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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
We're just pointing out the red flags. If you decline to see them there's not much anyone can do about it.
No one has asked for the Prime Minister to be politically correct, just that they appoint an ethics adviser given that it is good practice and ethics (not ambush by cake or the war in Ukraine) was the reason for the downfall of the last PM.
We've all got our faults, old Boy. Which is why in senior roles, it's useful to have advisers and to heed their advice.
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If you thought about it, you could name many sorts of advisor. I'm sure that as PM, Liz Truss does not need an advisor for every pettyfogging decision she makes.
And certainly not one who goes around advising on conflicts of interest. I would have thought that was pretty self evident. We need to cut all the waste in government, not add to it.
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Originally Posted by Hugh
That’s an interesting* interpretation - so someone who doesn’t have an affair and doesn’t break up a marriage is "a politically correct moralist"?
Mind you, you were/are a vociferously sycophantic Johnson supporter, and he has the morals of a alley-cat, making his mistresses pregnant and having an affair whilst his wife underwent cancer treatment, and was fired twice for lying, so I suppose that’s your baseline for acceptable behaviour.
I have many faults, but having affairs and breaking up marriages aren’t amongst them - ymmv.
*totally against Tory "family values"
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Sorry, did you mean 'yet'?
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Surely you would prefer us not to get to this stage by the PM taking advice to prevent it happening from an expert ethics adviser?
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We want to
prevent another nuclear war. Does she need to appoint an advisor for that?
We want to
prevent more boats coming across the North Sea. Does she need another advisor for that?
We want to
prevent more terrorist attacks. Does she need another advisor for that?
The truth is, there are many things we need to prevent, and many things to address, but we rely on the guy at the top to make these decisions and bring in expertise as required.
All the overkill seems to be a deliberate attempt to frustrate and slow everything down. We have a lot of issues to resolve in a very short time. The PM needs to be freed up to deal with things as she sees fit. If she gets it wrong, the GE will judge her on any failures.