@connor_naismith@andyburnham only wants this vile criminal out of the country because his presence is shining an unwelcome light on his involvement in the cover up of the grooming scandal in GM in association with @bevcraig & @gmpolice
The truth WILL destroy him.
https://t.co/pJRmVxs5ga
@andyburnham@SeanMagee You want this vile criminal out of the country because his presence is shining an unwelcome light on your involvement in the cover up of the grooming scandal in GM in association with @bevcraig & @gmpolice
The truth WILL destroy you.
https://t.co/Cb2ORjdyp8
@andyburnham I invited you to discuss the findings of our rape gang inquiry - a process that has enabled so many victims to speak openly about their suffering for the very first time.
You ignored my request, twice.
Poor form indeed.
@andyburnham@SeanMagee You want this vile criminal out of the country because his presence is shining an unwelcome light on your involvement in the cover up of the grooming scandal in GM in association with @bevcraig & @gmpolice
The truth WILL destroy you.
https://t.co/Cb2ORjdyp8
THE GOVE FILES: A Pattern of Elite Impunity
The Hard Facts
LEGAL CONVICTIONS and COURT FINDINGS
1. High Court Ruled He Broke the Law (2021)
The Case: Good Law Project v Cabinet Office
The Finding: Michael Gove unlawfully awarded a £560,000 COVID contract to Public First, a firm owned by friends of Dominic Cummings
The Court Said: "No one had even considered giving the contract to anyone else". A reasonable observer would conclude the contract was awarded due to personal connections.
Cost to Taxpayers: Up to £600,000 spent defending the unlawful decision, exceeding the contract value.
2. Parliamentary Standards Breach (2024)
The Violation: Failed to declare VIP hospitality at three QPR football matches
The Context: The hospitality was with Conservative donor David Meller, whose company received £164m in PPE contracts after Gove's referral
The Excuse: Claimed "oversight". 28 days late, not declared.
3. Electoral Law Breach (2018)
The Campaign: Vote Leave (fronted by Johnson and Gove)
The Finding: Exceeded £7m spending limit by £500,000
The Penalty: £61,000 fine and police referral
THE COVID CONTRACTS SCANDAL: A £400m+ Pattern
The "VIP Lane" Network
Public First Contract (£840,000 total)
Awarded to friends of Dominic Cummings
No competitive tendering
High Court ruled unlawful
Michelle Mone/PPE Medpro (£203m+)
Mone approached Gove in May 2020
Company linked to her husband received massive contracts
Mone later admitted lying about her involvement
National Crime Agency criminal investigation ongoing
Gove confirmed he cooperated with detectives
Dyson Ventilator Contract (10,000 units)
Gove "insistent" on placing order with James Dyson
Inquiry found "preferential treatment" and "affront to procurement rules"
Contract scrapped after regulatory failure
David Meller/Meller Designs (£164m)
Six PPE contracts after Gove referral
Gove accepted football hospitality from Meller without declaring it
THE TRANSPARENCY SCANDAL: The "Clearing House"
What Was Revealed:
Gove's Cabinet Office operated a secretive "Clearing House" unit
Function: Vetted and blocked Freedom of Information requests from journalists
Described as "Orwellian" and accused of "blacklisting"
Court Findings (2021):
Judge Chris Hughes found Cabinet Office documents "misleading"
"Profound lack of transparency about the operation" that "might extend to ministers"
Ordered to release documents. Unit later disbanded (2023)
THE SPIN TO EDITOR PIPELINE
The Spectator Appointment (September 2024)
Appointed editor by Sir Paul Marshall (GB News co owner, hedge fund tycoon)
Three month waiting period from leaving ministerial office (standard for ex ministers)
Now controls narrative at one of Britain's most influential political magazines
The Speaking Circuit
Registered with London Speaker Bureau and JLA Speaker Bureau
Post ministerial speaking fees (undisclosed amounts)
All approved by ACABA with standard conditions
THE DRUGS ADMISSION
2019 Conservative Leadership Campaign:
Admitted taking cocaine on "several occasions" as a journalist
"Fortunate to avoid jail". His own words.
Context: Wrote 1999 Times column condemning middle class drug use (reportedly day after hosting a "cocaine party")
THE DISCONNECT: Key Statistics
Issue / Amount / Status
Public First contract (unlawful) / £560,000 / High Court ruled against
Government legal defence costs / ~£600,000 / Failed defence
PPE Medpro contracts / £203m+ / NCA criminal investigation
Meller Designs contracts / £164m / Standards breach admitted
Dyson ventilator order / 10,000 units / Contract scrapped
Vote Leave overspend / £500,000+ / £61,000 fine, police referral
THE PATTERN
14 Years in Cabinet (2010–2024):
Education Secretary (2010–2014)
Justice Secretary/Lord Chancellor (2015–2016)
Environment Secretary (2017–2019)
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster (2019–2021)
Minister for Cabinet Office (2020–2021)
Levelling Up Secretary (2021–2024)
Result: Now sits in House of Lords for life as Baron Gove of Torry, editing The Spectator
THE QUESTIONS THAT REMAIN
Full Speaking Fee Disclosure: How much earned from post ministerial speaking engagements?
Property Portfolio: Full details of asset holdings (post divorce from Sarah Vine)?
The Spectator Terms: Exact remuneration and editorial independence guarantees from Paul Marshall?
NCA Investigation Status: What was Gove's precise role in the Mone referral? Has he been interviewed as witness or subject?
SOURCES
All information verified from:
High Court judgments (Good Law Project cases)
Parliamentary Standards Commissioner reports
Electoral Commission findings
Companies House filings
COVID 19 Inquiry evidence
National Crime Agency confirmations (via media)
GB News interview records
This is what 14 years of "public service" looks like. High Court rulings of unlawful conduct. £400m+ in questioned contracts. Transparency violations. A seamless transition from ministerial office to media gatekeeper.
The Council Bev Craig Led Hid Child Rape Evidence From Police. Now She Wants Your Vote To Replace Andy Burnham As Gtr Manchester Mayor.
Bev Craig wants to be the next Mayor of Greater Manchester. Before she gets your vote, she owes you an answer.
Manchester City Council supplied police investigating organised child rape with intelligence so heavily redacted that some pages contained only a handful of words. The inspectorate says it contributed to significant delays in investigations involving 1,099 suspects and 714 victims.
Nobody has explained who authorised those redactions. Nobody has been held accountable.
Read my latest dispatch from the frontline here;
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@bevcraig When will you explain why you redacted and suppressed evidence into the grooming gangs of GM. Perhaps the GMP should do a deep dive, or have you and @andyburnham bought them off @Bevcraig
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Yvette Cooper is Foreign Secretary. She just wired £23 million to UNRWA. This is the same UNRWA that had Hamas tunnels beneath its headquarters. The same UNRWA whose staff were accused of joining the October 7 massacre. The same UNRWA that admitted tunnels ran under its schools.
As Foreign Secretary, Cooper represents Britain abroad. She sets our foreign policy. She decides which regimes we fund and which we isolate. She chose to fund an agency infiltrated by terrorists.
She knows UNRWA cannot keep Hamas out. She knows tunnels were found under its facilities. She knows British money flows into Gaza with no oversight. She restored the funding anyway.
Cooper treats British foreign policy as a charity operation for terror sympathizers. She is not representing British interests. She is funding our enemies and calling it diplomacy.
Yvette Cooper is Foreign Secretary in name only. In practice, she is Hamas's foreign secretary.