Barry Gardiner grilling supply chain

[andybk]

Never voted labour in my life , but i have a lot of time for Barry and deserves some credit from our side of the chain , he was quite good at drilling down on Batters and DEFRA on food committee , this short piece is worthy of a watch

https://twitter.com/x/status/1770437463351132207

 

[nelly55]

About time these big companies started owning up to driving producers prices down for their own big profits.Yes Barry knows his stuff and always appears to have done his homework on the subject.

 

[thesilentone]

Only one problem with Barry Gardiner:

"Former shadow cabinet minister Barry Gardiner, who received hundreds of thousands of pounds from an alleged Chinese government agent, has said he was “deeply distressed” to learn one of his biggest donors had been illegally trying to influence British politicians.

The Brent North MP received more than £500,000 over six years from Christine Lee, who is now accused of being an employee of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party. However, Mr Gardiner insists Ms Lee “gained no political advantage for the Chinese state from me”.


The link between Mr Gardiner and Ms Lee – a Chinese lawyer, whose central London firm acts as a legal adviser to the capital’s Chinese embassy – was first reported on in 2017. But it was thrust into the spotlight on Thursday when Ms Lee was accused by security agency MI5 of covert “political interference”.


Must have been giving the loot because he liked him, eh ?

 

[delilah]

Started to watch but soporific. Does he say what he wants to see happen ?

 

[red]

Only one problem with Barry Gardiner:

"Former shadow cabinet minister Barry Gardiner, who received hundreds of thousands of pounds from an alleged Chinese government agent, has said he was “deeply distressed” to learn one of his biggest donors had been illegally trying to influence British politicians.

The Brent North MP received more than £500,000 over six years from Christine Lee, who is now accused of being an employee of the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party. However, Mr Gardiner insists Ms Lee “gained no political advantage for the Chinese state from me”.


The link between Mr Gardiner and Ms Lee – a Chinese lawyer, whose central London firm acts as a legal adviser to the capital’s Chinese embassy – was first reported on in 2017. But it was thrust into the spotlight on Thursday when Ms Lee was accused by security agency MI5 of covert “political interference”.


Must have been giving the loot because he liked him, eh ?

To add some balance, she lobbied in excess of 480 MPs, 2 Tory Prime Ministers being stand-out examples

 

[thesilentone]

To add some balance, she lobbied in excess of 480 MPs, 2 Tory Prime Ministers being stand-out examples

Don't see any donations to the Tories ?

MI5 warning over 'Chinese agent' in Parliament

The rare alert sent to MPs comes after a long-running investigation into Christine Ching Kui Lee.

www.bbc.co.uk