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muriel_volestrangler

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5. But if you actually are a misfit, Cummings will fire you

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jan 3, 2020, 11:08 AM

Jan 2020

The head of Britain’s biggest civil servants’ union said that Cummings’ comment: “I’ll bin you within weeks if you don’t fit – don’t complain later because I made it clear now”, implied that he “wants to hire and fire at will” and revealed an anti-trade union mentality that would be “strenuously resisted”.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/03/dominic-cummings-call-for-no-10-staff-may-break-employment-law

This is a bomb-thrower, drunk on his own power. He just wants people who he can order about, and blame when things go wrong.

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Dominic Cummings calls for 'weirdos and misfits' for No 10 jobs [View all] Eugene Jan 2020 OP

In other words, the UK version of the white house. PSPS Jan 2020 #1

Yep, every low grade POS they can find, to screw up the government. OnDoutside Jan 2020 #3

Debasing government by turning it into Miguelito Loveless Jan 2020 #2

They must keep Larry the Cat shenmue Jan 2020 #4

But if you actually are a misfit, Cummings will fire you muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #5

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