Matt Hancock's pub landlord calls James O'Brien to 'set the record straight' | LBC
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- Matt Hancock's pub landlord calls James O'Brien to 'set the record straight' on the controversy surrounding the awarding of PPE contracts to friends of Tory politicians.
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A company that makes plastic cutlery & pizza boxes gets a £40m contract but companies that specialize in PPE manufacture don't even get an email response? Nothing to see here people, move on. The brazen open corruption/gross incompetence makes me weep.
It’s all about who you know 😉😂
I think he made the point that he got no reply through those official channels and so called all the distributors directly. It's worth listening to what people actually say and not argue against a straw man.
@@johnduncan5117 it’s also worth considering that they have an incentive to not necessarily be truthful if there was any wrongdoing. One instance? Perfectly understandable, a potential coincidence. SEVERAL instances? That’s more than coincidence, it’s quite clearly cronyism at work.
A passing association? Ha! He was on the photo on Hancock's wall, it was directly behind him in his office when he did all of his television interviews... with Hancock in it with him! It had pride of place and was more prominent than his family, actually I'm not even sure I remember any of his family photos being hung on the wall.
When this came out Hancock quickly replaced it with a similar looking photo and frame hoping no one would notice. Some of the companies given millions had no history of ever trading and have completely disappeared. One was registered as a tea and coffee business that had no history, and no assets. No record on Companies House now, gone!
@@johnduncan5117 you gullible 🤡🤡🤡
The conservative government giving family, friends and cronies with no background whatsoever in PPE production, massive multi million pounds contracts, yet proper PPE production companies didn't get contracts. Absolutely disgusting.
And that's why the wealthy send their children to exclusive grammar schools, not because they want them to receive a classical education.
Wasn't it just!!
“I was walkin dahn the street, just mindin me own business like, and suddenly realised I had £39.75m spare manufacturing capacity what I hadn’t been using. You doughnut, I fort, why ain’t you usin that to help your fellow yuman beans!”
😄😄😄😅😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣 the more I tried to read that in an EastEnders Accent the more I laugh!
Arfur Dailey ?
@@romanparisi5503 se
A firing squad! And immediately!
He may as well have been trying to convince us that his pub is one of the 40 new hospitals.
lol....nice one
Probably is
Haha
Brilliant!
LOL
This guy is an absolute saint.
He didn’t earn a penny and just wanted to help.
He also has a bridge to sell you......
Nonono, he has sold you the bridge already, but now that it is crumbling, he has a producing company of pizza boxes that can be changed into a company producing bridge segments that he is willing to give you for free wink wink!
Sell me this pen
He said his company didn't make a profit, which is likely to mean the Directors took a sizeable dividend. JOB missed that one.
@@stevehunter8596 I also have to wonder how much of that contact went into improving his company's infrastructure.
@@stevehunter8596 you have no evidence of this at all
Even fiddled his tax as is obvious from the blatant saying he made no profit
which offshore bank account did it go to
Sorry accidently relied to you in error. I think if you look closely he probably took the profit out in fees of some sort, a bonus or commission if you like. As the owner of the business sooner or later he pays income tax on the money he takes out but take it out first so no profits are recorded and then the business is not liable for taxes on that zero profit. It would be interesting to see if his business has ever reported any trading or net final profits.
A passing association? Ha! He was in the photo on Hancock's wall, it was directly behind him in his office when he did all of his television interviews... with Hancock in it with him! It had pride of place and was more prominent than his family, actually I'm not even sure I remember any of his family photos being hung on the wall. That's how close he was with this guy.
When this came out Hancock quickly replaced it with a different but similar looking photo and frame hoping no one would notice. He even just called him "Matty Hancock"lol.
Some of the companies given millions had no history of ever trading and have completely disappeared. One was registered as a tea and coffee business that had no history, and no assets. No record on Companies House now, gone!
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This Stinks, 250,000 to 40,000,000 ??!! Investigate and get the ppl's money back.
the money is now in an untouchable account...brexit made that possible!!
This is as painful as Prince Andrew's plea of innocence.
" I can't sweat ". Familiar?.
This guy must have made boxes for pizza express in Woking
@@petyrkowalski9887 and I once seen a picture of Jeffrey Episode eating a chip buddy with A PLASTIC FORK ...its all adding up dude 😳
But Andrew is innocent !!. I saw him that night at Pizza Express !!. Now where can I cahs my big cheque !!.
N0nce
His total turnover before the contract was £250,000 making pizza boxes and he got a contract for £40,000,000 to make medical grade components as if by magic ? Any genuine buyer would reject this company as a supplier since they had neither the technical relevance or economic capacity to perform a contract of £40m in such a short period of time.
If they don't see jailtime for this. Harding etc as well then it tells you everything you need to know.
And that’s our £40m BTW!
I think you are lying and if someone offered you a contract for £40 million, you would take it in a heartbeat. Grow up.
You do know who's our government, right? The same government who awarded a ferry contract to a company with no ferries...
@@neilkeating4926 oh yeah...though Grayling technically did that for May not Boris. Of course Boris thought that was great experience to put him in charge of the Intelligence and Security committee. Poor sod is almost destitute these days with only his £100,000 job for 7 hours of work a week to keep him busy.
Check your change when you go into his pub
What change the price of a point there be no change he'll probably look for more money for the point.🤗.
Come on, it's bound to be a bargain: this is the guy who can't make a profit on a £40m contract.
Phahaa
🤣
"I got the phone number of the decision taker who used to frequent my pub from a neighbour .... and there is no way there was any corruption" How we managed to get on the VIP channel for business must be a coincidence hahaha. So nothing to see here says the public school boy ringing in.
“I just want to clear this up” he says making himself sound even more guilty 🙄
“I just want to clear this up”
"Can you explain this"
"ummmmmm that's not really the point now is it"
I find it extremely difficult to believe someone who mixes with Hancock , period
Or the rest of the Conservative(haha) party. They only become conservative when attacking the poor.
@@blairrobert3438 At least the conservative party have'nt killed tens of millions in the Middle East in an illegal war.
to be honest if you want to stay objective... that was kind of his point. THe moment you are connected to Hancock you are done for even if you are innocent and yeah it isn't fair but people are so fed up with corrupt politicians that at this point the moment something like that comes in light we simply don't have the capacity of giving a chance to anyone.
@@e-cavalier2739 the illegal war had more support from the tories than Labour mps
@@mrc2384 No it did not. Labour started it and would never have happened if it was not for them.
When someone with a clear private school upbringing says i was doing it for queen and country, you absolutely know its the old boys club network that got him the contract, not a lottery pick! he just hates being found out and targeted for that connection over substance of someone else who didn't get it!
If he didn't want to make a profit just give most of the 40 million back.
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." -- Napoleon
Agreed!
That was one quote that was obviously passed on to the Duke of Wellington before Napoleon met his Waterloo.
I struggle to understand why these people come on the James O'Brien programme and think they're going to flannel him and sidestep the questions.
They think they are smart, they believe they aren't wrong fundamentally, they feel they are safe (and with the MET being dodgy with prosecutions anything to do with conservatives/ politicians ) they could be safeguarded from prosecutions.
@@goblinwisdom absolutely and the MET aren't just dodgy with prosecutions. I don't blame the French for not wanting British Police "helping" with the British government manufactured immigrant "crisis",if the French have been following the many scandals involving the Met.
Because it’s all staged to give us the illusion James o’brien is being a true journalist looking for the truth
JO'B just let him dig his own grave
He sounds like he went to a fee-paying school where the children are taught to be superior. JOB has the same side to him, although at least he appears to be on the side of decency.
£40mil contract an £0 profit? It has to be said that a decent accountant can make any amount of money disappear from a firms accounts. £250k to £40M in a year? That’s a pretty significant increase in year on year growth.
Any accountant can do that, any bookeeper can. Then you get audited.
Well i dont know the laws in England, but if in Germany a businessman (legally speaking they held to a higher standard) is getting a 40 mio contract and is taking no profit, it would be negligent and he would go to jail!
@@madcraic3283 You'd have to look at the type of expenses claimed, in detail. It's not a certainty, but a betting man would stick money on it.
He will have made some sort of profit. There must be some equipment that was not used. He needs to publish his records. It is the fact that there was no real scrutiny of contracts.
@@vickibolsover6559 It would be interesting to look at. But honestly, it pales in comparison to the total money lost in this scandal. It's just a bit ridiculous that he even attempted to whine and moan about some sort of media assassination to "J O'B" of all people, who has been attacked from multiple fronts for the past decade. ^^
Its funny he thought going on public radio would "set the record straight" and infact he has just admited on record he was doing dodgey stuff helping dodgier politicians rip the public purse and they all benefited. Oh wow... his lawyer will be having a stern talk with him 🤣👌
Do you actually have the ability to listen and understand ? Can’t believe they give people like you the vote
@@crispyduck1706 I’ve listened to it all (as I imagine OP has too) and the message is clear…
It’s not corruption! Anyone can get Matt Hancock’s personal phone number to enquire about a governmental contract… you’re telling me there are companies that have a long history of supplying medical grade face masks but out of all of those, this guy mysteriously won the contract. On top of that, the contract was redacted for no clear reason and the specifics of the contract are hidden from public view (the people paying taxes for such a contract).
It’s pure coincidence, there’s nothing to see here.
The irony. He must be really proud of himself and his pizza boxes. It's tough stuff to make, you know. This is what Marx was talking about btw. These tossers have the 'means of production'.
Probably best to just keep quiet and wait till everyone forgets about it. Now we all think far worse of you!
The pub landlord seems to find it demeaning to be called a pub landlord, very strange since he is such an honest upstanding shall we say human being.
Bet he didn't object to being called a pub landlord when his sideline in manufacturing was making 5k a week.
Pub landlord or Publicon?🤔
So he expects us to believe that he got a £40M contract, didnt make a single penny in profit, doesnt expect any favouritism in the future and did all of it out of a sense of national patriotism.
Well i for one am convinced.... totaly
they always play the patriot card to get the blowhards on side. Its easy to win their vote. Mention commies/lefties/foreigners etc and the droolers drool.
If your scenario is the case surely he's due a place in the House of Lords??
Me too, totally convinced, and Hannibal Lecter is a vegan!
Profit is not the same as a wage. Wages are taken before profit is calculated, the company accounts will show all once they are published.
is That a hint of sarcasm i detect there lol.
It was going OK until Alex got over-defencive and now it makes him look really suspect
That is so true. Wobbled towards the end. If that doesn't smell dodgy, well......
Going ok? As soon as he opened his mouth I knew he was one of them.
Defensive
@@blairrobert3438 I thought he was Matt Hancock with a cold as soon as he opened his mouth. I really think it sounds like him.
What amazes me is how this guy can actually negotiate anything...... and all this BS about him doing things for the country just does not wash... .
He had help
When Matt is eventually put before a Judge, this man's evidence will be key to convicting him.
And yet companies that had been supplying and dealing in the production of PPE for many years to the NHS lost their contracts to then find out that companies that had never had a hand in the production of PPE were given those contracts.....no nothing to see here
And Matt Hancock has the cheek to announce writing a book on how the government handled the pandemic.
Well said.
Yep, this is just a simple case of funneling money into friends and families of cabinet members.
250k turnover to £40m turnover, hat off James cracking interview. It’s about as ridiculous as awarding a ferry contract to a company with no ferries or history.
or scrapping planes and building aircraft carriers!!
Surely no government would do that?! Oh, hang on...
But wait, maybe the non-ferry company has a rubber duckie and a wading pool. Almost the same as a real ferry company! Don't besmirch all water toys in your search to find corruption!
A man with a £250k turnover suddenly gets a £40 million contract ?
But somehow zero profit???🤔
Conservatism = Nepotism
Yes, AND _legally_ vetted NHS suppliers with the same products and manufacturing capabilities _already_ in place, got no response to _their_ emails, phone calls, etc. from the Rt. Dishonerable Mr. Hancock and his department.
Yea.. all legit I am sure.
@@pseudonayme7717 More precisely cronyism, nepotism generally involves relatives (like Trump and his scions)
I was expecting the guy to claim he was in Pizza Express in Woking at the exact moment the contract was awarded
Just consider what he's saying here. He had a business which turned over £250k which accepted a £40m contract making products he had no experience of making. It seems to me the chance of him getting some elements of production wrong was enormous. As his existing company was small his ability to cover the costs of any mistakes would have been limited.... yet he took on this risk for no reward!?
Whatever you think of this explanation someone in government / procurement needs to explain why they thought it appropriate to award a £40m contract to a small company with zero track record for making PPE.
Not exactly a skilled job though is it. Like gas fitting or electrician . So anyone could pick it up easy. Probs got a local manufacture to produce them en mass. Easy peasy loads of profit.
@@andrewcottle2899 but he said that he didn't make a single penny of profit.
@@patmcgee3061 yes he would . So no tax to pay .
@@andrewcottle2899 so a lying criminal then , could be the next pm
@@patmcgee3061 He probably poured it all back into the company, which I think is not counted as profit when he sells the company there you go
They hide it because it makes them look corrupt, which is ironic if they weren't being corrupt on this one occasion, ergo, they knew they were being so corrupt they can't even cover up the right thing.
This one occasion 😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@S0n0fGabriel Are you saying they are never corrupt?
but we know they are not corrupt, they told us so.
@@jonathonrobinson6081 I'm saying they have been corrupt on more than one occasion
@@joperhop true
this reminds me of every time some woman is killed by her loved one and that guy instead of just shutting up and playing the grieving husband and isolating himself, holds a press conference to speak of his virtues, narcissism and classic projection here
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you do appreciate that when the cops suspect a family member they encourage/pressurise them to give a press conference since they believe it will destabilise them and force them to slip up.
In Alex's case however, he VOLUNTEERED to dig himself deeper into the brown stuff in his attempt to distract us and HMRC from the 'small' issue of the copious amounts of the green stuff.
@@BusinessButlers political favors for friends, an old honored tradition
@@BusinessButlers aaaand sometimes they hold pres conferences on their own lol, more often than not that's what they do
Perfectly put
He made no profit on a £40,000,000 government contract, and he reckons he's a businessman. Such incompetence should qualify him to be in THIS government.
Something tells me he’s keeping the emails he sent to Matty’s private gmail account locked in a safe.
I listened to this live and have replayed it a few times since. The guy sounds way too rehearsed to be genuine about this. He has a brass neck trying to face up to James O'Brien...and I thought he sounded quite aggressive, belligerent and defensive at times. I can only hope the guy gets his comeuppance in due course.
No PPE experience at all but he knew Hancock and could go into VIP lane for procurement! Nice contract for him!
Yet he earned nothing.
@@lolazal1 The moon is made of cheese!
Typical
Which rock has Wankcock crawled under, the same as Boris I bet, somewhere in Greece !!.
Surely they should also be asking why Matt Hancock took his friend's pub's photo down if he had nothing to hide, when the story first broke....
This guy is about as convincing as Prince Andrew saying he doesn't sweat.
And the thing they have in common is pizzas!!!
a richard nixon "im not a crook" moment
A Prince Andrew "I can't sweat" moment.
Deep Pan
He's was obviously sat down and was coached thoroughly on what to say, but he still doesn't even come close to setting the record straight
I don't know anything. I don't Why I was redacted from records and have never wondered or asked why. I have no background in supplying medical supplies other than I am a mate of Hancock. I hope that put the record straight. (walks away whistling Dixie).
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Are you THE Joseph Chapman? The former guitarist of Myriad?
@@RascoHeldall i only wish
Maybe there’s someone there with him!
He's claimed he's made no profit on £40m contract. So basically no tax to pay either. This country is getting sickening to live in.
40 million plus contract and made no profit does he take us for fools
Seems so!
Yep.
40 million 0 profit, make him chancellor.
Under Section 172 of the UK's 2006 Companies Act, company directors have a legal duty to promote the success of their company. the need to act fairly as between members of the company. Hardly complying with the law if his company made nothing out of £40M turnover, maybe he should be deemed unfit to be a director?
"I'm very aware of what I'm doing" Why on Earth would he phone in then???
well that backfired... journalism at its best :)
You know he's walking people into a dead end when he says "fill your boots"
He was just doing his best for Queen and country! 😂😂
Easily the most effective and direct radio presenter in the UK, just love how he dissects the information and exposes the story.
Yeah like with Carl Beech did a great job exposing that VIP peado ring.
The mans Brill...
@@amg2rs236 he’s really not did you see his face when he said ooooo “you’ve said that on the public record now”
Thing is.. We were taught how to do this in school, from 13 to 15. Is dissection of articles not taught anymore? I'm 51 btw so my schooling was 70s and 80s. But even amongst my peers, it is terrifying the number of people who do not know how to do this essential task.
I think he loves the sound of his own voice. Can’t stand the man
I'm sure alex will be 100% happy to release all whatsapp messages and emails to prove his point
Another misplaced mobile??
He has said he will several times though, so I think he’s on the level
@@davidsullivan7208 I would not die on that particular hill until he does.
I believe all of their phones broke and they lost all messages and emails.
@@lauralishes1 Whatsapp, texts and emails aren't tied to a particular phone, they are easy to recover. It will be interesting to see what excuses they try and come up with, but if it ever becomes a police matter they will certainly be able to access them. Fingers crossed.
Seems legit. If Hancock says it's all above board and this guy says he took no profit, let's let it go eh?
Nah, let's nail them to the wall.
Ah yes, just like in Ripping Yarns, (showing my age!)
This prat is funnier than the real pub landlord . Just a little bit of an idea why his company was awarded a £ 40 million contract .
Last financial year sales £ 250 , 000 .
They gave businesses with ZERO assets and no history of ever trading millions each! They've now completely disappeared without trace, no record now on Companies House either. It's like they were registered in name only for the purpose of laundering covid contract money.
We need the government to look into this check paperwork WhatsApp etc. What Do You Mean It’s Disappeared Who Would Do That
It’s called growth mate! 😂😂😂😂
Worm 🐛 on a hook!
I remember suppliers on record as saying they never got a reply to offers off PPE In one case it was respirators being offered which were eventually sold abroad despite hospitals crying out for them!
He does not seem to see that many would see this as dodgy.
The real question is why did the government not act on their 2015 report (which we payed for)? If they did not want to buy PPE in advance of a pandemic they could at least have put a list of approved suppliers together. Maybe even some specifications?
He knows full well what he's doing. They learn to lie early that lot. The answer is fraud and theft of public money. All of them are stooges look at Cameron and his lobbying.
Foresight isnt the tories strong suit
Once again my hat goes off to you James 👍👍
@steve stokes because it obviously winds up people such as your self son
So this guy made no profit on a 40 million government contract??
Really
If that’s even remotely true I would suggest that close to £40m worth of new production equipment is now sitting in his factory. His turnover for this year won’t be back down to £250,000.
@@thuzzwhistle1028 That thought crossed my mind too. I guess the question then is, can he use that equipment in future? Re-tooling to make a specific product can cost a lot. I imagine that eventually the market for PPE is going to wane leaving him in competition with the experienced manufacturers.
If the story was they broke even for this reason, I might be sceptical, but persuadable.
I've never heard a pub landlord speak with an accent like that
Al Murray would have a fit
They all speak like Alex in Newmarket - well the well heeled Tory chancers do at least. Why ever do you think they all vote tory and know a load of Tory politicians.
Incidentally, I an reliably told that Al Murray's Pub landlord is a a thesbianistic confection and in real life he actually speaks with a plummy accent since, like Alex, he went to public school.
Well he has to be a landlord until planning permission comes through.
@@BusinessButlers I'm from the north east. Would be nice to one day have a high ranking politician in power that sounds like landlords from my neck of the woods.
Wait matey made 250k the previous year and he was awarded 40m contract and made zero profit hahahahahahaha
no he turned over 250k. That makes it even more egregious
In his own words he was a sub contractor to avoid rules that are there to protect from rogue contractors that haven't met vetting criteria. That alone sounds corrupt.
He answered a call to action at a time of need, and in the process he managed to :
- get into an industry where his company had no experience
- get past existing companies in that industry to secure a government contract, and
- increase his annual turnover by 160 times the previous year
And he did all of this without taking a single penny in profit.
We are talking about the lovechild of Jesus and Elon Musk, right? Give this guy a medal!
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😂😂😂
you make it sound as if its not plausible.................................next you will trying to tell us that star wars was made up as well
You forget the part that he delivered what he was contracted to deliver and so they chose the right company.
@@footballoldboy4818 and that’s not what the existing suppliers were capable of. The suppliers that were all pre approved and had supplied for years. It isn’t to be celebrated that he actually did the job he was massively paid for.
@John T er no. Because the amount of PPE that’s not fit for purpose has increased by ~1000% and the annual storage bill alone is well over £10,000,000.
Seems a bit mad that someone who made pizza boxes could get the number of the health secretary from 'a neighbour' and get in direct contact. If that isn't VIP lane, what is? Also, what does I mean in the VIP lane? What was the measurement of 'important'? Capable? Chum? What?
This guy is funny. So he called Hancock after getting his number from the next door neighbor. That bit was hilarious.
Yeah my eyes popped out of my eyes after hearing this. The conservative government are corrupt
Thought there was a lockdown, but he pops round the neighbour's (that's the estate 10 miles down the road next to his,)to get telephone number of the health secretary, silly me I have just normal people phone numbers.
@@paulcooledge9305 and genuine contractors who SPECIALISE in transporting equipment and ALSO analysing the requirements of each individual health centre based on the levels of covid in the area, the amount of patients etc...
I know a taxi driver who got paid to bin £200 worth of fitness equipment every day and he just sold them lol. Plenty of stories like this
In other words, they used a loophole in order to sidestep government procurement rules.
He doesn't sound bright enough to be running any kind of company even one that makes boxes for pizzas. How exactly did he think he was going to provide medical protective equipment to save the lives of health workers during a deadly pandemic. Is he delusional?
What we’ve got here is someone who at the first attempt at scrutiny by a guardian reporter immediately engages the foremost Anti-Information giving Law Firm in the country to deal with the Awkward Parts coming his way , now he’s voluntarily talking to a radio presenter/reporter avoided by every Government Minister for more than twelve months,, strange ?
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ALL SOUNDS WELL CROOKED TO ME LOCK THE LOT OF THEM UP
To paraphrase…
‘Why were you working as a sub-contractor”
“Because the guidelines are clear that I can’t get the contract”
So even in that he admits playing the system to get around the rules.
Yeah, we should have just used the existing suppliers we had and got all our gear from them.
Many councils have very tight specifics to who can do work for them. Companies spend a ton of time and effort to get on them but they are then on a very lucrative few.
This is the next thing to be looked at.
Exactly. He admitted being corrupt in the first minute after describing the NHS purchasing framework as "the problem". Exactly as _anyone_ who was trying to circumvent, illegally, the framework WOULD describe it. "The Problem".
@@billandben5998 There are procedures in place to fast-track the system. Specifically for products and services that can only be sourced from a limited (or sole) number of providers.
@@garyt.8745 OK. List the approved suppliers to the NHS, pre-pandemic, and tell me they all manufactured and supplied goods directly.
I think it's obvious that the NHS uses suppliers who source goods from a range of manufacturers. I don't see what is different here.
Remember the shipping company that didn't have any ships, and the millions now paid each month to store unusable ppe incompetently or corruptly bought . 40 million out of billions wasted or pocketed?
Zero profit? It’ll be interesting to look into Companies House next year to see what “Zero” really looks like.
No chance....it will have been long filtered off to the Cayman Islands by now.
People like this guy have "pub landlord" as a hobby, a nice way to feel important inside a gated community, and they only ever leave London if it's on an aeroplane.. It's not the same as being an actual real pub landlord in the rest of England.
clearly a put up job here. His government handler has clearly told him to phone in to try and make everything look inocent. There is a word in English that describes what this was, and that word is called corruption.
The whole thing has been a scam.
Imagine walking into Dragons Den with this guy.
Turnover last year? - "£40 million."
Profit on that? - "Nothing. £00.00"
"I'm out!"
Or if you're Matt Hancock, "I'm well in!"
That's why they pay accountants lots of money!
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JOB at his best. Quality broadcaster.
JOB real name is Dave
Poor guy said he would do the work for free and they made him make 40 million pounds profit.
Bet he cries into his Champagne...
40 million turnover, not profit. Big difference between the two; it's not just semantics. Even bigger point if what the caller claims is true that he made no profit on this, as claimed on the call with James.
@@riiitch I stand corrected. I did mean turnover.
I don't for 1 second believe he made no profit, do you?
@@furrytomatoes well... I find it hard to believe honestly.
Oh dear. This will be evidence when he’s looking at a 20 stretch
Pub landlord/Pizza box maker who made the equivalent of 160 years worth of income within 12 months, thinks there is no issue. Even after he says, he made no profit.
When he said "I know what i'm doing" code for "I know how to avoid tax".
Who else picked up when he said referring to the equipment he made "all our own design". I suspect he is either being sued or knows it's coming down the pipe, for stealing others patents.
James 's face is an absolute picture of incredulity .
This the same person who somehow managed to purchased a £1.3 million six bed manor after receiving said contract?
Aah, erm...see, thing is yeah? Well, erm he was saving for years, yeah?
"Could I borrow your WhatsApp access?"
"Yah you could"
beyond parody
Zero profit! What a guy.
The Tories have always been bent and they always will be.
Didn't make any money on that...OK.... Who did then?
I wonder how much of a kickback Hancock got out of this...
'you didnt make any money at all'
'no'
'okay'
brilliant, sometimes the simplest reactions are the best
What are the chances the costs for such an operation equalled exactly £40,000,000.00. The fact he scaled up to break even from a typical £250K turnover is mesmerising.
I love the way he wobbles his voice to sound like he's being unfairly bullied :-)
So this guy got a hugely inflated contract worth 40 million and he didn't make a profit. Pull the other one its got bells on it.
I fixed my daughter’s earring yesterday and today i am a master jeweller who’s diamond tiaras command millions from the likes of the Kardashians. YAYY ME!
This guy actually admitted to being corrupt in less than 30 seconds after opening his mouth. "The reason why I had to be a subcontractor is because I wasn't on the NHS framework". And why does the NHS, and all other public entities have said framework? Well my friend its to keep quality high and to stop possible corruption, such as civil servants giving insider advantages to specific contractors, family members, etc. and channeling public funds into the pockets of their mates. Companies must be vetted _before_ being authorised as a contractor, the process includes signed declarations which state if they have any contacts with government employees, who they are, etc.
The buffoon even said "that [referring to the NHS framework] was the problem". YES you clown, that's what _anyone_ trying to use their government contacts, illegally, in order to channel public money into their business, would say. The anti-corruption measures, that exist to protect OUR public funds, would be described as "a problem" no less.
There are ways to fast-track the process, specifically for suppliers with special products and services, that can't be sourced elsewhere. So why did they not go through that procedure? Obviously because then he would have to actually _name_ Matt Hancock in the process. That would _automaticlly_ take Hancock "out of the loop". Ie. No -££££- for Matt. That's WHY the clowns company was removed in the redaction. As plain as the nose on your face for anyone who has tendered for _ANY_ public contract in the last 40 years.
@IIWII Yeah, I mean anybody who has gone through any sort of government procurement procedure know this. Only the newbies (and crooks) see the procedures as being problematic, but once you've done one (and you're on the approved list) it's business as usual. Personally I've processed hundreds of these, and literally dozens of vetting processes. No big deal....
.... as long as your have nothing to hide that is!
Well said. This is the crux of the issue. He had to manipulate the system by acting as a contractor as there's no way he would ever meet the checks and balances stipulated on the central framework.
His words , 'the Framework was problematic' shows intent to game the system. Gives the whole game away. James O Brien failed to nail him on this point.
Any public enquiry should hone in on this specific point. What is astonishing is that these 'chancers' (and that is being kind) see no wrongdoing and yet they get away with it.
Obviously an honest man 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
The pub landowner is over his head…..
And another thing, I cannot even sweat.
Zero profit.
Well, for tax purposes . . .
James O’Brien is my hero!
You're a sad, strange little man.
@@rww805 Do you really need to make nasty, personal comments? That says more about you than anything else.
@@mcjs8640 Hardy "Nasty" , abit off tone perhaps, but nasty? stop being nimby
@@mcjs8640 if you're a fan of this particular show then you're probably a fan nasty, personal insults, as long as the target suits you.
@@rww805 oh dear, the way you’ve responded to me says more about your own life, hardships and upbringing. James is a bright and measured broadcaster. I doubt you’re anywhere near as intellectual! You see, I’m resorting to your low class levels now.
Say he's being honest. You have to question anyone's thoughts that leed them to deal with this tory lot
Did he really not get it?
He *might* not have done anything wrong but it looks corrupt and no one seems to be able to make the case that it's not in a way that sounds at all believable.
No profit from a £40,000,000 contract when your last financial year you made £250,000.....must be a really badly run company...or not being honest.
I'm not a landlord I'm now a lord with land get it right
As I said on twitter, for most of that it sounded like James was talking to Alexander Johnson and or Matt Hancock, its almost sounded like he was reading from a script.
Your a legend James we need ya!!!
I worked briefly for a printing company last year for about 3 months and all they produced was labels for alcohol bottles and shampoo, certainly nothing medical. That print company had to undergo a thorough and long winded process to get acredited for producing 'sterilised' printing in laboratory conditions. There is no way that this guy would have managed to get the acreditation in place quickly, unless those in authority were both flippent and did not care about 'sterilised' facilities. This guy would not have even set up a process to produce these items or buy in equipment to produce this equipement until he had won the contract and after installation, then he would have had to be inspected, as per the previous measures I have already stated. This is not a five minute process. You have to buy specialised equipment that costs a lot of money and the paperwork required would also cost. I also work for an NHS trust, the process to get put into the system is also long and laborious. The shakiness of this guys voice as the interview carries on is extremely noticeable. At least he gave a few truths within his comments, but if he were to be hooked up to a lie detector for the full duration he would certainly be caught out. As James mentions, the show is recorded and all words he states are now on record, including liable accusations, though I would find it difficult to defend Matt Hancock and his mentality. He appears to be a very wet-behind-the-ears youngster with a job that was way out of his grip and like most people, was most likely more interested in the money he could make and possible positions he could rise to. Fortunately that smug face and lame voice are no longer televised or heard in the media, but Savid Javid is beginning to annoy me just the same. I'd prefer a system that held morals and preferred to stick to truths, rather than appoint people who don't seem to have the incline or knowledge to hold a serious and professional job.
He was as convincing as Prince Andrew was on the Newsnight interview. So self righteous and brazen coming on making a stand yet was tripped up on his own words of guilt by James. Bang to Rights and there’s nothing anyone can do about it now