silence7@slrpnk.net to Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoSunak’s family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licenceswww.thelondoneconomic.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: news@kbin.socialhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.partypolitics@beehaw.orgclimate@slrpnk.netnews@beehaw.orgworldnews@lemmy.mluk_politics@feddit.uk
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkSunak’s family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licenceswww.thelondoneconomic.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@kbin.socialhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.partypolitics@beehaw.orgclimate@slrpnk.netnews@beehaw.orgworldnews@lemmy.mluk_politics@feddit.uk
minus-squareDougHolland@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoHow utterly ordinary and predictable. The only thing unusual is, such deals usually don’t make headlines. This is why we’re doomed.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIt doesn’t have to be that way. Power in the UK is still decided by counting votes, so there’s an outlet for replacing the government without a violent revolution.
minus-squareDougHolland@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoIf that’s true, mega congratulations. I don’t know much about the way things are in the UK. If someone said that about my U S of A, though, I’d chuckle.
How utterly ordinary and predictable. The only thing unusual is, such deals usually don’t make headlines.
This is why we’re doomed.
It doesn’t have to be that way. Power in the UK is still decided by counting votes, so there’s an outlet for replacing the government without a violent revolution.
If that’s true, mega congratulations. I don’t know much about the way things are in the UK.
If someone said that about my U S of A, though, I’d chuckle.