Beyond Incompetence: The UK’s Political System Is Morally Bankrupt and Built for Impunity By Dusty Wentworth
What Happens When Power Faces No Consequences? Imagine if a CEO squandered hundreds of millions of pounds on a project that never launched. Imagine if they handed multi-million-pound contracts to personal contacts without scrutiny, then walked away with a promotion. In the private sector, they'd face legal action, shareholder revolt, and professional disgrace. In British politics, they face none of the above. In the United Kingdom today, power is wielded without legal consequence. Ministers waste vast public sums, push through unworkable schemes, and mislead the nation—yet no one is prosecuted, fined, or held to account. This isn’t just negligence. It is systemic impunity. And it is morally unforgivable. Rwanda, PPE, HS2: A Catalogue of Unpunished Failure The Rwanda deportation scheme cost the taxpayer over £290 million. Not a single deportation flight ever took place. A Supreme Court ruling in November 2023 deemed the plan unlawful. The government responded by passing ...