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Now that a court found "apparent favoritism" by ministers in choice of companies to get UK contracts, how will that make future decisions less corrupt?

The old UK method was that ministers had to resign when visibly tainted. Now, like US Republicans, Tories don't object to corrupt ministers, as long as they are Tories. So the question is whether this will weaken ministers' hand in disagreements with civil service professionals.

I don't have confidence in that.

Australia's government wants to give the WTO more power to make countries bow down to foreign businesses.

This is indeed the purpose of business-supremacy treaties, but few governments dare to admit they advocate that purpose.

Rep. Cori Bush put FBI director Christopher Wray on the spot while he was testifying to Congress. She demanded a copy of the records that the FBI had collected on her protest activity.

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