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Feb 21 4 tweets 2 min read
Short version of what happened in Parliament today was that Starmer plotted with Speaker Lindsay Hoyle to prevent a vote on an SNP motion calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza, thus sparing the shame of Israeli cash-receiving Labour MPs who would have voted against a ceasefire. Image Had a vote on the SNP motion calling for an immediate ceasefire been allowed to happen, every Labour MP who takes cash and gifts from the apartheid state would have had their vote against the motion recorded in Hansard and made public, to the fury of their constituents.
Aug 2, 2022 6 tweets 3 min read
Tiny company in Cornwall with assets of just £344,417 has been awarded government net-zero contract of £70 Billion. ‘The Place Group’ company directors are Claire Delaney and Simon James... but would be interesting to find out who shareholders are.
cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-… Claire Delaney and Simon Rule each own 22.5% of ‘The Place Group’ as well as each owning 22.5% of the shares in ‘Schools’ Buying Club,’ ventures involved in setting up Academy schools. Both are trustees of ‘Bellevue Place Education Trust’ (BPET)
theguardian.com/education/2016…