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... to think that Priti Patel doesn't sound very nice?

417 replies

BowermansNose · 20/02/2020 11:11

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8022887/Home-Secretary-Priti-Patel-accused-bullying-creating-atmosphere-fear.html

Daily Mail link, but I'm listening to it on BBC Radio 5. It sounds as if Priti Patel is facing lots of complaints because of the way she treats people. Combine that with her politics, and she just doesn't come across very pleasantly. Can she last in her job treating people like this (assuming it is true).

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Gemm83 · 02/03/2020 07:52

@Roussette

Is it "A DISGRACE!!!"? 😂🤦‍♀️

dkl55 · 02/03/2020 08:03

I'm actually in despair about ALL politicians. She seems awful; all the labour leaders contenders are dreadful; and SNPs ex PM Alex Salmond has been in court for alleged multiple sexual assaults. It's a horror show.

Roussette · 02/03/2020 08:11

Is it "A DISGRACE!!!"?

I dunno... you tell me... Hmm

Gemm83 · 02/03/2020 08:25

@Roussette

It's a quote from Truss when she got all angry about how we import the majority of our cheese. They often use it on HIGNFY, its cringe worthy, yet utterly hilarious at the same time!

longwayoff · 02/03/2020 08:38

Good summary dk155, says it all.

Roussette · 02/03/2020 09:49

Oh sorry @Gemm83, I remember now! And apples. Let's not forget the apples! Grin

Greenandpleasanter · 02/03/2020 10:21

*Is it by any chance, Priti 'lets starve the Irish' Patel we're talking about?

Or possibly the Priti Patel who had to resign as secretary of state for International Development when it emerged she had forgotten to mention to the prime minister or the Foreign Office her unofficial meetings with Israeli officials.....*

Might also be the Priti Patel who was a lobbyist for BAT and voted to overturn the smoking ban in 2010 despite evidence it reduced heart attacks by 42% according to a scientific study.

Or the PP who voted not to allow marriage between same sex partners.

And who thinks DNA alone can 100% guarantee that someone is guilty of a crime and therefore can be confidently executed by the state. Apart from the fact it is a barbaric act for the state to execute people, she obvious does not understand the legal proof of guilt, which is beyond reasonable doubt, not absolute certainty.

I don't care about whether she's nice to her mates or to the people down the shops, who only have to suffer her for short periods of time. I do think she should be held to a higher standard of behaviour for her job in public service, for which we, even those lazy fuckers (her thoughts not mine, to be absolutely clear) on NMW, are indirectly paying her. She should not be behaving as a high handed bully.

I don't care what ethnic background or gender someone comes from, they should still have to behave in a certain way, and it's actual sexist to ignore behaviour from a woman that you wouldn't accept in a man. And I equally loathe Bojo, Gove, Rees Mogg, oh and Corbyn, in case I'm criticised for it being party political. Obviously, it's worse when it's people in office because they affect my every day life and represent my country at home and abroad.

Oh and the MM comparison is absurd. She never set herself up as a publicly elected politician. She has no political power and does not have any influence on this country's future. And as far as I know, she does not advocate for the death penalty or overturning the smoking ban.

longwayoff · 02/03/2020 11:12

On the whole, I think people on here have treated PP quite well given her evident contempt for the rest of humanity. I hope she pays with her job. Again.

SilverySurfer · 02/03/2020 12:42

Amanduh
However, you can’t stand up for any Tory on mumsnet, the overwhelming majority will shoot you down, even though it’s not representative of the real world, which you could also find on all the pre election threads about nasty tories and them not winning grin

You're absolutely right and it was interesting to see how the thread on Diane Abbott was so rapidly removed.

Obviously MNHQ are happy for left wingers to rip into the Tories which I suppose is borne out of impotency. They have seen their party decimated in the last election, most are remainers so no win there. All that's left is to have a rant on MN. A bit sad really.

How fortunate that the people they are calling vile names and ripping apart are not them or their family.

1forsorrow · 02/03/2020 19:03

What they are reporting about a previous case where the member of staff took an overdose at work is horrific. They paid her off, no such luck this time hey Priti?

Alsohuman · 02/03/2020 19:06

It really is dreadful. And she reckons she can’t remember. I’d struggle to forget that if I were her.

1forsorrow · 02/03/2020 19:07

Why not just an awful boss. Yes I had a male boss like that, he was vile and spiteful and a total bully. The awful thing was most people went along with it, if he was bullying you he wasn't bullying them so they didn't want to know. He drove me to the verge of a breakdown and it finished when he was particularly evil one day and I thought I was having a miscarriage. Big man bullying a pregnant woman. Only one person defended me as he screamed and yelled at me and refused to listen to the fact that his figures were wrong.

I never went back there, I'm still bitter and he's dead. Don't know if I will ever completely get over it.

1forsorrow · 02/03/2020 19:08

I’d struggle to forget that if I were her. Yes but you'd want to because you'd be ashamed. Bullies aren't ashamed.

EugenesAxe · 02/03/2020 23:52

My wording was more about there being 'a stereotype' for women in power that I'm not so aware of being there for men. Obviously you can have actual awful bosses of either sex.

MyOtherProfile · 03/03/2020 06:22

You just know she will get away with it though. Even if she loses this job she will be back with another. And her constituents will still vote for her.

Iggly · 03/03/2020 08:25

The stereotype of a “bad woman boss” is fundamentally sexist.

It is well known that women are given a harder time for certain behaviour compared to men acting in the same way.

Alsohuman · 03/03/2020 09:15

Her behaviour at DWP led to a young woman making two suicide attempts and being paid off to go quietly. I’m shocked that anyone would minimise or attempt to defend her behaviour. I bet they’re the same people who gleefully leapt on the allegations of bullying by Bercow. Double standards indeed.

Howdidido · 03/03/2020 09:17

I dont know Iif Gove or Rees Mogg are bullies. Johnson is in my opinion (and experience) incompetent but hes no bully.
PP however is both incompetent and a bully. I dont doubt that other MPs dont think she is. Because as a bully she doesn't bully those who are 'above' or equal to her, or those she needs to keep power. She bullies anyone below her. That has nothing to do with race or gender.
Having worked with her before I know she is dismissive of others. Even if they know so much more than her. which is usually the case she knows better
She suffers from delusions of knowledge. She knows very little about very little and isn't willing to listen to others.
Shes also just bloody rude.

XingMing · 03/03/2020 17:03

In fact, the first of the young woman's suicide attempts happened before PP became Home Secretary, as the BBC pointed out yesterday on the news.

MyOtherProfile · 03/03/2020 17:38

She suffers from delusions of knowledge. She knows very little about very little and isn't willing to listen to others.

This. But how on earth did she get to where she is?

HenHarrier · 03/03/2020 17:52

This. But how on earth did she get to where she is?

Ambitious? Tick.
Ruthless? Tick.
Brexiteer? Tick.
Authoritarian? Tick.
Female? Tick.
Ethnic minority? Tick.
Competent? Well 7 out of 8 ain’t bad, you can’t have everything.

HenHarrier · 03/03/2020 17:52

Or even 6 out of 7 😄

MyOtherProfile · 04/03/2020 05:55

@HenHarrier but can she count? Grin

FieldOfFlameAndHeather · 04/03/2020 06:37

I wonder what would happen if I suggested that Diane Abbot was an incompetent only got where she was because she an ethnic minority female?

Oh hang on, I know exactly what would happen.

Misbeehived · 04/03/2020 06:48

@HenHarrier she didn’t get where she is today because she’s a woman and from an ethnic minority. Not in this government. Not in any government ever.

If that was really the case then the people running the world would look very different.

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