Yet more Tory sleaze….

[Hitchington]

Don't sit on the fence Hitchers....

I say what everyone else is thinking.

Call it a public service.

 

[Deleted member 28]

Don't sit on the fence Hitchers....

I think someone needs to calm down a bit, it's no good for your health.

 

[Beebo]

Johnson asked to meet with Sue Gray and asked her to "shelve her report now it's all in the open."
Utter, utter scum.

Do we actually know what was discussed?
It’s not a great look either way.

 

[newfhouse]

View: https://twitter.com/allthecitizens/status/1528739851822149632?s=21&t=8BIyAFBdrwzR8U1izloLYw

 

[Fab Foodie]

And now the rats are starting to gnaw at their leader....

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61566410

...and Saddiq wants answers....

Sadiq Khan writes to Met asking for explanation for its decision not to fine Johnson over No 10 leaving drinks​

Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has written to the Metropolitan police asking for an explanation for its decision not to fine Boris Johnson for attending the Lee Cain leaving drinks at No 10 on 13 November 2020, the Telegraph’s Martin Evans reports. Others who attended were fined.

Earlier Khan said he thought the police should explain why they took that decision for the sake of “trust and confidence” in the force. (See 9.39am.)

As mayor of London Khan is the police and crime commissioner for the capital. Ultimately, if he is not happy with the way the Met is operating, he can force the commissioner to quit. But the Met does not have a full-time commissioner at the moment, because Khan got rid of the last one (Cressida Dick), and so currently he has less leverage over the force than usual.

 

[PaulB]

 

[Hitchington]

 

[Fab Foodie]

https://assets.publishing.service.g...RMANENT_SECRETARY_INTO_ALLEGED_GATHERINGS.pdf​

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Conclusions from Sue Gray's report​

Here are Sue Gray’s conclusions. They are similar in tone to the conclusions of her interim “Update” published in January but there is new detail about how security and cleaning staff were treated by officials in No 10. “I was made aware of multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment of security and cleaning staff,” Gray says.

The general findings set out in my update of 31st January 2022 still stand.
Whatever the initial intent, what took place at many of these gatherings and the way in which they developed was not in line with Covid guidance at the time. Even allowing for the extraordinary pressures officials and advisers were under, the factual findings of this report illustrate some attitudes and behaviours inconsistent with that guidance. It is also clear, from the outcome of the police investigation, that a large number of individuals (83) who attended these events breached Covid regulations and therefore Covid guidance.
I have already commented in my update on what I found to be failures of leadership and judgment in No 10 and the Cabinet Office. The events that I investigated were attended by leaders in government. Many of these events should not have been allowed to happen. It is also the case that some of the more junior civil servants believed that their involvement in some of these events was permitted given the attendance of senior leaders. The senior leadership at the centre, both political and official, must bear responsibility for this culture.
In my update I made a number of general limited findings, I am pleased progress is being made in addressing the issues I raised. I commented on the fragmentary and complicated leadership structures in No 10. Since my update there have been changes to the organisation and management of Downing Street and the Cabinet Office with the aim of creating clearer lines of leadership and accountability and now these need the chance and time to bed in.
I found that some staff had witnessed or been subjected to behaviours at work which they had felt concerned about but at times felt unable to raise properly. I was made aware of multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment of security and cleaning staff. This was unacceptable. I am reassured to see that steps have since been taken to introduce more easily accessible means by which to raise concerns electronically, in person or online, including directly with the Permanent Secretary in No 10. I hope that this will truly embed a culture that welcomes and creates opportunities for challenge and speaking up at all levels.
I also made a recommendation that steps should be taken to ensure that every Government Department has a clear and robust policy in place covering the consumption of alcohol in the workplace. Since then guidance has been issued to all Government Departments.
The matter of what disciplinary action should now take place is outside of the scope of this report and is for others to consider. Nothing set out in this report can be taken as constituting a disciplinary investigation or findings of fact appropriate for such a purpose. However, I do offer a reflection: while there is no excuse for some of the behaviour set out here it is important to acknowledge that those in the most junior positions attended gatherings at which their seniors were present, or indeed organised. I have no doubt that they will have taken the learning from this experience and, while this is not a matter for me, I hope this will be taken into account in considering any disciplinary action.
Many will be dismayed that behaviour of this kind took place on this scale at the heart of Government. The public have a right to expect the very highest standards of behaviour in such places and clearly what happened fell well short of this. It is my firm belief, however, that these events did not reflect the prevailing culture in Government and the Civil Service at the time. Many thousands of people up and down the country worked tirelessly to deliver in unprecedented times. I remain immensely proud to be a civil servant and of the work of the service and the wider public sector during the pandemic.

 

[Hitchington]

Johnson was supposed to be leading the government. Instead he was leading almighty piss ups while the rest of us were following the rules. We lost colleagues at work to COVID. Other colleagues lost family members and couldn't say goodbye or attend funerals. We had colleagues leave the service for new jobs. No one had leaving drinks or parties. We all followed the rules.
Fuk the liar Johnson. Fuk the sycophant cabinet. Fuk the Tory party who enable this disgusting excuse of a human being.

 

[matticus]

We lost colleagues at work to COVID. Other colleagues lost family members and couldn't say goodbye or attend funerals

It's been pointed out that according to Boris Roolz, you just needed to rebrand your funerals as "Leaving Dos". Instantly legal!

 

[PaulB]

Everything that's bad and wrong can be found in this present attempt at a 'government'. It just shows what a low IQ nation we have when those lepers got voted in.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Everything that's bad and wrong can be found in this present attempt at a 'government'. It just shows what a low IQ nation we have when those lepers got voted in.

I think your being a bit unfair since the FPTP system is what allows this to happen.

 

[BoldonLad]

Everything that's bad and wrong can be found in this present attempt at a 'government'. It just shows what a low IQ nation we have when those lepers got voted in.

Lepers? Bit unfair on lepers, isn’t it?

 

[Deleted member 28]

Everything that's bad and wrong can be found in this present attempt at a 'government'. It just shows what a low IQ nation we have when those lepers got voted in.

Should have listened to 'the Kop' I guess?

 

[cookiemonster]

I think your being a bit unfair since the FPTP system is what allows this to happen.

Not really. The English electorate are thick, as has been proven constantly since 2016.