#torybehaviour — Public Fediverse posts

#JamesCleverly spent £655 a head on #InFlightCatering – while #AsylumSeekers receive £49 a week

It is staggering that the then home secretary racked up such a massive bill. But perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised, given the £700m cost of the #Rwanda scheme
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/21/james-cleverly-spent-655-a-head-on-in-flight-catering-while-asylum-seekers-receive-49-a-week
#ToryBehaviour #JimmyDimley

#JamesCleverly spent £655 a head on #InFlightCatering – while #AsylumSeekers receive £49 a week

It is staggering that the then home secretary racked up such a massive bill. But perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised, given the £700m cost of the #Rwanda scheme
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/21/james-cleverly-spent-655-a-head-on-in-flight-catering-while-asylum-seekers-receive-49-a-week
#ToryBehaviour #JimmyDimley

#JamesCleverly spent £655 a head on #InFlightCatering – while #AsylumSeekers receive £49 a week

It is staggering that the then home secretary racked up such a massive bill. But perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised, given the £700m cost of the #Rwanda scheme
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/21/james-cleverly-spent-655-a-head-on-in-flight-catering-while-asylum-seekers-receive-49-a-week
#ToryBehaviour #JimmyDimley

#JamesCleverly spent £655 a head on #InFlightCatering – while #AsylumSeekers receive £49 a week

It is staggering that the then home secretary racked up such a massive bill. But perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised, given the £700m cost of the #Rwanda scheme
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/21/james-cleverly-spent-655-a-head-on-in-flight-catering-while-asylum-seekers-receive-49-a-week
#ToryBehaviour #JimmyDimley

#JamesCleverly spent £655 a head on #InFlightCatering – while #AsylumSeekers receive £49 a week

It is staggering that the then home secretary racked up such a massive bill. But perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised, given the £700m cost of the #Rwanda scheme
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/21/james-cleverly-spent-655-a-head-on-in-flight-catering-while-asylum-seekers-receive-49-a-week
#ToryBehaviour #JimmyDimley

#Badenoch’s #autism comments ‘offensive’ and far removed from experience of families, says charity – UK politics live

The #Tory leadership contender came under fire from a former cabinet colleague over comments made in an essay foreword

Badenoch criticised for pamphlet’s ‘stigmatising’ remarks on autism
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/oct/14/kemi-badenoch-autism-criticism-robert-jenrick-conservatives-leadership-labour-investment-uk-politics-live-updates
#ToryBehaviour

'#KemiBadenoch asked to use #taxpayers’ money to pay for holiday flight, sources claim

Exclusive: MP also allegedly used her ministerial car for gym trips and ordered advisers to run personal errands'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/31/kemi-badenoch-asked-to-use-taxpayers-money-to-pay-for-holiday-flight-sources-claim
#ToryBehaviour

#Conservative Party ‘Reminded of the Need to Comply with the #Law’ After Sending Fake #SadiqKhan ‘Driving Charge’ Notices

EXCLUSIVE: The #InformationCommissioner rebuked the Conservatives after they sent out thousands of leaflets which tricked voters into handing over their #PersonalData
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/07/12/conservative-party-ico-susan-hall-sadiq-khan-leaflets-data-harvesting/
#ToryBehaviour

#Jewish figures criticise ‘stigmatising’ #Tory attack on #Starmer #FamilyTime

Conservatives push out ‘final warnings’ amid backlash over targeting of Labour leader’s #FridayNightDinner ‘protected time’
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/02/jewish-figures-criticise-stigmatising-tory-attack-on-starmer-family-time
#ToryBehaviour #GE2024

‘As complicit as Saddam’: people on #BA flight held hostage in #Kuwait sue #UK government -

Claimants who were onboard #BA149 claim airline and #Thatcher’s government knew of risk before they landed in 1990
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/01/as-complicit-as-saddam-people-on-ba-flight-held-hostage-in-kuwait-sue-uk-government
#ToryBehaviour #GE2024

#Tory student group condemned after video shows them ‘singing to #Nazi song’

#UniversityOfWarwick says video ‘troubling’ after footage shows students dancing at #Conservative association dinner
https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/jun/30/tory-student-group-condemned-over-video-shows-them-singing-to-nazi-song
#ToryBehaviour #GE2024

#Tory minister who placed three #bets on #election date in line for #Sunak peerage

#Scottish secretary #AlisterJack under consideration for post-election dissolution honours
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/29/tory-minister-who-placed-three-bets-on-election-date-in-line-for-sunak-peerage
#ToryBehaviour #GE2024

#Sunak’s top adviser interviewed as witness in #ElectionDateBetting investigation

#LiamBoothSmith spoke to regulator after revelations about betting by those close to PM on date of election
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/28/rishi-sunak-adviser-liam-booth-smith-interviewed-election-date-betting-investigation
#ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption #GE2024

#Met indicates #Tory in #BettingScandal could be part of #criminal investigation

#CraigWilliams could come under scope of criminal investigation as Met looks at possible #MisconductInPublicOffice
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/27/met-indicates-tory-in-betting-scandal-could-be-part-of-criminal-investigation
#ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption #GE2024

Jason White on the #Tory party’s self-inflicted wounds – cartoon - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/jun/24/jason-white-tory-party-self-inflicted-wounds-cartoon
#GE2024 #ToryBehaviour

'#Tory MPs paid £100,000 of #PublicFunds to party’s in-house web designers

Exclusive: #Conservatives including #Hunt and #Truss used Bluetree for websites and claimed costs as expenses'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/23/tory-mps-paid-100000-of-public-funds-to-partys-in-house-web-designers
#ToryBehaviour #YetMoreToryCorruption #GE2024 #UK

#GeneralElection2024 live: more #betting allegations reported against #Tory party officials

Party’s chief data officer has taken leave of absence, Sunday Times reports

#StopTheBets
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jun/23/general-election-live-betting-allegations-tories-labour-snp-politics-latest
#ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption #GE2024

'#WashingtonPost publisher alleged to have advised #BorisJohnson to ‘clean up’ phone during #Partygate #Covid19 scandal

Sources’ claim suggests advice by #WillLewis, an informal adviser to then prime minister, contradicted instructions to staff'
https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/19/will-lewis-washington-post-publisher-boris-johnson-partygate
#ToryBehaviour #GE2024

#Conservatives

‘#RedWall’ #Tory candidates lament lack of party support amid focus on #SouthernEngland

Some candidates complaining of lack of ministerial visits and money have turned to Boris Johnson for help
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/19/red-wall-tory-candidates-lament-lack-of-party-support-as-it-focuses-on-south
#ToryBehaviour [What did they expect] #ToriesAlwaysFavourSouthOfEngland #GE2024

#Tory peer #PeterCruddas shared posts supporting #NigelFarage and Reform UK

Exclusive: almost half of #billionaire Tory donor’s last 100 reposts were in support of [very] #rightwing party
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/17/tory-peer-peter-cruddas-shared-posts-supporting-nigel-farage-and-reform-uk
#ToryBehaviour #ToryInfighting #RightWingVsVeryRightWing #GE2024

#Tory leadership hopefuls ‘already lobbying’ to replace #Sunak

Sources say contenders jostling for support amid fears of historic #ToryWipeout in #election
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/14/tory-leadership-hopefuls-already-jostling-to-replace-rishi-sunak
#ToryBehaviour #GE2024

#Sunak refuses to say if aide who #bet on #election date knew about timing – as it happened

PM says it ‘would not be appropriate’ to say whether #CraigWilliams knew that he was going to call a July election
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jun/13/general-election-labour-manifesto-keir-starmer-rishi-sunak-conservatives-plaid-cymru
#ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption? #GE2024

#RishiSunak #aide placed #bet on #ElectionDate days before announcement

Exclusive: £100 bet placed in Montgomeryshire – the constituency of #CraigWilliams – over July poll
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/12/rishi-sunaks-closest-aide-placed-bet-on-election-date-days-before-announcement
#ToryBehaviour #YetMoreToryCorruption?

#Sunak's #DDayAbsence: How the PM walked into an election blunder

'One #Conservative source has told the #BBC it just did not occur to anyone at the top of the campaign that it would be a problem, especially with the #G7 summit in Italy next week where the prime minister will see all the same leaders.'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn001p1x49ro
#DDay
#ToryBehaviour #ToryArrogance #OutOfTouch #GE2024

‘‘#DDay was the final straw’:

#Conservative candidates and aides have looked on aghast at the missteps of #RishiSunak’s #campaign over the last fortnight.'

'Anger has been building over Sunak allies parachuted into safe seats, including the party chair, #RichardHolden lack of preparation for the snap campaign within Conservative party headquarters (CCHQ) and the avoidable row over #FrankHester’s #donations.'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/07/d-day-was-the-final-straw-sunaks-blunders-ignite-tory-party-fury
#ToryBehaviour #ToryIncompetence #GE2024

New #FrankHester race claims pile pressure on #Tories over £15m #donations

Exclusive: Hester allegedly used term ‘token Muslim’, imitated people of Chinese descent and said a person was attractive for a black woman
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/06/new-frank-hester-race-claims-pile-pressure-on-tories-over-15m-donations
#ToryDonors #ToryBehaviour #Racism #ToryCorruption #GE2024

#FrankHester donated further £5m to #Tories in January, figures show
Data also shows party accepted £150,000 from Hester days after comments about #DianeAbbott condemned as #racist were revealed

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/06/frank-hester-donated-further-5m-to-tories-in-january-figures-show
#ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption #GE2024

#KeirStarmer aims to turn the spotlight onto #Sunak’s career before politics in the lead up to the first #TVdebate about the #GeneralElection

#RishiSunak must face questions about the fortune he earned at a #HedgeFund which engineered a deal at the heart of the [2008] #FinancialCrash, #Labour has said, as it prepares to launch its first major attack on the prime minister ahead of the election debates.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/02/pm-must-face-questions-about-hedge-fund-at-heart-of-financial-crash-says-labour
#GE2024 #ToryBehaviour #PrivateProfitPublicCost

#KeirStarmer aims to turn the spotlight onto #Sunak’s career before politics in the lead up to the first #TVdebate about the #GeneralElection

#RishiSunak must face questions about the fortune he earned at a #HedgeFund which engineered a deal at the heart of the [2008] #FinancialCrash, #Labour has said, as it prepares to launch its first major attack on the prime minister ahead of the election debates.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/02/pm-must-face-questions-about-hedge-fund-at-heart-of-financial-crash-says-labour
#GE2024 #ToryBehaviour #PrivateProfitPublicCost

#KeirStarmer aims to turn the spotlight onto #Sunak’s career before politics in the lead up to the first #TVdebate about the #GeneralElection

#RishiSunak must face questions about the fortune he earned at a #HedgeFund which engineered a deal at the heart of the [2008] #FinancialCrash, #Labour has said, as it prepares to launch its first major attack on the prime minister ahead of the election debates.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/02/pm-must-face-questions-about-hedge-fund-at-heart-of-financial-crash-says-labour
#GE2024 #ToryBehaviour #PrivateProfitPublicCost

#KeirStarmer aims to turn the spotlight onto #Sunak’s career before politics in the lead up to the first #TVdebate about the #GeneralElection

#RishiSunak must face questions about the fortune he earned at a #HedgeFund which engineered a deal at the heart of the [2008] #FinancialCrash, #Labour has said, as it prepares to launch its first major attack on the prime minister ahead of the election debates.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/02/pm-must-face-questions-about-hedge-fund-at-heart-of-financial-crash-says-labour
#GE2024 #ToryBehaviour #PrivateProfitPublicCost

#KeirStarmer aims to turn the spotlight onto #Sunak’s career before politics in the lead up to the first #TVdebate about the #GeneralElection

#RishiSunak must face questions about the fortune he earned at a #HedgeFund which engineered a deal at the heart of the [2008] #FinancialCrash, #Labour has said, as it prepares to launch its first major attack on the prime minister ahead of the election debates.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/02/pm-must-face-questions-about-hedge-fund-at-heart-of-financial-crash-says-labour
#GE2024 #ToryBehaviour #PrivateProfitPublicCost

#SusanHall

#Tory hopeful for #LondonMayor joins #AntiUlez #Facebook group rife with #Islamophobia

Susan Hall became member a day after an exposé about its contents – much of which is directed at #SadiqKhan

#ToryStaff running network of anti-Ulez Facebook groups riddled with #racism and #abuse
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/may/01/tory-hopeful-for-london-mayor-joins-anti-ulez-facebook-group-rife-with-islamophobia
#ToryBehaviour

The #Conservative party chair, #RichardHolden, has four times refused to say whether the party continues to take millions from its biggest #donor, #FrankHester, after it was revealed the businessman had made comments condemned as #racist and #misogynistic.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/30/tory-chair-richard-holden-further-5m-frank-hester-donation
#ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption

#Tory staff running network of anti-#Ulez Facebook groups riddled with #racism and abuse

Investigation finds groups hosting Islamophobic attacks on #LondonMayor #SadiqKhan, white supremacist slogans and #antisemitic conspiracy theories
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/27/tory-staff-running-network-of-anti-ulez-facebook-groups-riddled-with-racism-and-abuse
#ToryBehaviour #ToryAntisemitism #ToryIslamophobia

'Was it #AngelaRayner who was fined millions by #HMRC? No, that was a #Tory

The man who reported #Labour’s deputy to the police can’t even say what he was complaining about. Meanwhile, there’s no getting away from the #ConservativeScandals'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/23/angela-rayner-conservatives-scandals
#ToryBehaviour

Outgoing #Tory MPs take lucrative #SecondJobs and ‘swan off on #jollies’ -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/21/tory-mps-lucrative-second-jobs-stand-down-commons

Alarm at growing number of #WorkingPeople in #UK ‘struggling to make ends meet’

UK #debt advice charity warns that #CostOfLivingCrisis and higher #rents are pushing younger full-time workers into difficulties

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/apr/21/working-people-debt-cost-of-living-crisis-rents-workers
[Compare and contrast] #ToryBehaviour #ToryPoliciesInAction
#GTTO

'‘You can’t rule out a #CompletePanickedMeltdown’: #Tories fear #wipeout after another disastrous week

#Infighting, #suspensions and bizarre allegations have dogged efforts to restore order as the party prepares for May’s #byelections
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/20/you-cant-rule-out-a-complete-panicked-meltdown-tories-fear-wipeout-after-another-disastrous-week

#ToryBehaviour #ToryInfighting #RatsInASack #LocalElections

#ToryDonor #FrankHester raised complaint about #NHS contract with #HealthSecretary - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/28/tory-donor-frank-hester-raised-complaint-about-nhs-contract-with-health-secretary
#ToryDonors #ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption?

#ToryDonor #FrankHester raised complaint about #NHS contract with #HealthSecretary - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/28/tory-donor-frank-hester-raised-complaint-about-nhs-contract-with-health-secretary
#ToryDonors #ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption?

#ToryDonor #FrankHester raised complaint about #NHS contract with #HealthSecretary - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/28/tory-donor-frank-hester-raised-complaint-about-nhs-contract-with-health-secretary
#ToryDonors #ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption?

#ToryDonor #FrankHester raised complaint about #NHS contract with #HealthSecretary - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/28/tory-donor-frank-hester-raised-complaint-about-nhs-contract-with-health-secretary
#ToryDonors #ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption?

#ToryDonor #FrankHester raised complaint about #NHS contract with #HealthSecretary - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/28/tory-donor-frank-hester-raised-complaint-about-nhs-contract-with-health-secretary
#ToryDonors #ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption?

#MichaelGove guilty of #StandardsBreach for not registering VIP football tickets

Watchdog issues ruling after minister failed to register outing with #ToryDonor who was awarded #PPEContracts worth £164m
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/25/michael-gove-football-tickets-hospitality-standards-rules
#ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption?

#MichaelGove guilty of #StandardsBreach for not registering VIP football tickets

Watchdog issues ruling after minister failed to register outing with #ToryDonor who was awarded #PPEContracts worth £164m
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/25/michael-gove-football-tickets-hospitality-standards-rules
#ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption?

#MichaelGove guilty of #StandardsBreach for not registering VIP football tickets

Watchdog issues ruling after minister failed to register outing with #ToryDonor who was awarded #PPEContracts worth £164m
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/25/michael-gove-football-tickets-hospitality-standards-rules
#ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption?

#MichaelGove guilty of #StandardsBreach for not registering VIP football tickets

Watchdog issues ruling after minister failed to register outing with #ToryDonor who was awarded #PPEContracts worth £164m
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/25/michael-gove-football-tickets-hospitality-standards-rules
#ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption?

#MichaelGove guilty of #StandardsBreach for not registering VIP football tickets

Watchdog issues ruling after minister failed to register outing with #ToryDonor who was awarded #PPEContracts worth £164m
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/mar/25/michael-gove-football-tickets-hospitality-standards-rules
#ToryBehaviour #ToryCorruption?

#Police investigate alleged #racist remarks by #FrankHester

West Yorkshire force working to establish facts and whether #crime was committed by #Tory party donor
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/22/police-investigate-alleged-racist-remarks-by-frank-hester
#ToryBehaviour #ToryDonors

#NHSEngland chief condemns #FrankHester’s ‘#racist, #sexist and #violent’ remarks

In an update to #healthcare leaders, #AmandaPritchard expresses shock at entrepreneur’s comments about #DianeAbbott
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/mar/19/nhs-england-chief-condemns-frank-hester-racist-sexist-and-violent-remarks
#ToryBehaviour #ToryDonors