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For a laugh, I& #39;m going to run through every single Tory MP, one a day for the next 300+ days, and put forward prime examples of corruption and dodgy dealing/lying.
Posts will go under #ToryMPFacts, alphabetical by constituency name. First up today - Aberconwy, Robin Millar.
Posts will go under #ToryMPFacts, alphabetical by constituency name. First up today - Aberconwy, Robin Millar.
I& #39;ve opened with a fairly tricky one, as Mr. Millar is fairly new to "official" politics. That said - there are a few threads of interest in his past.
1) What many probably won& #39;t know - he& #39;s worked with Boris Johnson in the past. He was brought in in 2009 as an adviser on knife crime, to the then-Mayor and Met Police. (Source: Mr. Millar& #39;s Linkedin).
2) He also, in common with quite a few other Tories at the moment, has connections with Russia, listing it as a place where he has previously worked. (Source: Mr. Millar& #39;s own website.)
3) He is a Fellow of the IDS-setup "think tank", the Centre for Social Justice. This is the place that recommended raising pension ages to 75, and among the least transparent think tanks in the country. (Source: Council interests register, 2019).
Because this is NOT intended to be a hyper-biased/partisan hit job on every single Tory MP, I must point out at this stage that he has been involved in several working groups that put forward laudable recommendations. Example:
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4) Curiously, he also appears to be part of, or at least linked to, the group of Tory MPs with interests in horse racing. Specifically, he& #39;s been involved with Newmarket in the past (coincidentally, the Coronation Cup there was able to go ahead after the early re-opening).
I shall continue looking for more things to follow up on for the rest of the day :)
I& #39;m having great difficulty finding out *what* he did during his time in Russia. I& #39;m assuming it& #39;s not "super evil", given he& #39;s happy to reference it in his own biography, but it& #39;s absent from what is otherwise a very detailed LinkedIn profile.
Seems like Dominic Cummings would absolutely love Mr. Millar though - he& #39;s all about digital apps in healthcare and data gathering. He was the interim CEO of this thinktank in 2016:
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