59 - Feb 12 with 749 views | Meadowlark |
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| Government corruption on 10:04 - Feb 14 with 670 views | Meadowlark |
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| Government corruption on 10:17 - Feb 14 with 663 views | Meadowlark |
| Government corruption on 10:04 - Feb 14 by Meadowlark |
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| Government corruption on 09:08 - Feb 15 with 617 views | Meadowlark |
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| Government corruption on 09:45 - Feb 15 with 588 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
I am not sure repeatedly adding more examples to this will have any effect.
There are very few who care about this clear corruption and misuse of their own (taxpayer) money.
They would rather deflect and point out that there was once a Labour PM who was nearly as bad and the man who runs this particular group once killed a fox that was entangled in the netting of a chicken coup. It is interesting the man is fairly centre in terms of politics. |  |
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| Government corruption on 09:51 - Feb 15 with 577 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Government corruption on 09:45 - Feb 15 by Nthsuffolkblue |
I am not sure repeatedly adding more examples to this will have any effect.
There are very few who care about this clear corruption and misuse of their own (taxpayer) money.
They would rather deflect and point out that there was once a Labour PM who was nearly as bad and the man who runs this particular group once killed a fox that was entangled in the netting of a chicken coup. It is interesting the man is fairly centre in terms of politics. |
The other side of commies wanted us to have fast, free broadband available to all though, so must be rotters. Imagine what a waste of money that would have been when workplaces, schools and the like are working remotely. Much better to invest it in securing influence to prop up your own career.
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| Government corruption on 10:34 - Feb 15 with 567 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Government corruption on 09:51 - Feb 15 by Swansea_Blue |
The other side of commies wanted us to have fast, free broadband available to all though, so must be rotters. Imagine what a waste of money that would have been when workplaces, schools and the like are working remotely. Much better to invest it in securing influence to prop up your own career.
*sarcasm off* |
My biggest issue with that policy was that it seemed a desperate last-ditch attempt to secure votes. If it had been in the manifesto from when it was launched that would have been far better. On this basis, I was unconvinced by it as a policy. After reflection, I can see the logic of it. | |
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| Government corruption on 10:39 - Feb 15 with 555 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Government corruption on 10:34 - Feb 15 by Nthsuffolkblue |
My biggest issue with that policy was that it seemed a desperate last-ditch attempt to secure votes. If it had been in the manifesto from when it was launched that would have been far better. On this basis, I was unconvinced by it as a policy. After reflection, I can see the logic of it. |
I don't remember how or when it came about tbh. I did like the idea at the time though. Even without the pandemic I can't see any downsides to fast data access for everyone (the negative aspects of the internet aside of course). Increasingly it's the backbone of society and would have been a great leveller. | |
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| Government corruption on 10:44 - Feb 15 with 547 views | jeera |
| Government corruption on 10:39 - Feb 15 by Swansea_Blue |
I don't remember how or when it came about tbh. I did like the idea at the time though. Even without the pandemic I can't see any downsides to fast data access for everyone (the negative aspects of the internet aside of course). Increasingly it's the backbone of society and would have been a great leveller. |
I don't know if or how the country could afford to be able to offer services 'free' but I do feel strongly that the basic structures in society should be State owned and run on a non-profit basis.
And internet falls into the necessity category along with utilities and transport.
Those are the things I'd want to ideally see readily available for all as a proper step towards equality/equal opportunity. |  |
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| Government corruption on 14:08 - Feb 15 with 511 views | Meadowlark |
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| Government corruption on 14:37 - Feb 16 with 455 views | Meadowlark |
"This agency is the one who are Dom Cummings / Lee Cain's mates, and hence getting all our work with no contract BUT are also spending much money on doing all our ridiculous groups".
These are the words of the Head of Insight and Evaluation for the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office, describing a Government contract handed to friends of Dominic Cummings. It’s just one of several explosive emails revealed in yesterday’s hearing of our judicial review of the decision to award the contract without tender.
Documents disclosed to the court revealed that civil servants queried Public First’s costs and asked whether the contract was going to tender (it wasn’t). In one candid exchange a civil servant describes the deal as "tory party research agency tests tory party narrative on public purse".
In Dominic Cummings’ sworn witness statement, he accepts he was the driving force in handing the contract to Public First, and that he was indeed friends with the owners. He chose to justify his actions by disparaging all other market research agencies, claiming “Very few companies in this field are competent, almost none are very competent, honest and reliable".
Government has racked up staggering sums of money to defend this judicial review, we believe with the intention of deterring similar challenges in future. Reading the documents disclosed in yesterday’s hearing, it’s not hard to see why they would want to avoid similar challenges.
We believe it is right that the public see how their money has been dished out to those in Dominic Cummings' inner circle, and we have published all documents we are able to.We now await judgement from the court. | | | |
| Government corruption on 15:03 - Feb 16 with 444 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Government corruption on 14:37 - Feb 16 by Meadowlark |
"This agency is the one who are Dom Cummings / Lee Cain's mates, and hence getting all our work with no contract BUT are also spending much money on doing all our ridiculous groups".
These are the words of the Head of Insight and Evaluation for the Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office, describing a Government contract handed to friends of Dominic Cummings. It’s just one of several explosive emails revealed in yesterday’s hearing of our judicial review of the decision to award the contract without tender.
Documents disclosed to the court revealed that civil servants queried Public First’s costs and asked whether the contract was going to tender (it wasn’t). In one candid exchange a civil servant describes the deal as "tory party research agency tests tory party narrative on public purse".
In Dominic Cummings’ sworn witness statement, he accepts he was the driving force in handing the contract to Public First, and that he was indeed friends with the owners. He chose to justify his actions by disparaging all other market research agencies, claiming “Very few companies in this field are competent, almost none are very competent, honest and reliable".
Government has racked up staggering sums of money to defend this judicial review, we believe with the intention of deterring similar challenges in future. Reading the documents disclosed in yesterday’s hearing, it’s not hard to see why they would want to avoid similar challenges.
We believe it is right that the public see how their money has been dished out to those in Dominic Cummings' inner circle, and we have published all documents we are able to.We now await judgement from the court. |
If only the electorate cared. | |
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