Dominic Cummings has shown it's one rule for the establishment, another for everyone else Owen Jones
about 5 years in The guardian
When millions of people are making unprecedented sacrifices, the least we expect is for those in power to do the same
If the British establishment has one signature ethos it is: “One rule for us and another for everybody else.” It is this that caused national rage during the politicians’ expenses scandal, when millions saw MPs making absurd and frivolous claims – for duck islands, second homes, swimming pool boilers – at the taxpayers’ expense, knowing that they, on far smaller salaries, would be sacked for gross misconduct for far less opulent claims at work. It is this, too, which fuels anger over tax avoidance, when the well-to-do defy the spirit rather than the letter of the law in ways that are impermissible except for the gilded few.
Dominic Cummings has applied this same establishment mantra, but in the midst of a national emergency, which has killed tens of thousands and restricted the movements of millions more. Many have had to endure sacrifices greater than they have ever faced. Continue reading...
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