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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
@John:
The two cases bear no relation to each other. Where’s your evidence that Sunak diverts attention from governing to pursue additional wealth?
The other things that you cited as being wrong in the UK are indeed wrong. That’s down to bad government as a whole not down to Sunak’s wealth.
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The burden should be on those in power to demonstrate they place aside their own personal interests from decision making - not the other way round.
Bad government leaves a massive cloud of incompetence where someone could reasonably hide nefarious decision making. Nobody is saying he’s sleeping at the wheel - so ‘attention diverted’ isn’t required. He could reasonably have two decisions in front of him with good and bad evidence to support both outcomes and lean more into the ones that generate personal wealth for his own interests. This could be extremely difficult to evidence - I’m certainly not making an accusation but that’s why we call for higher standards and ethics in public life - so even the appearance of being potentially grubby is avoided.
I wonder if - anywhere in the world - there’s evidence of a democratically elected politician supporting a policy or outcome where someone can directly point to it costing their own financial interests that predate their lives in politics.