The ongoing stupidity of Home Secretary Priti Patel
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existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I'm pretty sure that Patel wouldn't consider any time to be the time to talk about her mismanagement.
andysays
Love and solidarity
That's pretty (sic) much a tacit admission that there has been mismanagement, isn't it?
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Not deliberately, perhaps.
But I am increasingly of the view that Patel was standing behind the door when the brains were being handed out.
Does she stand out from any other member of the cabinet in that regard? Williamson was on the radio this morning, and was putting the "Well what we need to remember is" machine into overdrive. Even Nick "Young Tory" Robinson was exasperated.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Nah, they don't answer the question because they don't want to. Patel doesn't answer the question because she doesn't understand the question.
You seem to be indirectly overestimating the intelligence of Gavin Williamson, George Eustice and Robert Jenrick, to name but three.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Only by comparison to Patel. The bar is low.
And not to mention James "not very" Cleverly.
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
Is she making some kind of move at present? First there was that "I wanted to close the borders" thing on Tuesday, then there is that admission of mismanagement (of course it wasnt her mismanagement), and now there is "we wanted to tag people to ensure they kept to the foreign travel quarantine".
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Perhaps she (and/or her backers) think Johnson is on the ropes. Thing is, she'd be dumb enough to make a pass for the leadership, and end up as no more than a stalking horse. We can hope, at least.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Ba boom tish. or ba boom boom tish tish tish. i give up.
GarveyLives
Well-Known Member
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I’d love to try that line on the coopers
“Honestly, check my record bag, it’s all techno mate. Well, maybe some could be described as tech-house at a push...”
Patel will take it as a compliment that she never answers a question and wear it as a badge of honour.
All of the politicians we've got think it's a complete triumph that they are known for not actually answering any questions. They'll think it shows ninja skills and wily cunning to not tell us thickos anything and to show those badgering guttersnipe journos who's boss. Alas.
All of the politicians we've got think it's a complete triumph that they are known for not actually answering any questions. They'll think it shows ninja skills and wily cunning to not tell us thickos anything and to show those badgering guttersnipe journos who's boss. Alas.
Chilli.s
mingling jets and statuettes
It has always been this way, as long as I remember. What used to be different was questions in the house of commons when answers had to be made, hence the pmqs being televised was a step forward. Now that is just as poor, the current speaker is not up to it and we're left with waffle and avoidance.
not-bono-ever
meh
The smartest and best Tory minds - and there are plenty - are not in the cabinet. They are playing a long game. The likes of Patel would not normally get a sniff of responsibility unless they were unknowing patsys.
BCBlues
Lend us a Twenner
Kent: Arson investigation launched after fire breaks out at former army barracks housing asylum seekers
The military site has recently been hit by a COVID-19 outbreak with around 120 people testing positive.
www.google.com
All Patel has to say is " The damage and destruction to Napier Barracks is not only appaling but deeply offensive to the taxpayers of this country"
She's such a nasty piece of work.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
You wouldn't know that from your link which doesn't quote herKent: Arson investigation launched after fire breaks out at former army barracks housing asylum seekers
The military site has recently been hit by a COVID-19 outbreak with around 120 people testing positive.
All Patel has to say is " The damage and destruction to Napier Barracks is not only appaling but deeply offensive to the taxpayers of this country"
She's such a nasty piece of work.
BCBlues
Lend us a Twenner
I dont actually know where she quoted that, apart from it's on the Sky newsbar, the yellow bit across the bottom
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
from napier barracks thread
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Ah it's quoting her now
Steel Icarus
we move
Predictably the Twitter replies to her "statement" are a bingo card of racist cunt clichés
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Home Office put refugees in barracks after fears better housing would ‘undermine confidence’ in system
Exclusive: Internal documents reveal ministers justified placing hundreds of asylum seekers in military camps because more ‘generous’ accommodation would damage public perception of asylum system
www.independent.co.uk
BCBlues
Lend us a Twenner
Hopefully that's Gove she's whacking
It's any member of Home Office staff. I haven't tried Gove yet, although he's quite close to being his own Spitting Image puppet already.
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