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GreyShuck@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years ago

UK perceived as more corrupt, falling to its lowest score on global index

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UK perceived as more corrupt, falling to its lowest score on global index

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GreyShuck@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years ago
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Transparency International chief says fall to 20th place should act as ‘a wake-up call’ for the government
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    Mmm I wonder why…

    Covid VIP lane scandal

    Covid profiteering

    Life Peer investigated for fraud

    Russians & Brexit

    Son of Russian spy in Lords

    Foreign Secretary secretive trip

    Brexit Teeside freeport corruption investigation

    More info

    MP’s expenses scandal

    Tufton Street

    Honours

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      Makes me wonder what else there is which hasn’t been discovered and reported.

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        Honestly, it’s just such a deluge there will be cases that people just don’t have time to investigate.

        One of the reasons I cancelled my Private Eye membership was it just made me miserable reading about all the grifting, and the level of “No, I’m not doing anything” that anyone trying to combat it had to constantly fight through.

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          That was exactly the same reason i stopped reading Private eye. Its relentless and seemingly nothing will stop the corruption

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          As an avid reader of Hungarian domestic politics news, I can confirm that the deluge is a feature, not a bug. Having read the hundred thousandth article about the prime minister’s inner circle winning yet another tender, yet another government contract, monopoly over one more industry, most people get desensitised to the point that they zone out completely. What’s the point if there is no other lane but the VIP lane?

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        Probably not that much, considering how flagrant they seem to be these days.

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