MP catches out civil servant refusing to meet border security inspector

[@adienowed6366]

Classic example of an overpaid civil servant-full of utter bullshit.

[@philipwelsh1862]

@@adienowed6366 the tax payers are the greatest ain’t they so kind to these types of servants

[@davidokeefe8346]

Couldn’t agree more 👍

[@pdxxtqhf]

I was a "civil servant" for 32 years. I was not overpaid, in fact I had a pay freeze while the senior management received pay rises and bonuses. The people at the front line are being crapped the same as everyone.

[@secondchance6603]

To quote the sitcom Yes Minister, "It's the law of inverse relevance - the less you intend to do about something, the more you have to keep talking about it."

[@nigelrequiem]

Product of the Blair years!

[@juliamacdonald294]

This civil servant is a disgrace. Sack him please IMMEDIATELY.

[@anneking2631]

We as tax payers are paying this liars wages!!!!!

[@suzanne386]

The Civil Service is rife with them.

[@gordonhamilton727]

Exactly, and huge wages they will be.

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

He speaks well and bobs his head around quite nicely. However, scratch the surface and you will find a total arsehole. Says nothing of substance and doesn’t give a damn.

[@the_royal_drop_short.]

That's exactly the reason they should be accountable directly to the public and not the elected MP's.

[@pdxxtqhf]

Somewhere between £150,000 and £200,000 a year + a very healthy pension +++++++±+

[@pauledmonds3249]

A bumbling disgrace. Complete waste of time.

[@karenjefferson6525]

He's an absolute disgrace 🤬

[@chriskehoe3180]

They all are.

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

Yeah, creepy prick!

[@Piccyman1]

@@chriskehoe3180not all of them, but many

[@bobnixon7123]

​@@Piccyman1they all are wtfup the enemy is with in this country it's the establishment

[@Arangggg]

Why?

[@tomwalters2529]

Squirming, evasive and more than willing to deny responsibility for his own office! What a slime!

[@royflint3551]

Why is this person just not sacked!

[@sammic7492]

It's easier to get rid of herpes than civil servants, and if they did it would cost the tax payer hundreds of thousands of pounds to pay him off, and he'd get to keep his gold plated pension despite the fact the man is an incompetent nincompoop. The depressing thing is he sums up the ENTIRE civil service, Yes Minister was supposed to be a satire but it's now more like a documentary.

[@WilfChadwick]

Because he's doing exactly what he is employed to do, obstruct and frustrate.

[@PhilipStorr-r3i]

There’s no one to sack him….they’re all the same.

[@regal163]

Sack a civil servant, watch the comedy "Yes Minister", and "Yes Prime Minister", there bloody untouchable, but shouldn't be, they are the real power in government departments.

[@FariyTalePurityAnalyser]

Why does he have a knighthood?

[@Isclachau]

Just unbelievable. They’re just no words for these people

[@davidrussell3890]

Another knighted liar. You cant make this stuff up. What are us taxpayers paying him?

[@John-gr5tx]

About £10 000 a month.

[@John-gr5tx]

It was made up 40 years ago. Called yes, prime minister.

[@secondchance6603]

To quote the sitcom Yes Minister, "It's the law of inverse relevance - the less you intend to do about something, the more you have to keep talking about it."

[@trudimcpherson55]

@@secondchance6603 That fits with Sunak's narrative on the boats crisis/Gaza then!

[@John-gr5tx]

@@trudimcpherson55 if he had done something about it he would still be in office. But the trouble these politicians have is; migrants inflate GDP which allows them to borrow more money for their favourite projects like war and contracts to friends and pay rises for themselves.

[@helenandsophie100]

So shocking to hear this man talking in riddles…he couldn’t care less about the British public or their safety! 😡. He takes tax payers money but won’t do his job 😡😡

[@6haybay]

This bloke should be sacked

[@LindaRolph-e6g]

This bloke and all the others

[@GPTechno]

Every Government department is exactly the same, that's why we are in the shit state that we are!

[@peterwright5311]

The Minister (Robert Jenrick) was refusing to meet the inspector or publish his reports. This guy is just doing what his Tory boss wanted.

[@brian.7966]

he won't be sacked. he will get another award.

[@lilyredman9799]

He sounds illiterate .

[@cdrone4066]

Fire this guy, he’s useless, he does nothing, too many layers, no accountability.

[@Alannelson1000]

Utterly, appalling, utterly appalling.

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

Should be sacked with zero compensation immediately. Immediately! Those who allow this to continue are complicit and should be sacked too.

[@nigelfrancis2514]

It’s so easy to understand why this country is worse than Iran , our civil service stinks

[@patrickflanagan8008]

Rycroft is guilty of treachery and should be in prison instead of feathering his own nest. He is a disgrace to this nation.

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Civil service is full of weezels

[@Yorci62]

And we pay these clowns, yep there is a lot of control and accountability in government. I have total faith in Kier and his cronies! they whisk them into shape 🤣

[@colinbirks5403]

Weasels.

[@Tzhz]

Full of weak men and loud women

[@f3aok]

And activists.

[@labouraredangerous]

And foreigners

[@peterglover1271]

And this Ladies and Gentlemen is the blob…. Unaccountable overpaid civil servants who think they are in charge

[@lensmann100]

So, what is his job? Ah yes, passing the buck.

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

His job is getting paid loads of taxpayers' money to shaft the country.

[@steveg4334]

Also kissing bum

[@gefparx6442]

You just defined British politics ?

[@lensmann100]

@@gefparx6442 Sadly, yes.

[@vincentmckenna1755]

Jobs for the Eton boys

[@emmaameson1388]

Jeez, this bloke is stuttering and grasping for the right reply to the questions thrown on him. If he’s knowledgeable with what’s going on around him, he could have replied to the questions thrown in him without any hesitation. I do admire the intelligent questions asked by the MP. I hope we get more MPs like him.

[@KathleenDevine-r5i]

He does not know the answer s!!

[@mintchocchap]

What’s most appalling is he doesn’t think he’s done anything wrong

[@Aspartame69]

He does, he just thinks you are scum.

[@jasonnorth2728]

They know but dont care

[@GPTechno]

Narcissism at its most corrupt

[@peterwright5311]

What's appalling is that you don't understand that he was doing exactly what his Tory boss wanted.

[@jasonnorth2728]

@@peterwright5311 youre so behind you actually think theres a difference between the parties, wake up there all puppets for the globalists

[@Coyb1866]

Incompetence of the higest order.

[@Falco45able]

It is him and his like , that’s ruined this country, they need to be made to justify their position, and or be held accountable for their actions!🙄

[@Annabella24183]

They would be if we had true law instead of a load of treasonous a holes that are actually part of an illegal corporation

[@John-gr5tx]

It is your type that is trying to ruin the country by claiming to anyone and everyone that the country is ruined. Take some pride and responsibility in this country if you want to see improvement!

[@martinwardle6695]

And be forced to live in very close proximity to the people that they've allowed to live in this country.

[@peterwright5311]

Perhaps you should be asking who told him to do this?# Clue: his boss was a Tory trying not to be even more publicly embarrassed by Tory failure.

[@kevinknowles3365]

This should be shared as much as possible. Sack him without his pension.

[@scousepie2]

What a joke !! Thanks for putting a face to the corrupt ones..!!

[@nicolaallen7698]

I am more than sick of this incompetence and he is a Sir. He should get the sack and the Home Secretary. These civil servants are incompetent, we need to sack them all and start again. Job for the boys, at our expense

[@jamesbradley4209]

No job NO PENSION

[@wendyelsey7765]

This man should be sacked right away for not doing the job he is being paid for.

[@angelamccann1585]

Absolutely disgraceful

[@karenclayton3582]

Civil servants should be sacked if they don’t do their job .

[@tonks9013]

Traitor

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

That is exactly what this pathetic excuse for a man is.

[@SaxonSuccess]

I think they all are.

[@peterwright5311]

Au contraire, he was being very loyal to his minister. Tory MP Robert Jenrick - who was refusing to work with or publish then hugely embarrassing reports from the Inpspector at the time - and sacked the inspector shortly after for embarrassing him.

[@JoeSmith-bx5pq]

How strange how none of these highly paid shy ts can’t remember anything 🤔

[@Poultrymad]

The top civil servant in his job? Stuttering, faltering & dithering his speech as he does, means he has no idea what he's talking about. If this was a private company, he would be sacked, so SACK HIM! What a disgrace! 🤬🤬🤬

[@terryelks-op3jk]

Most of the Civil Servants have been deliberately dragging their heels over immigration because they are against deportation so he is nothing but an overpaid liar😢

[@peterwright5311]

Actually he was helping Conservative Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick at the time. Jenrick was avoiding the inspector like the plague because his running of the department was incompetent and all their policies were a pile of crap.

[@lordsnootypants253]

How dare you. There are countless civil servants working around the clock to work within a ridiculous legislative situation. Sir Matthew Ryecroft is the top civil servant in the biggest civil service and government department. His responsibilities are greater than anything I am guessing you or I have ever had to deal with with. Stop being a keyboard warrior and go say it to his face.

[@albertjack4050]

Why is the tax-payer paying wages, expense accounts and pensions to people who behave like this? Time for Reform....

[@jacquelineloveselvis]

This man should be sacked.

[@pdxxtqhf]

Who is going to sack him?

[@littlemissy2883]

Don't you mean shot😢

[@peterwright5311]

This story is more than a year old. This civil servant is doing exactly what the Tory minister (Robert Jenrick) wanted. That's why he wasn't sacked, Jenrick instead chose to terminate the inspector's contract.

[@paulm3805]

why?

[@terryoc8802]

This is EVERTHING wrong with the civil service.

[@margaretlarking665]

The truth is YOU ARE NOT DOING YOUR JOB.

[@peterwright5311]

He was in fact doing his job. The Minister was refusing to meet the inspector, refusing to publish his reports (because they showed how breathtakingly inept the Tories were at getting anything at all done) and ended up firing the Inspector. This guy here was doing exactly what the Immigration Minister - which was Robert Jenrick at the time - wanted. This story is more than a year old btw.

[@Lovejoy..77]

They are doing their job. Letting em all in. This is done by design. On purpose.

[@Billy2w]

Too busy having lunch with his old school palls to do any work

[@AngelinaGee-ew8ki]

Reason being hes brainless

[@AdamRiddle-c3l]

Leftist scum saying the opposite of reality. He literally wasn’t doing his job but you’re a traitor so you lie Muh tories Cuck

[@deepoole820]

Good grief, this is awful. What are they doing all day if not their jobs?

[@leefhall]

This is why we need Reform

[@thomasoflaherty3520]

@GregAbott-sl2bo Count Bin Face.

[@gazman2626]

​@@thomasoflaherty3520this Is the only legit answer.

[@xavierhucklenbruch1798]

Yeah .. the putin party...

[@stephen_ne8406]

We need a reform of the voting system, not necessarily the reform party mate. If reform achieve that they will be a success wether or not they get into power

[@christianmungo2342]

Idiot who believes the lame stream media BS .. 🤪

[@rupedo1]

He's not fit to work in the civil service. He needs to be dismissed!

[@llamudos9809]

Sack him.He is incompetent.

[@mtpeterteacher755]

Worse than incompetent. He's quite deliberately following an agenda.

[@alexanderforbes5125]

He's the opposite of incompetent. What he is is a social justice warrior, hellbent on thwarting all attempts to sort out the immigration catastrophe.

[@landyrover4589]

So he's developed the Art of stopping the boats without stopping the boats?? .Smh

[@peterwright5311]

This is from ages ago and he was doing exactly what his boss - the Conservative Immigration Minister - was telling him to do. They also refused to publish the inspector's reports and then to sack him when he blew the whistle on them instead.

[@paulm3805]

What are you competent at, Sir?

[@sk2283]

Typical 'top' level civil servant - Does NOTHING but delegates EVERYTHING to everyone below him and takes no responsibility ! these lot should all be kicked out on their ears & replaced with people who WORK and DO THEIR JOB !

[@kenhuntley0707]

Absolutely skewered and his face and demeanour at the end clearly showed his guilt.

[@ScotsmaninUtah]

The salary of this civil servant is in the order of 100s of thousands of pounds. He is clearly NOT doing his job ! There are people whom are unable to pay for food or energy for their family and it is an outrage that this level of apathy and incompetence continues to be rewarded . SHAMEFUL !!!

[@paulwhisker]

Given a job to do sod all while terrorists are crossing the channel every day , at the very least he should be fired and then charged with dereliction of duty for endangering the British public .

[@slapdashdumper]

could be worse , could be Mayorkas !

[@garryreeve824]

@@slapdashdumper No it couldn't, Mayorkas is American. This is UK.

[@peterwright5311]

Unfortunately for that narrative, this man is doing exactly what his Minister wants.

[@jenhardman9638]

Come on, say it out loud? TRAITORS.

[@Stephenstclair-rg1ck]

Great questioning, this civil servant should be sacked and his wage paid back to the taxpayer !

[@williebobs3830]

Absolutely sickening, gut wrenching & unbelievable incompetence. The amateurs in the Welsh parliament are more proffesional than this clown. You can tell He has a sense of superiority.

[@thespianballer]

If this was the private sector he would be long gone.....Unbelievable it really is, so frustrating for us taxpayers to watch!

[@ninianmacmillan-keith7435]

Slimy civil servants. They should all be sacked

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

All they do is deliberately obstruct any attempt to make this country better.

[@martinkelly3724]

Anything but a civil servant. Two faced incompetent must be sacked.

[@TheWGLOVER]

No wonder this Country is in trouble.

[@markpallister9882]

SAYS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE HOME OFFICE ...NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE......That Corrupt 'Civil Servant ' should be FORCED to repay ALL his salary back to US the TAXPAYERS and SACKED

[@winter-is-coming]

This guy is a waste of space , I want a refund in my taxes for paying this guys obscene salary

[@aadrianlee]

Deport Deport Deport 🤬🤬👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@JonathanGrace-mb3ni]

Doesn’t know his job and doesn’t want to do his job. Should be sacked on the spot. When asked, they always say it’s someone else’s job.

[@johnmccully6289]

What planet does that guy live on what a waste of space and money

[@TheGazza636]

Beyond belief if this fool is not sacked immediately this country is in a worse state than we ever thought possible

[@peterwright5311]

Why would he be sacked immediately for doing what his boss wanted more than a year ago?

[@lindaedgson1180]

this man has a job of such responsibility yet he’s caught out…. a ‘top civil servant’. Totally remarkable how he keeps that job!

[@williamhoffman4337]

I've given my job to someone else so I don't have to do anything

[@KathleenDevine-r5i]

I just take my salary.

[@davidmarshall5603]

IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT LABOUR DON'T WANT TO STOP THE BOATS.

[@mick1583]

This is how nothing ever happens. All talk and no action.

[@stevenrobertson8329]

Our Civil Service is a disgrace, Sir Humphrey is alive and kicking.

[@Phenn5589]

What a weasel that “top civil servant” is. Why is he still in a job?

[@rogernevin7461]

Snivel Serpents !

[@peterwright5311]

Why don't you do some research on this story - it is more than a year old. Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick was refusing to meet with or publish reports by the Inspector as they were too embarrassing for the government. This civil servant is doing precisely what the minister wanted - the Inspector on the other hand got sacked for being critical of the government.

[@squarebid3]

Absolute JOKE no wonder we are in the state we are in.

[@keithjohnson7677]

Shame on this man and a liar .

[@stephenvine9686]

Tim Loughton should join reform, very good line of questioning

[@allanthorpe7139]

Stuttering FFS what a bunch of clowns in charge of the country 😡😡

[@margaretdavies4028]

Little wonder that the country is in such a mess.

[@kenhardy8405]

Massive Salary Massive Pension Minimum Work Load. Way to go.

[@peterlever9822]

From the top . Always passing the buck . Always someone elses fault !!

[@princessperdita]

He isn’t even a good liar. Pathetic

[@garyclifford2965]

Disgraceful!

[@charleswatson7281]

Complete negligence and dereliction of duty

[@timbeckett5062]

A disgrace!

[@johnhigginson5079]

it's a bit like the Post Office scandal, it continues to amaze and sadden me that people at the top of these institutions are so close to being incompetent and have so many biases that it's verging on embarrassment, thank goodness we have people that they're answerable too, that way at least we're aware what's happening behind these closed doors.

[@stevengoundry7719]

Mediocrity is rewarded in the snivel service

[@paulineashcroft1485]

A civile serpent.

[@garypatterson643]

A knighthood and gold plated pension. Unbelievable.

[@nowgrownup]

Should be sacked no pension and knighthood removed ..😂😂😂

[@t.gilligan9661]

A pompous mealy-mouthed response from a servant of the people who appears completely out of touch with the damage wrought on the UK by legal and illegal mass migration.

[@paulgeoffrey725]

Why is he paid? It’s obvious he isn’t required and should be removed. 😡

[@thomasgoodisson8877]

The most dangerous people in Britain.

[@gibbailey5667]

This is the problem throughout all so called western democracies. ‘Yes Minister’ hit the nail on the head.

[@elwynj5379]

No wonder Priti Patel et al were accused of “bullying and harassment” if this is what they had to deal with everyday! Obfuscation and more slippery than a bucket full of eels…

[@Sas-ce9kr]

Traitors all of them

[@DD-gt2cv]

Sack him. He doesnt understand that you cant deligate responsibility if you are in charge, the buck stops at the top.

[@mightyfinejonboy]

zero accountability, transparency, and consequence. Just blagging his position waiting for his fat pension and golden parachute.

[@andrewmay6218]

Total jokers. waste of taxpayers money.

[@theart8039]

Waffling Public School boys. How on earth do they keep their jobs?

[@Hunterfinn625]

Because they all pxxx in same pot.

[@PickleThePig]

They wank each other off

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

How the hell did he get knighted?

[@Hunterfinn625]

@@AndyUK-Corrival Mmm maybe a taker, if you know what I mean.

[@rayford3300]

He didn’t attend a Public School. Look it up on Wikipedia.

[@BrianBrown-f9i]

And we thought “Yes Minister” was just a sitcom!

[@biling7636]

When are we paying this man with tax payers money.sack him ASAP.He mostlikely as met the lock barmaid more often

[@davidedmunds]

we see this again and again and again, for gods sake when are we going to be listened to?

[@imstevemcqueen]

Vote Reform!

[@lesedwards9289]

When you are backed in a corner, blame someone else. First thing your are told on the first day of your government job.

[@jessmccarthy9217]

Shameful civil servants

[@matthewwright5678]

Very clearly he accepts no responsibility for doing his job - MUST BE SACKED - totally unacceptable behaviour

[@colinbirks5403]

He's just a salary taker.

[@porrohman100]

I think you've spelled piss wrong !

[@dianewhittaker4230]

Says it all !!!

[@robertstubbs8062]

What chance has Joe public got with people like him as head of the home office. How do they get away with all the lies and deception ? Despicable man.

[@jean-pascalheynemand3271]

The civil service is filled with individuals such as these, receiving generous salaries and pensions for their incompetence.

[@jonelson1983]

On one level, watching this waste of space get absolutely skewered is pure comedy gold. Sadly, on another, we then remember that our taxes pay for his presumably massive salary and benefits package, and there are many many more in the civil service who are just like him.

[@michaelf.h8507]

A lazy, pompous Civil Servant -why does he do nothing -he is NOT even doing his job, this is what Pritti Patel was saying - his department is unfit for purpose. Get rid of him and get a business man to replace him ,

[@windinthewillows6248]

So whats his job? Its to collect his fat wage , benefits, bonuses and a huge pension, and finally, to have and use his title as a Lord to his full advantage! This is why the top civil servants need to be sacked.

[@gowokeyoubecomebroke.4747]

Not just sacked.

[@noelht1]

If they really wanted to stop the boats they would have dispatched the Navy. They’ve been pretty good at stopping boats coming to our shores for the last 500 years