slavedog wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 6:08 pm
pedros wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 5:05 pm
FFS
Boris Johnson is to go on trial for allegedly “lying and misleading the British public” about the consequences of Brexit.
A judge summonsed the Conservative MP to appear in court after a man brought a private prosecution over claims that the cost of EU membership was £350m a week.
District Judge Margot Coleman threw out arguments by Mr Johnson’s lawyers that the case was a “vexatious” attempt to undermine the result of the 2016 referendum.
A written judgment handed down on Wednesday said: “Having considered all the relevant factors I am satisfied that this is a proper case to issue the summons as requested for the three offences as drafted.
“The charges are indictable only. This means the proposed defendant will be required to attend this court for a preliminary hearing, and the case will then be sent to the crown court for trial.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/c ... Eu_2O5CAno
There's another twenty thousand fence-sitters pushed over to the Leave side.
Well, if that's the case (which it isn't - as the public hate being lied to: By-election time) then this should push 100,000 over to revoke and remain.
The government has been found to have spent more than £100,000 on BREXIT consultants, mainly 6 companies including Ernst and Young. AND not been clear and transparent about it as per regulations.
£1.54 bn on private consultants up to 2017/18.
This government will do anything to cheat the public out of another referendum.
Government spends almost £100m on Brexit consultants.
Nearly £100m of public money has been spent on private consultancy firms recruited by the government to provide Brexit advice, including no-deal planning, a leaked Whitehall report obtained by the Guardian reveals.
The draft report by the National Audit Office (NAO), which scrutinises spending for parliament, details how government departments have paid at least £97m to Brexit consultants up to April this year and criticises them for not meeting transparency standards.
Marked “official sensitive”, the investigation warns Whitehall spending on Brexit consultancy work could hit £240m by 2020, as officials scramble to plan for departure from the EU.
The leaked figures highlight the government’s reliance on hired consultants to provide expertise as the country heads towards leaving on 31 October without a deal currently in place.
It also shows significant growth in spending on consultants beyond Brexit, rising from £513m in 2015-16 to £1.54bn in 2017-18.
The report, entitled “Departments’ use of consultants to support preparations for EU exit”, is understood to be in draft form, meaning the final figures could be tweaked ahead of its official publication.
The vast bulk (96%) of the Brexit consultancy expenditure under Cabinet Office arrangements – which accounts for £65m of the £97m total – has so far been handed to six consultancy companies: Deloitte, PA Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), Ernst & Young, Bain & Company and Boston Consulting Group.
Five departments: the Cabinet Office, Home Office, Border Delivery Group, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, account for the majority of spending via the Cabinet Office.
According to a Whitehall source, it is understood a large proportion of the consultancy relates to planning for a no-deal Brexit. The report splits the type of consultancy work into five categories, with the largest being “readiness for exit scenarios”.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... onsultants