What’s the difference between lobbying and cronyism and has Tory Government corruption gone too far?
The ladies discuss whether it’s acceptable to bend the rules when a friend or family member asks for a favour, if the current UK government is corrupt, and where the line is between lobbying and cronyism, following Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s failure to declare his shares and family connections in a company awarded a £300k contract with NHS Wales, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s texts to Sir James Dyson promising to “fix” tax issues affecting employees returning to the UK to make ventilators during the pandemic.
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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
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(Website – Show notes)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56819137
(Article – Boris Johnson told Sir James Dyson by text he would 'fix' tax issue – BBC News)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/james-dyson-lobbying-boris-johnson-b1838735.html
(Article – Dyson denies trying to ‘extract favours’ from Boris Johnson – Rory Sullivan for The Independent)
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/dominic-cummings-boris-johnson-inquiry-may-975255
(Article – If you think Dominic Cummings has come out swinging for Johnson, wait until his inquiry appearance in May – Katie Balls for iNews)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56768601
(Article – Matt Hancock owns shares in NHS-approved firm – Kate Whannel for BBC News)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56733456
(Explainer – What is lobbying? A brief guide – BBC News)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/22/its-all-about-chums-not-crones-a-history-of-cronyism
(Article – It’s all about chums, not crones: a short history of ‘cronyism’ – Steven Poole for The Guardian)
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/advisory-committee-on-business-appointments
(Website – Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA))
(Report – Race Report 2021 – Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities 2021)
(Article – Downing Street rewrote ‘independent’ report on race, experts claim – Nosheen Iqbal for The Guardian)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55628428
(Article – Rashford: Free school meals firm apologises over small parcel – Hannah Richardson for BBC News)
(Article – PM can be challenged in court over Priti Patel bullying decision, hearing rules – Rajeev Syal for The Guardian)
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Join Monah, Nushy Rose and Sophie Hannah, three smart, curious and opinionated highly-melanated women, as they and their guests discuss everything from current affairs to pop culture, and everything in between. No subject is off limits for these ladies, especially when it comes to issues affecting British communities of colour. Get ready to laugh, learn and liberate your mind, because if there’s one thing you can guarantee, it’s that the Ethnically Speaking ladies will be giving it to you straight!
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