The ongoing stupidity of Home Secretary Priti Patel

[stavros]

I forgot Rees-Mogg

My jealousy is palpable.

 

[quiet guy]

There'll be no end of crowing from her about this.

Priti Patel - I am delivering on my commitment to give the police the powers they need to 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆.

This new offence will enable the police to fine or arrest those residing without permission on private or public land in vehicles in order to stop significant disruption, distress or harm being caused to the law-abiding majority.

 

[Artaxerxes]

There'll be no end of crowing from her about this.

Priti Patel - I am delivering on my commitment to give the police the powers they need to 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆.

This new offence will enable the police to fine or arrest those residing without permission on private or public land in vehicles in order to stop significant disruption, distress or harm being caused to the law-abiding majority.
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Oh good more ways to imprison protestors.


It’s going to be a fun time to be a traveller to.

 

[MrSki]

FFS what is wrong with this country & the ideals of freedom. The travelling community suffers enough without this shit. A lot was lost to British society when then Convoy were fucked over. Stonehenge & free festivals should be positively encouraged. No one making money out of it?

 

[Serge Forward]

No one making money out of it?

Therein lies the problem. If they were coining it in and employing lots of wage slaves, they'd be right as rain.

 

[zahir]

The hijacking that wasn't.

Stowaway's story raises questions about Nave Andromeda incident

Exclusive: interview will add to view that deployment of elite SBS was ‘over-reaction’ by UK authorities

www.theguardian.com

The supposed hijack generated international headlines and 16 members of the elite Navy force, the Special Boat Service, based only a few miles away in Poole, Dorset, were hailed as heroes for bringing the incident to a swift conclusion after they fast roped down on to the deck of the ship from helicopters while snipers in another helicopter patrolled above.

The decision to carry out the raid was authorised by the home secretary, Priti Patel, and the defence minister, Ben Wallace, who said at the time: “People are safe tonight thanks to their efforts.”

“The captain was on the bridge but it was locked. The captain held up a piece of paper saying: ‘Stay calm the port authorities are coming to pick you up,’” said John. “We sat and waited on the deck but it got colder and colder so we went back to the cabin.”

He said all seven of the stowaways were shocked when the SBS arrived.

“They came down from the chopper like they were going to war. They had guns and they couldn’t let us look into their faces. They told us to lie belly down on the deck. There’s nobody on the planet who wouldn’t have been frightened about that.”

“At first they said we were sea pirates but there was no evidence of that,” John said. “They said we tried to hijack a ship. Such an incident didn’t happen. I’m happy we had a good crown prosecutor who went through the case properly.”

John spent more than four months locked up in immigration detention before being released into the care of the Salvation Army, which provides support for victims of trafficking.

James Wilson, acting director of the charity Detention Action, which provided support for John while he was detained, said: “This debacle raises serious questions that the government now needs to answer. The lack of a credible or verified threat is deeply concerning and the situation appears to have been badly mishandled. The public and our military deserve an urgent inquiry into how and why the home secretary took a decision to deploy elite forces against vulnerable asylum seekers to stop a hijack that never happened.”

 

[mx wcfc]

Wasn't sure which thread to put this on,,,,,

 

[stavros]

Rory Stewart was on a panel discussion on R4 this morning, as they spoke about political leadership in the last year. I think it was Helle Thorning-Schmidt who mentioned how countries with female leaders had done relatively better during the pandemic in terms of death tolls, and they debated over whether there were different styles of leadership more prevalent in men and women respectively. Stewart said how "some female members of the [UK] cabinet might resemble a male style of leadership".

Liz Truss? Thérèse Coffey?

 

[not-bono-ever]

She is on the telleh again now. I don’t know if anyone has noticed but she comes across as an imbecile

 

[existentialist]

She is on the telleh again now. I don’t know if anyone has noticed but she comes across as an imbecile

She is on the telleh again now. I don’t know if anyone has noticed but she comes across as an imbecile

Yep. She's definitely not the sharpest tool in the box. It's only the fact that the Cabinet is full of people with room temperature IQs that stops the full glory of her dim bulb brain from shining forth more obviously.

 

[A380]

Police Federation demonstration outside Home Office yesterday...

 

[Treacle Toes]

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Police Federation demonstration outside Home Office yesterday...

I love this time of year when the trees are in blossom.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Just seen done thing in dreadful tastethat I am debating whether to post or not.fucking hell

 

[Pickman's model]

Just seen done thing in dreadful tastethat I am debating whether to post or not.fucking hell

post post post

 

[not-bono-ever]

I can’t sorry, fuck.

 

[Pickman's model]

Just seen done thing in dreadful tastethat I am debating whether to post or not.fucking hell

i hope it's in worse taste than this little gem

Spoiler

 

[A380]

i hope it's in worse taste than this little gem

Spoiler

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Jesus- that’s both brilliant and horrific . I’ve just undergone a cycle of laughing out loud, feeling bad, then laughing even more...

 

[stdP]

the Cabinet is full of people with room temperature IQs

This is why so many are longing for a move back to imperial measurements as a clear benefit of brexit.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yep. She's definitely not the sharpest tool in the box. It's only the fact that the Cabinet is full of people with room temperature IQs that stops the full glory of her dim bulb brain from shining forth more obviously.

yeh but they think their iqs are in kelvin when they're really in reaumur

 

[MrSki]

 

[MrSki]

 

[MrSki]

in case anyone is unaware of this story.

 

[Pickman's model]

and quite right to. you shouldn't have to call for her resignation, she should have borrowed a sword from the royal armouries and fallen on it

 

[eatmorecheese]

in case anyone is unaware of this story.

"This appears to be an electronics store in Albania" is my phrase of the day

 

[Raheem]

in case anyone is unaware of this story.

I couldn't help but Google, and this is a company that sells beauty products, but doesn't appear to do massively overpriced treatments. So has she bought £100,000 of eyeliner and whatnot on expenses? Is her spare room full of boxes, like the Trotters?

 

[Pickman's model]

I couldn't help but Google, and this is a company that sells beauty products, but doesn't appear to do massively overpriced treatments. So has she bought £100,000 of eyeliner and whatnot on expenses?

she is it seems rather a hoarder

 

[not-bono-ever]

Ducking hell

 

[Badgers]

Byline times covering it.

Home Office Fails to Explain Strange Expenses

£900 at a pub in Oxford; £5,400 in Primark. Sam Bright questioned Priti Patel’s department about some peculiar purchases, but received an unconvincing answer

bylinetimes.com

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Come on, I'm sure it's perfectly normal fraud, concealed payments, etc - nothing weird.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Cough, bullshit, cough...

At 7.12pm on 26 March 2021, the Home Office released a statement on Twitter which read: “It is wrong to claim the Home Office expenses that have been circulated today are the Home Secretary’s. They are department wide and for vital equipment like PPE. It is completely false to say the Home Office has spent money on beauty products, it was PPE. We make no apology for buying PPE to keep our staff safe during the pandemic. The spending in Primark was for asylum seekers who would have not had appropriate clothing when arriving in the UK. We are committed to delivering the best value for money for the British taxpayer, making sure every pound is spent in the most effective way.”