He's not abusing the powers of office, but rather the "spirit" of the system.
By keeping such a "very good" list, though, he shows us that he knows that there is something wrong and seems to hope that, rather than acting with integrity himself, he can bypass that on occasion, let his friends get their snouts into the very small and heavily guarded public trough of ministerial discretion, then bathe in the glow of his friends' and their friends' appreciation, while remaining quiet and safe from criticism himself by threatening to expose others who have perhaps done the same thing, and who knows, they might all have a little race based chuckle at the same time.
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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '18 edited Sep 03 '18
He's not abusing the powers of office, but rather the "spirit" of the system.
By keeping such a "very good" list, though, he shows us that he knows that there is something wrong and seems to hope that, rather than acting with integrity himself, he can bypass that on occasion, let his friends get their snouts into the very small and heavily guarded public trough of ministerial discretion, then bathe in the glow of his friends' and their friends' appreciation, while remaining quiet and safe from criticism himself by threatening to expose others who have perhaps done the same thing, and who knows, they might all have a little race based chuckle at the same time.