When I consider Priti Patel’s career as a tobacco lobbyist, her shocking behaviour at DFID, culminating in her secret attempt to channel UK aid money through the Israeli military, and now this, I get the impression that she has no moral scruples at all. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/13/priti-patel-demonisation-gypsies-prejudice-bigotry">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
There’s a word for people who appear to feel no guilt about the harm they do to others. And there are several words for a government that appoints such people to high office.
Oh blimey. I& #39;ve just discovered that Priti Patel& #39;s consultation on criminalising the lives of Romani Gypsies and Travellers is not only vicious, ruthless and racist. It also directly contravenes the government& #39;s own consultation principles: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691383/Consultation_Principles__1_.pdf">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/governmen... …
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