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Good thing there's no other pressing business in the country going on right now.
 

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I wonder if this were the US whether Cameron would be in actual trouble by now. I kind of think they're better at investigating this sort of thing, but I'm only remembering headlines, I might be wrong.
 

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Until this country wakes up, these bastards will continue laughing all the way to the bank.
 

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Must be nice living in a privileged bubble where you can waste an entire day repeating the same thing the person before you did about how inspirational a person was and how they personified everything great about Britain.
 

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Every Tory MP on repeat: “I can’t comment on an ongoing investigation”


3 months later...


’The investigation found that while conduct was questionable the ministerial code was not broken and we now consider the case to be closed”
 

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Every Tory MP on repeat: “I can’t comment on an ongoing investigation”


3 months later...


’The investigation found that while conduct was questionable the ministerial code was not broken and we now consider the case to be closed”
Yep. Standard practice from this corrupt government.

They'll drape a Union Jack though and wax lyrical about British values while defrauding the UK population so it is fine.
 

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Every Tory MP on repeat: “I can’t comment on an ongoing investigation”


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’The investigation found that while conduct was questionable the ministerial code was not broken and we now consider the case to be closed”
'lessons will be learned'
 

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So the independent inquiry is being lead by a government advisor?
 

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Why is Cameron getting all the flak? People in government should be facing charges.
 

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Why is Cameron getting all the flak? People in government should be facing charges.
Cameron should be getting a lot of flak. The PM who promised to clamp down on lobbyists cosying up to government and then became the slimiest one of the lot. The government is getting less grief on Greensill cos they rejected his overtures.
I don't have a Times subscription to read the new allegation in there.
 

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No one cares is the truth of it, stories like this just become a "they're all as bad as each other narrative". It's priced in with the Tories, the public only care when people who act superior do something wrong.
 

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If only somebody had warned us beforehand that this would happen.
 

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If only somebody had warned us beforehand that this would happen.
And they even have people clapping it. Now that's bold. But this as been going on long before Boris. Slowly but surely privatising parts of the NHS, while pretending to love it.
 

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I read the last page or two and feel nothing but apathy at this stage. You just know the polls are still going to show the Tories sitting comfortably at 40+ percent
 

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And they even have people clapping it. Now that's bold. But this as been going on long before Boris. Slowly but surely privatising parts of the NHS, while pretending to love it.
And that is before a trade deal with the USA in which they want access to the NHS....
 

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Doesn't matter. The Labour motion was defeated and so all the stinking sleeze will again be swept under the carpet.
At least it's the Beebs main headline. Although it has one of those boring headlines that will make Joe Public not know it's anything to do with the blatant corruption going on right now, and they'll just scroll down to the articles about Why Your Choice In Candle Holders Is Important or whatever.
 

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At least it's the Beebs main headline. Although it has one of those boring headlines that will make Joe Public not know it's anything to do with the blatant corruption going on right now, and they'll just scroll down to the articles about Why Your Choice In Candle Holders Is Important or whatever.
Frustratingly true.
 

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I detest politics. Does it ever get any fecking better?

I remember ages ago, and probably still happens now, whenever a company had a promotion or competition going on the first item of the T&Cs was something along the lines of, “Employees of Company X and their relatives are excluded from participation.”

It was always to remove the potential claims of nepotism, cronyism or a corrupt contest, and that was for a TV, fridge or fecking holiday!