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[–] rayquetzalcoatl 6 points 1 year ago

Well, I know our country is on a fast-track to shit right now, but at least this man who is now in a senior position of government and a Lord, hasn't done anything really weird like put his cock in a dead pig's head. Right? Because something like that is something that a total freak would do. A weirdo. A creep. A pervert. A loser.

If you learnt that a friend of yours fucked a dead pig's head, you'd probably think twice about being friends.

If you learnt that one of the binmen working on your street, or the man who owns the shop down the road, or your boss, or one of the drivers of your local bus, had fucked a dead pig's head, you'd probably want that person to not work near you any more, and maybe not even want them in that position. And fair enough; that's fucking weird, depraved behaviour.

So, good job he's not in charge of anything!

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Tax officials are understood to be examining whether David Cameron failed to fully disclose taxable perks such as flights on private planes when he worked for the collapsed lender Greensill Capital, the Guardian can reveal.

Cameron was embroiled in the Greensill lobbying scandal after he exploited contacts gathered during his tenure as prime minister to try to win business for the now defunct supply-chain finance company at the start of the pandemic in early 2020.

Cameron has holidayed extensively in Cornwall for many years, favouring the coastal resort of Polzeath as a destination while prime minister.

Such flights would constitute a benefit in kind, but the employer’s national insurance contributions and Cameron’s personal tax liabilities may not have been paid, sources believe.

Cameron was paid for his work at Greensill via an employee benefit trust in Guernsey, a tax haven in the Channel Islands.

It appears that Lex Greensill, the company’s founder, paid shares into and created this trust as a way to effectively pay Cameron an additional benefit.


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[–] Potatisen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is THE video publicly available?

[–] Mex 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Potatisen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Isn't he the guy who fucked a dead pig?