the trouble with mia · @fkamiah17
1652 followers · 11259 posts · Server toot.wales
Shirley · @ShirleyAnn
154 followers · 1599 posts · Server mstdn.social

RT @PeoplesMomentum@twitter.com

It's no surprise Tories topped the donations list.

But senior Labour MPs were also exposed for taking massive donations from shell companies.

On dark money, Labour must lead from the front. Demand @wesstreeting@twitter.com & co return the money: mtm.is/darkmoney

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/PeoplesMomentum/st

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Pucci Dee · @adpucci
50 followers · 3855 posts · Server mastodon.world

RT @PeoplesMomentum@twitter.com

It's no surprise Tories topped the donations list.

But senior Labour MPs were also exposed for taking massive donations from shell companies.

On dark money, Labour must lead from the front. Demand @wesstreeting@twitter.com & co return the money: mtm.is/darkmoney

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/PeoplesMomentum/st

#westminsteraccounts

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Tom Delargy · @TomDelargy
900 followers · 4163 posts · Server mastodon.social

Someone said on Sky News this morning - I think it was Liz Bates - that while many MPs asked about 's items was a good thing, once the cameras got switched off they told Sky News what they really think: they're angry. This is excellent. Keir Starmer is as angry as Rishi Sunak is: both of them are funded by strike breaking rich businessmen. Both want to crush trade unionists. Neither is worthy of my vote.

#samcoates #westminsteraccounts #enoughisenough #socialistsunday #ridge

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Matt Luckcuck · @MattLuckcuck
2 followers · 129 posts · Server techhub.social

RT @tortoise@twitter.com

The Westminster Accounts is essentially a database of databases.

But fact that all of this data was already public meant that collating it all couldn’t be that hard, right?

Wrong. Very wrong.

Read how @tortoise@twitter.com and @SkyNews@twitter.com created and developed the .

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/tortoise/status/16

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Phil · @phil666
127 followers · 224 posts · Server mastodon.lol

RT @clp_secretary
Kevin Edger has blocked me because he’s very worried about the tweet below. Please cut and paste or retweet it. β€” Sky @SamCoatesSky When will the story about who funds @KEdge23 be broadcast

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Andy_S_64 · @Andy_European
2412 followers · 25638 posts · Server mastodon.online

: SNP demands 'root-and-branch' reform of MPs' outside earnings apple.news/AgAU9qQWEQL-rLbNNnX

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Laura Phillips · @lauraphillips
248 followers · 972 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

πŸ’° β€œNEW: Boris Johnson has just declared a HUGE Β£1 million donation from crypto investor Christopher Harborne to his personal company.

Harborne previously donated Β£13.7m to Reform UK.

Johnson also declared Β£20k from the Bamfords for use of their home for 2 months. In the database, the MP with the most donations was Keir Starmer at Β£740k.

Boris Johnson just beat that in a SINGLE donation. β€œ From Tom Larkin, Sky News.

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World Newsdesk :verified_gold: · @worldnews
617 followers · 454 posts · Server elonsucks.org

Sky and Tortoise have created a first-of-its-kind database that follows the money in politics.

Tonight the returns with @TrevorPTweets to discuss who is funding your MP

πŸ•’ Tonight 9 PM

πŸ“Ί Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 & YouTube trib.al/JENbPgK

#news #greatdebate #westminsteraccounts #worldnews

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The Internationalist · @the_internationalist
72 followers · 240 posts · Server home.social

Is anybody still surprised at the lack of transparency and the level of corruption and lobbying this enables?
Reality these days is worse and stranger than fiction. We cannot even imagine what is really happening behind closed doors.

The thing is people got so used to the idea of being effed over, they don't really care anymore.

Millions are funnelled via obscure organisations and shell companies to advance special interests, yet nurses can't get a pay rise.

#westminsteraccounts #westminster

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S Fraser · @sfscotland
184 followers · 1613 posts · Server mastodon.scot

@Peternimmo You know, the tool from Sky News has really shone a light in the murkier recesses. I'd missed this story, thanks for sharing.

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aegilops :github::microsoft: · @aegilops
85 followers · 296 posts · Server fosstodon.org

@rmdes I had the same thought a while back, but didn't do anything other than muse on it. Thanks for sharing!

The phrase "who pays the piper plays the tune" came to mind, could be a tagline?

This project looks at the funding of UK politicians:

tortoisemedia.com/audio/the-we

Some global analysis for news orgs like that could complement what an extension can do.

#followthemoney #westminsteraccounts #tortoisemedia

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Tom Delargy · @TomDelargy
889 followers · 4071 posts · Server mastodon.social

I've spent a long time praising . His broadcasts are incredible and deserving of awards. However, do I never disagree with anything he says? Of course not. I've not spent any time drawing attention to any differences since he's not got a Mastodon account to allow him to tell me if he accepts my criticisms or why he disagrees. These differences are too narrow to focus on them at this stage. They are details. At a later date I may challenge something he says. Maybe.

#samcoates #westminsteraccounts

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Cat Neilan · @CatNeilan
392 followers · 176 posts · Server toot.community

RT @SkyNews@twitter.com

Do you have questions about the ?

Sky's @SamCoatesSky@twitter.com joins @tortoise@twitter.com's Katie Riley and Joe White to discuss everything that went into creating the first-of-its-kind database

πŸ•’ Tonight at 7 PM

Join the Reddit AMA here πŸ‘‡

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/SkyNews/status/161

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Kernow Damo · @KernowDamo
745 followers · 2802 posts · Server activism.openworlds.info

RT @KernowDamo@twitter.com

Dodgy donors strike again, but with the help of @SkyNews@twitter.com's new tool, you can see exactly who is getting what and from who, like 3 Labour right wingers accepting hundreds of thousands from a company that barely exists... vm.tiktok.com/ZMFEaQwXu/

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/KernowDamo/status/

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The steady drip of stories is fascinating and shocking in equal measure but the big picture is that while transparency is good real reform is urgently required. Our latest blog proposes 3 essential areas where we need change now:
1⃣Genuine electoral finance reform. Removing big money from politics from whatever source is central to defending UK democracy and all parties should be looking to develop a consensus on how to do this.
spotlightcorruption.org/transp

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stargirl1623 · @Stargirl16
17 followers · 1818 posts · Server mastodon.green

RT @CatNeilan@twitter.com

Our being discussed on the floor of the Commons twitter.com/BloombergUK/status

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/CatNeilan/status/1

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Cat Neilan · @CatNeilan
392 followers · 176 posts · Server toot.community

RT @e_casalicchio@twitter.com

Epic Playbook fail ... Wrote all this about the and managed not to put it in the actual newsletter @CatNeilan@twitter.com, @SamCoatesSky@twitter.com, @TomLarkinSky@twitter.com, @tortoise@twitter.com. Apologies!

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/e_casalicchio/stat

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Tom Delargy · @TomDelargy
883 followers · 4010 posts · Server mastodon.social
Cat Neilan · @CatNeilan
392 followers · 176 posts · Server toot.community

Our being discussed on the floor of the Commons

RT @BloombergUK@twitter.com

The SNP's Stephen Flynn describes it as "utterly perverse" that senior Conservatives are "feathering their nests" by charging money for outside engagements, "whilst seeking to deny working people the opportunity to strike for fair pay" bloom.bg/3GA4kjW

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/BloombergUK/status

#westminsteraccounts #PMQs

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