FabSwingers.com forum: Piggies noses in the trough

By *irldn OP Couple
over a year ago

Brighton

Victoria Aitken, daughter of the disgraced former Tory Cabinet Minister, Jonathan Aitken, threatened to sue a successful VIP PPE bidder for commission after she had referred it into the VIP lane. The exchange came after the Private Secretary of former health minister, Lord Agnew, wrote to Ms Aitken promising to “get our priority team to pick it up and expedite the offer to assure it, etc.”

In a private LinkedIn exchange with the Managing Director of Euthenia Investments, Victoria Aitken claimed that it was her introduction to Lord Agnew – former Cabinet Office Minister, Trustee of Policy Exchange and Conservative Peer, that secured the PPE contract for Euthenia.

She went on to claim “I had it fast-tracked” and demanded commission on “all the contracts that came via my connections”. She added “My lawyer will write to you and start litigation / If you do not settle.” Lawyers acting for Ms Aitken subsequently wrote to Euthenia.

The Government’s published record of of the VIP lane names Lord Agnew as the “Source of Referral” and “Actual Referrer” for Euthenia Investments. No mention is made of Victoria Aitken.

Agnew is also named as the “Actual Referrer” for PPE Medpro. The Guardian previously reported that Michelle Mone was “incandescent with rage” and complaining to Michael Gove and Matt Hancock after being “fobbed off”. Lord Agnew is also named as the “Source of Referral” and “Actual Referrer” for Worldlink Resources who, as Good Law Project has previously reported, engaged disgraced former MP, Brooks Newmark, to lobby Matt Hancock, Michael Gove and Liz Truss on their behalf.

By *astandFeistyCouple
over a year ago

Bournemouth

"I guess a few posts got nuked? What did I miss?

We are so used to the corruption in politics we couldn't be bothered to comment?"

But you did comment didn't you. The mods obviously deleted it along with my reply