Articles tagged "corruption"

Britain's death of the gentlemen's agreement. Truth, decency & democracy have little currency in Boris Johnson’s rump Trumpocracy

The Government’s most senior Health official has contradicted the Prime Minister’s claims [Boris Johnson lied to MPs]

Pharmaceutical industry has a corrupt, “hidden web of policy influence” over dozens of all-party, UK parliamentary groups

Democracy is a fragile creation, and the Yale professor and historian of fascism Timothy Snyder should know

The Tories announced plans to curb the powers of the Commission which has been investigating the funding of Boris Johnson's flat refurbishment.

Jeremy Cushing on how the government is attacking and undermining the institutions of democracy, Blaine Stothard on ministers’ demands for total conformity of beliefs and values, & Pat Farrington on the Tories’ cynical attempts to keep hold of power

“There are some people in the government who feel like the right way to win is to pick a fight on the culture war and to exploit division.”

The 2019 Tory [Big Lie] manifesto promised: “In all of our trade negotiations, we will not compromise on our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food standards.”

Proposals undermine government accountability. Wonder why that's a goal of any government? Answer: They do not want to be held to account for their actions

Did Tories dredge up 26 year old story for excuse to destroy the BBC? Totalitarian governments always move to shut down media/news outlets they can't control or dictate to.

Tory controlled Downing Street bullied Public Health England NOT to publish crucial data on the spread of the new Covid variant in schools

One example: More than 600 transport & storage workers died last year from the Coronavirus, according to the ONS, but only 10 deaths in the sector were reported.