This is neither surprising nor shocking. The Tories have caused so much controversy that it’s hard to decide what’s worth taking notice of anymore. However, I won’t be forgetting how they have ruined the UK on so many levels at the next General Election.
Shameful behavior. Being an MP is an extraordinary privilege. You are supposed to represent your fellow citizens and try to make your country better. You are not here to enrich yourself.
In France, for many years, we had some corrupt MPs and Senators working as lobbyists or “consultants”, literally selling out influence for cash. As soon as he became an MP, we had a guy named Francois Fillon open a “consulting firm”. An investigation found his firm was paid lavish amounts of money by billionaires and big corporations. The guy literally sold political influence:
British people deserve so much better and they SHOULD NOT REST until they get better
Government should fear the people, not the other way around
Jesus christ why don’t they just save time by investigating all of the tories and let us know which ones *haven’t* broken the law.
He’s my local MP and he is an absolute cunt of the highest order. Sadly Winchester is 95% old people who lap him up.
The Conservatives are just outright corrupt by now. Not even trying to hide it. To them, government is just a machine to process money into their donors’ bank accounts.
If we had any backbone as a country we’d be marching on Whitehall with flaming torches.
Bribery, lobbying is feckin bribery, and they’ve made it legal.
He’s the MP for Winchester. There is absolutely zero chance he’ll keep his seat at the next GE – it’s a top Liberal Democrat target and they’re circling that constituency like sharks that can taste blood in the water.
If there’s as much as a sniff of an early by-election, the copies of Focus will blot out the fucking sun.
Shock as MP investigation into lobbying… that’s what they do!
“Welcome to Tory HQ. It has been 0 days since our last scandal”
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This is neither surprising nor shocking. The Tories have caused so much controversy that it’s hard to decide what’s worth taking notice of anymore. However, I won’t be forgetting how they have ruined the UK on so many levels at the next General Election.
Shameful behavior. Being an MP is an extraordinary privilege. You are supposed to represent your fellow citizens and try to make your country better. You are not here to enrich yourself.
In France, for many years, we had some corrupt MPs and Senators working as lobbyists or “consultants”, literally selling out influence for cash. As soon as he became an MP, we had a guy named Francois Fillon open a “consulting firm”. An investigation found his firm was paid lavish amounts of money by billionaires and big corporations. The guy literally sold political influence:
https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2020/02/19/le-tres-cher-carnet-d-adresses-de-francois-fillon_6030024_823448.html
Since the anti-corruption law of 2017, having a second job as a lobbyist/consultant as an MP was made illegal:
https://www.vie-publique.fr/eclairage/19535-lois-moralisation-de-septembre-2017-prevention-des-conflits-dinterets
I don’t like Macron but it’s the one great law he passed.
It’s a shame that the UK doesn’t have legislation like this 🙁
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/27/moonlighting-mps-earn-more-than-ever-from-second-jobs-despite-crackdown
British people deserve so much better and they SHOULD NOT REST until they get better
Government should fear the people, not the other way around
Jesus christ why don’t they just save time by investigating all of the tories and let us know which ones *haven’t* broken the law.
He’s my local MP and he is an absolute cunt of the highest order. Sadly Winchester is 95% old people who lap him up.
The Conservatives are just outright corrupt by now. Not even trying to hide it. To them, government is just a machine to process money into their donors’ bank accounts.
If we had any backbone as a country we’d be marching on Whitehall with flaming torches.
Bribery, lobbying is feckin bribery, and they’ve made it legal.
He’s the MP for Winchester. There is absolutely zero chance he’ll keep his seat at the next GE – it’s a top Liberal Democrat target and they’re circling that constituency like sharks that can taste blood in the water.
If there’s as much as a sniff of an early by-election, the copies of Focus will blot out the fucking sun.
Shock as MP investigation into lobbying… that’s what they do!
“Welcome to Tory HQ. It has been 0 days since our last scandal”