Priti Patel Doing Her Job

[Flaxmeadow]

Priti Patel, our Home Secretary, has been photographed attending the arrest of suspected people traffickers in London . Great you would think, the prosecution of organised crime, modern day slavery being rooted out and made an example of.

Yet ATM on SM there are masses of comments where Priti Patel is being described as a Nazi, Goebbels, evil bitch, ugly faced cow, Fascist, concentration camp guard, child murderer, and so on. She is even being criticised for her shoes, the type of footwear many South Asian heritage women wear. Also accused of masturbating (she has her hands in her pockets in the photo)

Most of these comments are from men. Why so much hate for a woman doing a tough job?

I don't give a fuck if she turns up in brogues, Yeezys, or Vibram FiveFingers: you're the one who suggested she was making some sort of point by pitching up in what appear to be gold loafers, which I'm pretty sure aren't culturally specific at all, although probably favoured by the Chiswick Russell & Bromley set.

It isnt just about the shoes though is it.

She is being criticised for her appearance in general, and particularly her facial expressions. That she is too hard faced but what is someone doing her job, law enforcement, on serious organised crime supposed to look like?.

She has one of the toughest jobs in the country but it's about her 'hard' appearance but worse than that she is seriously repeatedly on SM being compared to Nazi concentration camp guards. Which is ludicrous. She is over seeing the arrest of suspected people traffickers, you know serious organised crime that often exploits women, the kind of criminals who keep people enslaved

I have no issue with people saying she is shit at her job and evil, that's not misogynistic. Abusing her purely by criticising her appearance only, or using misogynist terms of abuse like bitch/witch/whore or similar are not something that should be acceptable, whatever the particular politician has done. That's not "fair criticism", it's just abuse.

She is over seeing the arrest of suspected people traffickers, you know serious organised crime that often exploits women, the kind of criminals who keep people enslaved

She's indulging in a ridiculous photoshoot to convey the impression of a big tough Home Secretary, because her ego is smarting from events in Glasgow last week. That's all.

Suspected sex traders? So where is your evidence?

She is being criticised for her appearance in general, and particularly her facial expressions.
She does have an unfortunate habit of smirking though. I don't know if I'm being misogynistic as I genuinely can't think of any other politicians with an unfortunate cast to their face but I also criticise BoJo for his ridiculous hair and general dishevelment.

She wasn't 'overseeing' their arrest 😂 she was watching it: being photographed looking as menacing as one can in a flak jacket and gold shoes, is of really limited utility. I suspect the fuzz won't be lastingly grateful for her input.

She's indulging in a ridiculous photoshoot to convey the impression of a big tough Home Secretary, because her ego is smarting from events in Glasgow last week. That's all.

Some of us live in areas where people trafficking, grooming gangs, forced prostitution, black market, or even forced, labour is rife. People here, from all ethnic backgrounds, are sick to death of serious organised criminality. Often it isn't even hidden anymore, its there in your face.

Priti Patel, it seems to me, is sending out a message on crime and I expect most people, of whatever background, who live in high crime areas will be cheering her on for this stance

Simple really.

Criticise her policies in public (though for me action against modern slavery is a good thing).

Dislike her in private.

I know people, normal, "liberal thinking, left leaning" educated middle class people who feel it is OK to slag off Tory politicians using personal and unacceptable language. I assume they feel it is OK, even admirable, to display your wokeness by using "c...", "b...." etc about people they do not know, simply because their politics are different from theirs. And from my observation it is often women attacking other women. As if transwomen are women, but Tory women are not.

A failure to marshal arguments and be able to explain why you dislike someone's politics suggests your own politics are determined by prejudice and ignorance.

I agree there’s a lot to criticise her for but often it appears misogynistic. I remember when she (rightly) got sacked for the Golan Heights issue, on Twitter lots of people were tracking her flight back to the UK, there was this gleeful frenzy that she was going to be sacked and I don’t think a male politician would have had the same treatment.

And then there was Ben & Jerry’s telling her how to control the borders, even though they haven’t paid migrant workers properly. Would a male politician have been patronised like that?

As if transwomen are women, but Tory women are not.
what on earth

Flaxmeadow.

As much as I hate Pritti Patel I agree with your last post.
Especially the fact it isn't hidden anymore.
And for pointing this out.

she was watching it: being photographed looking as menacing as one can

Good!

Devlesko

You too

I agree there’s a lot to criticise her for but often it appears misogynistic. I remember when she (rightly) got sacked for the Golan Heights issue, on Twitter lots of people were tracking her flight back to the UK, there was this gleeful frenzy that she was going to be sacked and I don’t think a male politician would have had the same treatment.

Oh, I think some would have had the same treatment. Dominic Raab, Michael Gove and JRM are three I definitely think would. And, I know not a politician, but Dominic Cummings would have as well.

I WANT my Home Secretary to look like this, as suspected slave traders are carted off to the cells.

If personal abuse is being posted then that is wrong. But I WANT my Home Secretary to not be getting in the way of the Police when they are doing their jobs (not her - it's not her job) all for the chance of a photo shoot. And I also want her not to bully her employees and others, not to be a racist, and not to defend the indefensible - including promoting a bill that strips UK citizens of many of their civil rights and hands the police powers that are positively scary in relation to any free democracy. But I guess I also can't have what I want... If she genuinely cared a jot about trafficked people, then there is plnety she can do that does not involve a photo shoot, then probably carting those people off to a detention centre to await deportation back to a place where they will probably be captured and re-trafficked again (which happens a lot). But there won't be any photos in all of that.

I'm not sure precisely what kind of powerful message she's sending/stance she's taking, as the only people on the other side of the 'trafficking is bad' argument are, er, traffickers. And I don't think they vote much.

she was watching it: being photographed looking as menacing as one can

Good!

Ah; reproducing a carefully edited portion of a comment. Really not emerging from this at all well. Tell me; what shoes are you wearing?

If personal abuse is being posted then that is wrong. But I WANT my Home Secretary to not be getting in the way of the Police when they are doing their jobs (not her - it's not her job) all for the chance of a photo shoot.

It is her job. She's the Home Secretary

And I also want her not to bully her employees and others, not to be a racist, and not to defend the indefensible - including promoting a bill that strips UK citizens of many of their civil rights and hands the police powers that are positively scary in relation to any free democracy.

What powers specifically?

But I guess I also can't have what I want... If she genuinely cared a jot about trafficked people, then there is plnety she can do that does not involve a photo shoot, then probably carting those people off to a detention centre to await deportation back to a place where they will probably be captured and re-trafficked again (which happens a lot). But there won't be any photos in all of that.

What makes you think this is about immigration? It might not be

People trafficking can be international or internal, for example across county borders. London to Birmingham or Greater Manchester to South Yorkshire

All we known so far is that they are suspected people traffickers, those criminals who trade in human beings

Tell me; what shoes are you wearing?

None

@ArabellaScott

The racist, misogynistic comments she gets are absolutely unacceptable.

Regardless of her politics.

Agree. The only thing I admire about her is her commitment to comfortable shoes.

It's actually really bloody depressing that the single greatest thing some people are impressed by is 'their Home Secretary' wasting half a day appearing in a photo while actually achieving the square root of eff all. Personally, I prefer them in their office pouring over the data, or drafting policy, or behind closed doors talking to victims; the police; other relevant agencies.

She's been completely ineffectual at her job, achieved nothing.

You cant claim feminism and keep a woman in a top position because they're a a woman. Angel Rayner is another.

FFS why can't we get competent women to the top or are they all to clever and are working their way the private sector and avoiding this shitshow.

too.

Hezza liked a bit of showboating yet that was lapped up.