—I was misled about the live nature of this debate today because of parliament’s website was wrong. The debate has been withdrawn. Ironic that I was misled by the website, when the topic is about being candid?! Apologies for the confusion.
Reporting and opinion by Mathew Carr
Jan. 19, 2026 — This withdrawn debate today about public accountability seems theoretically important because it requires officials/politicians to act with candour …yet I can’t help but think it’s disrespectful and deliberate political theatre — designed to distract — when conflated with the context of the Greenland controversy, which Starmer also admitted today was also probably non genuine to a certain extent.
Stop the cowardly pretences
Trump and Starmer, EU: please note, it’s not cool to start new fake crises (ie EU-US trade war) when there are so many real crises you have not dealt with properly, especially inequality; your GHG emissions are still far too high. These problems are caused by your inability to be candid and truthful to each other face to face…and especially you Mr Trump you need to come clean to the American people about the need for climate action. Let’s change the global toxic political culture this week, at Davos!
And, meantime, the intelligence services want to continue to get away with misleading the public. This prompted the withdrawal of the debate in London today (BBC).
Press and news outfits, please note: by focussing on deliberate fake crises created by Trump and other leaders, you are a big part of the problem. Because that distracts from the culprits. Billionaires need to be regulated more tightly. Adjust your news judgement to downplay deliberate distractions.
You should be able to follow the money and do that …after five years of Trump in office. Or perhaps you refuse …because you are ACTING AGAINST THE LARGEST GROUP OF YOUR READERS (the 99.9%) and you are deliberately propagandizing in the interests of billionaires?
https://whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal54258
A quick aside, that’s very relevant: PM Keir Starmer press conference on Trump and Greenland
Starmer says he does not think President Donald Trump is genuinely considering military intervention in Greenland; ie Trump is not being candid
The Telegraph asked Starmer today (Monday) do you think Donald Trump is genuinely considering military action:
“I don’t actually. I think this can be resolved and should be resolved through calm discussion.”
“Threatening tariffs on allies is the wrong thing to do. Completely wrong,” Starmer said.
The law that was to be debated Monday, some important bits below (see latest version, further below) …you read this and wonder why it hasn’t been tackled before 2026:
–impose criminal liability for seriously improper acts by individuals holding public office and for breaches of duties to prevent death or serious injury (in replacement of the common law offence of misconduct in public office) (Part 3);
–Public authorities and public officials must at all times act with candour, transparency and frankness in their dealings with inquiries and investigations.
–Offence of failing to comply with duty
One controversial push
Starmer said this morning he needs to balance public safety with accountability; he was not that clear
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