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Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 15:45:18 JST Mrs Cloudy
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@RichardJMurphy All true, but I can't help thinking the outcome of the enquiry is now being used by those same powerful people as a reason why the NHS isn't fit for purpose and why it should therefore be dismantled in favour of a system that benefits them more. The victims of the scandal are nowhere in the narrative now being pedalled.

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  Richard Murphy (richardjmurphy@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 21-May-2024 15:45:19 JST Richard Murphy
  
  Governments fail when they act in the interests of powerful people https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/21/governments-fail-when-they-act-in-the-interests-of-powerful-people/ The infected blood inquiry revealed a failure and then, worse still, a cover up. The failure was bad enough. But it is the abuse of power to protect those who failed that compounds that and makes it so egregious. Government cannot be run to protect the powerful. It’s meant to do the opposite.
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    As is obvious from much of what I write, I believe that governments can be both benign and profoundly beneficial to the population of a jurisdiction. I am not, however, naive. Long experience has made me aware that the processes of government can be corrupted, and all too often are. I stress...

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