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15/09/21

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Originally posted by mojohand ↑

Yeah, I read his post. No overly impressive. In fact this part "I suggest a blind trust was the right way to go. This way he was not in a position to be accused of doing favors in return" is downright naive.

I think Hugh Riminton sums up this fiasco and Porter's tenuous position therein much better....

Porter might have lost his job as the chief law officer of the land but he remains minister for industry, science and technology. If the money came from a high-net-worth individual, it is possible their source of wealth may have come from commercial interests that come under his very portfolio.

What is to stop, once all this has died down, a well-heeled figure sidling up to the minister and revealing themselves as the benefactor? Perhaps offering the last four digits of the bank account to prove their bona fides. Then the quiet request for the quid pro quo.

Might that benefactor have links to a foreign government? Or organised crime? Did Porter seek advice from security agencies?

This is so clearly fraught with possible peril, to the potential for undue influence or even blackmail, it is astonishing he didn’t just say no.

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...factor-hidden-money-is-terrible-for-democracy

I know you're going to say something stupid about the link to the Guardian article. I sincerely hope you don't disappoint me by not doing so...

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"I know you're going to say something stupid about the link to the Guardian article.''

I can't think of anything more stupid than trying to argue a rational point of view and then quoting opinion from the Guardian.
I might as well just post Alan Jones's comments verbatim.

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