the problem isn’t Boris. It’s how hundreds of politicians, civil servants, police officers, the media, who claim to uphold the law and the truth watched *in silence* while hundreds of them broke the law
That system is just as open to abuse by Gove or Patel. +
That system is just as open to abuse by Gove or Patel. +
Johnson has shown us that UK’s political system could not (so far) keep its standards and constrain a shameless liar willing to push colleagues into complicity.
How would it cope with a *competent* sociopathic autocrat PM? +
How would it cope with a *competent* sociopathic autocrat PM? +
Politics is a magnet to narcissists & sociopaths. It needs extremely strong checks and balances, in a lasting structure to defeat and expose cheats & liars and constantly privilege transparent rule-following.
That should be our focus. Not swapping out one crook for another. +
That should be our focus. Not swapping out one crook for another. +
It doesn’t matter whether the parties were dangerous or not. What matters is that *we didn’t know about them for a whole year*.
No civil servant raised a concern (it seems). No police reported them (that’s clear). No media reported them.
No one blew the whistle. //
No civil servant raised a concern (it seems). No police reported them (that’s clear). No media reported them.
No one blew the whistle. //
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