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Cardiffdaffs said:
Who the hell is Sam Blyth? And what did he get out of it for doing that?
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He's a 'distant cousin' (whatever that really means) who clearly wanted to make sure Boris was PM. Why the BBC Chairman got involved in this though, and didn't disclose it (and expected to get away with it without facing a very strong line of questions about it), is absolutely beyond me.
 
atypical_boro said:
He's a 'distant cousin' (whatever that really means) who clearly wanted to make sure Boris was PM. Why the BBC Chairman got involved in this though, and didn't disclose it (and expected to get away with it without facing a very strong line of questions about it), is absolutely beyond me.
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It's because they think rules are for the little people.
 
atypical_boro said:
He's a 'distant cousin' (whatever that really means) who clearly wanted to make sure Boris was PM. Why the BBC Chairman got involved in this though, and didn't disclose it (and expected to get away with it without facing a very strong line of questions about it), is absolutely beyond me.
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A distant cousin who suddenly comes to Johnson’s aid from apparent financial hardship. Doesn’t quite ring true unless this Blythe character was a front for somebody else. Somebody else who wanted something. And Johnson could get it for him/her.
 
Interesting to note in the BBC Chairman's interview that he and Blythe call the ex PM 'Al' (short for Alexander, his actual first name), and don't use his brand name

I found it incredible he thought it was OK to have dinner with Al at Chequers when he'd submitted his application for the Chairman of the BBC and it was in Johnson's gift to give him the job.

Also incredible that someone with Al's financial problems isn't deemed a security risk and more open to mutual backsratching
 
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I’m just a simple bloke but it all sounds incredible. They talk about just happening to be at Chequers, almost like they bumped into the PM at pizza express.
 
Bung £400k to Tories, get a job for an unspecified amount as a govt adviser, lubricate an £800k loan to a mate and you get your initial investment back in 2.5 years by your mate giving you an £160,000 a year job paid for from the public purse - and a firm you own a multimillion pound stake in gets granted nearly £600,000 by govt for Covid research. How hard faced can you get? - this much

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Colin Warnek said:
It will never cease to amaze me that the country put its trust in Johnson, a serial bare faced lying tosser - proven well before he was elected.
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Me too. I still just find the whole thing absolutely baffling. Brexit is one thing but then giving him the keys to the sweet shop as well. Might as well have just voted Jeremy Clarkson in.
 
any money boris got was well deserved for the great job he did, plus putting parties on is not a cheap do, so if he needs a sub then let them have some
 
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