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Originally Posted by jfman
This was the moment for me that I knew the decision to protect the corrupt MP was coming from the top, and not simply Johnson, Mogg et al with their eye off the ball. A Cabinet Minister essentially calling for her resignation on live television is part of a communications strategy. The question could reasonably be anticipated and he delivered the agreed line.
In anything other than a banana republic he would be resigning for undermining an independent process.
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You summarise the current situation well. The path that current Tory Party has taken from the pre-Thatcher one-nation Conservatism days is shocking. On the current trajectory, the executive control, cronyism & corruption will only get worse, the erosion of standards across the board will continue and the duplicity of the PM and his Cabinet will increase.
The imminent reveal of the weapons grade cronyism of the Covid PPE VIP Lane scandal will further illuminate the sordid practices of this Government and we haven't even touched on this corruption yet:
Want a seat in the House of Lords? Be Tory treasurer and donate £3m
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Conservative treasurers who donate £3m to the party seem almost guaranteed a peerage.
In the past seven years, every former party treasurer has given at least this amount – and all but the most recently retired have been offered a seat in the House of Lords, a joint investigation by openDemocracy and The Sunday Times has found.
Insiders claim that peerages are being given to wealthy businessmen, in what “appeared to be a reward” for bankrolling Boris Johnson’s party.
The findings are the strongest evidence yet of a new ‘cash for peerages’ scandal, with a former Conservative Party chairman telling The Sunday Times: “Once you pay your £3m, you get your peerage.”
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