{"id":3364,"date":"2015-03-17T10:40:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T10:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=3364"},"modified":"2015-03-17T14:16:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T14:16:11","slug":"double-life-of-tory-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=3364","title":{"rendered":"Double-life of Tory MP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For years he said he never had a second job while an MP. For how long did Shapps carry on his double life as Tory MP and online marketer Michael Green?<\/p>\n

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Tory Party chairman Grant Shapps, alias Michael Green, faced calls to resign after failing to record his second job as an online marketer while an MP and repeatedly denying it for years.<\/p>\n

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\nThe Guardian newspaper had secured an audio recording of Mr Shapps promoting a publication called \u00e2\u20ac\u015bStinking Rich 3\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 made in 2006, the year after Shapps was elected to Parliament.<\/p>\n

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The Guardian newspaper reports that Mr Shapps recently used lawyers to force an online apology from a Labour councillor who made the claim.<\/p>\n

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\nMr Shapps recently repeatedly and strongly denied he had a second job since he was elected an MP in 2005.<\/p>\n

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Faced with clear evidence to the contrary he has now said he got his dates wrong, and that he did in fact publish under the name \u00e2\u20ac\u015bMichael Green\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 while still an MP. The Tory Party has suggested this work stopped during 2006.<\/p>\n

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There is further online material titled \u00e2\u20ac\u015bFree Tips from Michael Green\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 illustrated with a photo of Mr Shapps with a Michael Green nameplate posting on a web forum as \u00e2\u20ac\u015bMichael\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 from Mr Shapp\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s company HowToCorp as late as 31 August 2008. The photo and link to the web forum is available here<\/a> with a post as late as August 2008 signed off \u00e2\u20ac\u015bKind Regards, Michael.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

The Labour Party has called on David Cameron to instigate an immediate investigation. Shapps, who is running the Tory General Election campaign has tried to shrug off criticism by claiming Labour is \u00e2\u20ac\u015banti-business\u00e2\u20ac\u0165.<\/p>\n

 
\nTory NHS secretary Jeremy Hunt defended Shapps stating in a tweet that he was being unfairly criticised and that his \u00e2\u20ac\u015bsin\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 was to have written books explaining how to create wealth. Hunt has obviously never read the publications.<\/p>\n

 
\nMichael Green published How to bounce back from recession with interesting insights into the mind of the Tory election chief. He points out that corporate predators like recessions as do the \u00e2\u20ac\u015btop 1 per cent elite\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 because everything\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cheaper.<\/p>\n

 
\nA recession is just an opportunity on a thrilling roller coaster ride.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bLarge companies during a recession are like the top 1 per cent elite who sail through adversity without so much as a burp. They not only thoroughly enjoy the roller coaster ride (laughing hysterically with their hands in the air at all the cheap thrills (a.k.a. reduced rates and cheap buys \u00e2\u20ac\u201c foreclosures) that pass most of the frightened passengers by…\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 
\nThere is little faith in Government action: \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe effort of the government to shore up the economy and plug economic holes is a short-term fix \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a band-aide if you will. Like the amusement ride cars that stop to unload and take on passengers, the economy continues it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s up and down course. Some get off the ride wobbling. Others fall to their knees, needing help to get up again. And some just lose their lunch!\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 
\nBut there are lots of wonderful tips. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bCut out the riotous living!\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he demands \u00e2\u20ac\u015b Eat in, grow your own or shop organic, walk, bicycle, join clubs (clubs are a very good source of networking to improve your employment and living situations).\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 
\nAnd make use of public services \u00e2\u20ac\u201c especially libraries, which the Tories are shutting – and….yes, food banks which the Tories are attacking. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bDon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hesitate to ask for help \u00e2\u20ac\u201c no one can help you if they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know you need it (barter for goods or services, attend workshops to enhance or acquire skills, research \u00e2\u20ac\u015bfree\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 services such as public libraries, food sources, etc.).\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 
\nLost your job, never mind. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bFor those who have lost their jobs, you have TIME. How often did you complain that there weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t enough hours in a day to do all you wanted, or had, to get done, and still have time to relax, spend with friends\/family, or expand a dream or accomplish a long-sought goal? Well, now you have TIME. What are you doing with it?\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 
\nYou could go down the library (assuming it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not one the Tories have chopped) and look for work online: \u00e2\u20ac\u015bEven if you do not have permanent access to a computer, you can use one at the local library for free.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 
\nLooking after yourself is good too. Learn to play a guitar (courses from $60 dollars). And even start making money from knitting and crocheting at home.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAdditionally, \u00e2\u20ac\u0098treating yourself\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 regardless how big or small the treat or reward is, is important to your mental and emotional well-being during hard times. No one can live in a pressure cooker forever. They will either whither away, dry up and blow away, or eventually *POP!\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Perhaps Mr Shapps has gone \u00e2\u20ac\u015bPOP\u00e2\u20ac\u0165.<\/p>\n

 
\nAnd in bad news for Chancellor Osborne Shapps says to survive a recession: \u00e2\u20ac\u015bMake a plan and stick to it and its milestones and goals.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Oh dear, nil marks for target miser Osborne. And don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be fooled by the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098recovery\u00e2\u20ac\u2122; if you are a business, Michael Green isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t. Keep your profits, the economy is weak.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSave. Do not be too quick to reinvest profits. You personally are still on the roller coaster, as are your business and employees\/staff. Plan\/save for times when the already weak economy falters again, taking fragile start-ups and SME (small-medium sized enterprises) down with it.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 
\nAnd in 10 success habits to swell your bank balance in 2006 (transcript) Shapps gives us insights into how he juggled his job as an MP and the job he says he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have as an online marketer. Juggle your diary and make millions in half an hour.<\/p>\n

 
\nHis co-host is Peter Twist who helpfully says \u00e2\u20ac\u015bpresently we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re in December 2005\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 and \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWell to be honest to people, how many times did we cancel this? I think twice. This is our third attempt. It is. But the good thing about this project is our deadline is before Christmas isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it?\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 
\nAnd Shapps (as Michael) replies \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right…And you know, things come up in life [like becoming an MP that year which Michael does not mention] and the other side to this is you have to have flexibility in your life, in your diary….That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s absolutely right as well.<\/p>\n

 
\n“But what we are saying is if you want to get something done, make sure there is a deadline that you must reach. Now I think you can make yourself accountable to yourself. That is possible to do. Like what I often do or used to do in the past, I had a specific day I used to do Fridays for online marketing. I no longer do that because of other things in my life [that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s being an MP, which he again forgets to mention] but I made that a religious sort of habit almost of doing it every Friday for what two or three years and that was when I ran my entire online business. .. Now I run it for about half an hour before I go to sleep each night.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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