1/ A worrying consequence of Tory corruption is that just 5% of voters think politicians are in the job primarily for the good of their country.

The only people who will profit from such distrust are the kleptofascist enemies of democracy.
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
2/ The kleptocratic right don't need people to support them, they just need people to lose faith in the ability of democratic government to do anything good for them. Once that is done people will just shrug apathetically as democracy is undermined and the NHS is privatised etc..
3/ So Tory corruption and incompetence will in the long term hurt those on the centre and left who say government can do good things. Instead people will listen to the libertarian siren voices who say government must get out of economics, and leave everything to the market.
4/ This is Sadopopulism as explained here by Prof. Timothy Snyder. It's how the would-be oligarchs and their political minions strengthen their power by creating chaos and suffering.
5/ It gets worse, because if people lose faith in general improvement for society, then they will tend to see politics as a brutal zero sum game between competing social groups, who will increasingly see each other as enemies. We can see that already in Brexit politics.

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6 Dec
Johnson is ‘planning reforms which would allow ministers to effectively throw out any legal rulings they do not agree with.

This is the mentality of a crime gang which has seized power. Rulers who put themselves above the law are criminals.
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The Tories say never mind the rules, never mind the law. MPs will be judged by the voters.

But when a government by-passes rules and laws there will be no fair elections.

The rule of law and adherence to democratic norms are as central to democracy as elections.
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A government which is above the law is a government which is moving towards dictatorship.
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