Priti Patel

[Boringvolvodriver]

andymadmak said:

smn159 said:

Puts her posturing about 'being concerned' into perspective.

Odious individual.

So telling the Commissioner that she didn't want the Police to allow the gatherings to take place is the same as endorsing the the tactics that the Police used? Ridiculous. Or should Patel have specified the tactics too?

I've been utterly clear about my disdain for PP as HS, but you guys are being ridiculous

Now it is not for me to say whether the police attacked with too much force in arresting people as I wasn’t there and difficult to see how much resistance some of the people were putting up (if indeed any - who knows?).

However, if you ask the police to enforce the law and then it starts getting a bit messy with people not dispersing etc. - what do you expect the police to do next? She won’t have specified tactics but you would have to be a special kind of naive not to think that something might kick off wouldn’t you?

The odious bit is the apparent condemnation the following day rather than coming out and saying that she had told the Met to enforce the law.

[Jordan210]

Looks like Priti went on a spinning spree with her tax payers funded card.

[shed driver]

Jordan210 said:

Looks like Priti went on a spinning spree with her tax payers funded card.

Let this please be the smoking gun that gets her. Brows, diet consultants and cup cakes. How many people would get this through finance without some awkward questions? And beauty treatments in lockdown?

If only she was doing the Downing Street briefing tonight!

SD.

[carinaman]

If her hubby is minted why can't he pick up the tab for that?

He could also refund taxpayers for the bullying payout too.

[bitchstewie]

Not that I particularly want to find myself seen to be sticking up for Priti Patel but I think these are charges on Home Office departmental cards rather than specifically on hers aren't they?

[CraigyMc]

shed driver said:

Jordan210 said:

Looks like Priti went on a spinning spree with her tax payers funded card.

Let this please be the smoking gun that gets her. Brows, diet consultants and cup cakes. How many people would get this through finance without some awkward questions? And beauty treatments in lockdown?

If only she was doing the Downing Street briefing tonight!

SD.

I think that might be from this article over here https://bylinetimes.com/2021/03/24/home-office-fai... which links to the twitter thread of a lady who has been researching into it all.

[frisbee]

Jeremy Corbyn would have spent a lot more on beard grooming so I don't see what the problem is.

[smn159]

frisbee said:

Jeremy Corbyn would have spent a lot more on beard grooming so I don't see what the problem is.

Yeah I'm going to stick my neck out here and suggest that he doesn't spend anything at all on beard grooming!

£100k on beauty treatments though

Good to know that my tax is in safe hands

[dai1983]

Roughly 10k on food and 2k on a diet consultant 😂

[Evil Jack]

Jordan210 said:

Looks like Priti went on a spinning spree with her tax payers funded card.

Where is this Pollyana restaurant? Nothing comes up in google?

[CraigyMc]

Evil Jack said:

Jordan210 said:

Looks like Priti went on a spinning spree with her tax payers funded card.

Where is this Pollyana restaurant? Nothing comes up in google?

There are quite a few places named like this in Eastern Europe.

Edit: another theory is Jamaica https://twitter.com/MaryCAtkinson/status/136252712...

Edited by CraigyMc on Friday 26th March 16:57

[98elise]

shed driver said:

Jordan210 said:

Looks like Priti went on a spinning spree with her tax payers funded card.

Let this please be the smoking gun that gets her. Brows, diet consultants and cup cakes. How many people would get this through finance without some awkward questions? And beauty treatments in lockdown?

If only she was doing the Downing Street briefing tonight!

SD.

The article it relates to doesn't suggest it's her spending, or even an individual.

[EddieSteadyGo]

bhstewie said:

Not that I particularly want to find myself seen to be sticking up for Priti Patel but I think these are charges on Home Office departmental cards rather than specifically on hers aren't they?

Yes, I'm no fan of the Home Secretary either, but this "expenses" story is a lame attempts at journalism, and which is closer to being a smear story that will no doubt get shared widely on social media.

Guido has checked the facts and the "beauty products" spend was in fact for PPE. And the clothing spend was to provide clothes for refugees from Primark.

https://order-order.com/2021/03/26/byline-times-an...

[smn159]

EddieSteadyGo said:

And the clothing spend was to provide clothes for refugees from Primark.

...which one would surely need as a refugee from Primark

[rscott]

EddieSteadyGo said:

bhstewie said:

Not that I particularly want to find myself seen to be sticking up for Priti Patel but I think these are charges on Home Office departmental cards rather than specifically on hers aren't they?

Yes, I'm no fan of the Home Secretary either, but this "expenses" story is a lame attempts at journalism, and which is closer to being a smear story that will no doubt get shared widely on social media.

Guido has checked the facts and the "beauty products" spend was in fact for PPE. And the clothing spend was to provide clothes for refugees from Primark.

https://order-order.com/2021/03/26/byline-times-an...

The Byline Times story didn't say Patel was responsible for it, but that her department was. They also claimed to have asked for more detail but the HO wasn't forthcoming.

Guido's unnamed (and unofficial) source simply confirmed that most of the Primark spending on clothing for refugees. No explanation why 'most' not 'all'.

[anonymous-user]

Guido.

Love the way he’s some trustworthy fact checker when it’s about his own team but just posts fake news about everyone else.

Not a particularly reliable source for anything imho.

[rscott]

Maybe more transparency by government departments might help - officially releasing details of the spending, rather than just the name of the business involved.

Then we wouldn't have to rely on leaks to government friendly sites to find that out.

[anonymous-user]

rscott said:

Maybe more transparency by government departments might help - officially releasing details of the spending, rather than just the name of the business involved.

Then we wouldn't have to rely on leaks to government friendly sites to find that out.

Indeed.

Either way though it’s obviously not her own personal spending claims with 70k on beauty products or 5k in primark etc.

[rscott]

El stovey said:

rscott said:

Maybe more transparency by government departments might help - officially releasing details of the spending, rather than just the name of the business involved.

Then we wouldn't have to rely on leaks to government friendly sites to find that out.

Indeed.

Either way though it’s obviously not her own personal spending claims with 70k on beauty products or 5k in primark etc.

Byline never claimed it was - they were clear it was her department.

[anonymous-user]

rscott said:

El stovey said:

rscott said:

Maybe more transparency by government departments might help - officially releasing details of the spending, rather than just the name of the business involved.

Then we wouldn't have to rely on leaks to government friendly sites to find that out.

Indeed.

Either way though it’s obviously not her own personal spending claims with 70k on beauty products or 5k in primark etc.

Byline never claimed it was - they were clear it was her department.

Apologies I thought it was one of those ‘look at what MPs are spending’ things.