Lee Anderson Islamist Story: Quick Political Condemnation a Sign of Corruption?

 I'm intrigued about the Lee Anderson Islamist affair. Not because of the comments he made, but more about the fallout around it and the people condemning Mr Anderson, including his own colleagues in the Conservative Party.

I've long since alluded to the amount of Gulf Money Invested in our Economy and how much influence that might have over our politicians. I mean, if someone owns 20% of the money invested in your economy, be it money in the City of London or in real estate, or both, they would have tyhe power to severely cripple our economy if they had the will to withdraw that money.

And Muslims and especially the Gulf states act as a bloc and can have that influence over the actions of our politicians. 

That's the downside of allowing foreign i9nfluence into your country that don't have your country's best interests at heart. It goes further that just making profits. It's making profits without returning some reward back to the country you are exploiting. It's even worse if you extort the country for your own benefit.

And that's where we are at right now.

Even worse, you can see the people directly influenced by these bad actors. The corrupt people in the pockets of the actors that extort us for their gain.

In the Lee Anderson case, it's the Gulf States, Muslims and especially Islamists or Islamic Fundamentalists (a euphemism for Saudi Arabia).  I cannot make the accusation of direct payments without proof, but we all know the way it works with indirect payment. You scratch my back, I'll look after your interests. A free holiday for my Family means I'll have your back in Parliament. Keep the money rolling in for arms deals and we'll turn a blind eye to you funding extremist Mosques. Donate to my foundation and I'll lobby on your behalf in Parliament.

But it need not be state actors: for instance global corporations also exploit us for their benefit, with no return. In the cases of corporations like Google, eBay, Amazon and the like, it's taking profits and then making agreements with HMRC on how much tax they want to pay, or paying corporation tax outside the UK so none of the profits they earn as a result of doing business here actually gets returned to the UK exchequer.

It needs to stop. 

We need to have the confidence to tell the truth and be transparent. These bad actors need to be identified and exposed to the public, so we can say cast them out, despite the cost. 

State actors need to be expelled and if necessary they money seized. The corporate actors need to be told to work within UK law and not get beneficial treatment. If the law allows a loophole, then it needs to be closed.

During his campaign Hilary Clinton criticised Donald Trump for making millions and not paying any tax. He retorted he used the same rules her donors were using. He challenged her to close the loopholes that allowed him to avoid paying taxes. 

And that needs to be done here. No more extortion from states or corporations. No more corruption.