Pritti Patel

Errrmmm...actually she's a liar in her own right - and has form for acting on her own initiative. Hence, her announcement that FoM would end on 31 October and her unauthorised meeting(s) with Israeli government officials.

If anything, she's one of the MPs pulling Johnson's strings, not the other way round.

Pretti by name but far from pretty by nature.

Don't complain, the lady is simply following her lying leader. Well maybe

We now hear of more and more cases where EU nationals who have lived here for many years and have applied for settled status have had their application rejected. On the radio yesterday there was an interview with a lady (74 years old) who has lived here for 50 years, married to a Brit, worked and contributed. She has not been accepted for settled status. She was clearly distraught as were her family members.

This morning on the Andrew Marr show Priti Patel had the nerve to say that the settlement scheme was fit for purpose. AM reminded her of her promise that ”There will be no change for EU citizens already lawfully in residence in the UK. These EU citizens will automatically be granted indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom”.
AM suggested that this promise was in fact not being fulfilled. She bluntly denied this.

If she is Home Secretary she must know that the scheme is not as smooth and easy as was claimed at its start. She must have heard about these cases, but no, she would not give an inch. Shameful!

Priti Patel informed us a few weeks ago that EU free movement would end on 31 October this year. However, the plan seems to have hit a few snags. Anybody with some common sense could have told her it was insane. Now she has been told and the government has backtracked.
How can we trust this government? Many EU nationals are already under pressure, this latest show of incompetence and disrespect will just make matters worse.

Thanks suzie...

Read this for the full story

www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php/Kenneth_Clarke

I'm glad you remember that jura as I've often mentioned it but no one ever seems to be aware of it. Wasn't Thatcher paid a lot of money to promote cigarettes in Third World countries? Didn't realise about Ken Clarke, though.

I remember when Mrs Thatcher and Ken Clarke were big promoters of Phillip Morris cigarettes

It absolutely is time for that and has been for many years GrannyGravy

If she has done nothing illegal maybe it’s time to look into MPs having second jobs, directorships, consultancies etc.

Here here Luckygirl

This thread is not about Brexit - it is about paid public representatives accepting payment to use their inside knowledge to advise foreign companies as to how they can get UK contracts over and above UK companies.

That is, in my book, immorality of the highest order and they should not be allowed to do this; and if they do, they should be sacked.

I can only speak from my own family situation, 1 DIL achieved settled status immediately on line, and best friend also applied on line and accepted.

There are always two sides to every coin, I am not a Priti Patel fan by the way.

This is the worst government that I have ever known in my life. She is just one of many liars that Boris has surrounding himself with.

Well, even if I were an ardent brexiteer I am not sure how I would respond.

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1. Perhaps they don't want to be bombarded with insults

2. Perhaps they don't want to interrupt the love-in on this thread.....like that unfortunately ….

Maybe they think her behaviour is acceptable?

1. Perhaps they don't want to be bombarded with insults

2. Perhaps they don't want to interrupt the love-in on this thread

my mistake in my post above; should be "a friend of mine".

Well, even if I were an ardent brexiteer I am not sure how I would respond.

I am expecting one to come and say 'oh there must be more to this than meets the eye'

Still no Brexiteer on here. Are they beginning to see the light?
(fingers and everything else crossed)

She should not have been allowed to have such a contract in the first place, never mind what her cabinet role might have become.

It is so creepy - all these people on the make. She will have tucked away £5K for doing virtually nothing - and on behalf of getting a contract outside of the UK rather than promoting home-grown companies.

I presume this goes on a lot and the figures involved are high, while people are living on the streets.

Jura, I know of similar cases and it makes my blood boil. A very dear friend of my in her late 80's has been in the UK for 60 years, always worked and contributed. Now she is worried about the settled status process and how she can complete it since she now longer has a valid passport.

I am sick and tired of the meaningless reassurances from Boris Johnson, Pritti Patel and others that ”if you are an EU national you will automatically have the right to stay; we value you and we are grateful for your contribution etc, etc”. Really? Why does somebody then after 60 years have to apply for the right to stay? It is shameful!

Some people who have been living here since they were babies are now being turned down for settled status without appeal, even when married to Brits and who have British born children. Others who have been working non-stop for 20+ years, all above board, taxes paid, etc. This is appalling- and the stress and worry for those individuals, those with families, and the elderly, is beyond belief.

I am so worried about my elderly French friend- she arrived aged 55, married to a Brit who lived in council bungalow. He retired, they did get some help from social services. She is now widowed and gets part of his pension and support- and is VERY frail, crumbling bones and very disabled. She has not got a clue about Brexit or what needs to be done. She would have nowhere to go back to, far to disabled to move - and not a penny to her name either.

Pritti Patel has anounced that if there is a no-deal brexit, citizens of other EU countries living in the UK would lose their FOM rights on day 1.

Although some countries, like Spain, have assured their British ex-pat residents that they could remain after brexit, that would be contingent on their citizens in the UK having reciprocal rights., so many, including those who were fooled into voting leave in 2016, are now very alarmed at the prospect.

www.thelocal.es/20190826/opinion-those-of-us-who-moved-to-eu-countries-in-good-faith-dont-deserve-to-be-stripped-of-our-rights