The definitive biography, from the day he was born to his final downfall as UK prime minister.
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Image Formation
Just because someone holds a name, status, titles, education, or enjoys prestige in higher circles, it doesn’t guarantee that everything in their world is flawless. Those in positions of responsibility or seen as pillars of society may appear exemplary in public, recognized and respected, but behind this facade, there exists a reality often unknown to the public eye.
When we form impressions based on available information, it creates a perception that doesn’t always align with the actual experiences within that sphere. This disconnection between perception and reality is a challenge to comprehend.
Perception is heavily influenced by one’s perspective, role, or experiences, leading to biased images that deviate from truth.
During objectionable events, enforced silence may prevail, resulting in a framed and biased narrative that fails to capture the whole truth.
Individual conscience and character play crucial roles. Reluctance to acknowledge issues can stem from hierarchical structures limiting a comprehensive view of what truly transpires.
The real question is, are there individuals willing to exhibit humanity, honesty, and understanding? In situations where co-responsible parties clash, expectations often don’t align with reality, marking a serious issue.
Simply stating facts might be met with defensive reactions like ‘You’re attacking me!’, revealing the person’s disposition instead of addressing the issue at hand.
Choosing to turn a blind eye to reality or adopting a relative attitude towards life to fit within a flawed context is akin to Pilate washing his hands of responsibility.
At times, individuals blind themselves to reality, adapting their attitudes to suit a specific context, influencing the formation of perceptions.
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De beeldvorming
Het is niet omdat iemand naam, status, titels, studie, opleiding, functie, beroep enzovoort heeft, aanzien geniet en zich eventueel in hogere kringen beweegt, dat alles voorbeeldig en goed verloopt.
Men kan het zich niet voorstellen wat er bij verantwoordelijken, vertrouwenspersonen, vaandeldragers in de samenleving, enzovoort gebeurt … Ze zijn publiek figuur met foto, komen in de media, worden erkent en gerespecteerd, enzovoort.
Wanneer iemand zich een beeld vormt aan de hand van mededelingen, krijg je een perceptie. Het beeld die je krijgt verschilt van de werkelijkheid, die je ondergaat en meemaakt, waar je onderdeel bent van het geheel.
Het is een knelpunt om tot besef en inzicht te komen. Het beeld wordt bepaalt vanuit welke invalshoek en met welke functie of verantwoordelijkheid of ervaring je kijkt of oordeelt. Men krijgt een gekleurd beeld, die niet overeenkomt met de werkelijkheid.
Nopens een gebeuren die diep verwerpelijk is, enzovoort, kan er verplicht stilzwijgen ontstaan.
Er wordt een geframd en gebiased beeld gecreëerd.
Het geweten en het karakter van de persoon speelt een rol. Soms de onwil om iets te erkennen.
Er is ondergeschiktheid onder verantwoordelijken die oorzaak is dat je niet met een ruime blik kunt omgaan met wat er aan de hand is.
Is er bereidheid om menselijk te zijn, eerlijk te zijn, om begrip te tonen?
Wanneer medeverantwoordelijken het niet goed met elkaar kunnen vinden krijg je niet wat men zou mogen verwachten. Dit is een ernstig knelpunt, die zich voordoet.
Wanneer je gewoon verwoord wat er is, en je krijgt te horen: “je valt me aan!” weet je wat er aan de hand is en wat de houding is van de persoon …
Je kunt je ogen niet sluiten voor de werkelijkheid en doen zoals Pilatus, die de handen wast.
Soms strooien mensen zich zand in de ogen en verwoorden hun levenshouding relativerend of op een bepaalde manier, om te kunnen functioneren in de gegeven foute context.
Het zijn elementen die bepalen welke beeldvorming er ontstaat
1 Levelling Up secretary apologises for new lockdown party evidence
2 Elizabeth Holmes: The psychology of a liar
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In part one, we dug into the reasons behind Holmes’ deception and how others in her company joined her. But in this episode, we answer the question on everyone’s mind: how did she manage to convince so many people to believe her lies?
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The story of the Theranos downfall is already one of Silicon Valley legend. What made Tyler Shultz anonymously blow the whistle at Theranos to Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou? How did Tyler’s family connections to Theranos complicate his decision to blow the whistle? What made him finally “out” himself as the whistleblower? What experiences did he have growing up that formed his moral reasoning skills? What factors lead to the unethical culture at Theranos?
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4 Former UK PM Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties, report – BBC News
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Boris Johnson, the former UK prime minister, deliberately misled Parliament committing a serious contempt, the Privileges Committee has concluded.
The report from MPs has been investigating whether Johnson deliberately misled MPs in statements to the Commons about so-called Partygate.
Last week, Johnson stepped down as a Conservative MP after being given advance sight of the Privileges Committee’s report.
5 Jonathan Pie: ‘Boris Johnson Is a Liar’ | NYT Opinion
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Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, British people have been largely law abiding and civic minded. They followed the stay-at-home orders through three lengthy lockdowns, many losing their jobs, missing birthdays, weddings and even the funerals of their loved ones in the process.
So when evidence began to emerge in late November that the staff at 10 Downing Street, the prime minister’s residence and the central office of government, had held a Christmas party during lockdown, people were angry, to say the least. But then, after a steady stream of breaking news made clear it was not one or two but at least 16 parties, several of which Prime Minister Boris Johnson knew about and in some cases apparently attended, that anger transformed into fury. On Thursday, four members of his staff resigned, with one citing his reference to a debunked conspiracy theory while speaking to Parliament as a contributing factor.
To explain exactly why the British are so enraged with Mr. Johnson, who was already infamous for his troubled relationship with the truth, we produced a satirical Opinion Video with Jonathan Pie, a fictional broadcast reporter created and performed on YouTube by the comedian Tom Walker, whose acerbic, satirical monologues have gone viral.
The video contains strong language and adult humor you wouldn’t normally see in The Times, but after being taken for fools, the British public is through being polite.
6 Partygate: Boris Johnson is ‘a serial liar’
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Former Conservative MP and Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve has said “the issue was never did he have parties, that’s one thing. The issue is did he mislead the House of Commons?” and that “it is absolutely and abundantly clear” that Mr Johnson did so.
Mr Grieve also called the former Prime Minister a “serial liar” and that it is not a surprise that “he lied through his back teeth”.
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9 Hasta La Vista, Baby: The Rise and Fall of Boris Johnson – BBC News
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The following December, Boris Johnson won the biggest Conservative victory since Margaret Thatcher swept to power in 1987. Newsnight reflects on the recent meteoric rise, and spectacular fall of the man.
Was he entirely the architect of his own misfortune, or is that wide of the mark? The chronicler of Prime Ministers, Michael Cockerell, famously charted Boris Johnson’s journey to the top in a landmark documentary almost a decade ago.
As we enter the final days of the Johnson era Newsnight asked him to update the story and assess the prime minister’s fall and legacy.
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10 How Johnson Has ALWAYS Been A Liar
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7 jul. 2022
The British prime minister held on for as long as he could.
But a series of scandals, followed by a mutiny, and then a domino of resignations has left him with no other choice than to step down from what he calls, ‘the best job in the world’.
Who will replace him?
And what kind of leadership does the UK need at this time?
Presenter: Imran Khan
Guests:
Jo-Anne Nadler, political commentator and former media adviser for the Conservative Party
Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London
Matthew Goodwin, professor of politics at the University of Kent
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21 The BBC’s TWISTED Response To Ghislaine Maxwell Verdict
22 Charmian Gooch: Meet global corruption’s hidden players
8 jul. 2013
When the son of the president of a desperately poor country starts buying mansions and sportscars on an official monthly salary of $7,000, Charmian Gooch suggests, corruption is probably somewhere in the picture. In a blistering, eye-opening talk (and through several specific examples), she details how global corruption trackers follow the money — to some surprisingly familiar faces.
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23 How we can protect truth in the age of misinformation | Sinan Aral
26 How London fuels corruption | Anthea Lawson | TEDxHousesofParliament
27 Fighting Corruption in the Developing World | James D. Long | TEDxUofW
29 jun. 2016
28 Fighting corruption by ‘naming and faming’ with Integrity Idol | Blair Glencorse | TEDxMidAtlantic
23 dec. 2015
30 Corrupt Britain: The Land of Cover Ups, Whitewashes & Secrecy
17 dec. 2015
This session will look at – and seek to explain – the British obsession with cover-ups and whitewashes, as evidenced in recent years by farcical and less-than-honest inquiries into matters such as phone-hacking, Hillsborough, and Jimmy Savile and a prevailing attitude of ‘protect the establishment at all costs’.
It will also look at the hypocrisy of British politicians who claim to advocate transparency and integrity, particularly for offshore financial centres, while practicing secrecy and deceit.
Presented by: NICK KOCHAN, Journalist & Author (London)
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31 What is Corrupt? | Zephyr Teachout | TEDxBinghamtonUniversity
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35 The other side of corruption in Indonesia | Elizabeth Pisani | TEDxUbud
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. With over 17,000 islands, 700 languages, and 249 million people, Indonesia is truly an improbable nation. In this talk, Elizabeth explores what holds this country together and the unique role of corruption and patronage.
Elizabeth Pisani eats dog for dinner. She also argues with local politicians about corruption and idleness. The result of a “just say yes” rule she adopted for 2012, when she travelled 23,000 kilometers by boat, bus and motorbike through Indonesia. It’s a country that has fascinated and maddened her since she first lived there over two decades ago. Her book Indonesia Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation, is a clear-eyed, though not unsympathetic, portrait of a complex and contradictory land.
In her day job Elizabeth studies risky behavior (when not engaging in it herself). She has a PhD in Infectious Disease Epidemiology and other degrees in Classical Chinese and Medical Demography. In a previous life, she was a political correspondent for Reuters and The Economist, covering stock markets, revolutions, and the messy end to the occupation of Tiananmen Square.
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Over 2,700 people gathered in central London for the Marxism 2015 festival last weekend. They included striking
workers, students, campaigners and socialists from across the globe.
Up to 900 people attended the opening rally. Amy Leather from the central committee of the Socialist Workers
Party (SWP) said, “The theme of Marxism is ideas for revolution—we need to make those ideas a reality.”
Events in Greece dominated the event (see below).
Several meetings discussed struggle and austerity in Britain.
At a meeting on class Joseph Choonara argued that people feel more precarious than they are and that the working
class can transform society.
A debate on why there are so few strikes in Britain looked at whether there has been a structural change in the
working class. Some argued that focusing only on structural changes could miss underlying shifts in workers’ mood
to fight.
Bfawu union president Ian Hodson spoke in one session, along with striking Glasgow homelessness caseworkers and
two sacked porters from Sotheby’s.
There was a live link-up with a US McDonald’s worker. Members of Glasgow socialist choir—Unite, Fight, Sing—
finished the meeting with a song from the US fast food strikers’ picket lines.
The Glasgow strikers raised around £1,000 for their strike fund over the weekend.
Racism
Fighting racism was a big theme.
Hassan Mahamdallie spoke on the frightening rise in state Islamophobia.
Veteran anti-racist Darcus Howe launched his memoirs at the event. Diane Abbott MP discussed how to take on
racism with Sabby Dhalu and Weyman Bennett from Unite Against Fascism.
It was standing room only in a meeting on how socialists should vote in the European Union referendum.
Some argued for a Yes vote because racists and Ukip are likely to dominate the No campaign.
Others said socialists shouldn’t abandon the No side to the racists—and said some on the Yes side would also use
racism.
A meeting on why Labour lost saw a discussion on how socialists should respond to Jeremy Corbyn’s candidacy for
Labour leader.
Other meetings debated the nature of Zionism, women’s oppression and the Green Party. Many service users
discussed their experiences at a meeting on Marxism and mental health.
Debated
Several meetings debated how Marxist theory applies today. Others linked theory with struggles—such as how the
school system fails children.
Socialists and activists spoke from Turkey, Bahrain, Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, Egypt, Syria and Ukraine.
A meeting on revolution and counter-revolution in Egypt grappled with the crushing of the hopes of 2011. People
called for protests when Egyptian dictator El-Sisi visits Britain.
There were a number of meetings on Palestine, including one on the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)
campaign.
Some 70 students met for a picnic on Friday afternoon.
Many were at Marxism for the first time, including Iona from Brighton University.
She told Socialist Worker, “I came because I want to get more politically active. There’s no other event like
this—I love it.”
Greece—the big debate
Socialists from Greece spoke about the struggle there and debated the best way to take it forward.
Stathis Kouvelakis from the central committee of Syriza, the left party in government in Greece, debated Alex
Callinicos on Saturday.
This followed Syriza passing an austerity deal through the Greek parliament.
Stathis argued that there had been a “failure of political strategy” in Greece.
Alex stressed that this was not the end of the battle and said the mass mobilisation of workers pointed to the
way forward.
Panos Garganas, editor of the Workers’ Solidarity newspaper in Greece, spoke from the floor.
He said, “The game is not over. But we have discovered the referee is against us.”
He said Syriza had made the mistake of thinking it could make the bosses see reason.
“We’ve used the ballot box,” he said.
“Now we have to use workers’ power in the workplace.”
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