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So for our first scandal of the week we have Boris Johnson getting help from Richard Sharp in facilitating a £800,00 loan. Just a few weeks later the same Richard Sharp was appointed BBC chairman, by PM Boris Johnson. Not a coincidence.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64383742
Our second scandal of the week involves Conservative Party Chairman Nadim Zahawi. Now Zahawi is an interesting case. When Rishi Sunak resigned as Chancellor this summer Boris appointed Zahawi as the new Chancellor, however Zahawi then immediately stabbed his boss in the back and started to call for Boris to resign. However he was Chancellor for a couple of months when Boris replacement was sorted out. However Zahawi had a problem, he was investigated for not having paid tax for gains while selling of hi YouGov shares. While that might be a small thing in itself, he can't really run the HMRC while bing under investigated by the HMRC. So it has now been revealed he quietly settled the issue by paying a £5 million penalty, which was about how much they were believing he owed, but still, this means a high rank politician had avoided paying £5 million in taxes for years, and then settled it behind closed doors to make it go away.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64383742
Richard Sharp: BBC chairman says he will not quit over Boris Johnson loan row
Our second scandal of the week involves Conservative Party Chairman Nadim Zahawi. Now Zahawi is an interesting case. When Rishi Sunak resigned as Chancellor this summer Boris appointed Zahawi as the new Chancellor, however Zahawi then immediately stabbed his boss in the back and started to call for Boris to resign. However he was Chancellor for a couple of months when Boris replacement was sorted out. However Zahawi had a problem, he was investigated for not having paid tax for gains while selling of hi YouGov shares. While that might be a small thing in itself, he can't really run the HMRC while bing under investigated by the HMRC. So it has now been revealed he quietly settled the issue by paying a £5 million penalty, which was about how much they were believing he owed, but still, this means a high rank politician had avoided paying £5 million in taxes for years, and then settled it behind closed doors to make it go away.