Tory MP’s office garden covered in empty plates - feed the banks not the nations children!

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https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/20...ered-in-empty-plates-in-school-meals-protest/

Dozens of empty plates were left outside a Conservative MP’s office to protest over the party voting against plans to extend free school meals over holidays.
The protest was organised by the All Rise Collective, a group of inclusive feminist allies in the community, and targeted the constituency office of Southend West MP David Amess.
Amess was one of 322 MPs who last week voted against a Labour motion calling for the extension of free meals during the school holidays in England until Easter 2021.
Locals wrote messages on empty plates and left them outside the Southend West Conservative Association building on Sunday, with queues of people waiting to participate stretching down the street.
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“Quite a few of us are mothers in the group, the moment you start thinking too much about them ever being hungry, it’s just heartbreaking,” organiser Sadie Hasler told the PA news agency.
“The situations people find themselves in are just unbearable. The stigma that comes with maybe being a single parent, and trying to do the best thing by your child, and society just kind of constantly wants to keep elbowing you in the ribs for it.”
The All Rise Collective shared their protest plan on social media on Saturday night, but were amazed to see the number of people already queueing the next morning.
“There’s a massive underbelly of people that are absolutely horrified that we have two safe Tory seats,” said Hasler.
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“We really just don’t want to be invisible. We want people to know that they are being challenged. We’re just trying to do a really simple peaceful protest that was visual that we could share.
“Last night it was quite strange. It was the first time in the whole of lockdown while defacing some plates with heavily black-markered anger that I switched off, and it was really cathartic and peaceful.”
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The protest inspired others to take part in their area. Robert Edge took a solitary plate to the Eltham Conservative offices in south-east London.
“As an older person I am somewhat limited in my ability to show my displeasure at the way I feel the country is heading,” he told PA.
“But the #emptyplate (protest) seemed a safe, peaceful and easy way to lobby the local Conservatives, some of whom I know are becoming disaffected with their PM. If I can help them become more disaffected I have done something.”
 
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I wonder if the local tactical support unit advised how many plates were allowed in the garden at any one time.
Dangerous desenters threatening the established order - calling for children to be fed!!
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That is an extremely powerful protest, dont expect the MP in question or any of the other 300 to feel any remorse for their actions though, pure evil
 
There is also the £750 Million a month that they are giving to the railway companys to maintain their profit margin due to the 70% drop off in passengers.

train company's are running empty trains to ensure they get their money.

If it was Nationalised, we wouldn't want or need to do that.
 
I don't suppose London Transport qualify though do they, given they are a not for profit organisation.
They'll probably have to make the loss up elsewhere.
 
I don't suppose London Transport qualify though do they, given they are a not for profit organisation.
They'll probably have to make the loss up elsewhere.
The current Mayor has reduced TFL total deficit from 1.6 Billion down to 200M at the time the pandemic hit the economy and everything else.
The irony of the Prime Ministers swipe at Mayor Khan during PMQ`s about TFL debt, is that it was Boris Johnson as London Mayor, who had driven TFL into its record loss! - before Khan rescued it!
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Butler on a 'Boris bike' smuggled £27,000 of organic takeaways at 'cost price' into No.10 for PM (under his real first name Alex) and Carrie Symonds over eight months - and some 'was paid for by wife of rich Tory donor'

  • Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds had £27,000 of luxury food delivered to 10 Downing Street
  • Codenames were used for the PM and the wife of a Tory donor who organised the daily deliveries to back door
  • Food from Daylesford organic farm shop was smuggled in after being dropped off by a butler on a Boris bike
By Gregory Kirby and Simon Walters for the Daily Mail

Published: 22:27, 21 May 2021 | Updated: 23:27, 21 May 2021

Boris Johnson faced fresh questions last night as the full story of the secret operation to supply him with £27,000 worth of luxury food was disclosed.

The Daily Mail can reveal the extraordinary cloak-and-dagger operation to send him and fiancee Carrie Symonds freshly prepared meals and hampers at No 10 without voters finding out.

Codenames were used for the Prime Minister and the wife of a rich Tory donor who organised daily deliveries to the No 10 back door.
The food was smuggled in after being dropped off by a butler on one of London’s rented ‘Boris bikes’.

According to documents seen by this newspaper, at least some of the items were paid for by the wife of the Tory donor. That would appear to be at odds with Mr Johnson’s claim earlier this year that he has paid for all his food at No 10.

It will add to pressure on Mr Johnson, already facing inquiries into his controversial holiday in Mustique and his Downing Street flat makeover.
One of the daily food deliveries delivered to the back of No10 by a butler on a Boris bike and collected by a member of staff


One of the daily food deliveries delivered to the back of No10 by a butler on a Boris bike and collected by a member of staff

Questions have been raised over whether his personal trainer and the nanny for Wilfred, his son with Miss Symonds, have been funded by Tory donors.

The food and drink were provided by the elite Daylesford organic farm shops, owned by Lady (Carole) Bamford, from last May to February. She is married to the owner of the JCB construction giant. Lord Bamford and his companies have given £10million to the Conservatives.

The Daylesford dishes, rich in iron, protein and vitamins, were designed to revive Mr Johnson’s energy levels after his brush with death after contracting Covid.

The leaked documents reveal:

  • The Prime Minister received £27,000 worth of organic food and drink, including wine, plus delivery costs.
  • It was supplied at ‘cost price’ – about one third off, reducing the bill to £18,900.
  • Some items are marked as ‘charged to LB’s account’ – code for Lady Bamford.
  • Mr Johnson is referred to as ‘Alex’ – after his real first name, Alexander – in confidential memos.
  • Staff were told to use ‘plain white paper bags’ for the meal deliveries, not ones with a Daylesford logo, for ‘discretion’.
The Mail reported in March how the deliveries, including breakfast, lunch and dinner, were smuggled in to Downing Street. At the time Mr Johnson denied the Bamfords paid for his food deliveries. A Downing Street spokesman said: ‘The costs of the food for personal consumption are met by the Prime Minister.’

The Mail estimated then that it was worth approximately £12,500. We can now reveal it was worth well over double that amount.

Mr Johnson, like all MPs, must declare any donation or gift worth more than £500 in the Commons Register of Interests within a month. If gifts or services are supplied below cost price, the full market value must be declared. There is no reference to Daylesford deliveries in his current entry.
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The leaked emails reveal that the meals were part of a wider fitness regime including the Prime Minister’s personal trainer Harry Jameson, a ‘wellness business consultant’.

An email from Daylesford’s chef director to Lady Bamford’s personal assistant, headed ‘Alex Wellness Plan’, refers to Mr Jameson.

The email sent on May 22 says: ‘Further to Harry’s first training session with Alex on Wednesday, please find the following 7-day cafe menu adhering to Alex’s condition.

‘Alex has discussed the pressure on food preparation and a tendency to resort to takeaways. This is something we can help with by sending pre-prepped meals that would be fast and easy to finish in their own kitchen.

Due to Alex’s recent illness, we have been especially mindful of his protein levels while still keeping the menu varied and light. There are some treats as well, and Alex’s favourite vegetables have been included.’
Over the eight-month period, Mr Johnson and Miss Symonds received breakfast, lunch and dinner deliveries on 125 days and lunch only on some days

Over the eight-month period, Mr Johnson and Miss Symonds received breakfast, lunch and dinner deliveries on 125 days and lunch only on some days

A second email from the chef director to Lady Bamford’s PA gives instructions on how the food is to be collected at 11am each day from Daylesford’s Brompton Cross shop in London, two miles from Downing Street.

The sensitive task was given to Lady Bamford’s personal butler, Paul Mitchell, to ensure maximum secrecy. Mr Mitchell, 44, serves the Bamfords at their London home in Knightsbridge, a short walk from Brompton Cross.

The second email, sent on May 28 and headed ‘Alex daily food delivery’, says: ‘Daily collection from Daylesford Brompton Cross at 11am by Paul. Food will be parcelled in plain white paper bags – rather than Daylesford branded – for discretion.

‘The menu for the week will be sent on Day 1. A note specifically for Lady Bamford, a menu for the following week will be sent every Tuesday going forward. All costs will be cost price.’

An assistant makes his way back into No.10 with the day's deliveries


An assistant makes his way back into No.10 with the day's deliveries
Other memos refer to ‘charging attached costs for Alex’s food from Brompton Cross to LB (Lady Bamford’s) account’.

They say Lady Bamford, referred to as ‘LB’ throughout, personally ‘approved’ Mr Johnson’s ‘wellness’ menu. The memos indicate that the food is to be charged at ‘cost price’ – 30 per cent lower than for usual customers. One Daylesford document estimates the weekly cost of three daily meals for Mr Johnson and Miss Symonds, including delivery by Uber minicab, at £840.

In fact, the meals were usually delivered by Mr Mitchell on a rented ‘Boris bike’, introduced in London when Mr Johnson was the city’s mayor, in plain white bags as instructed. There is a ‘Boris bike’ docking station outside Daylesford’s Brompton Cross store.

The weekly hamper arrived by car each Tuesday in a marked Daylesford box, with the meals and a bouquet of flowers. Mr Johnson was so determined to keep the deliveries secret, the hampers were allowed to bypass anti-terrorist checks at the front gate, causing concern among some No 10 staff.

Over the eight-month period, Mr Johnson and Miss Symonds received breakfast, lunch and dinner deliveries on 125 days and lunch only on some days. The meals would cost a full-paying customer about £21,000 including the food and delivery fees.

Mr Johnson is thought to have received 30 hampers. At full price they are approximately £200 each, a total of £6,000, making £27,000 in all. Last night a Downing Street spokesman said: ‘The costs of food for personal consumption are entirely met by Boris Johnson.’

A Government source said Mr Johnson had paid for the Daylesford hampers.
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