‘Selflessness. Integrity. Objectivity. Accountability. Openness.
Honesty. Leadership.’ These are the Seven Principles devised by Lord
Nolan’s 1994 Committee on Standards in Public Life to promote a code of
conduct that all public servants should follow. It is increasingly apparent that our country has elected a government
that is attempting to rip to shreds all of these rules.
Lord Acton famously once said: ‘power
tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely’: ambitious
people who think themselves untouchable tend to bend the rules for their
purposes. What shocks me so much the most , is with the level of corruption we are
seeing in our country at the moment, how this country has become so numb to it. This
is unsurprising based on our incumbent primus inter pares:
Boris Johnson who has paved the way for an unprecedented level
of sleaze and scandal
That features the Conservative government’ social distancing breaches, partygate, unethical contracts
funding Tory-linked organisations, tax evasion, combined with their failure in the pandemic, Brexit, Exports, NHS Social care, Track & trace, HMRC’s ability to tackle tax cheats,the justice system,the benefits system ,education , personal liberties , police impartiality, the rule of law, growing poverty, wealth inequality, spiralling inflation and the rising cost of living. And given the reluctance to welcome Ukrainians and the failure to ban Therapy on Trans folk, there is clearly a nasty and bigoted streak in the Conservative party. I' seriously can't find any success note whatsoever,.
And after being the first British Prme Minister in history to be found breaking the law,alongide his chabcellor, plus lying to Parlament and breaching the Ministerial Code, this is all all very serious stuff ,there must be some form of accountability, and at same time you have to ask:yourself how the hell the Tories are still running the country?
Well it has been a long established that the Conservative party and their leader lies. In fact,
it’s probably their second most identifiable characteristic after being
nasty.These lies are not accidental, it is a deliberate exercise to try
and keep in control. When they claim to understand, this simply means
they don't care at all, and when they talk about building a stronger
Britain, it wont be for all of us, those less fortunate, it will for all
their friends at the top of the pile. They have overseen a 11% or more
increase in the wealth of the richest, while everyone else has seen
their income stagnate at best - or in most cases sink. They have
introduced vile, vicious policies attacking the poor; whether employed,
jobless or sick/disabled - which have led to a vast increase in poverty,
and homelessness, including a 2000% rise in foodbank use (from 48,000
to 1 million plus users.) They will continue to issue platitudes that
they say will be the benefit of us all while presiding over policies
that have the opposite effect. We have to keep challenging their
distorted narratives.
The desperate letter from more than 550 food banks warning Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak that they are close to “breaking
point” from an unsustainable surge in demand during the cost of living
crisis.and saying they risk "running out of food" ought to be at the top of every agenda. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/food-banks-rishi-sunak-living-costs-b2054244.html
Foodbank users are currently declinining potatoes and root vegetables as they cannot afford the fuel to cook with them. This is happenining in the fifth richest country with more billionaires than ever before. There is no limit to Tory cruelty.
Meanwhile our millionaire Chancellor is busy with his tax affairs and our PM is playing Churchill.
The 3.1 per cent benefits increase that came into effect yesterday does
not match inflation, which is expected to hit 7.7 per cent this month.This will result in the greatest fall in the value of the basic rate
of unemployment benefit in 50 years, according to an analysis by the
Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 600,000 more people will be pulled into poverty because Tories refuse to help those most in need. The government's broken promise to keep the state pension triple lock will cost pnioners about £500 a year, because the state pension will increase by only 3.1% instad of the 8.3% due under the triple lock formula. Yet since these decisions were taken inflation has soared and is now xpected to exceed 8%, this year, which means pensioners are facing a significant real terms fall in income this year,
It's worth remembering that the week before they voted through thee ral trms cuts to benefits Tory MPs voted to give bankers a multi billion tax cut.
Please consider signing the following petition to get them to raie benefits in line with inflation.https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/612152 ..without further help millons will freeze and starve this coming winter. This isn't a cost of living crisis it's an enforced poverty crisis engineered by the rich.The Tories got away with austerity whilst enriching themselves, and robbing the country blind during the pandemic. The recent energy price hike is not only going to be impossible for millions, it will undermine the economy. Every pound going towards the energy companies is a pound not going into other commodities or services. Why hasn’t the government the wisdom to see the looming disaster? People will have no money to spend on other stuff and that that will affect the profits of other businesses ( like non essential retail or hospitality , leisure etc ) which will see a massive reduction in vat and corporate Taxes that those businesses pay. This reduces Government income and takes money out of the general economy. The most worrying thing is that the level of poverty its creating will take years to resolve.
Ir's all a complete mess, but still the Tories cling on to power.Not, even Thatcher's era was as bad as this. Maybe during the time of the corn laws, Napoleon rampaging across Europe etc. Ask Jacob Reece Mogg. We simply cannot afford a further Tory Government that allows them to continue with their tactics of public obfuscation and diversion, and politics of cruelty, but when I look at the opposition to them in parliament I only see more bloody tories.so I'm reaching the point of desperation, the whole damn system is essentially rotten, and a real alternative is needed urgently.Enough is enough, there has to be another way.
The threats to our lives, is very real if Johnson and co remain in power, with there lies, spin, and broken promies, as they keep wrecking the economy. They are ideologically authoritarian and total incompetent, a real and constant danger. Hopefullly the Tories game is coming to a very messy end before too long, anybody who decides to vote for them is an absolute fool.Kick out the Tories.
