Tory donors pay £3 million for a seat in the House of Lords? Bargain!
Tories will sell anything: or so it seems. This particular Tory seems to have been selling seats in the House of Lords for £3 million a time.
Boris Johnson does it again.
Back in the 18th and 19th centuries, the country that was to become the United Kingdom was plagued with places known as Rotten Boroughs. These were Parliamentary constituencies with very few voters, whose choice in elections could be bought by corrupt politicians.
They were outlawed many years ago but the concept is explored very thoroughly in an episode of Blackadder The Third.
Now we have ‘Rotten Boris’ Johnson who, it seems, has been selling places in the House of Lords instead – at £3 million a pop!
Use the correct word: CORRUPTION
And selling a peerage is a crime
Johnson should be arrested and go in front of a jury
Seriously. No one is above the law (or at least no one should be above the law) https://t.co/tLCeBUihCH
— Tom London (@TomLondon6) November 6, 2021
A complaint has been lodged with the Metropolitan Police…
The Metropolitan Police has been urged to launch an investigation into the Tory 'cash for honours' scandal after multi-millionaire donors were offered peerageshttps://t.co/fJa3VN5piT
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) November 7, 2021
… but will officers investigate?
Some would say the Met, under its current commissioner, Cressida Dick, is as corrupt as Johnson; we have allowed our institutions to degrade to a point where it is impossible to find an honest person who will hold the criminals to account.
I wait to be proved wrong. But I won’t hold my breath.
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