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Re:Sunak’s family firm signed deal with BP before opening ne... by slantedview on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @02:47PM (#36960559)
This is still problematic though because revenue from these new licenses will effectively flow to the PM through this _new_, significantly larger, contract. This is why divestment is important for politicians.
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Re:Sunak’s family firm signed deal with BP before opening ne... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @02:52PM (#36960646)
How is he going to divest? Divorce his wife?
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Re:Sunak’s family firm signed deal with BP before opening ne... by cowpig on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @02:56PM (#36960724)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_trust
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Re:Sunak’s family firm signed deal with BP before opening ne... by eesmith on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:41PM (#36961547)
That's a possibility ... if it's your own money.

I'm pretty sure lotsofpulp's underlying question is, how would that - or any divestment - work when it's the PM's father-in-law which has the shares and is chairman emeritus?

Are all relatives within distance X supposed to divest? And if not, you can't become PM? Hopefully they all like you enough!

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Re:Sunak’s family firm signed deal with BP before opening ne... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:42PM (#36961566)
The point is he is invested in Infosys because his father in law is invested in Infosys. Nothing can change that, other than him no longer being related or caring about his father in law, and hence his wife.
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