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It's more shocking than that. It's just one example of a culture of corruption that pervades government and government-adjacent contracting in the UK. Fujitsu

It's more shocking than that. It's just one example of a culture of corruption that pervades government and government-adjacent contracting in the UK. Fujitsu acted like thugs not just to save face, but because important shareholders would lose money if the truth came out. Also, this kind of thing: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/fujitsu-post-office-scandal-building-digital-uk/ https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/fujitsu-post-office-scandal... The PM's father in law is the head of Infosys. The PM's wife still has significant holdings in Infosys. Infosys and Fujitsu have a close partnership. And so on. It's corrupt from top to bottom. The UK government is effectively the marketing wing of the huge public sector corporates, who invariably seem to have senior Tories and Tory donors on their boards.

lostlogin 3y ago
> It's corrupt from top to bottom. I’m sure that you already know about it, but the bit that gets me is the Russian oligarchs and their money, honours, property and influence. Assignations, poisoning etc and still the situation is tolerated.
- scott_w 3y ago
  This is specific to the Conservative Party as being the ones essentially bribed by the Russian state.
  - gadders 3y ago
    As opposed to spying for the Russian state, like Labour MPs.
  - GoodbyeMrChips 3y ago
    Also reported on by Private Eye. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/special-reports/looting-with-putin https://www.private-eye.co.uk/special-reports/looting-with-p...
sparks1970 3y ago
While I don't disagree with the overall premise, Rishi Sunak has only been an MP since 2015 and this scandal has been going since 1999 so I am not sure the relationships you present: Rishi Sunak -> Wife (Met 2004, Married 2009) -> Father -> InfoSys -> Fujitsu Add up to any proof or even suggestion of corruption - just rich people know other rich people.
- gadders 3y ago
  Yeah, he was born in 1980. This scandal started when he was 19 and at Uni.
- albert_e 3y ago
  Yeah I dont know how Infosys-Fujitsu having a "close partnership" directly implies anything or implicates anyone. Every big business has dozens if not hundreds of "partnerships". I dont think someone at Fujitsu managing a big account like the UK post office would go out of their way to screw something up or cover something up because a partner company's co-founder happens to be F-I-L of the UK PM? Like what's the incentive here?
  - oh_sigh 3y ago
    It's also ignoring the fact that if Fujitsu was rolled up tomorrow, Infosys would probably be better off for it, gaining a bunch of contracts that Fujitsu previously had.

lostlogin 3y ago

> It's corrupt from top to bottom. I’m sure that you already know about it, but the bit that gets me is the Russian oligarchs and their money, honours, property and influence. Assignations, poisoning etc and still the situation is tolerated.

scott_w 3y ago
This is specific to the Conservative Party as being the ones essentially bribed by the Russian state.
- gadders 3y ago
  As opposed to spying for the Russian state, like Labour MPs.
- GoodbyeMrChips 3y ago
  Also reported on by Private Eye. https://www.private-eye.co.uk/special-reports/looting-with-putin https://www.private-eye.co.uk/special-reports/looting-with-p...

sparks1970 3y ago

While I don't disagree with the overall premise, Rishi Sunak has only been an MP since 2015 and this scandal has been going since 1999 so I am not sure the relationships you present: Rishi Sunak -> Wife (Met 2004, Married 2009) -> Father -> InfoSys -> Fujitsu Add up to any proof or even suggestion of corruption - just rich people know other rich people.

gadders 3y ago
Yeah, he was born in 1980. This scandal started when he was 19 and at Uni.
albert_e 3y ago
Yeah I dont know how Infosys-Fujitsu having a "close partnership" directly implies anything or implicates anyone. Every big business has dozens if not hundreds of "partnerships". I dont think someone at Fujitsu managing a big account like the UK post office would go out of their way to screw something up or cover something up because a partner company's co-founder happens to be F-I-L of the UK PM? Like what's the incentive here?
- oh_sigh 3y ago
  It's also ignoring the fact that if Fujitsu was rolled up tomorrow, Infosys would probably be better off for it, gaining a bunch of contracts that Fujitsu previously had.