rid us of the smirk

 

     Someone in the British government named Priti Patel got reported for bullying at work.

The Guardian had an article about it; some Reader Comments:

------------ The government are clearly trolling us.  Releasing and dismissing the report into Patel's bullying at the end of 'anti-bullying' week is pure crass.  And intentionally so.  Despicable.

------ The Ministerial Code is just a serving suggestion.  Like the photo on a box of cake mix.

------- 'I now consider the case closed' says the indolent sloth of spaff.

Again.

'Ok' says the BBC.

-------------- Remember all the sad arse Tories calling for John Bercow to be sacked, dismissed and pulled apart for bullying.  Today, Patel becomes an official bully.  The same shit bag Tories support her.  Think about that.  John Bercow is NOT a bully and did not break ministerial code.

------------- Thank you to Jonathan Freedland for the following description of Britain in the depths of a pandemic and ruled by The Tory Party.  "Trump sank lower, but that doesn't mean Johnson isn't knee-deep in sleaze."  An honest piece of journalism, no holds barred.  Once again, thank you.

---------- Carrie Symonds ... Allegra Stratton ...Munira Mirza?  What a cracking week of cockups you've had ..Dom would be proud of you!

------------ If the people of England just sit back and take no action against this pile of corruption, then I do not want to hear one word of complaint...you voted this lot in, now do something to get rid of it.  Your children's futures are depending on you, not this pile of shit that calls itself a government.

Your fathers and grandfathers who fought for this country in a war, those who fought for better working conditions, those who fought for workers' rights, those who fought for the right to be represented by a trade union, those who fought for a National Health Service and for social security will be turning in their graves that you lot have thrown it all away.

Are their offspring cowards with no fight?

------- This is starting to stink like the biggest pile of dung!  Still growing!  The corruption, scandals, abuse of law and order, lack of accountability to the decent people of this country.  Is this democracy?!  Is this government really trying to push some to the brink of unrest if this continues?  

Cannot believe this axis of evil contemptible group of 'politicians' are getting away with this and this also includes parts of society who support and breathe this type of toxic criminality.  This political mafia and friends are destroying this country while filling their pockets.  No integrity left.

------------ The government have been trumpeting the various vaccines for the past couple of weeks or so now.  They better get it right or the right wing media will give them hell.  But going on previous evidence, they won't be able to resist enriching their mates/donors which will cause some sort of massive cock up.  I have stockpiles of popcorn and await the coming vaccine clusterfuck.

------------- I know the Tories are the nasty party, but I have never known as many really nasty bastards in any Tory government in my lifetime, and I've lived through Macmillan, Heath, Thatcher, Major, Cameron, May and now this lump.

---------- Priti's position seems to have gone straight to her head.  She would do well to show some humility and greater empathy.  After all she is a public servant dealing not just with administrative affairs of state but also with leadership and addressing the needs of sentient fellow human beings.

------------ Fuck the Tories

---------- Priti is the fridge that Johnson hides in....

---------- "The Prime Minister's adviser on ministerial standards Sir Alex Allan said in his advice that there was "no evidence that (Patel) was aware of the impact of her behaviour and no feedback was given to her at the time".

     Does Patel like being sworn or shouted at?  If so, then her action could be excused as blatant ignorance.  However, if she herself feels hurt or dislikes being at the receiving end of verbal abuse, then she is aware of the impact of her behaviour and should resign before she does any more harm.  At the moment, she acts with the demeanour of a deranged bull.

----------------- So she's broken the ministerial code twice now.  Maybe if she does it a third time, she'll get a place in the House of Lords.

------------- Or promotion to PM?

["PM" is prime minister]

----------- TBF anyone is better than BJ.

[BJ is Boris Johnson]

----------- Hope anyone else who has a story on Patel steps forward.  Come on, bring her down.  Johnson's 'loyalty' is nonexistent and his u-turns the stuff of legend.  Do it!  Blow your whistles.  Rid us of the smirk.

-------- I've experienced bullying at work and, as a union rep, dealt with the odd case.  It won't be long before more of her victims come forward.  It just takes one to be brave and then the less brave find their courage.  I guarantee it.

------------ Government ministers, especially Tory ones, are incredibly good at 'teeth forward' apologies.  Truth is they don't give a s**t.

------------ If PP was sacked there would have to be a new face somewhere at the table - perhaps the Brexit Barrel of Talent has been scraped clean.

---------- It was scraped clean before they did the first draft...

-------- I must not get upset if I'm sworn and shouted at.

I must not get upset if I'm sworn and shouted at.

I must not get upset if I'm sworn and shouted at.

...

Ah, Priti, would you like a nice cup of tea?

------------- Andrea Leadsom ran John Bercow absolutely ragged for alleged bullying.  Why so silent now when we have a case of real bullying?

---------- There is no ministerial code of conduct when ministers can do whatever they like without repercussions.

----------- Sage advisor to the government says the loss of trust in the government, reinforced today by Johnson's shabby 'nothing to see here' decision on Patel's bulling, is a major problem in tackling the spread of covid.  

People know she's a bully and has been found to be a bully by an independent investigator who has just resigned, and that Johnson has no moral or ethical values, also evident from his damaging defence of Cummings' outing to Durham and Barnard Castle. 

 But Johnson and his Brexit cabinet are too ideologically corrupt to care.  Is this what Allegra Stratton left journalism for?

----------- She's an overbearing oik, with no class or sense of propriety.  Not unlike Esther McVile.

--------- Weekend press, reassess her position on Monday.

------ Gone by Monday?  Let's hope so.  Johnson must know when he's backed a wrong 'en.

------------- What has the Queen got to say about all this, doesn't she have weekly briefings with the PM and give them a good ticking off.  She could do it on Zoom if they're all self isolating.  Also not sure who is deputy PM anymore, do they still have one?

-------------- Don't believe The Crown - the royals couldn't care less about us.

----------- Another Tory shit filled week over.  Stay tuned folks next week may even be much worse than this one!  Happy weekend!

----------- It will not stop over the weekend

------------- Good to see the editorial writers don't mince words:

"the guardian.com/comment is free/2020/nov/20/the-guardian-view-on-priti-patel-carelessly-giving-offence"

------------- Worst PM and cabinet ever.  Period.

----------- "It has never been my intention to cause upset to anyone."

It is just an unfortunate side effect of not making me look good.

---------- One hopes - albeit a tad forlornly - that Rutnam won't bottle it and withdraw his ET case against The Evil Smirk .....

------------ "I'm sorry if" is meaningless and insincere.  "I'm sorry if" is bullshit!

-------------- Breaking ministerial code requires no apology.  Sack her if she does not walk, she knew exactly what she was instructed to do and was doing.  Get on with it Johnson you coward.

---------- "Don't bully / Awareness week."

"Drum roll please.  'The Tory party.'  Null and void.  As you were."

------------- Not much chance of a resignation from this lot; I don't know what has to happen to elicit one of these shysters walking, look at the education secretary and Cummings and the latter wasn't even an elected representative.

It is very bad for any residual faith in democracy; there have to be consequences for government ministers and seeing someone fired from time to time is essential.

Another similarity between Johnson and Trump - undermining democracy, be it ensuring that nobody resigns or trying to close down Parliament, proper little Trump we've got.

------------- As the artful dodger said in a contrarywise situation "This ain't the shop for Justice".

------------ There was a time in this country that the merest whiff or whisper of impropriety by a minister would lead to an instant resignation because said minister realized it was more important for public trust to remove him/herself from the firing line rather than cling on shamelessly.

In those days, I would admire the ministerial code for holding ministers to a much higher level of propriety than the rest of the population.  Those days are long gone now.  Today, a minister can behave much worse than a pleb and retain his/her job whilst the latter will be sacked on the spot.

We are going backwards, folks, and slowly entering the Endarkenment...

------------- It was said earlier that no law says that said Minister should go, which shows the absolute nadir of dishonour and fecklessness our rulers have fallen to.

------------- yes, that was the beauty of it.  Said minister walked instantly and did not need to be pushed.  Now we have Trump style clinging on by Jenrick, Hancock, Williamson and now Patel.

These are retrograde times and the damage these charlatans are doing will sadly take a long while to undo...

------------ Priti Patel isn't sorry for acting like a bully because she doesn't care.  Boris seems to have given license to such behaviour as well as lying, breaking policy without consequences and a new level of cronyism, even for a Tory government.  Just what do you have to do to get sacked these days?

-------------- These are the standards of life in post Brexit Britain, falling falling falling...

----- Not only falling, but failing.  Badly.

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