Maybe this explains the leaks? It could be that Sue Gray has a point here. Case is reported to be resigning for health reasons in the New Year, and Labour want to bring that forward.
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It only needs the Tory appointees at the head of the BBC to think it is a good idea.
I agree, we have strict rules about this sort of thing in my line of work. I don't know why parliament / government always seems to be 20 years behind everyone else in some of these basic ethical rules everyone else is expected to follow in their places of work.
Leaving aside the hypocrisy and ethics of this behaviour, how fecking stupid do you need to be to do this whilst your central message is enforced economic austerity. Taking money away from pensioners whilst enjoying gifts left right and centre.
We're just inundated with career politicians who want the job because it benefits them not the country.
Yup. And one of the few who isn’t a career politician and actually wanted to help people was smeared as an antisemitic tankie.
Some of it is definitely against the law under anti-corruption as we're taught it at work. Are MP's exempt in some way, as I essentially can't take gifts off of someone I'm working with or for?
Because they're corrupt and directly benefit from it?
How can you really genuinely not know this by now?
What career did he have outside politics?
Buffer zones around abortion clinics to come into force at end of October, Home Office says
Protection zones will be in force around abortion clinics in England and Wales from 31 October, the Home Office said today.The law will ban campaigners from handing anti-abortion leaflets to people using the clinics. The so-called buffer zones will operate within a 150m radius of clinics.
Describing what the law would do, the Home Office said in a news release:
It is good to see this being brought into force.
I would assume he meant that he wasn't a 'careerist' politician like Starmer and most others... which he wasn't/isn't.
Tour guide around Highgate Cemetary.
This is incredible.
What’s the obsession with class in general? I don’t know of any other country where people bang on about it as much.
Starmer has 5 more years. He’s already filling his pockets and no doubt enjoying it. He’s not going to want to lose this gravy train so his next step is going to be to secure his position which means the cronyism and corruption will start to spread through the Labour Party as he ensures he’s got the support he needs as party leader to continue.
We have been for years.
We currently have a housing minister whose sole experience of anything to do with housing is living in one.
A Home Secretary whose career consists of two years as a journalist.
A Chancellor who did a couple of years at the Bank of England and once had an interview (!) at Goldman Sachs.
A Defence Secretary who has only ever seen the military on TV shows.
A health secretary whose experience of the NHS is as a patient.
Schools minister who hasn't been in one since she was a pupil.
And so on. Then we wonder why these people are so hopeless. Very few know anything about the area their department works in.
They're far from perfect but compare that to the US:
Schools minister who actually was a school teacher and then a headmaster.
A Chancellor who spent a career at the Fed. Previous ones have been heads of major banks.
A 4 star General as a Defence Secretary.
For the most part the big jobs go to those with real experience in the area they're being asked to lead.
Gray, Dammit.
Saw this in The Guardian article about the pay:
The BBC first reported that Gray was paid £3,000 more than Starmer’s salary of £166,786.
One source told the broadcaster: “It was suggested that she might want to go for a few thousand pounds less than the prime minister to avoid this very story. She declined.”
Welcome to the history of this country. Politician makes money = bad. Royal Family gets billions a year = deference.
The US bangs on about the "middle-class" quite a bit
Has this guy just been on holiday ever since he got in? Every time I see him photographed it's at a football match or a gig
The feelings of entitlement from them is so insane it’s almost like a work of art.
Anyone involved with the last Labour government should have told them that these things don't play out well:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/937232.stm
The more they cock up the more likely it is the opposition (especially in the Lords) will be emboldened to delay and derail their legislation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/937232.stm
The more they cock up the more likely it is the opposition (especially in the Lords) will be emboldened to delay and derail their legislation.
It's bizarre. My wife's company doesn't let her accept any gifts from third-party companies and she's only allowed to accept a glass of water when she has to visit them, not even a cup of tea, which is a bit overboard.
We have to get anything over £50 authorised before accepting. Including client events that are sometimes at the cricket for instance.
They are almost always OKd but we can’t accept anything basically unless the right people say ok.
I think that’s fairly standard in the private sector.
Has she considered going into politics?
For UK universities too.
It's certainly way cleaner. Stupid thing is her company is renowned in its sector for putting on massive lavish annual client event.
She's loving Rory Stewart's book right now and is a massive fan of his podcast.Same with me, Starmer's the boss though so I guess he approves his own!
Occupied Palestinian territory is a little open to interpretation I'd have thought. A sign of the times though.
Insane.
You would imagine Starmer would be earning a fair amount more if not in politics.
I don't have a problem with Sue Gray getting paid the maximum she is entitled to get. I am surprised that the PMs salary is so relatively low, and the job should be better paid. And maybe his wife should get expenses if she is acting in a public capacity. But he shouldn't be accepting personal freebies like this.
She isn;t really getting paid more than him.
Unless two free houses and all the running costs plus state funded transport are a zero worth benefit.