Showing posts with label corruption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corruption. Show all posts

11 June 2007

Corruption is a Crime

If Tony Blair wants to lecture ... oh, let me see, say, ... Putin on ethical national behaviour, perhaps the saying about glass houses and stones should be borne in mind. Particularly ironic given the election 10 years ago of 'Bambi' on a wave of anti-sleaze sentiment. "A couple of months ago, we reported a Guardian story which claimed that the UK was moving against Mark Pieth, the chair of the anti-corruption watchdog of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
According to today’s edition of The Independent, senior employees of the OECD have accused the UK of leading a “dirty tricks” campaign against them."
Corruption is a Crime:

09 June 2007

Monbiot's advice to a corrupt Blairocracy

"Close down DESO. Reopen the investigation. Sack the attorney-general and the senior civil servants at the Ministry of Defence. Open a public inquiry to determine what Blair knew. Wage war on tax havens and secret offshore accounts. Hold BAE to account. And then lecture the rest of the world on good governance."
Monbiot.com � Without Principle:

The Bible in a Disenchanted Age -a brief review

 Why this book? For me? -I've been finding myself wanting to wrestle more and more with the interface between scholarly questions and de...