Is trust in politicians dead and gone? Boozy illegal gatherings in Downing Street. A chancellor whose wife is making money from Russian investment. Some say democracy is in peril.
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Partying while 186,000 died of Covid
Is trust in politicians dead and gone? Boozy illegal gatherings in Downing Street. A chancellor whose wife is making money from Russian investment. Some say democracy is in peril.
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<h5 class=" eplus-wrapper">Is trust in politicians dead and gone?</h5>
Yes: Nobody relies on politicians to tell the truth anymore. They are only out for themselves and say whatever people want to hear in order to stay in power. Boris Johnson has a reputation as a liar.
No: You cannot generalise about politicians any more than you can about other groups of people. Plenty of them are thoroughly honest. If they were all crooks, nobody would vote in elections at all.
Or... We are going through a bad phase at the moment, with a lot of disgraceful people in positions of power. But that does not mean that the next generation of politicians will be untrustworthy.
20 fines - This does not necessarily mean that 20 people were fined: some could have been fined more than once.
IT company - Her stake in Infosys is thought to be worth £690m.
Nero - Emperor from 54 AD to 68 AD.
Played the fiddle - The fiddle was not in fact invented until around the 11th Century.
Great Fire - According to the historian Suetonius, Nero ordered the city to be burned because he thought it ugly.
Marie Antoinette - Queen of France from 1774 until her execution during the French Revolution in 1792.
Let them eat cake - The words were first attributed to an unidentified princess in 1765 when Marie Antoinette was just nine.
Partying while 186,000 died of Covid
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20 fines - This does not necessarily mean that 20 people were fined: some could have been fined more than once.
IT company - Her stake in Infosys is thought to be worth £690m.
Nero - Emperor from 54 AD to 68 AD.
Played the fiddle - The fiddle was not in fact invented until around the 11th Century.
Great Fire - According to the historian Suetonius, Nero ordered the city to be burned because he thought it ugly.
Marie Antoinette - Queen of France from 1774 until her execution during the French Revolution in 1792.
Let them eat cake - The words were first attributed to an unidentified princess in 1765 when Marie Antoinette was just nine.