UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus

Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by coliveira on Monday April 18, 2022 @09:11PM (#31078747)

I don't know about Russia, but China doesn't let people from other nationalities to occupy positions of power especially in foreign policy, in which they're completely right. This is the main weakness of the USA and UK. They will let foreign born people to raise to power and dictate self servicing policies, many times in detriment to their own population. For example, take Henry Kissinger: a german born person, he spent his whole life influencing American policy to accommodate his views concerning Europe and the rest of the world. It is not a surprise that the Western world is in this situation.

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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by jen20 on Monday April 18, 2022 @09:37PM (#31078920)

Which UK politician are you referring to? The only one I’m aware of in high office currently who was born abroad is Boris Johnson, who was born in New York - a fact so far down the list of reasons for his unfitness for office that it does not really register.

The idea that this is the “main” problem in the UK is frankly laughable.

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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by clort on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @03:09AM (#31080389)

Well of course, GP said 'positions of power' rather than 'politician'.

Controversially, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Lebedev has been ennobled and is now qualified to sit in the House of Lords, most definitely a position of power though he has not as yet chosen to appear there as far as I know. It turns out that Unelected Lords are also permitted to be ministers in the cabinet, so...

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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by jen20 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @09:18AM (#31082681)

Lebedev definitely qualifies here.

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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by recuter on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @12:47AM (#31079836)

Just wait until you find out the UK had a Jewish prime minister.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli

The rabbit hole goes deeper, keep digging! They can't keep the truth hidden forever.

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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by petre on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @12:29AM (#31079758)

The UK is quite xenophobic as it is. No need for extra laws to prohibit foreigners to ascend to positions of power. Your peers will take care of that. I'm quite surprised that an UK born citizen of Pakistani heritage is currently the mayor of London. Maybe Labour is less xenophobic that the others.

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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by petesergeant on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @03:27AM (#31080468)

> I'm quite surprised that an UK born citizen of Pakistani heritage is currently the mayor of London

The only surprise here is that he's Labour, not Tory.

Half of the current Great Offices of State are held by brown people under the Tories, who also had the first Jewish PM, the first (and second, and only) female PMs, and then there's Saj who's been Chancellor and Home Secretary, and I reckon is about as likely as Sunak to be the next PM. They appointed the first female, gay head of the Met Police, and the leader of the party in Scotland was also a gay woman for 8 very recent years.

Some of these people are clearly the worst of British politics (hello Priti Patel!), but the Tories have an excellent record of putting people who aren't straight, white, Christian men into positions of power.

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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by Veen on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @04:36AM (#31080841)

There are so many people in this thread talking nonsense about the UK. The current Tory (right wing) Cabinet (the executive) includes Rishi Sunak as Chancellor, Priti Patel as Home Secretary, Savid Jaavid as Secretary of State for Health, Kwasi Kwartang as Secretary of State for Business, Alok Sharma as COP26 President, Nadim Zahawi as Secretary of State for Education, and Suella Braverman as Attorney General — all of Pakistani, Indian, or African ancestry.

It is quite likely the next PM will be of Pakistani or Indian ancestry (unless it’s a Labour PM; they have a poor record of promoting minorities to the top of Government) It's simply not true that the UK is xenophobic.

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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by getaloadofthis0 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @03:54AM (#31080609)

> No need for extra laws to prohibit foreigners to ascend to positions of power.

What on Earth are you talking about?

10% of parliament are from ethnic minorities (including many high profile positions, Tories included), against a UK background of 14%.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn01...

9% of parliament identifies as gay/bi against a UK background of 5%.

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/12/31/lgbt-mps-gay-lesbian-b...

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