Remember every time a Tory mp is interviewed they make sure the union flag is in the background.
Meanwhile Russian cash sloshes in.
Russia has purchased a lot of politicians in a lot of countries. Look at the US.
A. Desperate to see how this story plays out.
B. Has this just blown open the door, to the grey area between personal finances, and professional.
Presumably this hasn’t been declared or flagged before, as it’s a personal “loan” (guessing) not to be paid back, any time soon.
How many “personal loans” do MPs have?
Bit of a non story….
I mean who doesn’t know a Russian ‘banker’ and gotten a ‘loan’ off the books which you then allegedly repaid in full with interest, whilst you and your wife claimed a salary and expenses in excess of £150k a year from the public purse.
Jesus, could happen to anyone.
Best take with a pinch of salt/cocaine…
Hookers and blow AND a dodgy Russian loan, he really is going all out!
What an idiot, the rest were just given the money for free!
> Warburton introduced his wife’s uncle, the businessman Rodney Baker-Bates, to Joukovski in summer 2018. Baker-Bates was subsequently offered a £75,000 a year advisory role at Dolfin, the business Joukovski founded, sources have told the Guardian.
> Dolfin Financial went into administration last year after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) banned it from regulated activities, saying it “dishonestly or recklessly provided misleading information” about its visa schemes and a relationship with an “ultra-high net worth client”.
> The FCA did not name the client but openDemocracy and SourceMaterial have established it was Nurali Aliyev, the favoured grandson of Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan’s long-time ‘leader of the nation’.
> In the first week of January, at least 225 people were killed in clashes between security forces and demonstrators against the Kazakhstan regime, whose leaders have become spectacularly rich from the country’s abundant oil, gas and metals. Much of that wealth is stored in the UK: a previous SourceMaterial investigation revealed that Aliyev’s mother, Dariga Nazarbayeva, was the secret owner of iconic properties on London’s Baker Street worth £140m.
> “UK law is still riddled with loopholes that enable oligarchs to come and go in the UK with impunity and stash their cash here,” said Susan Hawley, head of Spotlight on Corruption
What a shame our hardworking MPs have not found time in their busy schedules to correct this lamentable legislative lacuna.
He needs to made to donate that money to Ukraine and then be given his notice with no pension
I am amazed he was able to secure psychiatric treatment at a hospital so quickly , luckily his wife ( and his MP’s office HR rep) is standing by him too..
Lines of Coke and a ‘loan’ of almost £150k ( oh yeah *sure*) from a Russian businessman.
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Remember every time a Tory mp is interviewed they make sure the union flag is in the background.
Meanwhile Russian cash sloshes in.
Russia has purchased a lot of politicians in a lot of countries. Look at the US.
A. Desperate to see how this story plays out.
B. Has this just blown open the door, to the grey area between personal finances, and professional.
Presumably this hasn’t been declared or flagged before, as it’s a personal “loan” (guessing) not to be paid back, any time soon.
How many “personal loans” do MPs have?
Bit of a non story….
I mean who doesn’t know a Russian ‘banker’ and gotten a ‘loan’ off the books which you then allegedly repaid in full with interest, whilst you and your wife claimed a salary and expenses in excess of £150k a year from the public purse.
Jesus, could happen to anyone.
Best take with a pinch of salt/cocaine…
Hookers and blow AND a dodgy Russian loan, he really is going all out!
What an idiot, the rest were just given the money for free!
As [reported by The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/apr/03/david-warburton-goes-into-psychiatric-hospital-after-suspension-from-tory-party) Warburton’s uncle-in-law coincidentally secured “lucrative” employment with the same businessman’s company:
> Warburton introduced his wife’s uncle, the businessman Rodney Baker-Bates, to Joukovski in summer 2018. Baker-Bates was subsequently offered a £75,000 a year advisory role at Dolfin, the business Joukovski founded, sources have told the Guardian.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Joukovski and his Dolfin group appear dodgy af. They were [in the news earlier this year:](https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/kazakh-leaders-grandson-under-mcmafia-order-was-mystery-client-at-collapsed-london-golden-visa-firm/)
> Dolfin Financial went into administration last year after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) banned it from regulated activities, saying it “dishonestly or recklessly provided misleading information” about its visa schemes and a relationship with an “ultra-high net worth client”.
> The FCA did not name the client but openDemocracy and SourceMaterial have established it was Nurali Aliyev, the favoured grandson of Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kazakhstan’s long-time ‘leader of the nation’.
> In the first week of January, at least 225 people were killed in clashes between security forces and demonstrators against the Kazakhstan regime, whose leaders have become spectacularly rich from the country’s abundant oil, gas and metals. Much of that wealth is stored in the UK: a previous SourceMaterial investigation revealed that Aliyev’s mother, Dariga Nazarbayeva, was the secret owner of iconic properties on London’s Baker Street worth £140m.
> “UK law is still riddled with loopholes that enable oligarchs to come and go in the UK with impunity and stash their cash here,” said Susan Hawley, head of Spotlight on Corruption
What a shame our hardworking MPs have not found time in their busy schedules to correct this lamentable legislative lacuna.
He needs to made to donate that money to Ukraine and then be given his notice with no pension
I am amazed he was able to secure psychiatric treatment at a hospital so quickly , luckily his wife ( and his MP’s office HR rep) is standing by him too..
Lines of Coke and a ‘loan’ of almost £150k ( oh yeah *sure*) from a Russian businessman.
This guy belongs in the Cabinet.