I certainly think lobbying in this country is less out in the open and more surreptitious/subtle. It’s absolutely here and influencing government decisions, the question is at what point does it stop being reasonably presenting a business sector’s point of view, and instead become “actively...
The argument against your POV is that this makes us relaxed and complacent about corruption, which allows smaller amounts of corruption to leak in and become normalised.
This (further down the line) will enable larger corrupt acts to be committed and yet played down with similar statements of...
In general, our people. (There are always exceptions, but I still see good people out there working on behalf of others)
Where it still exists, our sense of community. (there’s a lot of places where nobody even knows their next door neighbours, but in the places with the greatest need...