Starmer's vision quest

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theclaud

theclaud

Reading around the chip
AuroraSaab said:
This handy tool tells you how much your MP got in income, donations, and where and who from. I tried a few local ones. Looks like they are all decidedly greedy fekkers. One had income from 100 plus sources and a highest personal donation of £20k. Why would a private individual give an individual MP £20k? Surely you'd give it to the Party if it was a philosophy/values thing. You have to wonder...

https://www.tortoisemedia.com/westm...ial&utm_campaign=westminster-accounts-explore
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That's a slick gizmo. I have gone down a rabbit hole chasing the shady company who funds Wes Streeting...
 
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AuroraSaab said:
This handy tool tells you how much your MP got in income, donations, and where and who from. I tried a few local ones. Looks like they are all decidedly greedy fekkers. One had income from 100 plus sources and a highest personal donation of £20k. Why would a private individual give an individual MP £20k? Surely you'd give it to the Party if it was a philosophy/values thing. You have to wonder...

https://www.tortoisemedia.com/westm...ial&utm_campaign=westminster-accounts-explore
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Our MP, Nigel Huddlestone, is on the bottom 20% by value of interests, so he is either very good at hiding this stuff or he is in it to serve and not for the money (stop giggling at the back, it does happen).

He has been a good constituency MP when we needed his help, but he's always voted with the government. This is as safe a tory constituency as it gets, so he'll probably get reelected for as long as he stands.
 
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Only Lammy and Phillips make the top 20...sure I remember reading Phillips earned 250 grand ish for appearances on HIGNFY 😲Well I mean she's worth it isn't she 🙄
Is it any wonder the Tories don't want to scrap second jobs.
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theclaud

theclaud

Reading around the chip
theclaud said:
who funds Wes Streeting...
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Keep this man as far as possible from the reins of power...

John Armitage
In January 2022, Wes Streeting registered a £15,000 donation from John Armitage. Ranked 138 on the 2021 Times Rich List, Armitage is the billionaire co-founder of the hedge-fund firm Egerton Capital. Historically he has been a major patron of the Conservative Party, donating over £3,000,000 since 2014. He donated £12,500 to Labour in 2021in apparent protest at Boris Johnson’s leadership.

RED CAPITAL Ltd £5,000
In December 2021, Streeting registered a donation from a Private Limited Company called Red Capital Ltd. Red Capital was founded and is still run by Lord Jonathan Mendelsohn. He is a lobbyist and executive who was deeply embedded in the New Labour project, acting as Director of general election resources for the Party in 2007.

A former Director of Progress Ltd, he founded the “ethical” lobbying firm LLM Communications with Derek Draper. Both he and Draper were embroiled in the “lobbygate” scandal where they were accused of selling privileged access to Labour ministers, and gaining beneficial tax legislation for corporate clients.

Mendelsohn was relegated to the Labour backbenches in the House of Lords by Jeremy Corbyn after attending the notorious President’s Dinner of 2018, although he was not involved in any of the harassment of young female staff at the event. He is also a former Chairman of Labour Friends of Israel.

Mendelsohn donated £10,000 to Streeting’s former employer Progress ltd, as well as Gordon Brown and Peter Hain. Through Red Capital he has donated to Bill Esterson, Luciana Berger and Yvette Cooper. It has been 5 years since Mendelsohn/ Red Capital last made a donation, so clearly Streeting has caught the eye of this particular political operator.

Francesca Perrin £20,000
Francesca Perrin is the daughter of billionaire Lord Sainsbury of the supermarket dynasty. She is a former advisor at the Prime Minister’s strategy unit and a board member of various philanthropic organisations. Her husband, William Perrin, was technology policy advisor and private secretary to Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Her father, Baron David Sainsbury, is a retired Labour Lord who donated £16 million to the Party, as well as sizeable amounts to Progress Ltd.

Perrin donated £250,000 to Labour in May 2021.

Trevor Chinn £10,000
Sir Trevor Chinn is a regular in our articles, so if you don’t know him by now here is a brief recap!

The millionaire entrepreneur and long-term donor to the Labour Party has had numerous roles in equity and investment, and has been Chief Executive of the RAC. He was a major contributor to Tony Blair’s Labour Leader’s Office Fund and is currently listed as a Director of Labour Together. He is a Vice President of the Jewish Leadership Council, and a former Chairman of the London Mayor’s Fund, appointed by Boris Johnson.

Chinn has served as President of the United Jewish Israel Appeal and on the Executive Committee of BICOM. He is a Trustee of the New Israel Fund as well as sponsoring both Labour and Conservative Friends of Israel Parliamentary Groups.

Chinn historically has donated over £840,000 to Labour entities, including substantial funds to anti-Corbyn pressure groups Labour Together, Remain Labour, Saving Labour and Movement For Change as well as MP’s including Angela Raynor, Tom Watson, Ian Austin and Rachel Reeves. He gave £27,000 to Owen Smith’s Leadership bid, and £50,000 to Keir Starmer.

Wes Streeting was one of the founding members of the Labour Together project.

MPM Connect £15,000/ Peter Hearn £40,000
Like Yvette Cooper in our previous article, Wes Streeting has received substantial donations from both former Conservative donor Peter Hearn, and the company he is a registered Director of, MPM Connect. Combined Streeting received £55,000 from the multi-millionaire accountant and his company. Dan Jarvis is also a regular beneficiary.

MPM have only been registered as political donors since 2020 but have already spent a total of £139,000. Hearn himself has donated £895,000 since 2007. That’s over £1M combined

Lord Waheed Alli £10,000/ BM Creative £4,000
Another familiar face is Lord Waheed Alli and his company, BM Creative.

He is a Labour Peer, media executive and LGBTQ+ activist. He was formerly an investment banker and is currently on the Board of Silvergate Media and Olga Productions, having previously worked for Chorion and Endemol. He was also a Chairman of ASOS. He worked with David Cameron at Carlton Communications and as part of Tony Blair’s election team. He co-founded Shine Limited with Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert.

As well as giving Keir Starmer £100,000 for his leadership campaign, Alli has donated directly to his friend Emily Thornberry MP, Jess Philips, Owen Smith, Angela Eagle, Liz Kendall and Andy Burnham. Ali’s partner Charlie Parsons donated £75,000 to Owen Smith.

Anthony Watson £18,500
Anthony Watson is a millionaire entrepreneur and banker who has just launched a new bank, with Peter Mandelson serving as Vice-Chair.

Watson has previously been an executive at Nike, Barclays, Wells Fargo and cryptocurrency firm Uphold. He has also held various advisory roles within the Labour Party including Chair of the Business and Enterprise Advisory Council and as an Advisor to Dawn Butler on LGBTQ+ issues.

He gave Owen Smith £67,550 for his leadership challenge to Jeremy Corbyn. Other beneficiaries include Dawn Butler, Angela Eagle and Yvette Cooper.

We have been unable to definitively verify the identity of Ben Gillam. It is unclear if he is the same Benjamin Gillam that donated £20,000 to Tim Farron’s constituency in 2019.

Community Union £6,000
The Trade Union Community supported Owen Smith’s attempt to gain leadership of the Labour Party from Jeremy Corbyn. We covered them in our previous article.

Community also donated £25,000 to Keir Starmer, as well as to Ian Murray, Stephen Kinnock and Labour Tomorrow.
 
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theclaud said:
Keep this man as far as possible from the reins of power...

John Armitage
In January 2022, Wes Streeting registered a £15,000 donation from John Armitage. Ranked 138 on the 2021 Times Rich List, Armitage is the billionaire co-founder of the hedge-fund firm Egerton Capital. Historically he has been a major patron of the Conservative Party, donating over £3,000,000 since 2014. He donated £12,500 to Labour in 2021in apparent protest at Boris Johnson’s leadership.

RED CAPITAL Ltd £5,000
In December 2021, Streeting registered a donation from a Private Limited Company called Red Capital Ltd. Red Capital was founded and is still run by Lord Jonathan Mendelsohn. He is a lobbyist and executive who was deeply embedded in the New Labour project, acting as Director of general election resources for the Party in 2007.

A former Director of Progress Ltd, he founded the “ethical” lobbying firm LLM Communications with Derek Draper. Both he and Draper were embroiled in the “lobbygate” scandal where they were accused of selling privileged access to Labour ministers, and gaining beneficial tax legislation for corporate clients.

Mendelsohn was relegated to the Labour backbenches in the House of Lords by Jeremy Corbyn after attending the notorious President’s Dinner of 2018, although he was not involved in any of the harassment of young female staff at the event. He is also a former Chairman of Labour Friends of Israel.

Mendelsohn donated £10,000 to Streeting’s former employer Progress ltd, as well as Gordon Brown and Peter Hain. Through Red Capital he has donated to Bill Esterson, Luciana Berger and Yvette Cooper. It has been 5 years since Mendelsohn/ Red Capital last made a donation, so clearly Streeting has caught the eye of this particular political operator.

Francesca Perrin £20,000
Francesca Perrin is the daughter of billionaire Lord Sainsbury of the supermarket dynasty. She is a former advisor at the Prime Minister’s strategy unit and a board member of various philanthropic organisations. Her husband, William Perrin, was technology policy advisor and private secretary to Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Her father, Baron David Sainsbury, is a retired Labour Lord who donated £16 million to the Party, as well as sizeable amounts to Progress Ltd.

Perrin donated £250,000 to Labour in May 2021.

Trevor Chinn £10,000
Sir Trevor Chinn is a regular in our articles, so if you don’t know him by now here is a brief recap!

The millionaire entrepreneur and long-term donor to the Labour Party has had numerous roles in equity and investment, and has been Chief Executive of the RAC. He was a major contributor to Tony Blair’s Labour Leader’s Office Fund and is currently listed as a Director of Labour Together. He is a Vice President of the Jewish Leadership Council, and a former Chairman of the London Mayor’s Fund, appointed by Boris Johnson.

Chinn has served as President of the United Jewish Israel Appeal and on the Executive Committee of BICOM. He is a Trustee of the New Israel Fund as well as sponsoring both Labour and Conservative Friends of Israel Parliamentary Groups.

Chinn historically has donated over £840,000 to Labour entities, including substantial funds to anti-Corbyn pressure groups Labour Together, Remain Labour, Saving Labour and Movement For Change as well as MP’s including Angela Raynor, Tom Watson, Ian Austin and Rachel Reeves. He gave £27,000 to Owen Smith’s Leadership bid, and £50,000 to Keir Starmer.

Wes Streeting was one of the founding members of the Labour Together project.

MPM Connect £15,000/ Peter Hearn £40,000
Like Yvette Cooper in our previous article, Wes Streeting has received substantial donations from both former Conservative donor Peter Hearn, and the company he is a registered Director of, MPM Connect. Combined Streeting received £55,000 from the multi-millionaire accountant and his company. Dan Jarvis is also a regular beneficiary.

MPM have only been registered as political donors since 2020 but have already spent a total of £139,000. Hearn himself has donated £895,000 since 2007. That’s over £1M combined

Lord Waheed Alli £10,000/ BM Creative £4,000
Another familiar face is Lord Waheed Alli and his company, BM Creative.

He is a Labour Peer, media executive and LGBTQ+ activist. He was formerly an investment banker and is currently on the Board of Silvergate Media and Olga Productions, having previously worked for Chorion and Endemol. He was also a Chairman of ASOS. He worked with David Cameron at Carlton Communications and as part of Tony Blair’s election team. He co-founded Shine Limited with Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert.

As well as giving Keir Starmer £100,000 for his leadership campaign, Alli has donated directly to his friend Emily Thornberry MP, Jess Philips, Owen Smith, Angela Eagle, Liz Kendall and Andy Burnham. Ali’s partner Charlie Parsons donated £75,000 to Owen Smith.

Anthony Watson £18,500
Anthony Watson is a millionaire entrepreneur and banker who has just launched a new bank, with Peter Mandelson serving as Vice-Chair.

Watson has previously been an executive at Nike, Barclays, Wells Fargo and cryptocurrency firm Uphold. He has also held various advisory roles within the Labour Party including Chair of the Business and Enterprise Advisory Council and as an Advisor to Dawn Butler on LGBTQ+ issues.

He gave Owen Smith £67,550 for his leadership challenge to Jeremy Corbyn. Other beneficiaries include Dawn Butler, Angela Eagle and Yvette Cooper.

We have been unable to definitively verify the identity of Ben Gillam. It is unclear if he is the same Benjamin Gillam that donated £20,000 to Tim Farron’s constituency in 2019.

Community Union £6,000
The Trade Union Community supported Owen Smith’s attempt to gain leadership of the Labour Party from Jeremy Corbyn. We covered them in our previous article.

Community also donated £25,000 to Keir Starmer, as well as to Ian Murray, Stephen Kinnock and Labour Tomorrow.
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Sweet mother of jeezus, by comparison Huddlestone is an ascete.
 
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theclaud said:
John Armitage
In January 2022, Wes Streeting registered a £15,000 donation from John Armitage. Ranked 138 on the 2021 Times Rich List, Armitage is the billionaire co-founder of the hedge-fund firm Egerton Capital. Historically he has been a major patron of the Conservative Party, donating over £3,000,000 since 2014. He donated £12,500 to Labour in 2021in apparent protest at Boris Johnson’s leadership.
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"According to the HedgeFollow site, among its almost £19bn of investments, Armitage’s fund owns shares worth almost £834m in UnitedHealth (UH), a vast US private health corporation that has spent millions lobbying US politicians for its interests."
 
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And just to emphasise @theclaud's point, this

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...nd-taking-donations-from-little-known-company

Wes Streeting and Yvette Cooper have taken large amounts of money from a company that doesn't seem to have any business other than giving out money to MPs.
 
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