The Financial Times has an expensive paywall. British people usually read free newspapers.
However, this story is so important that the Financial Times decided to drop the paywall.
YSK that Boris Johnson was one of the most corrupt Prime Minister in British history 🇬🇧 . Always broke, he often said "I just can’t afford to do this job". He wanted rich businessmen to help him.
https://www.ft.com/content/8c6041ff-a223-43e9-9e45-53c3f7cf47f7
25 Comments
MagisterSieran@discuss.tchncs.de · 103 pts · 295d
I swear nobody on this site knows what YSK is for.
expatriado@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 295d
mildlyinteresting, TIL, YSK , etc, definitely follow different rules here, seen lots TILs with stuff that happened same day
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 295d
PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 295d
Yeltsin's Soggy Knickers
mech@feddit.org · 11 pts · 295d
It's so frustrating when you try to block politics from your feed to keep the anxiety down, and people hit you with YSK/TIL TRUMP DID THIS HORRIBLE THING
angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 294d
The average Lemmite is the kind of person that thinks you shouldn't be allowed to ignore politics
mech@feddit.org · 6 pts · 294d
I'm well enough informed, I work for one of the oldest independent newspapers in my country.
I don't need US
politicsbillionaire soap operas shoved in my face when I'm scrolling through memes to relax.Lemmy isn't even a good news source. The (political) posts that make it to the top aren't nuanced or informative, they're mostly ragebait and propaganda.
Propaganda for a good cause, granted, but mostly preaching to the choir here.
angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 294d
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 46 pts · 295d
The fact that we all casually talk about how big money is almost a requirement to get into, run, manage, and maintain politics ... goes to show you how democratic the system is.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 295d
The fact that corporations are the dominate social structure is undisputable. Everything, including notions of democracy, is secondary to this. Whenever there is a conflict between wealth and the general populace the government will always side with money due to corruption.
This is pretty universal across all nations. There is not a democracy that does not suffer from this problem. At this point it really does feel that democracy in most forms is just a window dressing for corportocracy.
yucandu@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 295d
We just got dental care in Canada. It's not all bad.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 295d
Oh don't get me wrong. Even though I live in a fascist nation my life is not bad. I just bought a house, I have a stable job. I have a big family I get to hang out with everyday.
I have a job for the first time in thirty years I can afford to insure my family with. A lot of my contemporaries are not so lucky though.
I think it is good just to point it out. It helps to keep me thinking straight and not feel gaslight by my government when it makes policy decisions to benefit the wealthy.
yucandu@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 294d
I'm just saying the people aren't completely powerless. Democracy can work, we forced the government to side with the general populace and not the wealth several times, including quite recently.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 294d
I read a study somewhere that says wealth gaps and democracy can uneasily coexist as long as money stays out of politics. This is the essential problem I think.
When we allow money into politics it corrupts them. We have to look at actual metrics to measure and consider externalities whenever creating policy. Making sure a monetary system is working for everyone and that people who take advantage of the situation are dealt with is a no brainer.
I did a little research and it does appear CA law is a little lax around loaning for political campaigns. I am not from CA so I really don't know if this is really a big deal or not. I would be concerned though that this system would be abused.
I personally think we should actively attempt to eliminate wealth gaps. Money has been used to divide people for far too long and it is such a corrupting force for some people. It is a problem that has consumed the US entirely.
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 295d
The serfs will work harder if they are made to believe their voice counts and when the serfs work harder the Owner Class makes more money.
starlinguk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 275d
Singapore solved this problem by paying its politicians really well. You'd think that would result in more corruption because people would do anything to get the job, but it hasn't.
Although they also throw corrupt politicians in prison, so that might have something to do with it.
IonTempted@lemmynsfw.com · 23 pts · 295d
The British should have seen that he has a Temu Trump and leave it at that.
Squizzy@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 295d
He was an absolute dose but Trump is a scrotal tick. He is an insanely outrageous piece of shit. Its really not fair to anyone outside of other serial rapists, cowards, abusers and those responsible for thousands of deaths to likened to him.
Bojo was a cheater but it would appear none were raped or a child or both. He also took a strong stance on Russia and held it, the only stance Trump holds for Russia is downward dog. It is thenonly consistent position he holds.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 295d
Americans take everything to the extreme, but BJ is repulsive, selfish, corrupt and immoral enough to hate. Trump is just the ugly but logical conclusion of American culture. 😔
Squizzy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 295d
Agreed
RobotToaster@mander.xyz · 13 pts · 295d
I'm pretty sure Robert Walpole holds the title of most corrupt prime minister lol
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 295d
Good story, didn’t know. Lovely look behind the corrupt scenes. However it is more than 4 years old. It’s undoubtedly still relevant and ongoing in one way or another, but it’s not breaking news.
Fluke@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 294d
It's relevant in that the inquest into the Government of the time's handling of the covid-19 pandemic has just concluded. Their findings come as no great surprise to anyone. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson -to refer to the self serving sack of festering syphilitic fucks by it's full name- is responsible for the government mishandling of the whole affair.
thefluffiest@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 294d
Amen 🙏🏼
Perspectivist@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 295d
I'm not sure what this information is good for.
stickly@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 295d
Astroturfing new bot accounts I guess
mech@feddit.org · 1 pts · 295d
WALLACE@feddit.uk · -4 pts · 295d
What's with this 4 year old fantasy/opinion piece being presented as both recent and factual?