COVID corruption commissioner

[foggy]

One small problem, AFAIK being a member of the HoL doesn't make her a public official, because that, in itself, is not an office.

I could be wrong, but unless you prove otherwise, that's another word you don't understand.

I could of course argue with you that a member of the House of Lords is a public official, as defined by the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. I could of course point out the absurdity of having to show you a legal definition of a term that is often commonly and colloquially used outside of such a framework. Or I could quote the article in full, because I left a bit out for brevity. I have to admit I didn't foresee this quite desperate attempt. Let me quote the article in full this time.

"The solicitation or acceptance by a public official or any other person, directly or indirectly, of an undue advantage for himself or herself or for another person in order that the public official or the person abuse his or her real or supposed influence with a view to obtaining from an administration or public authority of the State Party an undue advantage'

I believe that is checkmate, Lost.

 

[Mexboroseasider]

I could of course argue with you that a member of the House of Lords is a public official, as defined by the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. I could of course point out the absurdity of having to show you a legal definition of a term that is often commonly and colloquially used outside of such a framework. Or I could quote the article in full, because I left a bit out for brevity. I have to admit I didn't foresee this quite desperate attempt. Let me quote the article in full this time.

"The solicitation or acceptance by a public official or any other person, directly or indirectly, of an undue advantage for himself or herself or for another person in order that the public official or the person abuse his or her real or supposed influence with a view to obtaining from an administration or public authority of the State Party an undue advantage'

I believe that is checkmate, Lost.

Too late. He’s flounced.

 

[ElBurroSinNombre]

Thanks for the quick ton guys, it's been a while.
I am amazed at the amount of effort that Lost puts in to the defence which was, tbh, an argument about the meaning of the word corruption. I wonder why he / she / they is so keen for this issue of Covid contract allocation to be shut down and forgotten. If there really is nothing to see then we should be able to shine a light on it. I hope that if / when Labour becomes the government that they examine this with a fine tooth comb, some of it is starting to stink.

 

[Lost Seasider]

I could of course argue with you that a member of the House of Lords is a public official, as defined by the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. I could of course point out the absurdity of having to show you a legal definition of a term that is often commonly and colloquially used outside of such a framework. Or I could quote the article in full, because I left a bit out for brevity. I have to admit I didn't foresee this quite desperate attempt. Let me quote the article in full this time.

"The solicitation or acceptance by a public official or any other person, directly or indirectly, of an undue advantage for himself or herself or for another person in order that the public official or the person abuse his or her real or supposed influence with a view to obtaining from an administration or public authority of the State Party an undue advantage'

I believe that is checkmate, Lost.

I believe you can't read.

Out.

 

[foggy]

I believe you can't read.

Out

Please enlighten us Lost one.

'the acceptance by a person of an undue advantage for herself in order that the person abuse her real or supposed influence with a view to obtaining from an administration or a public authority an undue advantage'

That is the allegation against Mone and that is the definition of a type of corruption from the UN.