[The Red Arrow]

Still leading the news today.
Cunning Boris didn't put this one to bed.

Given the quantity of previous, I wouldn't be surprised if there aren't a few retired (hence safe) civil servants from other ministries who might now tell their stories.

Seems to have crossed a line - appearing on my Farcebook feed from people not normally bothered about politics...

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ken Clarke's successor in Rushcliffe. Poor old Sir Alex Allan must be confused- he's gone from being a woke lefty (per Jacob Young) to a sexist dinosaur.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ken Clarke himself is not happy.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... riti-patel

[Boiler]

Fat-arsed psychopath 1 -v- 0 Decency in public office

What was it one regular on this forum used to say - "Only Babymetal can save us now" ??

[Tubby Isaacs]

Here's another Red Wall twat- unfortunately not the Rick Holden who used to play on the wing for Oldham. Alex Allan's back to being a woke lefty. And people concerned about bullying can "bugger off".

Is this what Johnson meant by "form a square around the Pritster?" Contriving a culture war out of bullying is not a good look, but they can't help themselves. It's like the Rashford situation- they could have done a "blah blah I admire Marcus Rashford but we've put in extra resources already blah". But they had to pile in with "food vouchers spent on crack" and "nationalization of childhood".

[Tubby Isaacs]

The real culprits are the civil service apparently.

[Andy McDandy]

Funny that they've all got these snaps of them cheek to cheek with her. Now, if I were a cynic I'd wonder if these have all been done in the last 48 hours and social distancing be damned.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Excellent point here. I don't think Patel is out of the woods.

[Tubby Isaacs]

What's this?

[The Red Arrow]

The gift that keeps on taking. Can’t wait to the smirk on @pritipatel
face while she applogises for not knowing the Nigerian Prince didn’t really have millions to share in her bank account

[Bones McCoy]

The real culprits are the civil service apparently.

All the veracity of an IDS Curriculum Vitae.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I'm still not sure what "get the job" done means in this context. I mean, I'm not the biggest Rishi Sunak fan but he could say "we got the furlough scheme done". What's Patel done?

[Andy McDandy]

Remind the wets who's in charge. Put some stick about. Make the right noises.

It's not so much about policy as it's about atmosphere. Foster that right and so what if some rules get in the way.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Indeed.

Here's something Patel got done.

https://www.freemovement.org.uk/immigra ... ober-2020/

Immigration health surcharge raised from £400 a year to £624, Well, done, Home Secretary.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Here's another one. Sir Alex Allan is what now? A liar, a fantasist?