Let’s talk about BBC

[matticus]

The Chairman has resigned.
Another person brought down by proximity to Johnson.

To be fair, he brought that one on himself - it didn't really matter that it was Johnson.

 

[Beebo]

To be fair, he brought that one on himself - it didn't really matter that it was Johnson.

Agreed.
But which other PM would be looking for an £800k loan?

 

[multitool]

Don't you mean "loan"?

 

[newfhouse]

Don't you mean "loan"?

If it was a “gift” or “payment” why did it need the introduction of a guarantor? And is Johnson really not a good risk for £800k in his own right? Isn’t that his reported fee for just a few speaking engagements?

Or, just maybe, the whole thing is even murkier than so far revealed…

 

[theclaud]

View: https://twitter.com/joelycett/status/1651876098651611139?t=3OIFgTT7ltYBiHpIkH0qMw&s=19

 

[icowden]

Or, just maybe, the whole thing is even murkier than so far revealed…

If Boris involved then of course it is...

 

[Beebo]

If it was a “gift” or “payment” why did it need the introduction of a guarantor? And is Johnson really not a good risk for £800k in his own right? Isn’t that his reported fee for just a few speaking engagements?

Or, just maybe, the whole thing is even murkier than so far revealed…

If he’s good for it, then why couldn’t he find a loan via the usual banking channels open to us all?

 

[multitool]

If it was a “gift” or “payment” why did it need the introduction of a guarantor? And is Johnson really not a good risk for £800k in his own right? Isn’t that his reported fee for just a few speaking engagements?

Or, just maybe, the whole thing is even murkier than so far revealed…

Well, it did involve somebody involved getting a position at the head of a major institution, appointed by Johnson.

Hard to view it as anything other than corruption. Anybody with any sense would have gone nowhere near it.

 

[newfhouse]

Well, it did involve somebody involved getting a position at the head of a major institution, appointed by Johnson.

Hard to view it as anything other than corruption. Anybody with any sense would have gone nowhere near it.

Of course; corruption is a given. It still doesn’t make sense to me.

 

[multitool]

Of course; corruption is a given. It still doesn’t make sense to me.

I think that might be because we don't actually know what went on.

 

[Salty seadog]

I think you only need the first paragraph.

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...rtisan-information?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

[newfhouse]

View: https://twitter.com/adambienkov/status/1717460461547819415?s=61&t=IaNHN0MzKohAo3Ktl0DsFQ

 

[albion]

I think you only need the first paragraph.

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...rtisan-information?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Quite fascinating the parallels between Johnson and Trump. Joined at the hip by lies.

 

[newfhouse]

Robbie Gibb at the centre of unhealthy circles of influence yet again. ’Lord’ Gibb soon, surely?

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/63982/boris-johnson-nadine-dorries-ofcom

 

[theclaud]

Robbie Gibb

He's certainly let himself go since the Bee Gees.