Very interesting things from Sky (caveat you have to agree to let them hawk you data to all and sundry): https://news.sky.com/story/westmins...-your-mp-or-enter-your-full-postcode-12771627 Somewhat surprisingly Dowden doesn't have his snout in that many troughs: All donors to Oliver Dowden £8,390 earnings from Caxton Associates LP Hedge Fund £5,000 donations from South Hertfordshire Business Club Closed £5,000 earnings from Pierce Protocols Legal Services £2,500 donations from Sir Michael Davis Ex-Conservative politico and businessman with 'colourful' history £1,800 gifts from Shiva Hotels "Shiva Hotels is a dynamic, privately-owned company on a steep growth path...." £1,630 donations from Bestway Group "Bestway Group is a British multinational conglomerate company based in London, England..." £600 gifts from Ambassador Theatre Group "...a major international theatre organisation..." £400 gifts from Howard Leigh, Baron Leigh of Hurley "...businessman, Tory politician... He is the Co-founder and Senior Partner of Cavendish Corporate Finance..." The top MPs at 'earning' are: Theresa May£2.8 million Sir Geoffrey Cox£2.1 million Boris Johnson£1.2 million Keir Starmer£799,900 Andrew Mitchell£769,300
From USDAW, GMB, USDAW and Community plus £18K from "...a British advocacy organisation and think tank that advocates mutuals and cooperatives...". Well wort looking at where the 'big' money's going...
Looks like someone's been spending a lot of time* on the site: Labour MPs defend accepting tens of thousands from little-known company Wes Streeting, Dan Jarvis and Yvette Cooper received donations from MPM Connect, which has no obvious line of business *Time to bash out a 500 word article.
Boris Johnson given £1m donation by former Brexit party backer Tech investor Christopher Harborne’s gift to former PM’s personal office is one of biggest ever recorded to individual UK politician
Lets not forget they basically decide how much they get paid too. When you look at the Government and Parliament as corporate entities, which they are, things make more sense. Just a bunch of grifters and spivs with their snouts in the trough with a sprinkling of a few decent people.