Simon Harris #4 He lost 5 stone, and gained 457 thousand pounds

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Yeah, he won't face anything for the Essex stuff. If someone wants to vastly overpay you, it's not your fault.

Hopefully those accountable for this shocking waste of money will, but these types are much better at protecting themselves than actually doing a good job for the public.

Even the GFM stuff, I suspect that it's just him being inept and purely interested in social media clout, rather than actually stealing the money.

The bounce-back loans and CCJ again mean he's pretty disreputable and not someone you want to do business with, but they're not going to see the police show up.


If he hadn't based a persona on being the "good guy" then I don't think this would've come to light. But it just stinks of hypocrisy, and his social media career is over.
 
Droosie123 said:
It’s ECC who are the big issue in this. Who wouldn’t say “thank you I will start some FB groups for you” if offered £500k? Hell I would.
In this instance it’s ECC rather tHan Simon Harris at fault.
The GFM stuff is another matter.
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Not if Simon and his buddy Kirsty have been underhand to conceal how this money was being spent and to circumnavigate all the rules around conflicts of interests etc. If Kirsty was holding the purse strings, awarding contracts with vastly over-inflated costs to her own company via Simon who was a knowing accessory, then it’s absolutely on these 2. Kirsty was the council.

This is why it’s so important that Essex CC have paid Simon direct, whereas Sussex CC have paid Social Kind(ness). I suspect it’s because Kirsty knew she couldn’t pay Social Kind direct from Essex because she worked there. She didn’t work for Sussex though, so no conflict of interest.
 
PineappleQueen19 said:
Of course he has CCJs, it’s grifter bingo


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Absolute gold.

This information simultaneously:

- Explains why the fat bellend repeatedly Tweeted his question along the lines of “why don’t banks give you a mortgage if you’ve been paying your rent” (he couldn’t get a mortgage due to the CCJs) and
- Provides one of many counter-arguments to his absolutely basic, in-crayon point: In that if you can only pay your rent by knocking other people for credit, you are not a good credit risk.

PS. Hi Simon 👋 you absolute bleeping whopper, hope you’re having a lovely week.
 
starfro said:
Yeah, he won't face anything for the Essex stuff. If someone wants to vastly overpay you, it's not your fault.
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This depends who’s paying you. If you’re knowingly charging the public purse extortionate sums of money that far exceed the value of the service you’re providing, a defence of “my best mate who owns a company I work for, was happy to sign it off 🤷‍♂️”, is not going to get you very far.

I’d be very, very surprised if he ended up with all that £484k. Pure conjecture of course but, my bet is that after each payment was made, a brown envelope landed on the doormat at O’Callaghan Towers. Pushed through by the grubby, chocolate-covered sausage fingers of one Simon Harris.

Will be very interesting to see the statement from Essex CC. Any predictions? Will it be defensive or do they throw them under the bus? I reckon something along the lines of, “The person responsible for signing off these contracts no longer works for Essex County Council, but we’re happy to cooperate with any investigation blah blah blah.”
 
Pkershaw said:
This depends who’s paying you. If you’re knowingly charging the public purse extortionate sums of money that far exceed the value of the service you’re providing, a defence of “my best mate who owns a company I work for, was happy to sign it off 🤷‍♂️”, is not going to get you very far.

I’d be very, very surprised if he ended up with all that £484k. Pure conjecture of course but, my bet is that after each payment was made, a brown envelope landed on the doormat at O’Callaghan Towers. Pushed through by the grubby, chocolate-covered sausage fingers of one Simon Harris.

Will be very interesting to see the statement from Essex CC. Any predictions? Will it be defensive or do they throw them under the bus? I reckon something along the lines of, “The person responsible for signing off these contracts no longer works for Essex County Council, but we’re happy to cooperate with any investigation blah blah blah.”
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www.essexlive.news

Essex Council paid social media prankster £500k to run Facebook group

Essex County Council has responded to concerns being raised about their finances and a well-known local prankster
www.essexlive.news www.essexlive.news

it's here!
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they haven't mentioned Socialkind, bummer
 
VielleFemme said:
Disclaimer, I'm not religious, and I'm also a Jew. Nevertheless, I find this quote from the bible comes to mind at least once a day when I'm reading about this grifters.
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Maybe a bit off topic, but I'll never understand why so many people want to keep on accumulating vast amounts of money. Multi-millionaires & especially billionaires, why? No matter how big your family is, surely you'd never be able to spend it all. Personally, I think I would find the obsession with money a major turn-off in a person.

I'll always remember the wise reply that the author of the novel Catch 22 - Joseph Heller - gave to his friend after his friend told him that the hedge-fund manager host, of the party they were attending, had made more money that day than Heller had made from all the sales of his very successful book.

Heller's reply:

But I have something that he will never have - enough.

Some people just never seem to have 'enough' - especially these bloody grifters we've been reading about lately. And the sad, and maddening thing about it all is, they're taking money from some people who don't just have not enough themselves, but are seriously struggling atm, but still donate a few £s thinking they're helping others even less well off. Shame on all of these greedy grifty effers - EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM! :mad:
 
The problem isn't necessarily the amount of money. In institutional terms, it's pocket change if you look at the amounts that went out each financial year. It's eyewatering amounts to the average person, but it's standard for consultancy bullshit. Nice if you can get it. Although I'm sure it will put some Essex residents backs up (and rightly so)

The main issue is that the person handing out the money has a external business relationship with said contractor, which has been brushed under the carpet and hidden. And that there apparently has been zero tendering or contract transparency.
 
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