Greensill: civil servants told to declare unauthorised second jobs while independent inquiry move is rejected
David Cameron: he could almost be saying, “Don’t look at me! There’s a civil servant over there who stacks shelves at a supermarket because I froze her pay in 2011!”
The latest developments in the Greensill scandal show typical Tory attitudes – one rule for them and a different rule for the ‘help’.
So – as predicted by This Site – Conservative MPs have rejected a Labour plan for a full Parliamentary inquiry into lobbying by former MPs on behalf of their current employers. Instead, the government has commissioned a review, to be run by a friend of the Tories. It will be a whitewash.
Meanwhile, civil servants are being ordered to declare second jobs they have that “might conflict” with their rules. This is after repeated assertions that former procurement chief Bill Crothers’s second job with Greensill was thoroughly vetted and above-board.
It seems to This Writer that Boris Johnson is looking for someone to blame; trying to take the heat off his school chum and former colleague, David Cameron.
Of course, civil servants shouldn’t have second jobs at all, let alone second jobs that may create a conflict of interests with their duties in the interests of the nation.
But I wonder how anyone has the time. And it also seems to me that if they have managed to get away with this, then we still have to question the behaviour of government ministers who devised the rules on outside employment.
So if any civil servants – especially those in top jobs – are found to have broken the rules… and if serious conflicts of interest are discovered… then Boris Johnson is still going to have a lot of explaining to do.
Source: Greensill row: Civil servants ordered to declare second jobs – BBC News
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Little fascist dictator dick johnson is attempting to deflect attention away from his crooked fascist tory crony Cameron by claiming senior civil servants are violating the code! So one rule for the criminal fascist tory cabel and obey the law for civil servants!
Why have these senior civil servants been allowed to get away with having a second part time job in addition to their primary part time work??? Same applies to little fascist dictator dick johnson and his fascist cabel who are not only criminals but also have lucrative second part time jobs!
Fascist dictatorship needs to be abolished and a real election held! But that won’t happen because we are living in a fascist one party dictatorship!
Typical Tory sleaze happens so they gaslight and whitewash report ordered check. Senior Tory scum blames everyone else check and lastly find an excuse… So today we have to civil servants 2nd jobs are wrong.
OK, Tory scum and other MP’s if it’s not allowed then your 2, 3 and 4th Jobs while you are meant to be an MP are no conflicts of interest? It doesn’t take time away from your MP’s main Job? If they claim not I claim BS!!
NO MP should have a 2nd or more job they should not be allowed to move straight to a cronyism job and yet they do all with the BS rules they have made of course? Now we have the Senior civil servants doing the same, it’s this slimy attitude of me’ ism what is in it for me!
Oh, they claim there not when elected and on TV appear so patriotic and upright but in reality, the same corrupt soul is within them all! That want these jobs this is what makes this parliament just a huge swamp of corruption, cronyism and sleaze and don’t forget the dirty money for favors! It happens again and again until we finally demand enough of this sick money merry go round!!!