Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/10/boris-johnson-breached-rules-designed-to-stop-abuse-of-contacts-made-in-public-office-watchdog-finds

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Severus_Snape@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 326d (1 reply)

As a non-brit, one of the most hilarious - or sad - thing is how easy British political elites can get away with breaching rules.

In France, there is now an independent agency, the authority for ethics and transparency (HATPV) in charge of ensuring politicians respect ethics rules. And if they breach rules, they can face very heavy fines and even jail.

HATPV isn't joking. They have prosecuted dozens of french politicians.

In Britain, you have a bunch of toothless watchdogs that say "The honorable gentleman did not act honorably"

Acoba is JOKE. Their enforcement mechanism is a strongly worded letter 🤦 🤦 🤦

Seriously guys, this is just embarrassing.

FishFace@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 326d

It may get better now... Here's hoping

FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com · 11 pts · 326d (1 reply)

No shit

He has never thought that rules apply to him. His type are above rules. Rules exist for them to control us, but only us

He's a toff, Tory cunt.

WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social · 2 pts · 326d

People dont mind when rich people or politicians do bad things, so long as it suits them.