Urban75 Home About Offline BrixtonBuzz Contact

The ongoing stupidity of Home Secretary Priti Patel

Wasn't she sacked for taking bribes from a foreign nation, or was that someone else?

Yep that's her, multiple undisclosed meetings (and payments possibly, I forget) with the Israelis while in cabinet which is highly dubious.

She had to get an emergency flight home and the beeb made a big fuss out of it, followed the bloody car all the way to Downing Street, took hours

Meanwhile:

Priti Patel repeatedly backed company accused of obtaining Nigerian gas contract through corruption

Background (September 2019): Integrity of UK Home Secretary Questioned over Support for Process and Industrial Developments Limited
 
It's difficult to get to the truth of the matter 'cause there's so many lies flying about, but there's a good chance that you're reinforcing stuff made up by the Cummings / Vote Leave camp to pressure Johnson into not giving them the heave-ho.

True, and if I have to be serious for a moment, I dont think it was Symonds who was to blame for it. I think that Bojo had spoken to Biden on the phone and had been given the cold shoulder by him, in terms of a deal. Biden is pro EU and will very likely be wanting to trade with the EU. He doesnt like Brexit. He also keeps telling the media that he is Irish and so will be on their side in the EU. I think after Biden told Bojo how it is going to be that Bojo got shut of Cummings because all of his projections and predictions and gambles were proven wrong and have left the country in a bad position. I know that is speculation by myself.
 
Normally I'd agree with you, but Sunak's polling numbers are wild. There doesn't seem to be any specific Tory member polling i can find, but he's the most popular politician in the country by some distance, and most popular among tory voters. Id imagine that popularity will cross into the membership.

And yet Tory voters/members wanted a racist as PM just a year ago.
 
A mate of mine who once was quite high up in the HO told me it was very difficult to get change but if one was to succeed a 'rude approach' would get you nowhere...I wonder if Smith, May and Rudd had similar issues i.e. are the upper echelons of the HO systemically sexist or is it her approach?
Not just the Home Office . Can you imagine what the upper echelons would have done to undermine a Corbyn government?
 
https://assets.publishing.service.g...BullyingHarassmentMisconduct-CivilService.pdf
"Bullying is offensive, intimidating, malicious or insulting behaviour, an abuse or misuse of power through means intended to undermine, humiliate, denigrate or injure the recipient."
" We never take our people for granted and we make every effort to demonstrate that. Home Office staff surveys are brimming with comments about how much our people value their colleagues, and the outstanding development opportunities and lifestyle benefits we offer. Not to mention the great support and social networks we’ve established. "

Sue Owen, DCMS Permanent Secretary, and Civil Service LGB&TI Champion, Posted on:26 January 2018 - Categories:Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion
Within the Civil Service, we are totally committed to ensuring that all of our people are treated with dignity and respect. We have zero tolerance for any form of bullying, harassment and discrimination from any source, and where it occurs it is essential that it gets reported and is tackled.

Good to know how much effort they put in to ensure there is no bullying in the Civil Service
 
Just met a few people whilst on holiday... (November 2017)
1606069347082.png


This also from some time back by Alegra Stratton for ITV Peston
(The new player on Boris's power women team)
1606068237688.png

The "Pritster" has been there 487 days as of today - Boris's big problem is the rest of the possible candidates for Home Secretary are all pathetic.
 
And yet Tory voters/members wanted a racist as PM just a year ago.
So what? I don't think Johnson's racism is a motivating reason many of his supporters to vote for him - they just aren't put off by it.

People are complicated and inconsistent - if it looks like Sunak is the best bet for getting another tory government and he makes the right noises on the economy and the culture war, then his brown-ness may not be enough to stop him becoming leader.
 
So what? I don't think Johnson's racism is a motivating reason many of his supporters to vote for him - they just aren't put off by it.

People are complicated and inconsistent - if it looks like Sunak is the best bet for getting another tory government and he makes the right noises on the economy and the culture war, then his brown-ness may not be enough to stop him becoming leader.
He'll find it hard to make the right noises on the economy when it's his government that will have kneecapped it
 
It's difficult to get to the truth of the matter 'cause there's so many lies flying about, but there's a good chance that you're reinforcing stuff made up by the Cummings / Vote Leave camp to pressure Johnson into not giving them the heave-ho.
Isn't that the whole point - that's it's next-to-impossible for anyone posting here to have even the faintest idea about what precisely is going on and has been going on in Johnson's inner circle? Save that it seems more byzantine, convoluted, dysfunctional and internecine than the Borgias?
 
I must admit, it's depressing she wasn't sacked. it's a totally clear contravention of the Ministerial Code, and this basically means that that Code is now meaningless.
And no, it wasn't always so; give Blair & Brown their due, they probably would have fired someone for that.
 
Let's take a tour of Bahrain police station where human rights activists were tortured!

<p>The home secretary wanted to ‘exchange expertise and experiences between the two friendly countries’ it was reported</p>


She is filth.

 
I know a type who had to deal with her when she was Hagues PR gatekeeper & Blair & Co were running the place. refused to allow access to him much of the time as she was suspicious that the press would pull a fast one and make her look stupid. so she shut down pretty much all requests and charmed no one.
 
I know a type who had to deal with her when she was Hagues PR gatekeeper & Blair & Co were running the place. refused to allow access to him much of the time as she was suspicious that the press would pull a fast one and make her look stupid. so she shut down pretty much all requests and charmed no one.

a stopped clock is right twice per day
 
Pretty vacants meeting with the Israeli military would have been legit if she had asked permission and DFID funding would probably been granted. IDF were running field hospitals for Syrian refugees so a legit recipient of aid money.
Except pretty or her mossad handler didn't get permission first😁
 

She just got pulled up by Sky News on this. After waffling her way through questions on the hauliers being stuck in Kent and the govt being behind the curve again, she was asked about the tweet. She reckons someone else writes her tweets and couldn't remember if "they" removed it as a result of the legal experts concern.

She looked and sounded like someone lying to their back teeth on 24hrs in Police Custody.
 
Back
Top Bottom