-
Its looking pretty bad.. people have been sacked for far less.
Unless the media and labour dig heels in it looks like hell get away with it.
Tbh I'd be happy if the developer pays the marxists (30-50 million) and be done with it. But then I dont live in west ferry.
One of boris last decision as mayor was approval of large project over a contaminated site in southall, so cosying up with developers is considered normal in modern Tory circles.
wildwest-
Tbh I'd be happy if the developer pays the marxists (30-50 million) and be done with it. But then I dont live in west ferry.
I absolutely wouldn't, and I don't live in the Isle of Dogs, either. The thing with CIL and s.106 before it is that the money paid is an absolute pittance compared to the value of developments. It's a licence for appalling development that cash-strapped councils fear they have to take in the general climate of hostility to city councils.
One of boris last decision as mayor was approval of large project over a contaminated site in southall, so cosying up with developers is considered normal in modern Tory circles.
Yes, and illegal. I mean, it's always happened, and not only from Tory donors, and not only involving the Tory party. It's also happened at higher levels than a lowly Housing Secretary. However, in those cases for the most part they didn't get into the public domain like this, partly for lack of evidence, and there's a real danger that, with this one having done so, the planning system, which is bad enough as it is, will be undermined even further.
Oliver Schick
Just look at this. Jenrick must go. Johnson really should fire him, but I expect he'll 'resign', if anything happens at all.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jun/24/we-dont-want-to-give-marxists-doe-texts-between-desmond-and-jenrick