Priti Patel Doing Her Job

People seem more outraged by the photos she posted, than they are about the people trafficking gangs. Why is it when she attempts to raise awareness about these exploiters of human beings, these slavers, she is piled on?

(a) Because the thread that you started is about her photo, not about human trafficking. If you want everyone to be outraged about human trafficking, then a thread on human trafficking would be the way to do it.
(b) She is not raising awareness of exploiters or slavers - she is posing to get her photo taken and noticed. Given her public statements about most issues, and her personal exploitation and bullying of employees, I suspect she doesn't really give a fukc about traffickers unless it gets her name noticed.

Stupid, evil, racist, corrupt.

This has nothing to do with her skin colour or sex. Plenty more in her party.

Maybe it's just an impression they've been giving. Not the Labour of my family and we go back to the beginnings

Haven't RTFT but don't Labour hate successful people from ethnic minority backgrounds? I am not a fan of PP's work but a huge number of people in this country are fans. I don't live in an area where there are lots of illegal immigrants, I live in a an area where people are well off and well educated. Anyone of colour in my area has a similar background to me. I find it patronising at the very least to push my comfortable views onto those who are not so fortunate.

PP's party have a resounding majority and their manifesto (I believe) was to be strong on illegal immigration. I may not like it, but I believe in democracy and I believe that trying to drown out voices by calling them racists, means that we lack any understanding of the people of this country who have not benefited from Globalisation and University education and well off parents.

Big fat harrumph..... your turn

Typo in last post, was supposed to say it WASN’T a huge surprise I got deleted.

So what's the story? Are the arrested men proven to be traffickers or are they just illegal immigrants to be deported?

Am I missing something?

Laws around modern day slavery are fairly new. I am not sure I would have understood what they were about unless arrests were not publicised.

The local police and local paper were making a big thing about a multi agency operation a couple of weeks back. I assume in part to deter future criminal activity of this type (and thus the resultant human suffering). If Priti had taken the photo op it probably would have made the national papers.

I am happy to question the motives of any politician. However I am pleased that action against this sort of activity is being highlighted. So confused at why there is such criticism.

Female politicians seem to need super thick skins. Its equally easy to make a list of Labour politicians who have had a rough ride (especially those who are GC.) No wonder so few are interested, and that those we have often seem, well, thick-skinned.

Would they get any abuse?
Can't remember the last time we had a criticism of a male politician doing this ( I mean InThe last few months - not ever)

taking part in a photo op is because this is what politicians do. Ministers like to be seen engaged with their brief. In this case PP is publicising the trafficking issue.

Yes. all politicians do photo ops. A man with the same policies, in the same party, doing the same photo op would not get this level of abuse.

I'm not one posting any messages about her but I hate her with a passion.

You can't remove sex and race from the equation. She goes out of her way to be vicious and hateful towards immigrants in order to boost her profile with the far right of her party. I very much doubt it's out of genuine conviction, she knows that a brown woman wouldn't get much support from the average Tory voter but they might feel less ashamed of their own prejudice if someone like her makes it seem ok.

She's trying to be like Thatcher, making herself into a caricature in order to gain power. It's absolutely cynical and appeals to the worst of humanity.

I see 'pointless, showboating photo opportunities' and I think 'Ruth Davidson'. Boy, that woman used to love a photo opp.

And to be fair to Sturgeon ( said through gritted teeth) Boris Johnson isn't far behind.

She's my MP. I couldn't give a toss about her skin colour, shoes or resting face; what I do care about is that she is dishonest, self-serving, callous and really rather stupid. But the civil servants who set up this photo op know exactly what they are doing - there will be plenty of voters who agree with the OP that 'this is what I WANT 'my' Home Secretary to look like' (ie like she's playing the lead in a gritty Netflix drama).

She's not there because the person being arrested is making money out of human misery. She's there to signal to her supporters that her first priority is to stop desperate people being able to find safety in this country.

You're still missing the point Abhannmor, the reason there are pictures of Michael Howard taking part in a photo op is because this is what politicians do. Ministers like to be seen engaged with their brief. In this case PP is publicising the trafficking issue. Again, you can criticise her record, but focusing on a standard political photo op is odd.

and a security risk? She got fired for this shit.

Or it could be nothing to do with the fact she's got brown skin or a woman.

It could be that she's a truly nasty piece of work

I think she's one of the worst politicians we've ever had. Unpleasant person. Dishonest.