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Sunak’s family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences (www.thelondoneconomic.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Noit@lemm.ee to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 83 points 2 years ago

You know he is going to swan off to the USA as soon as he looses the election. There will be a reason he will not investigate the tax fraud that the audit office said was happening. The people of Uxbridge should be ashamed of what they voted back. He is piggy backing on their ignorance to make money for his family.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 72 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The Indian IT company is owned by the prime minister’s wife’s family although Sunak has insisted the matter is of “no legitimate public interest”.

Yes sir. None of beeswax, m'lud. Understood.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Infosys is an IT equivalent of sweatshops.

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There should be a limit on how corrupt one party can be.

[–] RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Historically, there certainly have been such limits, but enforcement of them required involving a rather large group of people with some combination of torches, molotov cocktails, pitchforks, swords/knives tar, feathers, guns, ropes, and guillotines.

They got a bit messy.

[–] thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Care for a game of how many uses of a guillotine it takes for politicians to listen?

[–] SamsonSeinfelder@feddit.de 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The next tory crime family

[–] button_masher@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Crime?!? These are perfectly legal deals. Knowledge is power and everyone's going to die anyway. The man is simply providing for his poor family while he has some power. It's not his fault if these IT surveillance people happen to peek at his documents (heavy /s)

It's scary how much knowledge these folks have access to...

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 24 points 2 years ago

They're like robber barons who know their time is up so they are grabbing what they can for themselves and their mates while burning the place down.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

[–] WorldieBoi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Shocker! /s

[–] Arkatakor@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Crooks, crooks… Whether it’s in the UK, France, Canada, US and etc. these crooks are everywhere. Surely these fine people must attend some kind of monthly get together and devise a strategy on how to feed shit and bollocks to the common folks.

[–] lightninhopkins@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Davos.

[–] Treczoks@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

I'm shocked! A billionaire politician -- corrupt! Who would have thought!

[+] Potato_in_my_anus@lemmy.ml -10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This happens with all politicians regardless of party and country. That's just politics, hasn't changed in over a millenia.

[–] bentropy@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would argue it's rich people and not politicians in general. We have some kind of poor politicians (<1 million) and the never do bullshit like that while we also have rich politicians which all the time do stuff like that.

There are politicians that really try to serve the people and there are politicians that are only in the game for money and power and we need to sort that out!

[–] Potato_in_my_anus@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Look, I'm older than the majority of the crowd around here; I've lived in several countries and unfortunately that's the way it is with politicians. Sure, I don't doubt there are a few here and there who are "idealists", but if they stay long enough in politics, they'll join the group who wants power and money. And it happens with the left and the right. Some politicians are happy with a steady income of a few thousand of dollars and some with billions of dollars deals.

[+] fugepe@lemmy.world -38 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Let's not do the racist bit...

I can be just as ridiculous and say "god another white guy. All they do is colonize and propagte an imperialist attitude. They topple governments for their own wealth and the wealth of their cronies. It's the same story again and again and again throughout history, White Western Man uses force of government to enrich himself at the expense of an entire country of people. We have the same problem with white people in the US!"

(I'm white by the way lol not that it makes racism correct.)

[–] Yoz@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bro stop generalizing. I am white and I am poor. Can you call then out with their nationality. Like Musk is south African etc..

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

I was talking about racism being ridiculous and using an example made specifically to be ridiculous. I don't actually hold what I said to be a real truth.

People do shitty things, white, black, Australian to Japanese, it doesn't matter. People are shitty, not whole races/nationalities.

[+] fugepe@lemmy.world -13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Whites are native from that land. In your idea of feeling superior youll ignore corruption and evilness. Look how much you criticize your PM in your comment. May God help your country if that's the quality of men the UK has now, preoccupied in keeping a facade to receive moral applauses.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

I think you completely missed the point of my comment.

It was simply to state racism is ridiculous.

Indian people are not a problem just as white people aren't a problem. PEOPLE are a problem when they're lead by greed and selfishness. An Indian person can be as much of a shithead as any white guy, African guy, whatever. It's individuals, not whole races.

[–] runblack@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You saying Caucasians are native to the US? Lmao

[–] Dark_Blade@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

TIL the Brits who colonized Africa, India and hordes of other nations were actually natives

[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago

He was born in the UK you cretin. Take your culture wars somewhere else.

[–] gmtom@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Add another smooth brained loser to the ban pile

[–] Yoz@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Lol WTF! he's Indian? I thought he was british. Can anyone become PM of Britain ?? Fuck! times have changed. A colonizer now being colonized 🤣🤣

[–] fugepe@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You don't know the difference between a conqueror and an invader Raheesh.

[–] Yoz@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Youre saying sunak is both a conqueror and an invader mildred ?