People shocked at peerages for Evgeny Lebedev & Claire Fox miss the main motive here.
Boris Johnson knows Russian influence can expose him & be rolled back after he’s gone.
His aim here is to make the entire British state & very establishment complicit in this so it can’t.
Boris Johnson knows Russian influence can expose him & be rolled back after he’s gone.
His aim here is to make the entire British state & very establishment complicit in this so it can’t.
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I’ve been banging on about this for years: every state has a bit of corruption - thats nothing new.
The key to protecting yourself is if you can make important institutions “publicly complicit” in your corruption, it becomes impossible to roll back - even by the uncorrupted.
I’ve been banging on about this for years: every state has a bit of corruption - thats nothing new.
The key to protecting yourself is if you can make important institutions “publicly complicit” in your corruption, it becomes impossible to roll back - even by the uncorrupted.
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That’s why Trump has attempted to destroy US institutions - even when they didn’t oppose him - as the very existence of decent, law abiding public institutions is a potential threat to him - now & post presidency.
...this is now the path Boris Johnson is taking Britain down.
That’s why Trump has attempted to destroy US institutions - even when they didn’t oppose him - as the very existence of decent, law abiding public institutions is a potential threat to him - now & post presidency.
...this is now the path Boris Johnson is taking Britain down.
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That’s why accusations of cronyism or incompetence miss the point.
Corrupt authoritarian regimes don’t appoint immoral incompetent people “by accident”....
...They appoint them as that’s the only way they can function - as competent moral people are a threat to them.
That’s why accusations of cronyism or incompetence miss the point.
Corrupt authoritarian regimes don’t appoint immoral incompetent people “by accident”....
...They appoint them as that’s the only way they can function - as competent moral people are a threat to them.
