The Corruption of Rishi Sunak’s Dishonours List
The Prime Minister's claim to be leading a new era of 'integrity' and 'accountability' have been utterly destroyed
On the last day before the Easter holidays, Rishi Sunak quietly slipped out a new list of honours for his friends and cronies.
The announcement, which for some reason seems to have only had a limited release, included knighthoods to a billionaire Conservative donor:
Who was a minister to the corrupt military Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak
Who had well-documented business ties to Russia
Whose own business was investigated by HMRC, leading to a multimillion pound tax settlement
It’s unclear exactly what “public service” carried out by Mohamed Mansour, persuaded Sunak to bestow him this high honour.
Although presumably handing a then record £5 million to the Conservative Party didn’t hurt his chances.
Also knighted by Sunak this weel for their ‘public and parliamentary service’, was the Conservative MP and GB News Presenter Philip Davies.
Again, it is unclear exactly what ‘service’ Sunak believes Davies has delivered to the nation.
However, in my years covering him in Parliament, it has included:
Blocking bills to tackle domestic violence and ‘upskirting’
Calling for disabled people to be paid less than the minimum wage
Suggesting that black people are “more likely to be murderers”
Successfully lobbying the government for new pro-gambling legislation, on behalf of a luxury casino which hosted him
Also included on the list by Sunak, just weeks after the PM gave a speech condemned “anti-Muslim hatred”, was the Conservative MP and former chief whip Mark Spencer.
Again Downing Street has yet to fully explain what great services the PM believes Spencer has bestowed upon us.
However, handing one of the highest honours in the land to a man who was accused of telling a Muslim colleague that she had been sacked from Government for her “Muslimness”, just weeks after the PM gave a speech condemning “anti-Muslim hatred”, does not suggest that “public service” was the primary factor dictating his decision.
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