Flying back from abroad into UK political news is unreal. Cabinet members on Grenfell, No.10 brazenly burying a report on Russian interference, Tory party doctoring a video on Starmer, govt reversing a promise to give the Commons a vote...
Brexit has turned Britain inside out.
Brexit has turned Britain inside out.
And that’s just today.
We have weeks ahead of this.
There are serious reasons to doubt the capability of our system to safeguard electoral integrity.
This list demonstrates that we are not in the safe hands of a govt who wants to promote trust & confidence in the system.
We have weeks ahead of this.
There are serious reasons to doubt the capability of our system to safeguard electoral integrity.
This list demonstrates that we are not in the safe hands of a govt who wants to promote trust & confidence in the system.
I heard a well-informed Canadian tourist say, after staying a week in Britain:
“Brexit seemed a lot funnier from the outside.”
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“Brexit seemed a lot funnier from the outside.”
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It really hits you, coming back into the country, that the propaganda, distortion & outright lies, the gross failures of transparency & accountability post the #EUref have had a far wider, debasing & destabilising impact on our public life.
History will judge many harshly.
History will judge many harshly.
It’s the shamelessness that feels new.
We teach our children to be honest, we demand the highest standards of integrity from our professionals, we require proven competence & strategy in our business leaders.
Yet in the highest offices of the land, shamelessness now triumphs.
We teach our children to be honest, we demand the highest standards of integrity from our professionals, we require proven competence & strategy in our business leaders.
Yet in the highest offices of the land, shamelessness now triumphs.
