Claire Coutinho, appointed minister for energy security and net zero this week, was a senior fellow to the opaquely funded right-wing Policy Exchange, a think tank that helped write the UK’s controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act after explicitly stating the government should pass legislation to target Extinction Rebellion (XR).
brexit, parties during covid, this corrupted government, etc.
as an Italian, I feel that we could be no longer the most italian country in a very short time
li10@feddit.uk 9 months ago
I can’t deal with the sheer amount of corruption in this government.
I subscribed to Private Eye and these days I don’t even read it anymore because it’s so genuinely depressing.
Reading about the blatant conflicts of interest actually makes me feel hopeless about the future of the country.
0x815@feddit.de 9 months ago
I feel somehow that’s not just in Britain, unfortunately.
agent_flounder@lemmy.one 9 months ago
As a stupid American, I think you might be right. Not sure though. Hmm.
Sodis@feddit.de 9 months ago
It’s the whole western world. Wealthy people amassed too much power and now protect their wealth against the interest of the many.
merridew@feddit.uk 9 months ago
It feels very similar to the dying days of the Major government.
Hopefully this, too, will end in the Tories getting resoundingly booted from power.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Is this just a general statement or are you suggesting that the newly appointed minister has broken corruption laws? 🤔