Ex-British PM calls actions of UK government 'politically corrupt'
Johnson was forced to make a U-turn after he abandoned plans pushed through parliament to protect a lawmaker found to have broken lobbying rules.
Major, Britain's prime minister between 1990-1997, said his party had trashed the reputation of parliament and that he would face a dilemma over whether to vote for Johnson at the next election.
"I think the way the government handled that was shameful, wrong and unworthy of this, or indeed any government," Major said in a BBC interview.
"There's a general whiff of 'we are the masters now' about their behaviour," he said. "They also behaved badly in other ways that are perhaps politically corrupt."
A spokesperson for Johnson said paid lobbying was wrong and elected officials must abide by the rules.
The row has raised fresh questions about Johnson's ethics. He has faced other accusations of wrongdoing, including plans to have party donors secretly contribute to a luxury renovation of his Downing Street flat.
Johnson has said the government followed the rules over the refurbishment.
Britain could become a corrupt country- Poll
While some may already argue that Britain is already a corrupt country, a poll published by the Daily Mail on Saturday found 57% of voters said they agreed with a statement made by the prime minister's adviser on ethical standards this week that Britain could "slip into becoming a corrupt country".
Major, who campaigned to keep Britain in the European Union and who criticised Johnson over this handling of Brexit, said Johnson's behaviour could harm the party in the future.
"They have broken their word on many occasions," he said. "I have been a Conservative all my life and if I am concerned at how the government is behaving, I suspect lots of other people are as well."
Pot calling the kettle black?
Ironically, it is the Johnson government that has backed a controversial Commission of Inquiry into governance in the Virgin Islands during this COVID-19 pandemic.
The Johnson Government, through the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the Governor’s Office have sought to paint the Virgin Islands as corrupt to justify the CoI and have collaborated with the UK press to promote its propaganda to the British people and the world.
One UK newspaper had even maliciously used a photo of Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) and his wife, Mrs Sheila E. Forbes-Fahie, in continued attempts to paint the territory as corrupt.
The photo in question appeared in the UK Times article of January 23, 2021, entitled “British Virgin Islands: cash and cartel trouble in paradise,” in which the Premier and his wife were edited in front of a photo of cocaine found in a $250M November 2020 drug bust.
PM Johnson is a confessed imperialist and buddy of ex-governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert, who called the CoI on the Virgin Islands, announcing it on Martin Luther King Day, January 18, 2021, mere days after he exited the Virgin Islands permanently.
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17 Responses to “Ex-British PM calls actions of UK government 'politically corrupt'”
we want to hear about the outcome of the commission of inquiry.
we want to hear about who will pay for the legal fees.
we doh want to hear about uk our mother county
Now you have the audacity to call your self we the people of the VI without changing your username From Buckingham palace. A touch of old history a little slang bad spelling that’s all it takes to fool naive people.
"There's a general whiff of 'we are the masters now' about their behaviour," Coincidentally that seems to be quite a similar sentiment to your past comments.
I couldn’t care less if tax money pays the speakers legal fees. He thought he was doing his job. Talk about the millions in legal fees properly allocated but brought about solely by the introduction of the COI during a pandemic.
Their bread is buttered to take the fall confident someone will catch them.