How Useless Is Priti Patel?

[Cloverjo]

Re mixed messages from govt: “We’ve been clear about this from the start: You MUST stay at home.
“We’ve also been clear that that you can go to work.”

Yep, that clears it all up.

[tonyav]

Does that mean only if you work from home.

[woofgang]

I don't think she is good at facing an audience. She very much goes on the defensive.

[Cloverjo]

People who can work from home do, my son included.
My window cleaner can’t. My electrician can’t. Nor can a plumber. It’s not clear for them. Especially with ”STAY AT HOME” banners all over the place.

[tonyav]

I can't either, jo. I agree pretty unclear.

[fiction-factory]

The slogan is Stay Home- Protect the NHS- Save lives.
The slightly longer version is stay at home unless it's to go out for food, health reasons or work (but only if you cannot work from home).
Then there is a slightly longer version which I think says shopping for necessities not just food.

Perhaps she should have read out the whole spiel again but people must know all this by now.
Apart from adding a conjunction I'm not sure what else she could have said to answer the question.

Yes people should work from home if they can. Many employers have arranged this. Some have to go to work though- police, care staff,, hospital staff, rotad teachers, shop workers, key staff, bank staff ...

[fiction-factory]

If they can social distance at work and can't work from home they can go to work unless it's a restricted business such as a hair dresser.
Whilst many self employed will be badly affected and will not all meet the criteria for govt support , there are some that are working as normal (my gardener) and will also be eligible for the financial support so will do very well

[ichkeria]

Did she do the briefing today?

[fiction-factory]

Yes. I don't think she oozes warmth. I though Professor Stephen Powys was off the pace tonight as well.
I though Grant Shapps was pretty good yesterday.
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[ichkeria]

She is hopelessly out of her depth generally.
But I didn’t see her today so I shouldn’t comment further :-)

[brainiac]

Can't stand her - she's chippy and defensive and is way out of her depth. I saw she had been given her own little podium, but it didn't confer any gravitas whatsoever.

Oh, and she's yet another who doesn't pronounce the g on the end of ing words.

[douglas9401]

She''s brown, relatively attractive and holds a position of power in t'government, what's your point?

[Peter Pedant]

oh by contrast
I am white I look like shot and have no power

Priddy - what is her view on dettol drinking - and does she have a clear on ( view )

[brainiac]

I winced when she said "the whole nation is grievin"

[Peter Pedant]

How useless is Priti Patel?

priddy useless
we havent had that yet have we

[sunny-dave]

Way out of her depth - promoted so far above her level of competence that she can barely still see it.

As Home Sec she should have been priti much the face of HMG during the briefings on lockdown - the fact that she is only wheeled out when absolutely no-one else is available tells us all we need to know.

[jno]

I can't see anything wrong wih her name. Her competence at her job, that's another matter.

[teacake44]

Reading these comments it looks has if I'm right about the whole of this government. :0)

[Arrods]

Just think, it could have been Diane Abbott up there.

[iluvmargie]

Is Boris letting us down with the cabinet he's picked?