PM to remove Electoral Commission's power to prosecute law-breaking, weeks after it investigated his controversial flat refurbishment. The watchdog has been threatened with curbs ever since it embarrassed Tories by fining Vote Leave for breaking the rules.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
The government isn't even hiding its attempts to destroy all mechanisms that exist to hold government and politicians to account - legal aid, human rights, judicial review, (dare I say "activist lawyers" too...).
Just anyone that questions the government has to be silenced.
Just anyone that questions the government has to be silenced.
Anything that *might be* used to hold the government to account has to be quietly destroyed.
But anyone who actually dares to openly question or oppose the government has to be publicly punished. If you dare to investigate Boris Johnson, you *will* lose your powers and funding.
But anyone who actually dares to openly question or oppose the government has to be publicly punished. If you dare to investigate Boris Johnson, you *will* lose your powers and funding.
And not just the obvious ones like NGOs, lawyers, courts or other "accountability" mechanisms.
Even civil servants who make rulings against the Tories. Like the person who found Priti Patel to have bullied people. He lost his job but the bully kept hers.
Even civil servants who make rulings against the Tories. Like the person who found Priti Patel to have bullied people. He lost his job but the bully kept hers.
https://twitter.com/ShoaibMKhan/status/1329756696911212544?s=20
And even the reason given, that the Electoral Commission having the power to prosecute is a waste of public money.
Because obviously the man who spent tens of millions on a garden bridge that was never built will go down in history for how well his government managed our money.
Because obviously the man who spent tens of millions on a garden bridge that was never built will go down in history for how well his government managed our money.
Maybe above are some of the "particular circumstances" that voters have (finally!) started to notice.
https://twitter.com/REWearmouth/status/1405854850840137729?s=19
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