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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Like many people, I've been following the story of the Zahawi scandal as it comes out drip by drip. It gets worse all the time.

Is he gonna resign/ get sacked? Or is he gonna make a miraculous comeback after - ooh I dunno - going on Strictly or some shit like that?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

With PMQs incoming, Zahawi may be forced out just before it.

Or Sunak et al will stand up there & push the usual lines: investigation, process, we must wait, can't talk about it etc. But that will go down like a lead balloon.

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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago

Brighton

Depends what dirt he has on Sunak and then what kind of deal they can cut.

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan
over a year ago

golden fields


"Like many people, I've been following the story of the Zahawi scandal as it comes out drip by drip. It gets worse all the time.

Is he gonna resign/ get sacked? Or is he gonna make a miraculous comeback after - ooh I dunno - going on Strictly or some shit like that?"

As has been made plain by people on here who vote Conservative. They do not give a fuck about Tory party sleaze or corruption. The Tory party know that their voters are loyal regardless of how they are treated. So why would anything happen to Zahawi! They'll crack on as they always have.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

The new SNP leader asked a lovely little question: “What advice has the PM for anyone trying to protect their finances? Should they ask the BBC Chair to organise an £800k loan? Or open a Gibraltar trust fund & hope our tax authorities don’t notice? Or just apply for non dom status?”

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The new SNP leader asked a lovely little question: “What advice has the PM for anyone trying to protect their finances? Should they ask the BBC Chair to organise an £800k loan? Or open a Gibraltar trust fund & hope our tax authorities don’t notice? Or just apply for non dom status?”"

When SKS asked Sunak about Zahawi at PMQs waffled on about Corbyn,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

He waffled

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan
over a year ago

golden fields


"The new SNP leader asked a lovely little question: “What advice has the PM for anyone trying to protect their finances? Should they ask the BBC Chair to organise an £800k loan? Or open a Gibraltar trust fund & hope our tax authorities don’t notice? Or just apply for non dom status?”

When SKS asked Sunak about Zahawi at PMQs waffled on about Corbyn, "

It's a good point though, what about Corbyn/Labour/Aliens?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"The new SNP leader asked a lovely little question: “What advice has the PM for anyone trying to protect their finances? Should they ask the BBC Chair to organise an £800k loan? Or open a Gibraltar trust fund & hope our tax authorities don’t notice? Or just apply for non dom status?”

When SKS asked Sunak about Zahawi at PMQs waffled on about Corbyn, "

What about Corbyn seems to be the Tory defence when they have nothing at all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The new SNP leader asked a lovely little question: “What advice has the PM for anyone trying to protect their finances? Should they ask the BBC Chair to organise an £800k loan? Or open a Gibraltar trust fund & hope our tax authorities don’t notice? Or just apply for non dom status?”

When SKS asked Sunak about Zahawi at PMQs waffled on about Corbyn,

It's a good point though, what about Corbyn/Labour/Aliens?"

It seeks to be his standard response at PMQs, maybe somebody should tell him that SKS expelled Corbyn from the Labour Party

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Zahawi seems to be in hiding at the moment, praying everyone will forget about him. The fuckwit is still tweeting though. And based on people's replies, they aren't exactly happy with him...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

He could have easily avoided tax like many other MP's do through shell companies and the like. The fact he didn't shows an appalling lack of competence in his own money so he certainly should never have been made chancellor in the first place.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

‘There are no penalties for "innocent" tax errors, the boss of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has told MPs’.

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By *eroy1000Man
over a year ago

milton keynes


"‘There are no penalties for "innocent" tax errors, the boss of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has told MPs’. "

That's what I read to, though they say there are penalties for carelessness which is what he and HMRC claim has happened. A very tangled web indeed and not good by any standard

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

He's bang to rights, that sunak hasn't binned him is another murky tale..

Dodgy twat..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"‘There are no penalties for "innocent" tax errors, the boss of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has told MPs’.

That's what I read to, though they say there are penalties for carelessness which is what he and HMRC claim has happened. A very tangled web indeed and not good by any standard"
he's gone for "i wasn't done for dangerous driving. The police agreed I had just been careless".

That doesn't mean you haven't not done anything wrong.

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By *eroy1000Man
over a year ago

milton keynes


"‘There are no penalties for "innocent" tax errors, the boss of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has told MPs’.

That's what I read to, though they say there are penalties for carelessness which is what he and HMRC claim has happened. A very tangled web indeed and not good by any standardhe's gone for "i wasn't done for dangerous driving. The police agreed I had just been careless".

That doesn't mean you haven't not done anything wrong. "

I totally agree and have said as much on the other thread. As far as I understand both he and the HMRC say he done wrong. The HMRC are saying its not an innocent error that does not warrant a penalty (though you do have to pay interest). They say it was careless which does warrant the penalty and apparently has been applied. At present they also say it was not deliberate though I would not be surprised if more evidence comes to light on that.

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By *mateur100Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

He should be removed, simple as that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"‘There are no penalties for "innocent" tax errors, the boss of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has told MPs’.

That's what I read to, though they say there are penalties for carelessness which is what he and HMRC claim has happened. A very tangled web indeed and not good by any standardhe's gone for "i wasn't done for dangerous driving. The police agreed I had just been careless".

That doesn't mean you haven't not done anything wrong.

I totally agree and have said as much on the other thread. As far as I understand both he and the HMRC say he done wrong. The HMRC are saying its not an innocent error that does not warrant a penalty (though you do have to pay interest). They say it was careless which does warrant the penalty and apparently has been applied. At present they also say it was not deliberate though I would not be surprised if more evidence comes to light on that. "
ameteur prediction hour.

It will come out Zahawi claimed he was following accountants advice and didnt know any better. He thought it was a legit IHT play.

HMRC will say that you have responsibility over your tax and can't use the following orders line. And a reasonable man would have asked questions. And not doubled down when a tax specialist throws shade.

Later, further dodgy dealings will come out. Already there are rumours of loans funding companies. I wouldn't be surprised if the trust bought the house he lives in. (One he has has scammed btw).

Now there's blood other shady shit will come out. Stories will be leaked to distract from other stories.

He resigns not because he's guilty, but to help stop being a distraction and allow the Tories to govern. Which basically means allow the wheels to spin until the next self induced shit storm

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"‘There are no penalties for "innocent" tax errors, the boss of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has told MPs’.

That's what I read to, though they say there are penalties for carelessness which is what he and HMRC claim has happened. A very tangled web indeed and not good by any standardhe's gone for "i wasn't done for dangerous driving. The police agreed I had just been careless".

That doesn't mean you haven't not done anything wrong.

I totally agree and have said as much on the other thread. As far as I understand both he and the HMRC say he done wrong. The HMRC are saying its not an innocent error that does not warrant a penalty (though you do have to pay interest). They say it was careless which does warrant the penalty and apparently has been applied. At present they also say it was not deliberate though I would not be surprised if more evidence comes to light on that. "

It's worse, though. At the time he settled his taxing issue with HMRC, Zahawi was basically in charge of it. He was chancellor!

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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago

Brighton


"‘There are no penalties for "innocent" tax errors, the boss of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has told MPs’.

That's what I read to, though they say there are penalties for carelessness which is what he and HMRC claim has happened. A very tangled web indeed and not good by any standardhe's gone for "i wasn't done for dangerous driving. The police agreed I had just been careless".

That doesn't mean you haven't not done anything wrong.

I totally agree and have said as much on the other thread. As far as I understand both he and the HMRC say he done wrong. The HMRC are saying its not an innocent error that does not warrant a penalty (though you do have to pay interest). They say it was careless which does warrant the penalty and apparently has been applied. At present they also say it was not deliberate though I would not be surprised if more evidence comes to light on that.

It's worse, though. At the time he settled his taxing issue with HMRC, Zahawi was basically in charge of it. He was chancellor!"

Imagine being the HMRC Civil Servant tax investigator who picked up this job! No idea how these things get allocated but I bet he/she was like “oh shit!”

Then imagine being the Civil Servant (no idea if the tax investigator does this bit too?) who has to have a meeting with Zahawi (and his reps?) to discuss the way forward!

The pressure (and potential for career limitation) would have been immense!

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By *eroy1000Man
over a year ago

milton keynes


"‘There are no penalties for "innocent" tax errors, the boss of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has told MPs’.

That's what I read to, though they say there are penalties for carelessness which is what he and HMRC claim has happened. A very tangled web indeed and not good by any standardhe's gone for "i wasn't done for dangerous driving. The police agreed I had just been careless".

That doesn't mean you haven't not done anything wrong.

I totally agree and have said as much on the other thread. As far as I understand both he and the HMRC say he done wrong. The HMRC are saying its not an innocent error that does not warrant a penalty (though you do have to pay interest). They say it was careless which does warrant the penalty and apparently has been applied. At present they also say it was not deliberate though I would not be surprised if more evidence comes to light on that.

It's worse, though. At the time he settled his taxing issue with HMRC, Zahawi was basically in charge of it. He was chancellor!"

Yes that's my understanding too and think it needs independent investigation into both his tax affairs and the HMRC investigation, to try and discover any pressure or influence to achieve the outcome of careless as opposed to deliberate. At present they seem to be sticking with careless

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Investigations in this sort of situation never seem to be true investigations. They're ultimately mechanisms to kill stories.

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan
over a year ago

golden fields


"He could have easily avoided tax like many other MP's do through shell companies and the like. The fact he didn't shows an appalling lack of competence in his own money so he certainly should never have been made chancellor in the first place."

So immoral and incompetent.

Excellent.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

Back bench..

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

He has been sacked

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By *ony 2016Man
over a year ago

Huddersfield /derby cinemas

Sunak now decides that someone breaking The Ministerial Code should be sacked ,the very same Sunak who appointed Braverman to a ministerial post shortly after she broke The Ministerial Code

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central


"He has been sacked"

Good riddance, though it should have been done days ago

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"Sunak now decides that someone breaking The Ministerial Code should be sacked ,the very same Sunak who appointed Braverman to a ministerial post shortly after she broke The Ministerial Code"

This..

Rabb next most likely..

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds


"Sunak now decides that someone breaking The Ministerial Code should be sacked ,the very same Sunak who appointed Braverman to a ministerial post shortly after she broke The Ministerial Code"

She said "sorry for the errors of judgement" so her transgression is apparantly now nullified.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds


"

Rabb next most likely.."

Unless the enquiry takes until the next election

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead


"He has been sacked

Good riddance, though it should have been done days ago "

They waited on the report from sunaks ethics advisor… found guilty of breaking the ministerial code on 3 separate grounds

Covering up the hmrc investigation

Covering up the findings

Making untrue statements to the media about the above two….

The report from the ethics advisor to sunak is so damning sue grey is jealous!

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds


"

The report from the ethics advisor to sunak is so damning sue grey is jealous! "

Why is the partygate investigation taking so long and costing £220,000 ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"He has been sacked

Good riddance, though it should have been done days ago

They waited on the report from sunaks ethics advisor… found guilty of breaking the ministerial code on 3 separate grounds

Covering up the hmrc investigation

Covering up the findings

Making untrue statements to the media about the above two….

The report from the ethics advisor to sunak is so damning sue grey is jealous! "
how did he not fall on his sword. The issues were so "factual" that he was always going to be found guilty of breaking the code.

I guess he gambled on noone doing an investigation and that it was too late when it happened.

I know sunak as been seen as being weak here ... I wonder if he's played a blinder to get rid of one those he was almost forced to take on... It's lock stock case and RS has no option ...

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

Zahawi letter back to the pm is a thing of beauty…

No apologies or contrition, blaming the press and playing the victim!!!

Truely astounding…..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Zahawi letter back to the pm is a thing of beauty…

No apologies or contrition, blaming the press and playing the victim!!!

Truely astounding….."
man who brings family into his tax affairs gets angry at press for bringing family into the story.

Man who was threating legal action on press for telling lies get angry that press go after him when the were found to be true.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds


"Zahawi letter back to the pm is a thing of beauty…

No apologies or contrition, blaming the press and playing the victim!!!

Truely astounding….."

Prisoners aren't allowed out on parole unless they show remorse for their crime. He shouldn't be allowed to remain an MP

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

No honour among thieves.

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By *irtysnapperMan
over a year ago

Bromsgrove

Sacked, too late with a fawning letter about how great a job he did. And then a reply with not a shred of remorse. And not even properly sacked - he’s still an MP, still gets his salary. Motherfucker should be in jail.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

He also complained about language used by the press. Only the Tory party.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

And yet i have a friend who will make excuses and defend him/them to his dying breath.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"

Rabb next most likely..

Unless the enquiry takes until the next election "

Or gets filed with the Russia report..

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan
over a year ago

golden fields


"And yet i have a friend who will make excuses and defend him/them to his dying breath."

As does 87.4% of Fab.

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By *amantMan
over a year ago

Alnmouth

Doesn't the lack of contrition just make you question what they must think of ordinary people? This is a man who wanted to be Prime Minister not that long ago. Wonder if he'll get another cabinet job after the next reshuffle.

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan
over a year ago

golden fields


"Doesn't the lack of contrition just make you question what they must think of ordinary people? This is a man who wanted to be Prime Minister not that long ago. Wonder if he'll get another cabinet job after the next reshuffle. "

Ordinary people are a minor inconvenience to them. Just have to put some effort into conning the electorate to continue their obedience.

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By *asyukMan
over a year ago

West London


"‘There are no penalties for "innocent" tax errors, the boss of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has told MPs’.

That's what I read to, though they say there are penalties for carelessness which is what he and HMRC claim has happened. A very tangled web indeed and not good by any standardhe's gone for "i wasn't done for dangerous driving. The police agreed I had just been careless".

That doesn't mean you haven't not done anything wrong.

I totally agree and have said as much on the other thread. As far as I understand both he and the HMRC say he done wrong. The HMRC are saying its not an innocent error that does not warrant a penalty (though you do have to pay interest). They say it was careless which does warrant the penalty and apparently has been applied. At present they also say it was not deliberate though I would not be surprised if more evidence comes to light on that.

It's worse, though. At the time he settled his taxing issue with HMRC, Zahawi was basically in charge of it. He was chancellor!

Yes that's my understanding too and think it needs independent investigation into both his tax affairs and the HMRC investigation, to try and discover any pressure or influence to achieve the outcome of careless as opposed to deliberate. At present they seem to be sticking with careless"

"Careless" is not the word used in everyday life. It is how HMRC describes "negligent".

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By *asyukMan
over a year ago

West London

Nobody in the forum has been defending him for some time.

Was anything in the final report any different to what was available at the start?

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By *eroy1000Man
over a year ago

milton keynes

Now he is gone it will be interesting if he does have any dirt on Rishi

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By *asycouple1971Couple
over a year ago

midlands

Has he been sacked as an MP?

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By *astandFeistyCouple
over a year ago

Bournemouth


"Has he been sacked as an MP?

"

No. That's not possible

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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago

Brighton


"Has he been sacked as an MP?

No. That's not possible"

I believe his constituents can insist on a recall though right? Force a by-election. Says a lot about the constituents if they don’t!

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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago

Brighton

Let’s also not forget who appointed him as Chancellor despite being warned about Zahawi’s irregularities!

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By *astandFeistyCouple
over a year ago

Bournemouth


"Has he been sacked as an MP?

No. That's not possible

I believe his constituents can insist on a recall though right? Force a by-election. Says a lot about the constituents if they don’t!"

I believe that to be the case. Not entirely sure on the full process

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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago

Brighton


"Has he been sacked as an MP?

No. That's not possible

I believe his constituents can insist on a recall though right? Force a by-election. Says a lot about the constituents if they don’t!

I believe that to be the case. Not entirely sure on the full process"

Google is my friend...

“Unlike recall procedures in some other countries, the act does not allow constituents to initiate proceedings. Instead, proceedings are initiated only if an MP is found guilty of a wrongdoing that fulfils certain criteria. This petition is successful if at least one in ten voters in the constituency sign. Successful petitions force the recalled MP to vacate the seat, resulting in a by-election.”

I wonder if attempted tax dodging to the tune if £millions, lying about it, trying to scare journalists into silence with libel suits, and being fined by HMRC, counts?

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By *astandFeistyCouple
over a year ago

Bournemouth


"Has he been sacked as an MP?

No. That's not possible

I believe his constituents can insist on a recall though right? Force a by-election. Says a lot about the constituents if they don’t!

I believe that to be the case. Not entirely sure on the full process

Google is my friend...

“Unlike recall procedures in some other countries, the act does not allow constituents to initiate proceedings. Instead, proceedings are initiated only if an MP is found guilty of a wrongdoing that fulfils certain criteria. This petition is successful if at least one in ten voters in the constituency sign. Successful petitions force the recalled MP to vacate the seat, resulting in a by-election.”

I wonder if attempted tax dodging to the tune if £millions, lying about it, trying to scare journalists into silence with libel suits, and being fined by HMRC, counts?"

Further...

Section 1 sets out the circumstances in which the Speaker of the House of Commons would trigger the recall process, namely:

A custodial prison sentence (including a suspended sentence);[note 1]Suspension from the House of at least 10 sitting days or 14 calendar days, following a report by the Committee on Standards;[note 2]A conviction for providing false or misleading expenses claims.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Let's just hope SKS gives it full beans in PM's this week.

Labour should be going all out, going for the jugular.

This Tory government is doing very well at self sabotage.

But if role's where reversed I have no doubt that they would be extremely vocal condemning labour.

They are a bunch of hypocritical crooks.

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