Lord Ali and his lavish gifting to Labour MP's

[Weihrauch17]

Everyone asking what he gets out of his lavish gifting to Starmer etc.   Well it seems the person put in charge of selecting Labour MP's for this election worked for Lord Ali on secondment.  The whole thing absolutely stinks.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/09/23/lord-alli-fixer-labour-candidates-mp/

Edited September 23 by Weihrauch17

[ditchman]

this sleeze is wonderful........keep it coming....its going to be off the charts soon...........

see nurses have rejected 5.5%.........bet they are looking for at least 20%.....and they will get it..........pensioners and the working people watch out.....

Raechel "Dalek" Reeve (respect to Flashman)...has already in her conferance speech said more hurt is to come........

Ed "deluded" Milliband is going to introduce free energy on sundays........HHhhhahhahhahahaaaa

Milliband" is deluded as a blind lesbian stumbling into a fishmongers with a smile on her face......."

[JohnfromUK]

Meanwhile "Militant RMT boss Mick Lynch said the ‘prize’ union chiefs wanted was ‘the complete organisation of the UK economy by trade unions’."

[TIGHTCHOKE]

46 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said:

Meanwhile "Militant RMT boss Mick Lynch said the ‘prize’ union chiefs wanted was ‘the complete organisation of the UK economy by trade unions’."

Deluded, delusional? Not sure why these damned individuals don't go in to politics properly.

 

Oh yes I do, they wouldn't get anywhere.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Unfortunately the link by Weihrauch17 is behind a paywall.

Here is an article from the Independent that explains a lot about Lord Alli;

 

"Labour’s biggest donor Lord Waheed Alli has found himself at the centre of a political row over the acceptance of gifts and hospitality by senior MPs in the party.

In the first controversy to hit Sir Keir Starmer’s new government, questions have been raised over Lord Alli – the business executive who has donated some £700,000 to the party over the past two decades – being handed a Downing Street pass.

In a row dubbed “passes for glasses”, it has emerged that Lord Alli had gifted the Sir Keir eyewear and work clothing worth £18,000, clothes for his wife Lady Victoria Starmer, and a £10,000 donation to the PM’s chief of staff Sue Gray’s son Liam Conlon’s campaign to become a Labour MP.

Despite Sir Keir insisting parliamentary rules were followed, the PM, Rachel Reeves and Angela Raynor have now all said they will not accept any more free clothes from donors as the row threatened to overshadow the party’s annual conference.

Allies of Lord Alli – aged 59 and reported to have a fortune of around £200m – describe him as a lifelong Labour backer who “does not want anything” in return for his donations.

“He absolutely hates all the attention. It’s been blown completely out of proportion,” one ally told The Times, while another insider told The Guardian: “Waheed was an important part of Keir’s team during the election campaign, and so it was felt natural that he should get a [Downing Street] pass.

“The thing was, Waheed didn’t really know what he was doing there, so he handed it back.”

People involved in Labour’s election campaign told the outlet that Lord Alli not only helped fund it but also took on a managerial role with staff, often helping to smooth over the kind of tensions that can hamper an intense election drive.

Lord Alli’s upbringing
Described as a person “who get things done”, Lord Alli was born in south London to a Trinidadian mother, who worked as a nurse, and Guyanese father, who was a mechanic. While his mother was Hindu, Lord Alli took up his father’s Muslim faith.

After leaving school aged 16 with nine O-levels, Alli took a £40-per-week role as a researcher on the specialist Planned Savings magazine, which led to him being offered an investment banking job with the firm Save & Prosper, later establishing himself as a City consultant reportedly charging £1,000 per day.

Until the age of 26, he is reported to have handed 80 per cent of his take-home pay to his family.

Seeking a new challenge, he then launched the media company Planet 24 with Bob Geldof and Charlie Parsons. He and Parsons, who also became life partners, were behind a new wave of television shows, including The Big Breakfast and The Word, and in the late 90s were stalwarts on the media set, throwing parties at their Kent mansion.

With this experience and after helping with Labour’s 1997 campaign, Lord Alli was sought out by Mr Blair for advice on young people, and was nominated for his government’s 25-strong Panel 2000, dubbed “the committee for cool”, to help on presenting the UK’s “Cool Britannia” image abroad.

Lord Alli, who has said his “heart and soul” are devoted to Labour, told the Financial Times in 2011 that his politics were “the politics of sexuality, or equality,” and was reportedly introduced to the party by his neighbour, Labour MP Emily Thornberry.

Upon his appointment to the House of Lords, the BBC described him as “the antithesis of the stereotypical ‘establishment‘ peer – young, Asian and from the world of media and entertainment”.

As a peer, he used his position to spearhead the battle over the repeal of Margaret Thatcher’s notorious Section 28 legislation which had banned local authorities from “promoting homosexuality”, and advocated for lowering the age of consent for gay men from 18 to 16.

Later becoming chair of online fashion giant Asos, before selling half of his stake to set up a firm which purchased the rights to Beatrix Potter’s work, Lord Alli has continued to have close involvement with the Labour Party and those involved in it, despite considering sitting as an independent during Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.

Lord Alli donated £26,500 to leadership hopefuls Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall in 2015, and £10,000 to Owen Smith during his challenge the following year, before ultimately handing £100,000 for Sir Keir’s campaign.

His generosity has not been merely political. In 2023, Lord Alli gave his friend and Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh an interest-free loan of £1.2m so she could move house to care for her sister Margaret, the party’s first female general secretary, who died last year following a brain tumour diagnosis.

And since 2022, he is reported to have been central to raising funds for the Labour party, taking an unpaid role as chair of general election fundraising, with his team meeting up to four times a week at his London penthouse prior to the election.

“The secret of his success in television was that he could make A-list presenters and big shot producers feel comfortable around him because he does not want anything from them,” his former partner Parsons told The Times. “The same is true of politicians.”

Edited September 24 by TIGHTCHOKE

[Dave at kelton]

I find it incredible that Reeves justifies taking gifts behind the shield of permitted rules and disclosure. Why does she think that because she can, she should? Pure greed and use of her position for personal gain!

[TIGHTCHOKE]

10 minutes ago, Dave at kelton said:

I find it incredible that Reeves justifies taking gifts behind the shield of permitted rules and disclosure. Why does she think that because she can, she should? Pure greed and use of her position for personal gain!

They are ALL at it.

They appear to have NO SHAME.

[dainty duck]

It seems the trough aint big enough for their snouts and they need more !😒

Edited September 24 by dainty duck

[old man]

21 minutes ago, Dave at kelton said:

I find it incredible that Reeves justifies taking gifts behind the shield of permitted rules and disclosure. Why does she think that because she can, she should? Pure greed and use of her position for personal gain!

Welcome to the world of politics?

8 minutes ago, dainty duck said:

It seems the trough aint big enough for their snouts and they need more !😒

They just create more troughs?

[Vince Green]

2 hours ago, JohnfromUK said:

Meanwhile "Militant RMT boss Mick Lynch said the ‘prize’ union chiefs wanted was ‘the complete organisation of the UK economy by trade unions’."

It wasn't going to be long before the Communist foundations on which the Labour party was founded started to be felt.

[Dave-G]

4 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

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And since 2022, he is reported to have been central to raising funds for the Labour party, taking an unpaid role as chair of general election fundraising, with his team meeting up to four times a week at his London penthouse prior to the election.

“The secret of his success in television was that he could make A-list presenters and big shot producers feel comfortable around him because he does not want anything from them,” his former partner Parsons told The Times. “The same is true of politicians.”

I'm thinking there is a YET missing from that paragraph. Surely someone so keen to make a lot of wedge doesn't just give it away for absolutely nothing.

Edited September 24 by Dave-G

[Penelope]

 

[Weihrauch17]

1 hour ago, Penelope said:

 

Brilliant!

[old man]

33 minutes ago, Weihrauch17 said:

Brilliant!

👍🏻

[ditchman]

14 hours ago, JohnfromUK said:

Meanwhile "Militant RMT boss Mick Lynch said the ‘prize’ union chiefs wanted was ‘the complete organisation of the UK economy by trade unions’."

They have also gone as far as saying .........." they want to directly control the British economy"...

yeah...we all know what that means

[Penelope]

16 hours ago, Weihrauch17 said:

Brilliant!

She's talented; has got Ange off to a tee, and there's an endless supply of material. What's not to like!!

[Mr. Merkel]

There is an article running this morning that a £20,000 donation from Lord Alli for accommodation was for his teenage son to have a peaceful place to study for his GCE exams during the election campaign.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/pm-suggests-20000-accommodation-donation-was-for-son-to-find-somewhere-for-gcse-revision/ar-AA1r9L0j

 

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Yes I saw that earlier.

 

The WONDERFUL Lord Alli, only ever GIVES and expects NOTHING in return.    

[oldypigeonpopper]

21 minutes ago, Mr. Merkel said:

There is an article running this morning that a £20,000 donation from Lord Alli for accommodation was for his teenage son to have a peaceful place to study for his GCE exams during the election campaign.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/pm-suggests-20000-accommodation-donation-was-for-son-to-find-somewhere-for-gcse-revision/ar-AA1r9L0j

 

Hello, Not a cheap Air B and B then!!!!

[Penelope]

What a ponse he is!!

[Flashman]

32 minutes ago, Mr. Merkel said:

There is an article running this morning that a £20,000 donation from Lord Alli for accommodation was for his teenage son to have a peaceful place to study for his GCE exams during the election campaign.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/pm-suggests-20000-accommodation-donation-was-for-son-to-find-somewhere-for-gcse-revision/ar-AA1r9L0j

 

Does anybody really believe this?

Smacks of PR spin - “not for me, for the kiddie-widdies” - and hard to disprove. 
Also, how much door-stopping of his family occurred?  Also, his fragrant wife - clothes & pop concert beneficiary - was excluded for campaigning “because she worked for the NHS”, so how much disturbance was there?

It’s disappointing how cheaply Labour politicians bought. I have more respect for Blair - the exception - who sold his soul for billions. 

[Penelope]

https://countrysquire.co.uk/2024/09/24/we-are-where-we-are/

[Mr. Merkel]

Copied and pasted from the Governments registered interests of Sir Keir Starmer

Name of donor: Lord Waheed Alli
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Accommodation, value £20,437.28
Date received: 29 May 2024 to 13 July 2024
Date accepted: 29 May 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 2 August 2024)

[old man]

43 minutes ago, Mr. Merkel said:

Copied and pasted from the Governments registered interests of Sir Keir Starmer

Name of donor: Lord Waheed Alli
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Accommodation, value £20,437.28
Date received: 29 May 2024 to 13 July 2024
Date accepted: 29 May 2024
Donor status: individual
(Registered 2 August 2024)

And on it rolls, very difficult now to find suitable epithet?

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Diabolical Double Standards from the new government.