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The mysterious Tesco Express car attacker

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Sep 13

Who keeps crashing cars at speed into the front of a specific Tesco Express in east London? It’s happened four times in the last three weeks. It looks like a robbery - but London Centric has learned nothing is stolen and it appears to be the same driver. www.londoncentric.media/p/tesco-expr...

Someone really wants to destroy a supermarket in Stratford, to the exasperation of low-paid supermarket staff who are having to pick up the pieces.

Who keeps driving cars into this Tesco Express?

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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · Sep 13

4 times in the last 3 weeks someone has smashed a car through the front of the same Tesco in the dead of night. Weirdly, nothing has been stolen. It just appears to be an attempt to damage the store/shut it down. But why? and whose behind it? Insane mystery. www.londoncentric.media/p/tesco-expr...

Someone really wants to destroy a supermarket in Stratford, to the exasperation of low-paid supermarket staff who are having to pick up the pieces.

Where do politicians go when it is time to leave the stage?

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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hi Hannah, how are things? My name is Cormac Kehoe I’m a reporter with London Centric. I’m looking to speak to you about the sound house. Would be great if you could DM me if you get a sec.

Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · Sep 6

Our follow-up story this morning about how Asif Aziz’s company is now also renting retail spaces in Edinburgh to students who vanish, leaving huge unpaid tax bills behind. This follows our recent investigation into millions being lost by HMRC at Aziz’s properties in LDN.

The Edinburgh Minute @edinburghminute.bsky.social · Sep 6

What’s the story behind those dodgy gift shops on Princes Street in Edinburgh? Jim Waterson of @londoncentric.media investigates in bonus edition of the Minute: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/tax-evadin...

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · Aug 18

Prospect’s exclusive review of former ministers’ post-government careers found many working in lobbying or with firms connected to their former briefs.

✍🏼 Charles Ross and @coramazov.bsky.social (@tcij.org)

Our exclusive review into the next careers of recent former ministers and SpAds found a notable number now working in lobbying or with firms connected...

Where do politicians go when it is time to leave the stage?

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · Aug 26

Intriguing to see the page layouts, text formatting, placement of illustrations, and exact colour scheme of our small mag The Fence (L) receiving such 'sincere flattery' from a 200k+ circulation 'nuke the small boats' newspaper like The Telegraph (R). Very cool.

A side by side comparison of our letters page and that of the Telegraph Magazine's Pub special which is very similar you might say, but I couldn't possibly comment.

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · Aug 25

Prospect’s exclusive review of former ministers’ post-government careers found many working in lobbying or with firms connected to their former briefs.

✍🏼 Charles Ross and @coramazov.bsky.social (@tcij.org)

Our exclusive review into the next careers of recent former ministers and SpAds found a notable number now working in lobbying or with firms connected...

How an Italian charmer is duping the owners of London’s priciest properties

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · Aug 4

“You know what I think is his problem, very, very, honestly?” the man said. “He doesn’t understand that there is a limit".

In West London, an Italian charmer is duping the owners of the city's priciest properties, leaving a trail of debt and damage. This is the story of Claudio Di Giovanni.

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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · Aug 3

Great investigation by @coramazov.bsky.social about an amazing character and London's high-end sub-letting market
www.the-londoner.co.uk/claudio-is-s...

'Claudio is Scamming'

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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · Aug 2

This morns investigation into a rental arbitrage scheme involving some of London’s priciest properties. We look into the well-connected man behind it & speak to over a dozen victims— from electrocuted tourists to landlords who collectively lost over £100k
www.the-londoner.co.uk/claudio-is-s...

'Claudio is Scamming'

How an Italian charmer is duping the owners of London’s priciest properties

www.the-londoner.co.uk

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Jul 22

Just a quick note on how something like this comes together: Months of reporting from team inc @coramazov.bsky.social, @rachel-rees.bsky.social, and others. Illustrations by @carlydraws.bsky.social to explain it all, plus photos from Jenny F-H (she did the Leveson pictures). High quality lawyering.

Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Jul 22

He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-l...

Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Jul 22

He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-l...

Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is incredible: using the same MO, retailer after retailer opens in the same few premium locations, selling the exact same products, then does a runner, leaving tax unpaid - and no one is responsible, certainly not the billionaire landlord who keeps getting so unlucky with his tenants.

Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Jul 22

He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? www.londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-l...

Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?

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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · Jul 22

Our @londoncentric.media piece this morn shows how Asif Aziz’s company repeatedly rents some of the UK’s priciest retail spaces to students who vanish without paying millions in tax.

There’s so much money for HMRC in the WestEnd if it just enforces compliance!

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Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital manages a row of high-profile shops at Piccadilly Circus. So why does his team keeping renting them to students who vanish without paying millions of pounds in taxes?

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London Centric @londoncentric.media · Jul 1

What's up with the Harry Potter shops in central London?

London Centric's investigation into their finances was raised in the House of Commons by Kensington and Bayswater Labour MP Joe Powell. He asked ministers what it will take to get HMRC officials to check the shops are paying their taxes.

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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · May 22

Just published an investigation into ‘We R Blighty, a homeless veteran C.I.C. thats the subject of two investigations. We found evidence of the group misrepresenting itself as a charity, and heard accusations against them ranging from theft to fraud. Read below www.the-londoner.co.uk/we-r-blighty...

Do those ‘We R Blighty’ fundraisers outside stations really deserve your cash?

The group says it raises money for homeless veterans. But we found it was pretending to be a charity and is accused of letting volunteers steal funds

www.the-londoner.co.uk

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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · May 13

Had a scoop in the last edition of the Eye that sheds some more light on our London Centric Harry Potter shop story - look out for the article "Dodgy Shops-Wizard Wheeze". There should be a few copies still on sale until tmo. www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...

Harry Potter and the unpaid tax bill

A London Centric investigation reveals one of the capital's most garish gift shops owes hundreds of thousands of pounds in unpaid taxes — and uncovers its mysterious owners.

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · May 1

Voters are heading to the polls in the seat of Runcorn and Helsby, with Reform confident of winning the seat from Labour. Read @coramazov.bsky.social’s recent report from a Reform campaign event.
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Ex-Tory Sarah Pochin and Nigel Farage are attacking the government on immigration to win the Cheshire seat

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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · Apr 27

If Reform wins in Runcorn on the 1st May, it will signal a catastrophic plunge for Labour, and position Reform as a credible contender for government, writes @coramazov.bsky.social.
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Ex-Tory Sarah Pochin and Nigel Farage are attacking the government on immigration to win the Cheshire seat

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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · Apr 23

Very interesting profile of Reform’s candidate in the Runcorn by-election by top hack Cormac Kehoe:

Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · Apr 22

Was up in Runcorn last week with @prospectmagazine.co.uk profiling the Reform candidate for a by-election that will set the course of British politics for the next four years. Read about Sarah Pochin, a very different type of Reform candidate, below.

Ex-Tory Sarah Pochin and Nigel Farage are attacking the government on immigration to win the Cheshire seat

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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · Apr 22

Was up in Runcorn last week with @prospectmagazine.co.uk profiling the Reform candidate for a by-election that will set the course of British politics for the next four years. Read about Sarah Pochin, a very different type of Reform candidate, below.

Ex-Tory Sarah Pochin and Nigel Farage are attacking the government on immigration to win the Cheshire seat

Speaking in Small Tongues

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The Fence @thefence.bsky.social · Apr 20

An oil trader and an Old Etonian with a genius for PR, was Justin Welby the worst Archbishop of Canterbury since Thomas Arundel?

@milesellingham.bsky.social and @coramazov.bsky.social investigate

www.the-fence.com/speaking-in-...

Happy-clappy times in Knightsbridge and beyond.

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Apr 17

*The alliance of Sadiq Khan haters and people with “no tolls” on Google Maps overloading the ancient Woolwich Ferry to avoid paying £4 tolls
*Calls for a government investigation into London Centric’s housing story
*The £30k legal challenge to Mighty Hoopla

www.londoncentric.media/p/the-30000-...

The £30,000 legal challenge to Mighty Hoopla and Field Day festivals

Plus: The strange alliance of motorists using an ancient ferry to avoid the new tolls for crossing the Thames.

Is this "dishonest" property developer building on your roof?

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Cormac Kehoe @coramazov.bsky.social · Apr 14

@jim.londoncentric.media & I just published an investigation into a developer using a loophole to take ownership of council housing across LDN without the consent of many tenants. Once he takes over, he tries to build new homes on the roofs. Remarkable stuff. www.londoncentric.media/p/james-gold...

James Gold was found to pose a "significant risk to the public". So how is he privatising council housing blocks across London and putting new flats on top of them?