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Johnson's Bullingdon mate on sleaze watchdog
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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This is a lovely little story. A Bullingdon mate of Johnson got appointed to a sleaze watchdog.
The role on the Committee on Standards In Public Life: scrutinising members of the government, including Johnson.
There were, apparently, 173 appllications for the post. Wonder why this guy got the job... |
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By *asyukMan
over a year ago
West London |
The Tory Party won the general election though, so it's allowed.
That's how it works, right?
Anyway, everyone is the same, without exception, so stop talking about it. Even the pretence of propriety is no longer necessary.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The Tory Party won the general election though, so it's allowed.
That's how it works, right?
Anyway, everyone is the same, without exception, so stop talking about it. Even the pretence of propriety is no longer necessary.
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lol |
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By *asyukMan
over a year ago
West London |
The neutral question here is to ask if corruption and nepotism is a desirable or acceptable characteristic in political life?
If it is OK, then is there a threshold beyond which it is not? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The neutral question here is to ask if corruption and nepotism is a desirable or acceptable characteristic in political life?
If it is OK, then is there a threshold beyond which it is not?"
How would it be desirable? (Apart from for the parties involved in the corruption.) |
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By *oo hotCouple
over a year ago
North West |
"The neutral question here is to ask if corruption and nepotism is a desirable or acceptable characteristic in political life?
If it is OK, then is there a threshold beyond which it is not?"
Some might say that it is a “Westminster Bubble” story that the general public has no interest in.
This seems to be the go-to thing to say when Johnson runs true to his corrupt form. |
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By *ackal1Couple
over a year ago
Manchester |
Business cannot take clients out for dinner as most companies now have strict rules for avoiding bribery and corruption. If you ask your local council services manager to the races chances are he or she will decline as the rules dictate strictly no gifts or benefits to civil servants.
Why are holidays, decoration of flats, nannies paid for and non executive roles being given immediately after leaving office to any politician allowed? It’s obscene.
They are acting within the rules we keep being told. The rules are not fit for purpose. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Business cannot take clients out for dinner as most companies now have strict rules for avoiding bribery and corruption. If you ask your local council services manager to the races chances are he or she will decline as the rules dictate strictly no gifts or benefits to civil servants.
Why are holidays, decoration of flats, nannies paid for and non executive roles being given immediately after leaving office to any politician allowed? It’s obscene.
They are acting within the rules we keep being told. The rules are not fit for purpose. "
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By *ackal1Couple
over a year ago
Manchester |
"In completely unrelated news - Lord Bethel has lost his phone when it's contents were needed for a court case related to cronyism in covid contracts... "
Has he looked behind the sofa? Good job IT can recover all these days. Hang on it’s ok Boris wants to stop this sort of case being brought so all fine to look the other way. Maybe all the cabinet will start losing their phones. Matt Hancock’s private mails doing PPE deals are not being released. What do we expect. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"In completely unrelated news - Lord Bethel has lost his phone when it's contents were needed for a court case related to cronyism in covid contracts... "
Bethell was told his mobile would be searched for documents. After that he "replaced" his phone because it was "broken". Now it's uncertain if whatsapp messages and texts can be recovered. Jolly bad luck, eh? |
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"In completely unrelated news - Lord Bethel has lost his phone when it's contents were needed for a court case related to cronyism in covid contracts...
Bethell was told his mobile would be searched for documents. After that he "replaced" his phone because it was "broken". Now it's uncertain if whatsapp messages and texts can be recovered. Jolly bad luck, eh?"
I bet that if it was the security services retrieving the information of an anti-government protester, there would be no problems whatsoever. Particularly as the governments own anti terrorist laws force telecoms companies to hang onto the info of everyone else in the country for at least a year. |
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Not only has Boris Kemal (BoKe) enabled the introduction of the Indian/Boris covid variant, he has also dragged Westminster further downward with Indian levels of corruption.
Like Trump and Bolsinaro, he is an uncaring, corrupt and incompetent psychopath in charge of a country at a time of mortal danger, responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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If Bethell deliberately destroyed his phone, that might be a bit of an issue for him. He knew there was an ongoing imverstigation at that point. In that light, such an action could sound an awful lot like trying to pervert the course of justice.
What am I saying? I'm sure he's a good chap who simply had a bit of bad luck with his phone... |
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