Teresa May resigns

[russell]

On radio 5 live right now in parliament, not getting an easy ride.

[doodab]

It's a brave minister who destroys the career of a top civil servant without bothering to hear his side of the story first. She has misjudged this quite badly I think.

[russell]

It's a brave minister who destroys the career of a top civil servant without bothering to hear his side of the story first. She has misjudged this quite badly I think.

WHS

She should resign now, she now looks like a coward who sacrifices her underlings to save her own arse.

[Doggy Styles]

I'll be disappointed if she doesn't resign, I thought we'd got rid of new labour's mismanagement of our borders.

But I suppose this dispute has to run its course first, ho hum.

[TimberWolf]

Perhaps the problem originates a bit higher up than Therasa May. The public face of the government being that of wish to control immigration while the real face is to let any begger in in unlimited and uncounted quantities.

[shaunbhoy]

I suspect that releasing an official paper trail to the papers rather than via the proper channels would count as gross misconduct.

I am sure you are correct. However, if after 40 years of service he has no inkling just how to get his point forcefully across without breaching guidelines, that would be very surprising.

He can't "fiercely defend" his position because it's been taken away from him without him being given the opportunity to do so.

And besides, if he were to do that he may have to continue working a few more years before receiving his gold-plated pension. No, this way he gets everything given to him early on a nice silver platter courtesy of Theresa. Or at least that is probably what his Union adviser has told him.

[Arturo Bassick]

I am sure you are correct. However, if after 40 years of service he has no inkling just how to get his point forcefully across without breaching guidelines, that would be very surprising.



And besides, if he were to do that he may have to continue working a few more years before receiving his gold-plated pension. No, this way he gets everything given to him early on a nice silver platter courtesy of Theresa. Or at least that is probably what his Union adviser has told him.

As a senior Civil Servant he will be silenced by a number of factors not the least of which will be the Official Secrets Act. She has Parliamentary privilege to hide behind.

[shaunbhoy]

As a senior Civil Servant he will be silenced by a number of factors not the least of which will be the Official Secrets Act. She has Parliamentary privilege to hide behind.

Chief executive of the UK Borders Agency Rob Whiteman said he had suspended Mr Clark after he had admitted last week to authorising staff to go further than ministerial instruction, on a number of occasions."In my opinion it was right for officials to have recommended the pilot so that we focus attention on higher risks to our border, but it is unacceptable that one of my senior officials went further than was approved," he added.

Probably for the best if they both chuck it, May and Clark. Donkeys led by donkeys if you ask me.

[doodab]

Chief executive of the UK Borders Agency Rob Whiteman said he had suspended Mr Clark after he had admitted last week to authorising staff to go further than ministerial instruction, on a number of occasions.

It seems likely that this is a case of misinterpretation with Clark being asked "did you authorise X" and saying "yes" (because it was in fact an approved procedure that has been in place since 2008/2009) and it being interpreted as "yes we authorised X which was something we just made up that wasn't approved by Theresa May". The problem here is that May comes across as having no idea what standard procedure actually was.

[TheFaQQer]

She would be taking a huge risk if it had not been, with little to gain if her facts are wrong.

Well, she got away with it about the cat story, so why not this one as well?