Delbow   686 #697 Posted January 5, 2021 26 minutes ago, enntee said: Don't forget that they are the front end of a load of incompetent civil servants. You need more than just new politicians. Yes, the mark of a truly great politician is the ability to blame civil servants when things go wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
PRESLEY   1,222 #698 Posted January 5, 2021 48 minutes ago, melthebell said: strangely that youtuber Alex Bell (field) end has been banging on about Kier Starmer stepping down and Dianne Abbott taking over, not sure where he got the idea from but seems as usual the tories in such disarray with incompetence get the attacks in on labour quick Just Williamson? lol  Tories...the party of Uturns More like the party of Roundabouts, they are going around in circles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tinfoilhat   11 #699 Posted January 5, 2021 55 minutes ago, enntee said: Don't forget that they are the front end of a load of incompetent civil servants. You need more than just new politicians. Arent the civil servants (scientists) giving him information and he ignores it? Inept doesn't even cover this lot. I'd have ANY former government in charge rather than this lot. As least Thatcher was a scientist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister Gee   811 #700 Posted January 5, 2021 This mob are ruthlessly incompetent and totally out of touch.  https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-minister-suggests-seeing-covid-23261023 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
altus   534 #701 Posted January 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Delbow said: Yes, the mark of a truly great politician is the ability to blame civil servants when things go wrong. To be fair, there are those Dominic Cummings employed bypassing the normal recruitment procedures used to make sure candidates aren't idiots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Delbow   686 #702 Posted January 5, 2021 Didn't quite a lot of experienced civil servants leave because of the chaos they were handed due to Brexit? And of course Pritti Patel has bullied some out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Shreddie   10 #703 Posted January 6, 2021 I am in my 70s and I can say categorically that this is the most incompetent  government I have ever known. Due to their inability to make any decisions until it's too late they are killing people and ruining the economy. If they were a company they would surely be charged with gross negligence and corporate manslaughter. Obviously William Blake had their ilk in mind when he penned the lines How many have fallen there! They stumble all night over bones of the dead, And feel they know not what but care, And wish to lead others when they should be led. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister M   1,605 #704 Posted January 6, 2021 Pleb favourite Jacob Rees Mogg ignored government guidance by crossing Covid tiers to attend church https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rees-mogg-covid-rules-church-latin-mass-b1783280.html   Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
steved32 Â Â 55 #705 Posted January 8, 2021 So Gavin Williamson is advising parents who are unhappy with schools' provision of online remote learning to report this to Ofsted. Â Who should his and the DfE's incompetence be reported to? https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/politics/council/sheffield-pupils-missing-education-because-extremely-slow-delay-government-laptops-3089695 Â Â Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Delbow   686 #706 Posted January 8, 2021 For the Tories, it's always, always someone else's fault. Or their algorithm simply "mutates" while their backs were turned. It frustrates me that there are so many people out there in the country who do their jobs really well but have a low opinion of themselves, and then we have these chancers failing all over who think they are above reproach and just blame their failings on others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
catmiss   12 #707 Posted January 9, 2021 12 hours ago, Delbow said: For the Tories, it's always, always someone else's fault. Or their algorithm simply "mutates" while their backs were turned. It frustrates me that there are so many people out there in the country who do their jobs really well but have a low opinion of themselves, and then we have these chancers failing all over who think they are above reproach and just blame their failings on others. I’m certainly no Tory, less so a Boris fan but this is an unprecedented time and there would have been mistakes made by any administration. My main criticism is that the current one, 10 months in, doesn’t seem to have learnt from previous experiences. They continue to dither, delay, take last minute u turns, over promise and under deliver with no acknowledgement of shortcomings yet expect people to have utter trust in them. If, as individuals, they performed like this in an ordinary workplace they’d have have had the verbal, written warnings and P45 a long time ago Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mister M   1,605 #708 Posted January 11, 2021 One of UK’s richest MPs on list shaming people for not paying minimum wage  One of UK's richest MPs on list shaming people 'for not paying minimum wage' | Metro News  If it was 'an oversight' well.... But it wasn't, apparently. It was a misunderstanding. Mr Drax, who has an estimated wealth of up to £150 million, explained that  the staff paid less than the minimum wage were ‘beaters’ – who flush the animals out of their cover to be shot – and that it is traditional for them to receive a ‘modest sum’.  Unsurprisingly he also voted against raising the minimum wage.  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...