Opinion and reporting by Mathew Carr

March 1, 2024: It seems to me that UK lawmakers simply want to contain whistleblowers – those who speak up about wrongdoing – instead of better protecting them.

The 1998 Public Interest Disclosure Act has failed / is failing and no one seems to disagree with this fact.

Yet … that a debate on a replacement law keeps getting put back demonstrates a lack of sincerity among lawmakers, especially the governing Conservatives.

Here’s where Parliament said it would look at this today. Was this simply an untruth designed to give false hope? …Perhaps to pretend to be doing something when you have no real intention of doing anything at all in a probable-election year?:

See the video here:

UK Delays Whistleblowing Bill Debate Yet Again; Law Could Enhance People Power (6)

Here is today’s list that does not include the Whistleblowing Bill debate:

Source: Parliament website

These types of bills ‘rarely become law’, anyhow

Source: Snip from Parliament website

Britain has locked up Julian Assange, perhaps the world’s most famous whistleblower, at the behest of the US government…quelling scrutiny of the 0.1% of people who hold most of the money and power …while 99.9% of us suffer.

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