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Wednesday 18 January 2012

Tories Featherbed Corporate Mates Yet Again.


As David Cameron nervously swings behind Michael Gove's idea to gift a new yacht for the Queen, the Tories have rewarded their biggest donator, Deloitte, with a contract worth a cool £773.5 million. The contract is part of the private sector project to cut unemployment by teaching people to write killer CV's and comes in the wake of a £700,000 donation to the Tory's including £28,000 for Chris Grayling, the Minister for Taking Welfare Payments From Those Who Need It. To add insult to injury Mr.Grayling appeared on the BBC today to explain how the private sector is offsetting the jobs lost in the public sector despite the fact that unemployment is continuing to skyrocket and job creation in the private sector continues to plummet. We asked Mr.Grayling for his view; "We Tories have long maintained that the truth is whatever we say it is and is not subject to such crude and inconvenient things like facts. As to the millions we've received from Deloitte, there is no question of corruption. It was a straightforward commercial deal in which I, by sheer coincidence, benefitted to the tune of £28,000. Deloitte have suffered terribly during this recent recession and, I believe, are down to their last few billion quid. We felt duty bound to come to their rescue by shovelling money out of the pockets of the unemployed, the sick and disabled and widows into theirs. By doing this we are showing our caring side - the side that cares about big business and millionaires and doesn't give a toss for the poor and vulnerable."

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