Thatcher killed the UK’s superfast broadband before it even existed

Re:Thatcher killed the UK’s superfast broadband before it ev... by DoingIsLearning on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:00PM (#31114510)

> Typical example for corrupt politicians of Kohl's CDU party.

Schröder is SPD and he seems to be shoulders deep in Nord Stream controversy and Gazprom money. So it kind of looks like a German political class issue rather than a CDU issue.

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Re:Thatcher killed the UK’s superfast broadband before it ev... by johndoe0815 on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:19PM (#31114689)

CDU/CSU politicians are at least caught more often than SPD-related politicians. But Schröder and also Scholz certainly also have some skeletons in the closet (and don't get me started on the FDP or AfD...).

There's another Wikipedia article listing known corruption affairs: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Korruptionsaffären_u...

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Re:Thatcher killed the UK’s superfast broadband before it ev... by coob on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:27PM (#31114754)

Scholz has also consistently lied about not blocking getting heavy weapons to Ukraine.

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