Register of Members' Financial Interests at 4/10/21 (04/2020 – 08/2021):
Daily/Sunday Telegraph £10,565 for 43 articles
Sun: £5,110 for 12 articles
Daily/Sunday Mail £2,250 for 4 articles
Daily/Sunday Express £1,150 for 3 articles
Total £19,075
For around 12 hours/month as an Adviser to the Board of Byotrol Technology Ltd, which develops & produces anti-viral/anti-bacterial) products, he gets £25,000 a year.
IDS used to have shares, but curiously they aren't (yet - unless he's cashed in?) declared in the Register.
In August 2021, revenue almost doubled at Byotrol - its pre-tax profits rocketed by more than 600% during its latest financial year, reporting a revenue of £11.2m for the 12 months to March 31, 2021, up from the £6m it achieved during the prior year.
And Byotrol announced on October 1st, that it had completed the sale in the Americas of its US Environmental Protection Agency-registered, long-lasting antimicrobial surface spray to its existing licensee, Integrated Resources.
Financial Times September 2019: "A Corbyn Govt promises a genuine revolution in the British economy. Labour’s leadership intends to pursue not only a fundamental change in ownership & tax but a systemic effort to embed reform in a way that future parties will struggle to unpick."
"At the heart of everything is one word: redistribution - of income, assets, ownership & power. The mission is to shift power from capital to labour, wresting control from shareholders, landlords & other vested interests & putting it in the hands of workers, consumers & tenants."
Yet another shameless, regressive divisive, & purely ideological culture war appointment, as UK’s ‘strictest’ headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh is made social mobility chief. Up there with Nadine Dorries as Culture Secretary.
Says everything that headteacher of a "free school" Katharine Birbalsingh confused Lord of the Flies (about a group of boys stranded on an uninhabited island) with Lord of the Rings (about hobbits featuring a Dark Lord striving for world domination by magic & physical violence).
Free speech is obviously extremely important. But it requires intelligence, context & nuance - not culture war rhetoric.
Would *anyone* support giving a public platform to paedophiles promoting child rape? Or terrorists promoting murder? Or neo-Nazis promoting another holocaust?
Please don't assume that I'm saying there isn't a problem with discussion of some issues. The debate around Kathleen Stock makes it crystal clear that there is: some claim she's transphobic & should be sacked, while others passionately disagree & insist her views should be heard.
"Goodwin’s Bore: Pretending that the right-wing press isn’t obsessed with the culture war is ludicrous... but being ludicrous is Professor Matthew Goodwin's greatest professional strength. And he'll eat a book of your choice to prove it."
I do wish #bbcaq would let their listeners know what an outsider shit-stirring culture wars crank Matthew Goodwin is before unleasheing his divisive rhetoric on us.
"Goodwin’s Bore: Pretending that the right-wing press isn’t obsessed with the culture war is ludicrous... but being ludicrous is Professor Matthew Goodwin's greatest professional strength. And he'll eat a book of your choice to prove it."
"Goodwin’s Bore: Pretending that the right-wing press isn’t obsessed with the culture war is ludicrous... but being ludicrous is Professor Matthew Goodwin's greatest professional strength. And he'll eat a book of your choice to prove it."