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In his campaign to replace Boris Johnson as Tory Party head and PM, Rishi Sunak says: “My family is EVERYTHING to me!” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/08/rishi-sunaks-man-of-the-people-narrative-is-going-to-need-more-work
When Rishi Sunak says that “Family is everything” to him, that presumably includes his Infosys heiress wife, who claims to be domiciled in India for tax purposes, and his Infosys Founder-Chairman Emeritus father-in-law, NR Narayana Murthy. who was “so enthusiastic about Sunak’s parliamentary career that he’d flown in, and had even been leafleting on his behalf, wearing a Rishi sweatshirt…” https://web.archive.org/web/20220128212415/https://www.tatler.com/article/rishi-sunak-chancellor-of-the-exchequer-feature So, did Murthy just say “vote for my son-in-law” or did he bribe people?
As outlined, below, Infosys has contracts with the British Government, including non-competitive bid contracts. Rishi Sunak held a US green card (residency permit) until last year: “Chancellor Rishi Sunak held US green card until last year” Published 8 April, 2022. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61044847
If Rishi Sunak is truly the top pick for British PM is this because people are so easily conned? Or he’s bribing people? Or does he have dirt on them through Infosys IT contracts? Or are they simply illiterate? The Guardian, and other newspapers, have done a good job at exposing him for years.
Until last year, Rishi held a US permanent residency card and his wife is a citizen of India and pays most of her taxes in India, rather than the UK. While he’s perhaps the PM that the UK deserves, the world can’t afford such a British PM right now, since Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia continues its attacks on civilians: https://www.ukrinform.net. Apparently because Winston Churchill’s mother was American, the US and UK ended up remarried, and even share their nuclear weapons, as well as being in NATO together. Boris Johnson has deeper roots in the United States than does Biden. And, Biden is far more British, than Irish. Trump’s mother, of course, was British born and raised.
Infosys was still in Russia, as recently as the end of June, after only announcing their departure in April, following media reports and public outrage. Additionally “Infosys has connections to Russia’s Alfa-Bank – Russia’s fourth-largest financial institution, and one of the targets of British sanctions.”, according to the following article: “Sunak fact-checked: How the Chancellor’s family is benefitting from the Putin regime” RISHI SUNAK was caught in an awkward exchange last week when he was forced to deny “family links” to Russian banks. So is the Chancellor’s family benefitting from the Putin regime? Express.co.uk fact checks the claims”. By Kate Whitfield, Mar 28, 2022 https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1587268/rishi-sunak-russia-ties-benefit-putin-regime-wife-infosys-spt
Rishi’s been plotting his apparent coup for awhile: “Ready for Rishi” dot com domain was registered on 23 December 2021: “registered on the 23 December last year (see attached screenshot) quite a long time before Boris Johnson announced his resignation. On the face of it, Sunak – who only became an ex chancellor on Tuesday – has been quietly preparing his leadership bid for a while.” See: https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1545475326914039810
“Huge wealth of Rishi Sunak’s family not declared in ministerial register” By Juliette Garside [1] Fri 27 Nov 2020 12.19 GMT, The Guardian
Article Excerpts: “… a Guardian investigation established that his wife and her family hold a multimillion-pound portfolio of shareholdings and directorships that are not declared in the official register of ministers’ interests…
Sunak [2] is bound by the ministerial code, which requires him to declare any financial interests that are “relevant” to his responsibilities, and which could conflict with his duty to the public. Ministers must also declare those interests of their close family, including siblings, parents, spouse and in-laws…
Sunak’s entry mentions no family members other than his wife, and only refers to her ownership of a small, UK-based venture capital company…. Murty and her family hold many other interests, including:
A combined £1.7bn shareholding in Infosys, which employs thousands of staff in the UK and has held contracts with government ministries and public bodies.
A £900m-a-year joint venture with Amazon[3] in India, through an investment vehicle owned by Murty’s father.
A direct shareholding by Murty in a UK firm which runs Jamie Oliver and Wendy’s burger restaurants in India.
Five other UK companies where Murty is a director or direct shareholder, including a Mayfair outfitter that supplies the tailcoats worn by pupils at Eton College.
Sir Alistair Graham, a former chair of the committee on standards in public life… said it was vital that Sunak declare the financial interests of himself and his close family given “the chancellor’s capacity to determine the government’s financial and business policies”…
After becoming chief secretary to the Treasury in July 2019, Sunak revealed for the first time that he was the beneficiary of a blind trust [5]. He also included Murty for the first time, stating: “Mr Sunak’s wife owns a venture capital investment company, Catamaran Ventures UK Ltd.” There is no information about his own family or his wife’s parents and siblings…
The source of her extraordinary wealth is a stake in Infosys, founded by her father NR Narayana Murthy (his children have dropped the “h”…) According to the Infosys annual report, Akshata Murty owns a 0.91% stake in the group; that stake is currently worth £430m. Each year, her shares entitle her to millions in dividends. Of all the family, only her brother, Rohan Murty, owns more of the company. The combined family holding is worth an estimated £1.7bn….
Infosys is a contractor to the UK government and publicly funded organisations. Since 2015, the firm has won taxpayer-funded work worth £22m, according to filings on the government’s contracts website. These include a £5m deal with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, awarded in 2018, which runs until 2021.
Infosys has also worked for the Home Office and has signed a framework agreement with Whitehall, which means it can be awarded contracts without competition….
Murty set up Catamaran’s UK arm with Sunak in order to invest her private wealth. He transferred his shares to her just before entering parliament…”
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/profile/juliette-garside
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/rishi-sunak
[3] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/amazon
[4] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-ministers-interests
[5] https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/17/rishi-sunak-refuses-to-say-if-he-will-profit-from-moderna-covid-vaccine
Excerpts Courtesy of Guardian News & Media Ltd. The Guardian allows up to 500 words for personal blogs. Read the article in its entirety and see a diagram here: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/27/huge-wealth-of-sunaks-family-not-declared-in-ministerial-register
“Sunak’s billionaire father-in-law, NR Narayana Murthy, however, has been so enthusiastic about Sunak’s parliamentary career that he’d flown in, and had even been leafleting on his behalf, wearing a Rishi sweatshirt…. For Murthy, Sunak was the perfect son-in-law… He not only trusted, but rated, him enough to make him a director at Catamaran Investment, his private family investment vehicle…” See: “Take a Chancellor on me: Inside the world of Rishi Sunak: From head boy, to hedge funder, to chancellor of the exchequer – and one of the richest MPs in Westminster. Now Rishi Sunak has been tipped as a prime minister in the making – but has he risen too far, too fast, asks Ben Judah in an article that first appeared in the July/August 2020 issue” By Ben Judah 27 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20220128212415/https://www.tatler.com/article/rishi-sunak-chancellor-of-the-exchequer-feature
“Rishi Sunak is planning to splash £250,000 on a swimming pool, gym and tennis court in new development at his £2million Yorkshire mansion
* Rishi Sunak applied for planning permission to build pool house at mansion
* Also hopes to build a tennis court outside the residence in North Yorkshire
* The £250,000 is currently under review by planners at Hambleton Council” By Bhvishya Patel for Mail Online 13 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210613145536/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9680757/Rishi-Sunak-planning-build-swimming-pool-gym-tennis-court-2million-Yorkshire-mansion.html
This is what Rishi reported for the previous position, which he resigned in an apparent attemmpt to make himself PM:
“Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer (member of Cabinet)
Financial interests
* Blind trust / blind management arrangement
Charities and non-public organisations
* Patron, National Osteoporosis Support Group (Hambleton & Richmondshire)
* Patron, Leyburn Brass Band
* Patron, Wensleydale Wheels
* Honorary Member, Rotary Club Richmond
* Honorary Member, Rotary Club Northallerton
* Honorary Member, Rotary Club Northallerton Mowbray
Relevant interests of spouse, partner or close family member
* Mr Sunak’s wife owns a venture capital investment company, Catamaran Ventures UK Ltd.”
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-ministers-interests/list-of-ministers-interests-may-2022-html
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