It has ever been thus. The difference is the ease with which such antics can be discovered and exposed thanks to CCTV, social media, people carrying phones which can act as photo, filming and listening devices. I'm sure such stuff goes on in all levels of government from parish thru local, town, borough and county to national government.
Power corrupts.
The surprise for me is that anyone is surprised that this happens tho it would be nice, if naïve, to expect that people in public office adhere to certain standards of behaviour and follow their own rules.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
so Bojo was wrong again. Clearly the matter wasn't closed.
It's not the affair, I couldn't give a toss who's having an affair, it's the endless appointment of mates, £billions of pounds worth of contracts going to mates / party donors, the hypocrisy of " social distancing is really important, don't travel from home" unless you need to go to Barnard Castle to check your eyesight or your shagging your latest tax payer funded member of staff.
Does anyone know why Dido Hardling has been made a Baroness? What criteria did she meet to attain that honour? Or is being a mate of Bojo enough?
Totally agree about Blair and his dodgy dossier , verging on criminal and taking us into a war.
This lot have been found to have broken the law over 70 times in the awarding of contracts, and they just shrug their shoulders as if it just doesn't matter. Well, it DOES matter.
What I can't understand is that some folk seem to shrug their shoulders too .
We're one of the richest countries in the world and we've one of the highest per capita death rates on the planet for covid.
Official figures only count those " who have died within 28 days of a positive covid diagnosis" so those who die on day 29 and beyond don't even appear on the death toll.
Is there anyone who thinks Bojo actually achieved his " world beating track and trace system " , his words not mine, even though the cost is now £38,000,000,000.
It's not the affair, I couldn't give a toss who's having an affair, it's the endless appointment of mates, £billions of pounds worth of contracts going to mates / party donors, the hypocrisy of " social distancing is really important, don't travel from home" unless you need to go to Barnard Castle to check your eyesight or your shagging your latest tax payer funded member of staff.
This lot have been found to have broken the law over 70 times in the awarding of contracts, and they just shrug their shoulders as if it just doesn't matter. Well, it DOES matter.
I agree it's not the affair, but the abuse of public funds, our taxes and the blatant law breaking.
I have trouble with noughts and billions . Was that 38 billion? If we return to the old counting system it would be a million million and then it wouldn't be so bad. I t wouldn't even be close to 38 billion. Didn't Italy snip a few noughts off the lira in the olden days. I'm sure that made everyone feel better apart from the ink sellers.
I have trouble with noughts and billions . Was that 38 billion? If we return to the old counting system it would be a million million and then it wouldn't be so bad. I t wouldn't even be close to 38 billion. Didn't Italy snip a few noughts off the lira in the olden days. I'm sure that made everyone feel better apart from the ink sellers.
I think we've adopted the us Billion, ie 1,000 million and not our old uk billion ie, a million million. Anyway £38,000,000,000.00 for a system which does not, and never has worked, is a lot of wasted money . I'm sure whoever got the contract , and their shareholders, think it's been money well spent
Though the American (or short) billion has been commonplace in journalism over here since the 1950s, it was not officially adopted until 1974. It makes sense: there are multiple occasions when the short billion needs to used but everyday discussion involving the long billion is rare.
I follow fashion takes hold of all of us at some point. We wear stuff and change our appearance according to some fad - and tattoos are a fad. Fine. But fashion is transitory - we all know and realise that - so why something that is permanent? An 80 year old gran with a 'sleeve' - wrinkled and even more illegible. Hmmmm.
Me old dad, who did National Service after the war, where he said tattoos were a right-of-passage type thing for the lower classes in the services, always rued the fact that he succumbed as the tattoos and the way he spoke defined his 'class'. But now tattoos have gone viral. Why - can someone explain the appeal?
It all begs the question do any of us actually really like any 'fashion' - or do we just get swept along like a murmuration and look back in hindsight with amusement?
As for the political state with MH - '...it has always been thus...'... I'm not so sure. I think I see a shift. In the past I thought politicians didn't like being caught lying. They would evade issues - duck and dive. Now the shift seems to be to lie openly - that the lie no longer matters. In the social media era, people are hit with so much 'stuff' that is dubious, that they can't be bothered to check is stuff is true or false - so they no longer care as long as the lie doesn't materially affect them. MH I think has gone because his hypocrisy is a lie. You can't mix, but I can is a lie acted out. It affects people because, as did Cummings' acts earlier, it makes them feel stupid for following rules that others blatantly flaunt. Cummings concocted an excuse - a bit difficult for MH to concoct a story to explain why his hand was all over his aide's bum and his tongue was down her throat (wash that image from your brain if you can - apparently throat cam footage exists and will be in the Star next week).
Even if I had an all time favourite jumper, the best I'd ever bought; the one that makes me look two sizes smaller and ten years younger, I would still get fed up with it eventually - especially if I knew that I would have to wear it every day for the rest of my life.
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Power corrupts.
The surprise for me is that anyone is surprised that this happens tho it would be nice, if naïve, to expect that people in public office adhere to certain standards of behaviour and follow their own rules.
It's not the affair, I couldn't give a toss who's having an affair, it's the endless appointment of mates, £billions of pounds worth of contracts going to mates / party donors, the hypocrisy of " social distancing is really important, don't travel from home" unless you need to go to Barnard Castle to check your eyesight or your shagging your latest tax payer funded member of staff.
Does anyone know why Dido Hardling has been made a Baroness? What criteria did she meet to attain that honour? Or is being a mate of Bojo enough?
Totally agree about Blair and his dodgy dossier , verging on criminal and taking us into a war.
This lot have been found to have broken the law over 70 times in the awarding of contracts, and they just shrug their shoulders as if it just doesn't matter.
Well, it DOES matter.
What I can't understand is that some folk seem to shrug their shoulders too .
We're one of the richest countries in the world and we've one of the highest per capita death rates on the planet for covid.
Official figures only count those " who have died within 28 days of a positive covid diagnosis" so those who die on day 29 and beyond don't even appear on the death toll.
Is there anyone who thinks Bojo actually achieved his " world beating track and trace system " , his words not mine, even though the cost is now £38,000,000,000.
Anyway £38,000,000,000.00 for a system which does not, and never has worked, is a lot of wasted money . I'm sure whoever got the contract , and their shareholders, think it's been money well spent