Why is the minister for ‘common sense’ attacking civil service lanyards? Is it because they’re in the rainbow colours associated with the LGBTQ+ community?
Esther McVey, who sits in Parliament as the alleged minister for common sense, has announced a crackdown on “inappropriate backdoor politicisation” in Whitehall, saying officials should be leaving their political views “at the building entrance”.
They do this anyway. It’s called professionalism – something about which, it seems, Ms McVey knows little.
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She has said that civil servants should wear “standard design” lanyards, appearing to indicate that the colourway used to express support for LGBTQ+ issues should not be used.
Downing Street has tried to suggest that she was merely giving an illustrative example and that civil service guidance set to be published on Tuesday would be “more broad” and “not proscriptive”.
But once the genie is out of the bottle, it’s impossible to get it back in and people have made their feelings clear.
For example:
Also:
McVey is the minister for efficiency, responsible for cutting wasteful public spending.
And yet… well, just watch this:
Perhaps, instead of declaring war on colours, McVey should concentrate her efforts on wasteful MP rent claimants?
Oh, but wait. That would put her at a disadvantage. And we can’t have that, can we?
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Why is the minister for ‘common sense’ attacking civil service lanyards?
Why is the minister for ‘common sense’ attacking civil service lanyards? Is it because they’re in the rainbow colours associated with the LGBTQ+ community?
Esther McVey, who sits in Parliament as the alleged minister for common sense, has announced a crackdown on “inappropriate backdoor politicisation” in Whitehall, saying officials should be leaving their political views “at the building entrance”.
They do this anyway. It’s called professionalism – something about which, it seems, Ms McVey knows little.
Buy Cruel Britannia in print here. Buy the Cruel Britannia ebook here. Or just click on the image!
She has said that civil servants should wear “standard design” lanyards, appearing to indicate that the colourway used to express support for LGBTQ+ issues should not be used.
Downing Street has tried to suggest that she was merely giving an illustrative example and that civil service guidance set to be published on Tuesday would be “more broad” and “not proscriptive”.
But once the genie is out of the bottle, it’s impossible to get it back in and people have made their feelings clear.
For example:
Also:
McVey is the minister for efficiency, responsible for cutting wasteful public spending.
And yet… well, just watch this:
Perhaps, instead of declaring war on colours, McVey should concentrate her efforts on wasteful MP rent claimants?
Oh, but wait. That would put her at a disadvantage. And we can’t have that, can we?
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The Livingstone Presumption is available
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Health Warning: Government! is now available
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The first collection, Strong Words and Hard Times,
is still available in either print or eBook format here:
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