Priti Patel takes top job despite history of bullying allegations

“She's got a bit of a checkered past…But Kemi Badenoch has said, I have no concerns about her.”
Kemi Badenoch has offered Dame Priti Patel the job of shadow foreign secretary in an effort to to unite the party, despite the allegations of bullying when she was home secretary.
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[@Willywin]

What history of bullying - If asking Civil Servants to actually do the job they are being paid to do by the taxpayer is bullying - poor souls, how hard life must be for them.

[@daisyhobbs7500]

Bullying? That accusation was made by the civil service. They proably needed a bit of bullying to get them to do some work at home. Ps someone should have asked a civil servant for their definition of 'bullying'.

[@carlbyronrodgers]

Bullying or asking civil servants to do what they are paid for.

[@georgesdelatour]

Dominik Raab was forced out because he disciplined the UK's Ambassador to Spain after he found the guy was conducting his own independent foreign policy. It's insane the way the civil service weaponises bullying allegations in order to get their way on policy.

[@dianamincher6479]

Patel, She tortured the civil servants-black Indian bully!

[@JohnCorrUK]

Yet another biased headline - grow up @ TimesRadio

[@wordfromabove7176]

That’s it, bring the bully back!

[@dianamincher6479]

Can't understand why Badenoch picks an old retread like Patel who has been fired once and who violated the ministerial code after bullying and mental cruelty convictions and for which the electorate had to pay Patel's damages to the victim civil servant? Bloody hopeless choice in Patel!

[@doubleana9184]

Bullies have to stick together

[@dianamincher6479]

2 of the blacks are sticking together!

[@Willywin]

Lots of snowflakes

[@BLOLite]

How about thick,arrogant or both,to judge from he inconsidered, stupid undocumented visit to Isreal when OD minister?

[@hughesy606]

God, I love Kate McCann

[@johndasilva2686]

Kemi Badonoch / Priti Patel / suvella Braverman /. Would make a great bunch of scary masculine aggressive bad bully’s in the marvel cinematic universe . I wonder what would they be called hmmm ?

[@LuzDoSol-yr5bv]

OMG!!! 😂😂😂😂 You did make me laugh. 😂😂😂

[@dianamincher6479]

3 blind mice?

[@GordonTaylorThomas]

pretty patel

[@dianamincher6479]

Indian Parrot!

[@LizMaculate]

The Torries didn't have the balls to sack these two international bullies.

[@mikebeevers2416]

Astonishing that, by appointing the odious Patel to a senior position, Badenoch has shown a terrible lack of judgement so quickly.

[@neilburns8869]

Yes, indeed Patel is a bully and a coward. As Ian Hislop so rightly dubbed her Priti Awful. But perhaps just as importantly i believe that under Theresa May PP demonstrated that she was a maverick, not really a team player and certainly not to be trusted. Given half a chance she will pursue her own agenda. She seems to be like a bad penny that keeps on coming back and yet nobody in the Tory party ever really learns their lesson where she's concerned. But that's the Conservatives for you, very stupid in that respect.