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Ex-UK Defence Secretary slammed after taking £75,000-a-year role with Saudi investing firm
Disgraced former UK Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has decided to take a £75,000-a-year job advising a firm with large investments Saudi Arabia, despite the alleged brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The Tory MP declared in the new register of MPs’ interests that he will work eight hours a month, BuzzFeed News reported. MP for Sevenoaks, Fallon has taken on the role despite widespread international condemnation for the Kingdom following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Following the news, Fallon was condemned on Twitter, with Stewart McDonald MP posting: “This stinks to high heaven,” while Labour-supporting accounts attacked the MP and his party by extension.
And I made £91.88 for the whole of the last month on a zero hours contract crap job
You Michael Fallon are a scumbag and so is your party !
We need a @UKLabour Government to make this country fairer
We need a General Election NOW !
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