Boris’ £15,000 Holiday Paid For By Dodgy Businessman

[Gromit]

Congratulations to Boris Johnson and his bit on the side (not the mother of his children) in getting a free holiday to the sunny Caribbean in early January which was paid for by wealthy businessman David Ross.
Ross, the founder of carphone warehouse (Which mis-sold over £444.7 million insurance policies and resulted in a £29.1 million by the Financial Conduct Authority) covered Boris holiday.
Chums from when Boris was in charge of the 2012 London Olympics, Ross was in charge of the Olympics Legacy committee which gave the new London stadium to the dodgy Gold/Sullivan pornographers on a lease that will take 209 years to pay-back the taxpayer for the cost building the white elephant in the first place.

Good to see Boris being clear and transparent and uncorrupted from the stat of his premiership.

[ToraToraTora]

what's up gromit? not happy about your party's leadership race?

[Gromit]

Tora,
Not my party - don't give a toss, Blair was indulged by Berlusconi and plenty of other semi criminals in his holiday plans.
But good attempt at changing the subject and avoiding BoJo of corruption.

[Togo]

Ahh well...................as long as there are no pictures of him paying homage at the gravesides of gangsters and murderers I think he will get away with it. Good lad......:))

[Togo]

Is gromit accusing the PM of corruption on a social media site? Wow. Let's see where this goes.

[sevenOP]

Indeed, the Toff Luvvers live, as their 'heroes', by distraction, divertion and echo echo echo....

What a venal piece Ross is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ross_(businessman)#Kandahar_Real_Estate

Talk about 'Corporate Capture'

http://blairedbankruptcyandimmoraiity.blogspot.com/2009_01_10_archive.html

[Gromit]

Togo,
Attempt No.2 at ignoring Boris’s in flagrante of accepting dodgy favours. I have already admitted Blair was also a major culprit at accepting the largess of dodgy geezers, but the question is about todays Prime Minister, not the 2010 one.

[Peter Pedant]

// what's up gromit? not happy about your party's leadership race?//

classic AB non sequitur

well it depends on whether Boris has given any advantage to Ross innit?
unwise I agree
I thought de pfeffel poppit had his own ( er Daddys ) money
otherwise it is taking the girlie and kids to Butlins innit
wiv all these men wiv tattoos and beery guts saying eer boris, wossit it abart den?

[Peter Pedant]

and I know for a fact Boris has said
I prefer Butlins to free-tee !

[Peter Pedant]

// Toff Luvvers//
toff luvvaz please we live in 2020

for corruption we need a queed pro quo innit?
like our fave Pres ( The donald that is! ) there is an acceptance of a favour and no obvious quid pro qu

[gulliver1]

Gromit ,Love that description of Carrie Symonds , that is what she is ,
"His Bit On The Side" Wonder when she will realise it ? SOC.

[sevenOP]

From 11 July 2018 until 10 July 2019, articles for the Telegraph Media Group Ltd, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT, for which I received £22,916.66 a month. Hours: 10 hrs a month. First payment received on 13 August 2018. I consulted ACoBA about this appointment. (Registered 17 September 2018)
15 July 2019, received final payment of £15,524.52 from the Telegraph Media Group Ltd, 111 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0DT. (Registered 31 July 2019)
Payments received via Jeremy Lee Associates, 14 Berners Street, London, W1T 3LJ, for speaking engagements. I consulted ACoBA about this arrangement. (Registered 16 January 2019)
25 January 2019, received £51,250 from Pendulum Events & Training, 13 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 4, D04 W7K5, Ireland, for a speaking engagement on 10 January 2019. Hours: 2 hrs. Transport also provided. (Registered 04 February 2019)
22 March 2019, received £38,250 plus VAT from Citigroup Global Markets Limited, 33 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB, for a speaking engagement for Citigroup on 12 March 2019. Hours: 2.5 hrs. (Registered 12 April 2019)
22 March 2019, received £122,899.74 from Living Media India Limited, K - 9, Connaught Circus, New Delhi 110001, for a speech to India Today on 2 March 2019. Hours: 3 hrs. Transport and accommodation also provided. (Registered 15 April 2019)
18 April 2019, received £25,297.62 from Banque Pictet & Cie SA, Route des Acacias 60, CH-1211 Geneva 73, for a speaking engagement on 10 April 2019. Hours: 2.5 hrs. Transport also provided. (Registered 09 May 2019

[Mozz71]

I think the word you're looking for is either "partner" or "girlfriend". "Bit on the side" implies that she (I don't know the lady's name) is a mistress, which, as Bojo is not married to or dating someone else, is not the case. Try not to disrespect women you know nothing about Gromit, its not difficult.

[sevenOP]

28 May 2019, received £25,540 plus VAT from The British Insurance Brokers Organisation (BIBA), 8th Floor John Stow House, 18 Bevis Marks, London, EC3A 7JB, for a speaking engagement on 16 May 2019. Hours: 2 hrs. Transport also provided for myself and member of staff. (Registered 03 June 2019)
28 May 2019, received £21,250 plus VAT from Pomerantz LLP, 600 Third Avenue, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10016 for a speaking engagement on 14 May 2019. Hours: 2 hrs 30 mins. (Registered 03 June 2019)
14 June 2019, received £42,580 from Swiss Economic Forum AG, CFL Lohnerstrasse 24, 3645 Gwatt (Thun), for a speaking engagement on 24 May 2019. Hours: 3 hrs. Transport also provided for myself and a member of staff. (Registered 25 June 2019)
15 February 2019, received £376.05 from The Washington Post, 1301 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20071, for an article. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 08 March 2019)
Payments from Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, Fifth Floor, Shackleton House, 4 Battle Bridge Lane, London SE1 2HX, for copyright royalties for work already written:
21 March 2019, received £739.98. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 16 April 2019)
3 October 2019, received £72.27. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 22 October 2019)
19 June 2019, received £1,000 from News UK & Ireland Ltd, 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF, for an article published in November 2018. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 05 July 2019)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Philip Gibbs Address of donor: private Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 05 July 2019)
Name of donor: David Leathers Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 Donor status: individual (Registered 23 December 2019)
Name of donor: Mark Florman Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,500 Donor status: individual (Registered 23 December 2019)
2. (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)
Name of donor: Johan Christofferson Address of donor: private Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000

[royfromaus]

There's no one in my villa Boris, do you want to go there for a few days?

''OK, David, cheers.''




Great story.

[sevenOP]

Date received: 15 January 2019 Date accepted: 15 January 2019 Donor status: individual (Registered 11 February 2019)
Name of donor: J C Bamford Excavators Ltd Address of donor: Lakeside Works, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5JP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind, estimated value: use of venue for speech, estimated value £750; helicopter flights for myself and a staff member, estimated value £3,250; total estimated value £4,000 Date received: 18 January 2019 Date accepted: 18 January 2019 Donor status: company, registration 00561597 (Registered 11 February 2019)
Name of donor: J C Bamford Excavators Ltd Address of donor: Lakeside Works, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5JP Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000 Date received: 15 February 2019 Date accepted: 15 February 2019 Donor status: company, registration 00561597 (Registered 08 March 2019)
Name of donor: Johan Christofferson Address of donor: private Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £16,000 Date received: 6 March 2019 Date accepted: 6 March 2019 Donor status: individual (Registered 08 March 2019)
Name of donor: J C Bamford Excavators Ltd Address of donor: Lakeside Works, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5JP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £8,000 Date received: 15 March 2019 Date accepted: 15 March 2019 Donor status: company, registration 00561597 (Registered 12 April 2019)
Name of donor: J C Bamford Excavators Ltd Address of donor: Lakeside Works, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5JP Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £8,000 Date received: 15 April 2019 Date accepted: 15 April 2019 Donor status: company, registration 00561597 (Registered 01 May 2019)
Name of donor: David Lilley Address of donor: private Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £15,000 Date received: 10 May 2019 Date accepted: 10 May 2019 Donor status: individual (Registered 03 June 2019)

[royfromaus]

Are you not capable of just providing the link to all that, sevenOP?

[anneasquith]

It’s a nice wee freeby though .

[royfromaus]

A freebie that was declared, despite Gromit's last sentence.

[anneasquith]

Freebie, that’s looks much better , thanks

[sevenOP]

Name of donor: Graham Robeson Address of donor: private Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Date received: 13 May 2019 Date accepted: 13 May 2019 Donor status: individual (Registered 03 June 2019)
Name of donor: J C Bamford Excavators Ltd Address of donor: Lakeside Works, Rocester, Uttoxeter ST14 5JP Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £8,000 Date received: 15 May 2019 Date accepted: 15 May 2019 Donor status: company, registration 00561597 (Registered 03 June 2019)
Name of donor: Anthony Bamford Address of donor: private Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 Date received: 15 May 2019 Date accepted: 15 May 2019 Donor status: individual (Registered 03 June 2019)
Name of donor: Jonathan Wood Address of donor: private Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £25,000 Date received: 23 May 2019 Date accepted: 23 May 2019 Donor status: individual (Registered 03 June 2019)
Name of donor: RTC Education 2 Ltd Address of donor: 167 Imperial Drive, Harrow, Middlesex HA2 7JP Amount of donation, or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 Date received: 24 May 2019 Date accepted: 24 May 2019 Donor status: company, registration 03722036 (Registered 03 June 2019)
Name of donor: First Corporate Shipping Ltd trading as The Bristol Port Company Address of donor: Level 8, 71 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4AY Amount of donation: £25,000 Date received: 22 May 2019 Date accepted: 22 May 2019 Donor status: company, registration 2542406 (Registered 17 June 2019)
Name of donor: IPGL Ltd Address of donor: 39 Sloane Street, London SW1X 9LP Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £20,000 Date received: 28 May 2019 Date accepted: 28 May 2019