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It was liquidated last year and the brand was sold to Volunteer USA, a company newly incorporated by Rupert Browne who had been working since 2019 as Politrip's general manager. In another message he said: "Sorry I cant be of more assistance but you would need to go through Volunteer USA. They bought the rights to the Politrip name and IP last year and I am not involved with them. Hope you get sorted."
Insolvency documents said the company had assets of £2,000 cash in the bank but a total deficiency/surplus of more than £64,000 and 87 consumer creditors.Get the latest politics news and analysis in your inbox Want the biggest political stories sent straight to you? When Patrick Brown was previously the director of Politrip, it sought to charge US interns up to $1,500 to travel to Northern Ireland to volunteer on the 2019 council election campaign.
The 21-year-old said he paid £527 to the company to organise a trip to Atlanta in the US to campaign with the Democrats for around a fornight this summer. He also separately booked his flights, which cost around £1,000. The student, from St Albans in Hertfordshire, England, said participants had a Zoom call with Politrip in January to discuss their trips but afterwards it was "radio silence".
Is this same person who was encouraging MLAs to get behind UBI?
It seems if you read the story properly, WAS is the important word.
Surprising…nah!