Smith Institute Board's Financial Backing for Gordon
The Smith Institute's director, Wilf Stevenson claims that it is an independent, non-partisan charity and has no direct links to Gordon Brown.So it is a bit of a coincidence that Lord Haskell, chairman of the Board of Trustees gave a five grand donation to Gordon's leadership campaign. Even more of a coincidence that another board member, Mr Paul Myners, gave twelve grand. Surely he can't remain mere "mister" Myners for much longer. It was Myners of course who provided the implausible story to cover-up the Treasury's direct payment to the Smith Institute.
You won't read about this in the Guardian, because although it likes to advertise that it has no press baron owner, Myners is chairman of the Guardian Media Group as well as being a Sith board member. Another fortunate coincidence...
The official position, as of this afternoon, is the "The Charity Commission's inquiry into the Smith Institute remains open and ongoing". How much longer can the investigation go on? It is a pretty open and shut case.
31 comments:
Keep at it Guido, you will get them in the end. The blatant corruption cannot remain hidden forever
You won't 'get them'. This is so boring now Guido. Move on.
It will go on for a few more months, long enough for Gordon & co to wind it up or convert it from a charity. Then the charity commission will decide it's no longer worth persuing or even if it doesn't, Brownites will dismiss it as ancient history, part of the Blair era, can we move on please?
Guido,
Actually, I suspect it may take quite a bit of time to whitewash this / find another muppet to admit that he should have picked up costs previously bourne by the Treasury.
Also, I daresay that the charity Commission will have one or two members that:-
1. owe Gordy a favour, and/or
2. who are looking for some future honour, and/or
3. have the spine of a jellyfish when it comes to standing up to a bully.
If the government can de-rail the BAe bribery investigation, I do not think the great clunking wassock will have to lean too hard to get this thning swept under the carpet.
ooh look, even as I wrote my last comment a nu lab troll was writing move on. Ironic.
I'm not quite sure what point anonymous 6.27 was making but if you want a laugh just have a look at www.prospect-magazine.co.uk, their front page: "Gordon Brown: intellectual". the gushing article goes on to say he is the first prime minister in decades, nay, centuries, perhaps every to be a 'genuine' intellectual.
As far as I can make out this seems to be based on the flimsy evidence that he must be because he reads books. My alternative explanation is that he reads books because he hates people and they provide an escape from the real world for him.
It really fills my heart to watch the antics of the NuLabor Astroturfers spunking tax money up the wall as they comment away on these websites.
Gay Gordons Treasury chums must get up in the morning and say to themselves 'Shall we spend some money on a few extra nurses or helping someone living in poverty? No, lets just waste it and get a few spotty herberts in Whitehall to write yet more abuse on websites'
Bunch of cunts - watch out boys, the electorate do notice this stuff going on...
Very worrying developments:
Just saw Gordon Brown on TV news talking about the attempted bombing in London.
He was definitely drugged up to the eyeballs, probably a tranquiliser like valium or perhaps something stronger like largactil. Reading between the lines of Nick Robinson's report it seems that the Government are in panic mode and don't know how to handle it.
Brown is panicking and is clearly out of his depth as is his inexplicable choice of Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith.
We have a ruthlessly ambitious Prime Minister who has schemed himself into a position way beyond his ability who has hand-picked a Cabinet of talentless sycophants.
It augure very badly for the future.
I can't understand these Labour astroturfers ,we pay high taxes ,but so do they,I don't care if they want to pay high taxes great ,it only gets wasted on sleaze ,but I do care where my tax money goes ,like all taxpayers your a loser too ,your mate Brown wins,keep going Guido you must be hitting the right spot.
Just saw Gordon Brown on TV news talking about the attempted bombing in London.
Remember: Diversity is Our Strength!
It's also their opportunity to edge us deeper and deeper into a police state. New Labour is full of people who would have served enthusiastically in a mass-murdering communist government. They have no principle but power and no interest in any freedom but the freedom to obey. Scum rises to the top: New Labour are living, breathing, tyrannizing proof.
Brown, in his nulab 'English' accent, sounded as if he was an illegal immigrant asking what Guy fawkes' Night was all about.
Gordon Brown is not an intellectual because he is a reader. It is because he is a writer and analyst of some talent and acumen.
Which is not something we can say of disco biscuits, dog biscuits and the rest of the gang here. What a pile of shit you lot write.
The Smith Institute thing is going nowhere much.
How much longer can the investigation go on? It is a pretty open and shut case.
And that's just the problem: they've got the Sith and Gordo banged to rights but can't face telling the public and dropping the bastard in the dwang only two days into his premiership.
Yes Guido, when you record the IP and date/time of Nu Labour trolls who are flaming this site: this is clearly counter to Civil Rules both in their use of Civil Service equipment, work time (plus their attempt at direct political intervention)- we'll forward the chapter and verse on reporting the occurences.
anglo celt
Its very easy to know what Gordon has in mind for the future of Britain.
Listen to his speeches and simply know that what he has is mind is more then exactly the opposite of what he says.
Therefore a government of "all the talents" does not just mean a government of all the the talentless. It means a government by none but Mr Brown.
Myners is Brown's useful idiot. An utter twat who was born to sit on quangos.
Chris Paul:
"Gordon Brown is not an intellectual" full stop.
Nearly all of his utterences, from whichever orifice, are uncontrolled and meaningless manure. Any damn fool can make simple things complex, and that he does in abundance for entirely personal and political reason. It takes real genius to simplify matters. Name three things that Brown has done in ten years to simplify our finances - apart from taking yet more of our cash?
anon 9.12
good try old son. when we get some answers to the list (as long as your arm) of NuLab sleaze and corruption we will take this seriously.
over to you
Two bombs in central London defused by guys who should be given this countries highest honour. While this is going on what are you guys and Guido talking about? Smoke and mirrors, just smoke and mirrors. You guys should hang your heads in shame.
Look at the top right of this blog "Tittle tattle, gossip and rumours about Westminster..."
Are you lost?
Two bombs in central London defused by guys who should be given this countries highest honour. While this is going on what are you guys and Guido talking about? Smoke and mirrors, just smoke and mirrors. You guys should hang your heads in shame.
The bomb's weren't even properly armed according to your tame cop Ian Blair. Fucking Labtroll, go and try another deflector story elsewhere where people might believe your pious wankage.
What a pile of shit you lot write.
Why do you come on here then? You write a load of shit, so I don't visit your blog very often. I write a load of shit, so nobody comes on mine. It would be a bit like me buying the Mirror and then complaining that I didn't like it's stance.
I come back from the pub and what do I find?!
Anonymous 10.03
The people who dealt with those explosives did their jobs and are obviously good at it (let's face it, if you're useless at bomb disposal you probably wouldn't be in the job long!).
There are thousands of soldiers, oil rig workers, trawlermen and more doing good jobs every day in dangerous circumstances (not all people doing those jobs tho - e.g. some of our army deserve shaming rather than awards).
Are you going to hand out honors to all of them? (on account most of them probably don't earn enough to get them the usual way :-))
Julian - 11.25
What on earth is there to suggest anonymous@10.03 is a "LabTroll"? Not to say you're wrong, but based on that one post your statement is not even close to being justified. Surely it's equally likely to be a sappy sentamentalist sticking up for the little man, someone infuriated at awards being granted for donations or publicity (ashes winning cricketers) or maybe a friend/family of someone who lost their life on 7/7 and had bad memories brought back by the bomb news today?
Your deduction and attack are pretty much baseless. All need to play nice and cut down the petty attacks. Maybe we can all be a little more reasoned with each other and actually DEBATE. If not - don't waste your bandwidth and ignore the genuine trolls.
Think I'm gonna change my display name to "Dad"!!
Guido, you really haven't dealt with the Charity Commission before have you?
It can take them six months to investigate a bit of thieving from the petty cash tin, and I've inquiries take anything from 3-5 years if it looks halfway complicated.
Scary Biscuits - yes Gordon Brown is an intellectual. A pretty phenomenal one actually. He got 5 A grade Highers at 16, a First from Edin Uni, a PhD, and went on to be a lecturer. He could easily have taken a Chair had he wished to. He's one of the brightest PM's this country has had.
And in writing that can I say I'm not a NuLab troll. It's starting to scare me that whenever a criticism of Cameron or pro-Brown post appears it's dismissed in this way. If the man behind Guido stands for anything I thought it was liberty? It might be more honouring to his ethos if posters felt free to criticise anyone, and even dare I suggest to praise anyone, if they so wish. At the moment there's only one explanation I can find that makes any real sense to me: Labour are back in business, and the right are rattled.
Richard
The Reverend Cocktor:
Gordon Brown is like an autistic child, that is somewhat different to an intellectual.
And you obviously are a NuLab troll!
Labour are having blanket coverage and propaganda from their friends in the MSM. Give it a couple of months when the shit starts hitting the fan again, and people then think about the last ten years, that Brown was a principle architect of, and we'll see how "back in business" they are.
So someone is a NuLab troll when they've voted Conservative for the last 4 General Elections? Right-ho glad that's sorted.
The Geezer handbook:
criticise Cameron = NuLab Troll
praise Brown = NuLab Troll
point out the obvious = NuLab Troll
It is already hitting the fan
http://scottishrajwatch.blogspot.com/2007/06/todays-disgrace-english-patient.html
If the opposition do not make hay with this scandal they will be rightly punished or seen as part of Brown's new Raj
The Reverend Doctor:
"Scary Biscuits - yes Gordon Brown is an intellectual. A pretty phenomenal one actually. He got 5 A grade Highers at 16, a First from Edin Uni, a PhD, and went on to be a lecturer. He could easily have taken a Chair had he wished to. He's one of the brightest PM's this country has had.
I'm sorry, that record is not unprecedented. How does his academic performance compare with my own PhD and MSc, for example? There are others who are much better qualified academically. Your position seems to be that academic success is a certain indicator of ability in unrelated fields - such as politics, or running The Treasury or leading the country. You seem to believe that a tolerably well qualified individual is an ideal candidate for Prime Ministerial office. Why? How? What particular assets has Brown's glittering schooling brought to this position? How does this compare with, say, Churchill's school record and subsequent leadership? Leadership is, of course, something which is not taught in the groves of academe. In fact it is hardly known there. And does a decent academic performance guarantee moral integrity by any chance?
"If the man behind Guido stands for anything I thought it was liberty?
What on earth was the thinking that led you to that conclusion? I'd venture that he possibly stands for Anarchy (no bad thing, in my view), rather than Liberty. But we each draw our own conclusions from such evidence as we may have.
Labour are back in business, and the right are rattled.
Well you may have a point, but 'rattled' or not, my guess is that it's Downing Street where the underwear needs changing right now. All the Opposition needs to do is wait for 'events' - and comment accordingly.
Chuck - I was referring back to Scary Biscuits questionning whether he is intellectual. He is. The rest of the stuff you mention is irrelevant to that point. I'm not commenting on whether intelligence qualifies someone for office/gives them a moral compass/makes them good in bed or anything else. Just that's he's intellectual. Very.
By the way saying he's 'one of the brightest' is not the same as saying it's 'unprecedented'. Sort of language slippage politicians get up to!
The Reverend Doctor
He's an intellectual eh? Well define 'intellectual' for us, then. But I have to say that by my standards (and/or definitions) he's not, nor is scholastic 'brightness' necessarily a good thing. It's certainly not an indication of his moral compass - if indeed he has such a thing. Judging from his actions over the last ten years and more I'd say he's completely amoral.
If you'd care to read my post again I'm sure you'll understand that I was saying that Brown's academic history was not (is not) unprecedented and, further, not directly relevant. Plenty of others have done as well - if not better.
As to the 'rest of the stuff', sure, it's not relevant to your single point. However it's certainly relevant to Brown and his doings as Chancellor and now Prime Minister.
What was the point of your original comment, then? Did you merely wish to voice your opinion that, in your view, Brown is an 'intellectual'? Well, so what? Does that make him a better person, more able, more charming, two stone lighter etc etc?
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