Week in the UK. Good or bad

On Saturday, Mohamed Amersi, a multi-millionaire Tory donor who backed Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign was accused of ‘attempted blackmail, bribery, corruption and dirty money’ in a Commons debate. The allegations were made against telecoms tycoon Mohamed Amersi, who made a fortune in Russia, by former Conservative cabinet minister David Davis using parliamentary privilege.He also launched an astonishing attack on top British law firms, calling for them to be “punished” for “a litany of tactics designed to cover up corruption”. He claimed solicitors such as Carter Ruck, who represent Mr Amersi, were “aiding legal intimidation by dishonest and dishonourable” oligarchs and others. Mr Amersi reacted furiously, accusing Mr Davis of being a ‘liar, coward and a bully’ – and demanded he retract his allegations. Mr Davis demanded fresh action to curb the legal ploy of “lawfare” involving Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPS), whereby “individuals with deep pock...

On Sunday, a study has found that p eople in the UK are less likely to survive treatable conditions, such as breast cancer and stroke, than those in other rich nations . The review, by the King's Fund think tank, said the problem may be directly linked to the performance of the NHS.It said below-average spending on the UK health service led to fewer staff and equipment than systems elsewhere. But the study showed the NHS was very efficient within its budget, with less cash spent on admin than other nations. The government says the NHS is one of the most efficiently run healthcare systems, and that investment is happening to further improve services. Ahead of the 75th anniversary of the creation of the NHS next month, the think tank compared the UK's health service with the performance of 18 other health systems, including those in Europe as well as Japan, the US and Australia. Redditors found facts in the article quite arguable: "The article suggests that admin=in...

The first Wednesday news became political and Russian scandal. T ory were happy to know that their donor's amusement centre in Hastings received with £150,000 levelling up grant .   A £150,000 grant from Boris Johnson’s flagship levelling up towns fund was awarded to an amusement centre launched by the Conservative donor Lubov Chernukhin, raising questions about whether public money has gone to projects most in need of financial help. Chernukhin, a businesswoman who has given more than £2m to the Conservatives since 2014 and is married to a former Russian finance minister, co-founded the Owens entertainment centre in Hastings, East Sussex. The centre received £150,000 from the government’s towns fund in October after a tender process, through a company called C&O Entertainment. A further £250,000 went to the developer behind the refurbishment of the former Debenhams building in the seaside town. It includes several restaurants, a bowling alley, immersive experienc...

Thursday occurred to be a day of the corruption news. The I Newspaper issued the list of  Despite publications in mainstream media, it was quite a challenge to post a link to this news on British subreddit. It was removed because 'the domain is on a blacklist', 'for containing bad characters in the title' (the Guardian, btw), 'a paywall or requiring a sign up to view'. Those obstacles were overcome. Yet, they witnessed of great unwillingness some acute issues be made public in the Web. All in all, people blame government in that, not medical staff. "The data used to conclude these findings were collated prior to strike action. Lives are being put at risk by the government, not striking professionals." "At this point, I'm thinking, what will happen to the NHS and the ordinary people of the UK. It's clear that politicians can afford private care. I don't want the UK to become like America where there are people who don't have a...

It is horrendous, but an issue of child abuse have become the main issue on Sunday. While a new police taskforce focused on tackling grooming gangs will focus on protecting young women and girls from sexual abuse , and Rishi Sunak had been preparing his Monday speech that 'p olitical correctness' will not stop crackdown on 'vile' grooming gangs , the Metro reported about two child killers shopping together while listening to music on headphones . Tracey Connelly, right, and Helen Caudwell, left, have become close at the bail hostel in the north (Picture: Mirrorpix/PA) Despite those women served out their time, it looks very wrong, anyway.  Meanwhile, the Prime Minister got rather sarcastic answers to his twit from his followers: " Anyone would think there was elections coming up soon." " - You have a failing Police force; - you have inadequate social services provision; - you have a failing Court service; - you increase offences last week on Anti Social ...

On Wednesday, Keir Starmer announced his Friday major promise to freeze council tax bills .  To be honest, the UK citizens weren't happy with deterioration of their living standards these days. Many, I think, will look forward Labour to win, especially after such headlines as Monday one 'Home Secretary Suella Braverman vows 'hippy crack' ban under new anti-social behaviour drive will stop 'hordes of youths loitering in parks'' which is about Suella Braverman plans to announce new fines of up to £1000 for begging. Despite expected hopes, the Thursday Mr. Starmer's promise, yet, had arouse the distrust among redditors. " This does remind me of Labour's 2015 pledge to freeze energy bills under Ed Miliband. It wasn't a strong vote-winner at that point unfortunately, and it's sort of worrying that Starmer's idea is very much the same. Mind, the political landscape and the level of competency of the Tories (I can hardly believe I...