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This Stench of Tory Corruption Must NEVER Be Forgotten

Will Black
3 min readJan 23, 2023
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Corruption has been defined as: “Illegal, bad, or dishonest behaviour, especially by people in positions of power.”

It is of great concern that the Tories seem so oblivious to the stench of corruption around their party and cronies. If they can’t smell the stench around them, that we are made nauseous by, it would suggest an obliviousness to that stench when it comes to others in society. Which could explain why so many get away with it! Whether those people are immoral tax avoiders, criminal police officers and their indifferent seniors, dirty Tory Party donors or people who scammed the taxpayer while dumping shonky PPE on a beleaguered NHS.

We’ve all met that person who clearly doesn’t know how badly they stink. You might think to yourself “how do they not know how badly they smell?” — perhaps they are so used to it that they are oblivious. Or they do know and just don’t care enough about others to have a shower and change their shirt before working alongside other people. I’m not naming names, but journalists can be especially stinky!

Maybe the Tories are like that. They are either so used to the stench of corruption that they don’t notice it, or they are aware and simply don’t give a shit! Maybe they know that other…

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Will Black
Will Black

Written by Will Black

Will is an anthropologist, journalist and former clinician. He is the author or Veneer of Civilisation, Psychopathic Cultures and Beyond the End of the World

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