[wraymond]

Oh dear. Oh deary me. To clarify in advance: this is not political in spite of the fact that the individual involved is a most senior member of the government. It’s about transparent honesty, or more the lack of it in our daily life, and the collusion of insiders when they are nose-to-the-grindstone on our behalf.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the chap who has just showered our money around like confetti, has avoided having to disclose huge family riches and ownership of extensive companies and holdings recently transferred to his close family. It amounts to billions and supposedly means his family is wealthier than the Queen.

In doing this he has apparently avoided the need for disclosure to parliament. The internal committees responsible for disclosure by members have allowed it to go unchallenged. So far, anyway. The companies involved also allegedly hold contracts over a range of government interests although no fraud by those companies is suspected.

If commenting, it might help to confine thoughts to the activities of the House committees and their responsibilities on our behalf.

Source: Guardian.