stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 年前Man bought private jet with borrowed council moneywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkMan bought private jet with borrowed council moneywww.bbc.comstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 年前message-square19linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·2 年前What’s the alternative? The tories decide literally everything from Whitehall?
minus-squarethetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 年前 The Audit Commission - a spending watchdog that stopped councils taking too many risks - was abolished in 2015. Probably not abolishing the thing that was literally there to stop this from happening. In fairness maybe this thing didn’t work, but surely some oversight would reduce ridiculous things like this from happening.
minus-squareAngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·2 年前This is so circular I don’t even know where to begin.
What’s the alternative? The tories decide literally everything from Whitehall?
Probably not abolishing the thing that was literally there to stop this from happening.
In fairness maybe this thing didn’t work, but surely some oversight would reduce ridiculous things like this from happening.
This is so circular I don’t even know where to begin.