Boris Johnson appoints people who he knows has form for bullying and overbearing conduct. Indeed his own for for casual insults & incompetence is well documented.
We, the taxpayer, end up paying the compensation for the consequences of their conduct.
Did Cummings resign over the lockdown conduct? No. Was he sacked over that? No. Only for insulting Johnson’s girlfriend.
Did Williamson resign over the multiple Education screw ups? No. Was he sacked? No. They continue.
Did Patel resign over Windrush failures and numerous other failures? No. And not over this. Has she been sacked by Johnson? No.
I think she covered up for his involvement in her Israel sortée and this is her reward. At least May required her resignation then.
Never has the bar for conduct or competence been set so low and just at a time when both competence and conduct need to be at their highest.
And who pays for their failures? We do. Financially and in the consequence of woefully poor governance.
And every single Tory MP that goes along as they are - yes @TomTugendhat we are looking at you amongst many others - are responsible for the mess we are in.
So the person who HAS done their job, Sir Alex Allan, delivering with competence and honour resigns - as now with numerous civil servants - leaving the incompetents, the dishonourable, the badly behaved in place.
Beginning to think that the only way people like Johnson & Patel & Jenrick will learn is if they are sued successfully personally and NOT reimbursed by the taxpayer. They would change their conduct pretty smartish then.
I’m attaching a thread from @PandaScottish that lays out a quite unsavoury history of bullying and low standards in the party stretching back years.
At the employment Tribunal the fact that MPs respond as they regularly do like a bot army in the face of unacceptable conduct will be evidence to demonstrate that not just the Pm but the Party enable appalling conduct to people in employment under them.
And they do so under order from the Tory Whips
Because they have not a shred of personal independent thought.
Cowed. Obedient.
Pathetic.
And we all keep paying for it. Literally.
Another obedient MP.
Let’s keep adding them
Let’s remember who have paid for her conduct that all these MPs and the PM and whips office are facilitating.
The Gov video condemning bullying was released just hours before backing Patel. Released by a Minister who himself has previously been forced to resign his Ministerial position,
As for the notion she was not informed of her conduct (quite apart from the bullying allegation settlement in 2015 in a different Department, Rutnam has made a statement.
Yes. I really do think the Conservative Party should be sued for facilitating bullying. They should pay the legal fees and the damages. Or Patel herself.
This is a coordinated campaign by the Tory Party who are all holding Priti Patel’s coat whilst she bullies people who cannot speak up for themselves in public.
Very information packed thread from @rupert_pearse on the status quo in hospitals approaching Winter.
Essential reading.
I suspect we will be looking at a slower paced more Mexican Wave than the Spring sharp peaks and troughs. So as things slow in the NW they are rising in SW
The shipment of protective PPE overalls linked to N Korean labour was part of a contract awarded by the DHSC to Unispace Global Ltd, a commercial design company registered in the UK, which set up a PPE procurement operation called Unispace Health Ltd this year
In fact I think this is the Plymouth Brethren network of companies that cornered over a £billion of contracts and it seems keen to rebadge itself from UniSpace to Sante Trading.
The Hospital Best-Prepared for CV-19 Is Nearly Overwhelmed - The Atlantic
“In the past 2 weeks, the hospital had to convert an entire building into a COVID-19 tower, from the top down. It now has 10 COVID-19 units, each taking up an entire hospital floor” theatlantic.com/health/archive…
“Three of the units provide intensive care to the very sickest people, several of whom die every day. One unit solely provides “comfort care” to COVID-19 patients who are certain to die.”
“We’ve never had to do anything like this,” Angela Hewlett, the infectious-disease specialist who directs the hospital’s COVID-19 team, told me. “We are on an absolutely catastrophic path.”
Why would she do that? Very curious. From a quick look the two directors : Michael Quinn (now dead) & Brendan Cahill - both Irish. Company BVI. What interest would Patel and Shanker have in them?
Here Shanker Singham is expressing an opinion about the case but what is his interest in it? Competere Group. Looks as if it is linked to the Legatum Institute & the Chandlers who profited off the Russian oil/gas energy market collapse and sales
US passes 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a day for first time since May | TheHill
Thursday 2,015 new coronavirus deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, marking the first time the country has hit more than 2,000 deaths since May.
Thursday :2,015 new coronavirus deaths, Johns Hopkins University data, marking the first time the country has hit more than 2,000 deaths since May.
Experts have warned that the death toll will keep climbing in the coming months as cold weather drives more people indoors
According to the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, more than 2,300 people could end up losing their lives per day due to the virus.
The group also predicts that 471,000 Americans could die from the virus by March 1.
🦠 20,252 new cases. Processing back up but looks as if catch up is still taking place
⚰️⚰️⚰️. 5111 (28 day cut off) new deaths
63,873 ONS certified deaths up to 6th November. C 67k by now.
🏥 Admissions still high at 1737 on Tuesday
Similar on Thursday. Every. Single. Day
🛌 16,444 patients IN hospital on Wednesday.
The rate of increase has definitely slowed. Increased deaths is emptying some beds. Discharges no doubt others to compensate for the c 1740 coming in every day.
Some marked regional variations. Rising markedly in some areas.
Worth keeping an eye on the changing data over 7 days and also per country. See @LawrenceGilder ‘s summary.