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[–] punksnotdead@slrpnk.net 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Second Lord of the Treasury having to build corporate relationships by accepting bribes in the first place?

I understand it's a very mild bribe in the grand scheme of things, but it's still free goods and services in the hope of getting something in return that they wouldn't normally. A bribe.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

We had somewhat similar issues around ethics in the current government where I'm from and one thing the ethics committee manager had to remind the MPs is that even if something isn't an ethics violation, the appearance of ethics violation is still damaging the trust people have in the people they elect.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Who is Sabrina Carpenter why is this a story?

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 11 points 2 months ago

Some say her mother was a teenage witch and that her father lived in Nazareth 2000 years ago....
All we do know is, that some people call her The Stig.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

She's a popular pop artist. This is just a continuation of the freebies scandal from a few months ago, though The National probably published this because of how it looks when you're pushing billions in cuts to disability benefits.

[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

According to multiple sources, Reeves earns ~£150K a year. After taxes that'll work out to ~£80-90K a year, which should work out at about £6500-7500 a month.

Openly accepting bribes is terrible enough, but when you're in the top 10% of wages in the country, it's so much worse.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io -4 points 2 months ago

"Because she's a woman, she cannot be bribed."

Nice try.