- Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:40 pm
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Leaving aside questions about his business dealings, the use of pseudonyms and shaky evidence of uninvolvement once in the cabinet, it is looking a bit iffy for Grant, if I'm reading the entrails properly.
You may remember that at the back end of last year there were news reports that John Prescott had either used government credit cards inappropriately or had allowed that to happen. In the end it became clear that a government card had been cloned and used in a Las Vegas casino, amongst other things.
This was trumpeted in the Tory rags and blogs, and Shappo was pre-eminent. Prezza complained and Gus O'Donnell wrote to him stating that there gad been no jiggery pokery and he was in the clear. The letter, however, was subsequently altered, without O'Donnell's knowledge or permission, and GOD's signature was forged. Yes, that's right. The cabinet secretary wrote a letter to a peer and ex-deputy prime minister and somebody in government changed it and forged his signature.
Fast forward to several FOI requests about who altered the letter. Requests denied, Information Commissioner says the info must be revealed, No10 refuses. Seem familiar?
This evening Prezza Tweeted:
John Prescott @johnprescott
Hearing news of a remarkable Government cover-up involving a certain ex-DCLG minister...
John Prescott @johnprescott
Government refusing FOI requests to reveal who in Grant Shapps' department doctored Gus O'Donnell's letter
and then this appeared in the Graun:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012 ... er-amended" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
So the clear implication is that the letter was altered and the signature forged by, or at the behest of, Shapps. He's Chairman of the Conservative Party. He has several clouds hanging over him (Google are very displeased with the products he sold on his now-disappeared website).
If that's true, it has to be man overboard, which is presumably why Shiny Dave is fighting so hard to be as untransparent as possible.
What a bunch of bastards.
You may remember that at the back end of last year there were news reports that John Prescott had either used government credit cards inappropriately or had allowed that to happen. In the end it became clear that a government card had been cloned and used in a Las Vegas casino, amongst other things.
This was trumpeted in the Tory rags and blogs, and Shappo was pre-eminent. Prezza complained and Gus O'Donnell wrote to him stating that there gad been no jiggery pokery and he was in the clear. The letter, however, was subsequently altered, without O'Donnell's knowledge or permission, and GOD's signature was forged. Yes, that's right. The cabinet secretary wrote a letter to a peer and ex-deputy prime minister and somebody in government changed it and forged his signature.
Fast forward to several FOI requests about who altered the letter. Requests denied, Information Commissioner says the info must be revealed, No10 refuses. Seem familiar?
This evening Prezza Tweeted:
John Prescott @johnprescott
Hearing news of a remarkable Government cover-up involving a certain ex-DCLG minister...
John Prescott @johnprescott
Government refusing FOI requests to reveal who in Grant Shapps' department doctored Gus O'Donnell's letter
and then this appeared in the Graun:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012 ... er-amended" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
So the clear implication is that the letter was altered and the signature forged by, or at the behest of, Shapps. He's Chairman of the Conservative Party. He has several clouds hanging over him (Google are very displeased with the products he sold on his now-disappeared website).
If that's true, it has to be man overboard, which is presumably why Shiny Dave is fighting so hard to be as untransparent as possible.
What a bunch of bastards.
Mene, mene tekel upharsin, Johnson.