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Foh dis week and maybe next week, ah paying respects to Five Vincy (Five in ah Row) who would have left us but not before planting ah Monument.
RAWLE “MARSHIE” MARSHALL, ah career Public Servant during de Joshua, Cato and Mitchell Administrations. Even back den like now, we had Senior Public Servants who sang straight from de politickan’s song sheet to get promotion. Marshie however operated under strict, moral principles, was no politrickan’s fear-foh-it, and was therefore very un-pop- yuh-law. Ah was one of his Assistant who benefitted from his Administrative Skills, when he was Store Keeper at PWD Arnos Vale. Around 1963, De Canadian Contracting Firm (CCC), was building de Kingstown Wharf, ah project financed by de Canadian Government. De Contactors wid special treatment, bought ah lot ah Go-venom-mint materials (cement etc) duty free, creating serious shortages of cement foh local Contractors on Government Projects. De Contractors complained to
Boris Johnson told aides he couldn t afford Number 10 repairs as costs spiralled
Scrutiny on the Prime Minister over the refurbishment of his No 11 flat has refused to abate despite Downing Street s efforts to draw a line under the issue
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Boris Johnson said he could not afford the revamp, according to reports BORIS Johnson reportedly told aides he could not afford the revamp of his Downing Street flat as the costs started to spiral. Scrutiny on the Prime Minister over the refurbishment of his Number 11 flat has refused to abate despite Downing Street’s efforts to draw a line under the issue. A Number 10 spokeswoman said renovation costs of Johnson’s living quarters, beyond those provided for by the £30,000 annual allowance, had been “met by the Prime Minister personally”, adding: “Conservative Party funds are not being used for this.” But with opposition parties calling for answers on how the work was funded, the Daily Mail alleged Johnson told colleagues the bill was escalating out of control, while his chief of staff Dan Rosenfield felt the refurbishment was a “crazy arrangement” and a “mess”.
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Ministers desperately tried to shore up Boris Johnson today as opposition MPs branded him a serial liar over the £88,000 Downing Street flat refurb and bodies piling up comment.
Mr Johnson is facing a gruelling PMQs appearance with Sir Keir Starmer set to turn up the heat after a slew of revelations and a briefing war with former aide Dominic Cummings.
Scrutiny over the overhaul of the flat above No11 where Mr Johnson and fiancee Carrie Symonds and son Wilf live has refused to abate despite the government s efforts to draw a line under the issue.
Downing Street has declined to deny that Tory funds were used to cover £58,000 of the costs - on top of the £30,000 annual allowance given by the taxpayer.