Because it will make them money. Backhanders, brown envelopes, benefits from friends. Councillors are not only as thick as two short planks (so they can't see the damage they do), but corrupt and deceitful, so they don't care either. And people continue to vote for them because of the Civil War.
October 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Because it will make them money. Backhanders, brown envelopes, benefits from friends. Councillors are not only as thick as two short planks (so they can't see the damage they do), but corrupt and deceitful, so they don't care either. And people continue to vote for them because of the Civil War.
I wonder if @10dowingstreet.bsky.social Burnham got some nice backhanders from them 🤔 as with all his backtracking on what he would do if prime minister
October 1, 2026 at 7:39 AM
I wonder if @10dowingstreet.bsky.social Burnham got some nice backhanders from them 🤔 as with all his backtracking on what he would do if prime minister
In the UK the BBC will always broadcast more for the organisations and political partys that give the largest donations or backhanders and most of the time since 1979 it has been the rightwing partys and the Murdoch empire.
October 1, 2026 at 7:32 AM
In the UK the BBC will always broadcast more for the organisations and political partys that give the largest donations or backhanders and most of the time since 1979 it has been the rightwing partys and the Murdoch empire.
If @labouruk.bsky.social government ministers tax the wealthiest then who will give them their nice backhanders and expensive gifts/trips etc ? Please think of the poor government ministers
September 30, 2026 at 5:48 PM
If @labouruk.bsky.social government ministers tax the wealthiest then who will give them their nice backhanders and expensive gifts/trips etc ? Please think of the poor government ministers
Yeah, but think of all the backhanders Labour* are getting, they can't give those up and actually DO something!
*See also Deform, Restore and the Tories.
*See also Deform, Restore and the Tories.
September 30, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Yeah, but think of all the backhanders Labour* are getting, they can't give those up and actually DO something!
*See also Deform, Restore and the Tories.
*See also Deform, Restore and the Tories.
Edinburgh City Cooncil deny getting backhanders for this project.
September 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Edinburgh City Cooncil deny getting backhanders for this project.
Is former health secretary Wes Streeting still getting backhanders from the private health sector? #wato
".. vandalism of the Lansley reforms.. fracturing the NHS & treating healthcare as a market chasing profit"
So you're kicking out the private companies, abolishing trusts, scrapping the internal market & returning the NHS to being an integrated national health service, right?
So you're kicking out the private companies, abolishing trusts, scrapping the internal market & returning the NHS to being an integrated national health service, right?
September 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Is former health secretary Wes Streeting still getting backhanders from the private health sector? #wato
The ALP has had a lot of action on climate change. By approving new fossil fuel projects, extending existing projects and taking backhanders from billionaires... That's what the ALP called action on climate change.
So yes I'm looking at you as being full of it.
So yes I'm looking at you as being full of it.
September 30, 2026 at 6:52 AM
The ALP has had a lot of action on climate change. By approving new fossil fuel projects, extending existing projects and taking backhanders from billionaires... That's what the ALP called action on climate change.
So yes I'm looking at you as being full of it.
So yes I'm looking at you as being full of it.
The ALP has had a lot of action on climate change. By approving new fossil fuel projects, extending existing projects and taking backhanders from billionaires... That's what the ALP called action on climate change.
September 30, 2026 at 6:47 AM
The ALP has had a lot of action on climate change. By approving new fossil fuel projects, extending existing projects and taking backhanders from billionaires... That's what the ALP called action on climate change.
How to sound like you think you are ripe for backhanders......we need a revolt.
September 29, 2026 at 8:20 PM
How to sound like you think you are ripe for backhanders......we need a revolt.
What do people think will happen to City? Not what you think should happen what do you think the punishment will actually be? I don’t see the PL having the bollocks to throw the book at them, I’m sure there’s probably backhanders going on already.
September 29, 2026 at 6:27 PM
What do people think will happen to City? Not what you think should happen what do you think the punishment will actually be? I don’t see the PL having the bollocks to throw the book at them, I’m sure there’s probably backhanders going on already.
Backhanders from the hash marks? Alright then.
September 29, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Backhanders from the hash marks? Alright then.
The system is most definitely "two tier".
It allows posh pricks in tweed, to take massive backhanders from foreign enemies and crypto criminals. While spreading utter divisive horseshit through their side-jobs as far-right talk show hosts and propaganda rag columnists.
It allows posh pricks in tweed, to take massive backhanders from foreign enemies and crypto criminals. While spreading utter divisive horseshit through their side-jobs as far-right talk show hosts and propaganda rag columnists.
September 29, 2026 at 10:27 AM
The system is most definitely "two tier".
It allows posh pricks in tweed, to take massive backhanders from foreign enemies and crypto criminals. While spreading utter divisive horseshit through their side-jobs as far-right talk show hosts and propaganda rag columnists.
It allows posh pricks in tweed, to take massive backhanders from foreign enemies and crypto criminals. While spreading utter divisive horseshit through their side-jobs as far-right talk show hosts and propaganda rag columnists.
I’m beginning to wonder that they’re all in this together! I mean those Republican judges have been getting backhanders ! And during Trumps last coup judge Alito hung the American flag upside down- A symbol used by some supporters of the "Stop the Steal" movement questioning the 2020 election result
September 28, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I’m beginning to wonder that they’re all in this together! I mean those Republican judges have been getting backhanders ! And during Trumps last coup judge Alito hung the American flag upside down- A symbol used by some supporters of the "Stop the Steal" movement questioning the 2020 election result
The ukgovt is OWNED by Bibi and isreal,hence NO condemnation of the GENOCIDE,no mention of the GENOCIDE,as they CANT UPSET THEIR OWNERS(FRIENDS).and what with ALL the huge BUNGS and backhanders the liebour scum have taken,it's no surprise they don't want to lose their BUNGS & FRIENDS!!COMPLICIT
Labour friends of Genocide supporting said genocide and banning critical media. Not the far right Mail, Express or Telegraph, no not them 🤬
September 27, 2026 at 10:39 AM
The ukgovt is OWNED by Bibi and isreal,hence NO condemnation of the GENOCIDE,no mention of the GENOCIDE,as they CANT UPSET THEIR OWNERS(FRIENDS).and what with ALL the huge BUNGS and backhanders the liebour scum have taken,it's no surprise they don't want to lose their BUNGS & FRIENDS!!COMPLICIT
Tories still chasing the Reform vote, then.
Presumably hoping to scrape up the dregs once Farage finally faces the consequences of his corruption.
And maybe hoping for a few £72m backhanders too.
Presumably hoping to scrape up the dregs once Farage finally faces the consequences of his corruption.
And maybe hoping for a few £72m backhanders too.
September 27, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Tories still chasing the Reform vote, then.
Presumably hoping to scrape up the dregs once Farage finally faces the consequences of his corruption.
And maybe hoping for a few £72m backhanders too.
Presumably hoping to scrape up the dregs once Farage finally faces the consequences of his corruption.
And maybe hoping for a few £72m backhanders too.
Bacon at Greggs so crunchy I suspect they are getting backhanders from the dental community.
September 26, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Bacon at Greggs so crunchy I suspect they are getting backhanders from the dental community.
There's always been a suspicion of backhanders and secret Middle Eastern bank accounts - one of the charges was Mancini being paid extra off the books which was undeclared, so I'd like to see HMRC get stuck into this as well.
They need to feel the full force of what the League and the Law can do.
They need to feel the full force of what the League and the Law can do.
September 25, 2026 at 8:38 PM
There's always been a suspicion of backhanders and secret Middle Eastern bank accounts - one of the charges was Mancini being paid extra off the books which was undeclared, so I'd like to see HMRC get stuck into this as well.
They need to feel the full force of what the League and the Law can do.
They need to feel the full force of what the League and the Law can do.
They don’t need to.
As an adult, you become legally competent to give free rein to your own stupidity.
In respect of gambling, something else that doesn’t become safer with age, successive governments are heavily dependent on firms exploiting that stupidity to keep MPs in backhanders.
As an adult, you become legally competent to give free rein to your own stupidity.
In respect of gambling, something else that doesn’t become safer with age, successive governments are heavily dependent on firms exploiting that stupidity to keep MPs in backhanders.
September 25, 2026 at 8:07 AM
They don’t need to.
As an adult, you become legally competent to give free rein to your own stupidity.
In respect of gambling, something else that doesn’t become safer with age, successive governments are heavily dependent on firms exploiting that stupidity to keep MPs in backhanders.
As an adult, you become legally competent to give free rein to your own stupidity.
In respect of gambling, something else that doesn’t become safer with age, successive governments are heavily dependent on firms exploiting that stupidity to keep MPs in backhanders.
Backhanders charter
September 23, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Backhanders charter
‘It’s not what you know; it’s who you know’: How influence and backhanders secured houses in Belfast
‘It’s not what you know; it’s who you know’: How influence and backhanders secured houses in Belfast
If the organs of the State are crooked and corrupt, might it be heroic to be as devious and dishonest yourself to get your way?
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
September 22, 2026 at 6:24 AM
‘It’s not what you know; it’s who you know’: How influence and backhanders secured houses in Belfast
unfortunately theys no way of knowing whats threats, backhanders an other activity went on behind the scenes to change the decision, but given the people involved it was either money and or violence
September 21, 2026 at 4:12 PM
unfortunately theys no way of knowing whats threats, backhanders an other activity went on behind the scenes to change the decision, but given the people involved it was either money and or violence
Backhanders thrown into the mix?
September 20, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Backhanders thrown into the mix?
They hate it, it’s an eyesore, why did they spend millions on that, will be full of vape shops, must have involved backhanders to councillors etc etc
September 20, 2026 at 5:34 PM
They hate it, it’s an eyesore, why did they spend millions on that, will be full of vape shops, must have involved backhanders to councillors etc etc
Differently families in different areas controlled the supply for sections of road and woe betide anyone who thought they’d join the party The contracts were awarded at the Assizes so you can imagine the lobbying & backhanders. One of my own ancestors controlled a very lucrative section of road…
September 20, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Differently families in different areas controlled the supply for sections of road and woe betide anyone who thought they’d join the party The contracts were awarded at the Assizes so you can imagine the lobbying & backhanders. One of my own ancestors controlled a very lucrative section of road…