Shapps

[Paigntonian]

Shapps started his working life as photocopier sales rep. In 1990, aged 22,[14] Shapps founded PrintHouse Corporation,[15] a design, print, website creation and marketing business in London,[10][16] based on a collapsed printing business he purchased from the receiver.[17] He stepped down as a director in 2009,[18] but remained the majority shareholder.[17]

Shapps founded a web publishing business, How To Corp Limited, with his wife while he was recovering from cancer.[19] The company marketed business publications and software. The existence of at least three people who allegedly provided testimonials for the company has been questioned.[20] Shapps stood down as a director in July 2008; his wife remained as director until the company was dissolved in 2014.[21]

In September 2012, Google blacklisted 19 of the Shapps' business websites for violating rules on copyright infringement related to the web scraping-based TrafficPayMaster software sold by them.[22][23] Shapps's web marketing business's 20/20 Challenge publication also drew criticism. It cost $497 and promised customers earnings of $20,000 in 20 days. Upon purchase, the "toolkit" was revealed to be an ebook, advising the user to create their own toolkit and recruit 100 "Joint Venture Partners" to resell it for a share of the profits.[24][25]

Shapps's use of the names Michael Green, Corinne Stockheath and Sebastian Fox attracted controversy in 2012. He denied having used a pseudonym after entering parliament and, in 2014, threatened legal action against a constituent who had stated on Facebook that he had. In February 2015, he publicly said: "I don't have a second job and have never had a second job while being an MP. End of story."[26]

However, in March 2015, Shapps admitted to having had a second job while being an MP, and practising business under a pseudonym.[27][28] In his admission, he stated that he had "over-firmly denied" having a second job.[29] In March 2015, Dean Archer, the constituent previously threatened with legal action by Shapps, threatened Shapps with legal action.[30][31][needs update]

[Bazile]

Ok

[gulliver1]

Not looking good for Shapps and Truss then.

[Paigntonian]

Sorry. A quick copy from Wiki. Just nonplussed that this ghastly, lying sad excuse can become Home Secretary. He's a crook. Please read the third paragraph of the Wiki entry.

[Buenchico]

Perhaps GS could get a 'friend' to edit his Wikipedia entry so as to be more favourable towards him?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/21/grant-shapps-accused-of-editing-wikipedia-pages-of-tory-rivals

[Old_Geezer]

On Shapps watch we got dangerous motorised scooters in these faux trials, insane changes to the Highway Code, not to mention a continuing of the removal of hard shoulders from motorways. I don't rate him at all, he seems either incompetent, and/or has an anti-social agenda. He is clearly part of our problems and his reinstallment into the cabinet suggests a falling government. The party seems desperate to strengthen the split, annoy the public, and become an anti-democratic party similar to the utterly untouchable Liberal party (who, if they had any sense, would have been so embarrassed that they'd have disbanded by now, not be trying to pick up traditional Tory voters). This is futher evidence of the disintegration of the party, and very bad news for society. But there again the reinstallation of Jeremy Hunt already telegraphed the direction the party was going. Maybe folk can finally see the idiocy of turning on Johnson who, for all his faults was a political messiah compared to those who have grabbed power since.

[Old_Geezer]

Sorry, can't be ars, er I mean bothered, to use paragraphs when just downloading onto a mobile phone.

[jno]

Boris the Messiah sounds like a Monty Python sequel. I'd pay to see that.

[drmorgans]

Someone added the following (quickly removed) entry to Shapps wikipedia entry:

"He is another in an endless line of self serving gobshites who will take on any job that promotes their own ego whilst the UK falls into the abyss. Another Tory con man."

[JDavis]

What's the problem? He seems very well qualified.

[FatticusInch]

As posted elsewhere earlier:

Grant Shapps, who used a fake name in order to pose as a "millionaire web marketer" running a get-rich-quick scheme, and then lied about it for three years, is now in charge of law, order and security in the UK.

[jno]

I heard he's an AB moderator but dissembles about that as well.

[FatticusInch]

Tory Moderator on AB?

Weekends only, last I heard.

[FatticusInch]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMFh8vhNt/