While we are all gripped by the latest government sleaze, let's not let this one slide by, which appeared over the weekend buried by Johnson/Cummings news. Because in a government reeking of sleaze, this is a doozy. 👇
Senior aide to Boris Johnson, Lord Lister, helped government broker a deal with China to buy the old Royal Mint building for their Embassy.
He was *also* a paid consultant to the company hired to choose a site.
He was *also* a paid adviser to the property firm that owned it. 👇
He was *also* a paid consultant to the company hired to choose a site.
He was *also* a paid adviser to the property firm that owned it. 👇
So, this utter fucking sleazebag simultaneously took money from the owners of land, the agents brokering the deal and government selling the building. An estate agent acting for both parties has to declare it for fear of seeming "dodgy".
This doesn't seem dodgy - it's dodgy.
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This doesn't seem dodgy - it's dodgy.
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I won't link to the article because it's in the paper which I don't link to. But it's easy to Google. ✋ 
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