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Tanya, Tom, Louis?

And them.

Quality trolling.

the company who'll be running the uk back up ferry fleet and awarded a large contract by the government, the company that has only been in existence for a short while, the company who've never run a ferry before, is only run by the brother of one of the tory parties largest donors

wonder if the tories forsee a general election defeat in their near futures and are paying back some favours
wonder if pm may will get a directorship or a seat on the board in the future, or even the guy who awarded the contract which was allegedly done without tender

Do they forsee an election defeat or is it always like this?

is only run by the brother of one of the tory parties largest donors

I hadn't seen this part in any of the stories regarding this, have you got a link to anything, I'd be interested to read more.

He's a Bamford, of JCB fame.

Yeah, I’d suspected as much, but I’d like to see more evidence of this before getting on my high horse.

Depending on how high it is, a JCB could be useful for getting up there.

I’d like to see more evidence of this before getting on my high horse.

This.

On the one hand it smells a bit. But on the other, I'm not sure how a new Co can have any trading history. You'd expect that for this type of work you would set up a new Co. especially as this is meant for a No-Deal contingency, so it ultimately may not go anywhere.

I mentioned something on this company over in the Brexit thread yesterday, it might not be as suspicious as it looks at first: https://www.lfgss.com/comments/14557655/

At the same time, while this might explain the 'new company no experience no ferries' part, it is absolutely no guarantee still that any of it will work out of course. And the whole story about nepotism might easily be true.

I agree with this but newco SPVs are typically held in groups so you'd expect that even if the exact vehicle has no trading history, it would be part of a bigger group that does - so ID of the shareholders would be key.

He's a Bamford, of JCB fame.

He's a Bamford, but not of the JCB Bamfords I believe.

His father is Jean Claude Bamford of Bamford's Espadrilles. I don't know who you mean?

Ah, you are probably thinking of Jean Charles Bamford of Pantalons de Bamford.

You can't be on about Jackie Chan Bamford the racist impressionist?

Yes - I remember reading somewhere that Radiohead (for a random example) started a new Company for each of their albums. I can easily imagine that it would make perfect accounting sense in this instance.

The reporting on this has been poor. What would be of more interest is whether the people who set up that company had any experience in running the services before. I've not seen any of that analysis (though appreciate the owners of the company are likely not easily sourced).

I could easily believe there's a healthy dose of nepotism involved mind; I'm sure the 'Brexit preparations' will turn out to be a goldmine for some.

I'm sure the 'Brexit preparations' will turn out to be a goldmine for some.

For sure! A government scrambling to cover its ass and eager to minimise things that will reflect poorly on them -> willingness to spend a lot of money to people promising solutions -> prime opportunities for some extra cash on the side for some.

That's the one

It seems they wanted to give a UK company some work as well, which I suppose is in the spirit of Brexit.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46735303

No comments from how they get the ferries cos "it is commercially sensitive" and Chris Grayling has been involved.

How much popcorn does a RoRo ferry fit I wonder :)

theres a bit here
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/31/brexit-ferry-firm-seaborne-says-it-will-be-up-and-running-before-end-of-march

That's a bit more reasonable - and you're left with a judgement call on whether something that was in motion anyway will be able to get itself together in time for a (presumably) accelerated timetable (or deciding whether all those debts / cashflow figures are legit?). My money would be on 'no', but let's see.

Now waiting for the source of the Ferries they charter in to be Spanish; or for the company itself to turn out to be a regional offshoot of a French Freight haulier.

Irony alert.

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somehow this video appears on page 1 of the google results for her name....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55h4GsTj5kU

the title on google is "bre payton was really murdered by the deep state"

You can hear the fat