EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

I'm pretty sure they had my passport number in the past. Never asked for HR to get involved though.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Farticle-6344611%2FTheresa-stepped-stop-security-services-probing-Arron-Banks-run-Brexit-referendum.html

Apologies for the link (buys new phone) but the Daily Fail claim May stopped security services investigating Banks

Channel 4 has more chat about him too

https://www.channel4.com/news/diamonds-guns-and-russian-cash-the-extraordinary-new-claims-against-arron-banks?fbclid=IwAR0lNLMnvOPGNuXHwNlaDD0a6KNL3DAFOvVvpaEMhxSRFQ8H7pV9u3QhNWY

It all sounds very banana republic by now :(

There seems to be little evidence of a Banks - Russian link apart from him trying and failing to con them over his diamond mine.
The issue is that his Leave.EU money came from offshore businesses on Gibraltar and Isle of Man. The alleged criminality could be around the funding and tax arrangements of those businesses.

FWIW here is the DM story
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6344611/Theresa-stepped-stop-security-services-probing-Arron-Banks-run-Brexit-referendum.html

Nothing to do with Brexit. CRB checks have always had to include verification of identity and address, it’s only recently that this has been audited. HR probably do it now because line managers couldn’t be arsed.

The diamond story is indeed an aside, we already know Banks is a scumbag.

But if it true there were already concerns about him and an investigation was stopped and then he spends 8 million on a campaign, well, you'd think a bit of due dilegence on referendum campaigners is quite important.

http://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2018/06/arron-banks-insurance-empire-isnt.html

With rumours circulating that Cameron is considering re-entering politics you have to hope the time he has spent in his shed have given him the self-awareness to take onboard the kind of comments people are making...

https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1058285061789892608

Beg. Demand. Same thing, right?

Still don't see how that justifies a flight. Have they not heard of teleconferencing?

Maybe. In the past line manager wasn't involved either as it's done via an agency online.
I feel slightly unsettled now
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There seems to be little evidence of a Banks - Russian link

Just wait a few weeks, there's bound to be CCTV of him walking down the street with some Russians.

Rather enjoying the DM’s tentative flirtations with sanity. I hope this made Dacre choke on his cornflakes this morning.

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Very hard to do the Tory Power Stance convincingly on a small screen ;)

I think visiting in person may still have a little bit more effect, especially when those are government officials. Asking Apple to budge is a big ask though, well the libraries may get loads of footfall soon ;)

Tory Power Stance

Is that like the Macarena?

So David Cameron thinks he ought to be back in front-line politics. He thinks Foreign Secretary would be an interesting role for him. Because the leaders of other governments (inside and outside the EU) would be so happy to have to deal with the incompetent fuckwit who kickstarted the destruction of the delicate network of relationships they rely on.

@SwissChap, since you asked, this is the qualification for being in the U.K. government: a supreme sense of entitlement combined with the belief that it's all just a game for members of the oligarchy and that you'll never, ever be held personally accountable for any of it.

I mean, looking at the evidence, you can't blame them for thinking that, they're largely right...

Look at Grayling. An incredible CV - the more he destroys the bigger the promotion.

If only... it is more IT Crowd asshat boss

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/23/the-guardian-view-on-the-daily-mail-and-brexit-a-very-public-shift

I have it on very good authority, it's a genuine attempt to reposition the whole paper and no coincidence that he's been moved away from the day-to-day stuff.

As devastating a critique of Cameron you'll read today;

http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2018/11/02/the-return-of-call-me-dave

Important to remember CallmeDave lost any chance of negotiating the UK's relationship with the EU when he allowed his Euro MEPs to re-align themselves with the AfD of Germany, making the Tories allies of Merkel's fascist problem.

And May voted against sanctions against Hungary (which is happy dismantling some fundamental democracy principles) so that really didn't help either...

Is there anything these people can do without something like this happening?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/02/david-shipley-brexit-the-movie-producer-charged-fraud

One of my daydreams is that Brexit is a sting operation designed to ensnare all the ne'er-do-wells that actively oppose a fairer, more inclusive society.

Sounds like that's just the entire current government?

This gives some background:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic_Bridge

I'm not reading another article about Boris' vanity projects.