Other government news. Life outside of covid

Keir Starmer

“ when we get through this, and we will get through this, it will be because if our NHS staff, our care workers, our ambulance drivers, our emergency service, our cleaners and our porters.

They are the best of us”

I've never liked her. Too big for her boots and the most arrogant of people, a trait usually left for the male of the species.

She’s a complete unmitigated disaster - sacked from one ministerial post and appointed by BJ because a) she is a Brexiter b) she’d do his bidding c) she’d never be a threat to him. Unfortunately he hadn’t calculated quite what a disaster she would be.

Yes why isn’t Patel out there shouting from the roof tops and supporting the police force.

The wretched woman is useless, and needs to go.

And Ellen it is simply not appropriate for a Home Secretary to chastise the police on a radio show when she won’t appear in front of the Select Committee. As HS she must have been party to the emergency legislation which is so badly drafted it’s causing all these problems for the police.

She could try supporting the police - perhaps if she was doing her job she might have met ( remotely);with senior police reps to discuss issues rather than go on a cheap and nasty radio show to bad mouth them. She’s too busy turning down meetings with the Select Committee and writing childish letters to Yvette Cooper. If she was up to her cabinet position, she’d be allowed to front one of the press briefings and tell the public to support the police but Johnson darent let her and her smirk out in public. She’s a disgrace and so is he for appointing her.

I thought that this thread might have been about the fact that post b..x..t discussions are still going on. Or that migrants are still crossing the channel or that there are still civil wars and bombings going on in some places.
It is curious that the home secretary has made several refusals to appear in front of the committee. Apparently, she has said she will appear at the end of the month.

Patel is getting on to the over-zealous police for searching people's shopping bags in case they've bought items that aren't necessary. She's upsetting the police for overuse of power.

Germany is to send 60 ventilators to the UK as a gesture of goodwill.

They are beginning to come out of lockdown next week, after an impressive and swift action early on resulting in fewer deaths

She's trying to avoid the committee because she knows they'll call her out and she'll be found lacking.

The deaths of immigrant doctors and nurses, shows how reliant our treasured NHS is on immigrant labour.

Perhaps Patel would like to revisit her description of many of these as low skilled workers?