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LeftishBrit

(41,302 posts)
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 05:16 PM Mar 2024

Major Tory donor and four MPs given honours

A major Tory donor and four MPs have been awarded honours on the recommendation of Rishi Sunak.

Businessman Mohamed Mansour, who gave £5 million to the Tories in 2023 and is a senior treasurer at the party, was knighted for business, charity and political service.

Labour Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds hit out at the Prime Minister for recommending the honour.

She said: “This is either the arrogant act of an entitled man who’s stopped caring what the public thinks, or the demob-happy self-indulgence of someone who doesn’t expect to be Prime Minister much longer.

(More at link):

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/major-tory-donor-and-four-conservative-mps-given-honours

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Major Tory donor and four MPs given honours (Original Post) LeftishBrit Mar 2024 OP
I'm not so shocked by the donor getting knighted.. LeftishBrit Mar 2024 #1

LeftishBrit

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1. I'm not so shocked by the donor getting knighted..
Thu Mar 28, 2024, 05:23 PM
Mar 2024

Happens all the time. 'Political donation' is basically a polite word for 'bribe', and it shouldn't be legal, but it is.

But I am truly horrified at Philip Davies getting a knighthood. He is far closer to being a fascist than at all comfortable. I suppose it may be in part a consolation prize for someone likely to lose his seat, but argh!

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