Is This Corruption?

[Kromovaracun]

The Conservatives have continuously taken vast sums of money from Lycamobile, a telecoms company currently embroiled in a scandal about money laundering and tax evasion.

Buzzfeed investigation (approach with caution):

https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/uk-refused-to-raid-lycamobile-citing-its-tory-donations?utm_term=.rbBLp4YvL#.vr1YNz95Y

Electoral commission data:

https://tinyurl.com/y9v5n3o4

The UK government has, furthermore, refused to assist French investigators - noting the company's vast donations to the Tory party but pointedly insisting that they have not been factored into the decision:

https://news.sky.com/story/hmrc-raised-lycamobiles-tory-donations-in-denial-of-search-warrant-request-11337730

Is this corruption?

[naomi24]

Hmmm....

[Kromovaracun]

These kinds of relationships can have serious policy implications. Andrew Lansley, for example, is a known friend and ally of John and Caroline Nash, who run Care UK. They donated to Lansley in the thousands (and approximately £300,000 to the Tory party in general) and their subsequently was subsequently able to make some £650 million on NHS contracts after his Health and Social Care Act was passed:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6989408/Andrew-Lansley-bankrolled-by-private-healthcare-provider.html

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/03/healthcare-companies-links-tories-nhs-contracts

Mr. Nash was even rewarded with a peerage and given a ministerial position - all of this *after* his donations to the Tory party. As far as I'm aware, this relationship has never been officially investigated or even gained any serious public awareness despite having a significant effect on how the country is governed. And it's just one example.

If we don't become more vigilant about this kind of problem, it will rot away at our democratic institutions, such as they are.

[Kromovaracun]

//their subsequently was subsequently//

Apologies

"Their company was subsequently..."

[Zacs-Master]

‘. I really don’t understand that feeble ‘Shut up, roll over and accept it’, mentality‘
Me neither Naomi. Why accept that we’re just going to be taken over by more ‘snouts in the trough’ politicians in favour of EU beurocrats who NO ONE can pin any effect on our daily lives?
Except being able to buy power greedy lightbulbs and allegedly under powered vacuum cleaners.

[naomi24]

Zacs. //Why accept that we’re just going to be taken over by more ‘snouts in the trough’ politicians in favour of EU beurocrats [sic]//

Better to have snouts you can get rid of than snouts you can’t.

//NO ONE can pin any effect on our daily lives?//

You’ve been told many times it isn’t all about your selfishness, Zacs. Feeble and dependant you may be but you’ll survive.

This discussion should now be abandoned. You’re regurgitating this tripe from one thread to the next, regardless of the subject matter – and this is yet another thread that isn’t supposed to be about the EU.

[Kromovaracun]

This story has now gained the attention of the international Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a coalition of investigative journalist who spotlight corruption across the world:

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/7977-uk-rejects-request-to-investigate-conservative-party-donor

Why does nobody in the media care about this?