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(I love that Twitter account)
She's a charity CEO being accused of financial mismanagement though. How likely is it she'd just shrug her shoulders and say: "Yep. It's all true. We pulled the wool over the eyes of the auditors for the last 19 years, and I can tell you, it was hard work! They were surprisingly thorough, but a few fake invoices sorted that out."
"So, sorry about that. It's not the governments fault at all, please don't blame them."
I'd agree that as far as I've seen so far the government have failed to provide any evidence of financial impropriety. But this isn't a simple smear campaign: if the Newsnight/Buzzfeed investigation hadn't happened the government would have kept their concerns to themselves, which seems to have been their original intention.
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With regards to the financial allegations;
"Asked about claims that funds had not been properly accounted for and the effectiveness of the charities services was in doubt, she replied: “That’s a red herring, it’s not true. We have had audits in the last 19 years. All of them have been clear. We have raised £150m worth of money where we have had to process it and evaluate it.”
Laying the blame at the feet of the government, she added: “This is briefing to avoid the real issues which is that we repeatedly challenged governments because they are not protecting children robustly … They are attempting to discredit me so that my message is weakened.”"
Considering I can't ever know for certain without seeing the books and getting an accounting degree. I am going to leave this by saying I am more than comfortable believing someone I look up to and respect than some right wing chip wrapper that quotes disgruntled ex-employees.
Until they can cite an independent review or audit that can say otherwise, anyone involved in Camila having to step down or who doesn't see it as the nail in the coffin for thousands of vulnerable young people, can get in the fucking sea.