You might have to - I’ve seen a number of articles suggesting the Labour focus on sleaze seems to be widening the gap between them and the Tories. Now I know that sounds counter intuitive but the polls seem to back it up.
And your opinion on the article itself?
I find the concept very odd that when called out on sleaze the become more popular.
Probably cos people think I’d do it if I was in their position
I was thinking about it and I thought you know is a holiday such a big deal it’s just a perk of the job I’m sure rich and powerful people all over the world take kick backs. Is 15k that much but then when you think of it in terms of a bribe which is exactly what it is then it’s not on.
unless the people are actually interested then it's irrelevant what the opposition say. Ultimately it's the people that hold the government to account or not
are you serious? Pretty much every contract I've done recently has had anti-corruption clauses in teh contract and I've had to sit and do an anti-corruption course as part of induction. This includes two government departments. It is a big deal, because that money comes with an obligation to the person that gave it. Favours, what you are stating is that rich people should be allowed to influence any systems they want, to whatever degree they can, that money should allow you to control everything and anything. What an awful society if that goes unchecked, as the sociopaths burn everything around them.
Where I work, doctors regularly used to take kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies. That was stopped and it is now a sackable offence to take any kind of freebie.
I thought that still went on in the states NY. it really should be against the law and not down to each business. I imagine it encourages doctors to prescribe drugs based on what it's worth to them personally, rather than the patients wellbeing.
Also isnt this how the USA started the problem with codene addictions, from over subscription based on kick backs?
It does still go on - it's just policy where I work and it is enforced.
Totally agree as per the last line of the paragraph you have quoted.
I can only talk about the organization I work for and it is absoloutely not lip service.
Most doctors are in private practice - that is where the opiate problem originates. That and the willingness of the pharmaceutical companies to supply way more than could possibly be necessary. I work for a hospital/medical school system, so they can enforce their policies. It needs to be a legal requirement, although I can see big pharma pushing back on that.