Welsh government promises Senedd politicians lying ban
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Ministers promise a law before next election in 2026 in move to avoid an embarrassing vote defeat.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/445597

A ban on politicians lying will be brought in before the 2026 Senedd [the Welsh parliament] elections, the Welsh government has promised.

Counsel General Mick Antoniw […] promised that the law would disqualify Senedd politicians and candidates found guilty of deliberate deception from being a Member of the Senedd (MS). […] It is not yet clear whether the proposed law would make lying a criminal offence or a civil sanction. […] Mr. Antoniw said it was a “matter that goes to the heart of everyone”.

  • palordrolap@kbin.run
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    5 months ago

    Meh. They’ll continue to lie until they get caught and then lie that they believed what they said to be the truth.

    Even, nay, especially in cases when that admission would indicate that they were an absolute clown lacking the capability to distinguish their rear end from their elbow.

    Lies upon lies until a lie is reached whose truth is hard if not impossible to prove and the whole stack of lies will rest on that in an uneasy balancing act.

    It’s not like they haven’t been doing that for centuries already. They attend courses on how to do it, for heaven’s sake.