They had a Tory MP defending her on Ch.4 news saying her job's "one of the hardest if not the hardest" in government as previous holders of the post will tell you, and she may have just been "raising her voice" to get her points and instructions across. Asked if he's ever been yelled and swore at at work he said "of course as I worked in a newsroom and it goes on every day there"

She’s been accused of bullying in all her ministerial posts, not just her current one.

Yeah....I don't care how tough your job is, there's a difference between being a tough boss(i.e. firm but fair whose not afraid to give critism when it's needed and deserved) and humilating and insulting your staff. Any other profession she would have been out on her ear a long time ago.

 

A genuine psychopath.

Edited November 20, 20204 yr by mald487

The Last Leg got it right (as so often). This is the first time Johnson has been loyal to a woman.

I’m sorry if you feel I should apologise

Seems like a minister or advisor in this government can do whatever they like an not be held to account by the normal standards the rest of us have to hold in a job.

 

Pritel herself is a right wing zealot who as recently as 2012 argued for the death penalty plus she lives brexit so no wonder Johnson has her in the cabinet.

 

Strange person to ideologically, considering her background

She’s a very useful tool for the Tories in that she’s ridiculous right wing but being a non-white woman, Tory voters can use her to claim the party isn’t racist or sexist. No matter how evil she is.

If they listened to what comes out of her mouth they’d change their views

Anyone reckon this is when Sunak's bubble bursts now he's giving out bad news?

 

He's basically just re-enacted The Brexit Party's economic spending plan :lol: I don't agree with the Foreign Aid slash. You could argue for a reform or a 6 month slash, but I don't like the way there is no end date on the cut. That's a real populist cut through as loads of people just see the short sightedness of the policy rather than the longer term benefits it brings society and the country.

Anyone reckon this is when Sunak's bubble bursts now he's giving out bad news?

 

He's basically just re-enacted The Brexit Party's economic spending plan :lol: I don't agree with the Foreign Aid slash. You could argue for a reform or a 6 month slash, but I don't like the way there is no end date on the cut. That's a real populist cut through as loads of people just see the short sightedness of the policy rather than the longer term benefits it brings society and the country.

 

I think cutting Foreign Aid is a great policy and should have been done years ago. Look after our own country first. I've been saying this on forums for ages and bet it's a popular move at this difficult time. He's said it will increase eventually.

Yes, like public sector pay will increase eventually. :)

I think cutting Foreign Aid is a great policy and should have been done years ago. Look after our own country first. I've been saying this on forums for ages and bet it's a popular move at this difficult time. He's said it will increase eventually.

Foreign aid helps to reduce conflict which, in turn, reduces the number of refugees.

 

Money spent on education has a huge impact on the number of young girls giving birth, thereby tackling ovr-population and reducing the long-term need for aid.

 

Anyone reckon this is when Sunak's bubble bursts now he's giving out bad news?

 

Surely. The only reason he's so popular compared to the other Tory politicians is because he's been the face of pandemic handouts. Reality will soon hit home that he's just as bad as the rest of them.

Yes, like public sector pay will increase eventually. :)

 

Public sector pay is a weird one. I think cutting altogether is not so great, however there is this belief in the public sector that everyone in the private sector gets a 5% pay increase each year, which is definitely not the case (and it is not always guaranteed). I don't know how it works in the private sector, but surely the better way if money is tight is to assess people on their performance against measurables. Maybe I am speaking too corporate.

as this affects me personally, here's a quick correction of government statements.

 

Public Sector workers have been largely on pay freezes since 2008, though this year we got 2% and have managed 1% here and there, the biggest increase by far since the days of Blair.

 

During that period we in local government have had numerous reviews, my wages increasing in a gravitationally-inclined direction to the tune of 2 and half grand loss, and many staff have been lost. Our new super-council is about to do another wages review, having noted the Council is in deep debt. So don't hold your breath.

 

In terms of Council workers being in a "lucky" position to have jobs, just for the record we have lost most experienced staff already, and many have done a runner, with another 400-600 jobs to go over the next 2 years, along with offices, as we are expected to "volunteer" to work from home forever more, more or less, without actually having the digital infrastructure to do that and with 3 differing council systems still to merge into a cohesive system with far less people doing the work that must be done.

 

Meanwhile, massive investment disasters pushed by blind fools voted in by other fools, ignoring staff professional advice, have cost tens of millions and are an ongoing drain on annual budgets for the foreseeable future.

 

But at least we have a fab 10-second view of the sea as we drive through town now.....well worth the 10million it cost to demolish a new 3D cinema building, now an adventure golf course. You might expect the golf balls to be made of f***ing gold. Of course you can see the seaview for nothing just by walking to the beach or the miles of clifftops.

 

No matter how long I work for local government, I'm never remotely surprised that new batches of Councillors make the exact same moronic mistakes previous generations made (Tory round this area) cos they are basically business owners trying to turn services into profit-driven enterprises that banks wouldnt touch with a bargepole, and failing miserably because they never listen to sound advice.

 

MP's and Local Councillors are all getting wage rises in the thousands next year.

 

Feel free to call them f***ing hypocrites. I do. Wage rises for failing in massive financial terms is rewarding failure, or as I see it, state-subsidised business losers.

I think cutting Foreign Aid is a great policy and should have been done years ago. Look after our own country first. I've been saying this on forums for ages and bet it's a popular move at this difficult time. He's said it will increase eventually.

 

The people who most say 'look after our own country first' are so often the ones going on about benefit fraudsters, and voting in governments who will be tough on social security so that doesn't really jive either. They never show any concern about 'looking after our own' when the time actually comes to look after our own - like for example, not cutting their pay in real-terms. As Suedehead says, foreign aid helps all countries become a viable place to live in, so there's less demand for people to come here.

 

It is a 'popular' move, with about 66% of the country supporting it, but for the most part the public of Britain are not diplomats or generally educated in the nuances of geopolitics, so I'm not going to take much notice of that and good politicians wouldn't either.

 

Ridiculous stuff from Sunak, and I see signs of treating a country like a household budget again, when the time is ripe for deficit spending and indeed that's the only way that the country will be economically viable. No one's going to spend with pay freezes.

Chris here: "Look after our own"

Chris in other threads at least once a month: "Why are people spending money on unnecessary things?!"

 

People spending money on things they can afford create jobs. Make it make sense :')

So the irony on the huge increase in defence spending just last week not lost on anyone.....

Edited November 27, 20204 yr by Steve201

This is the considered response somebody got from a Tory MP when they challenged his apparent support for Millwall supporters booing players taking the knee.

 

@1335682093167341570

Was he agreeing with the booing there??

Was he agreeing with the booing there??

Nor explicitly, but he suggested he was more on the side of the people booing rather than the players.