Sidney Dipper

This is ‘Johnson era’ says @FDAGenSec Trust between civil servants and Ministers is vital to ensure government works, when civil servants are thrown under the bus for political convenience, trust is eroded. Proud to work for this union standing up for civil servants.

As I told @ShelaghFogarty, Sir Olly Robbins outlined today that there's a reason the vetting process is kept separate from ministers - to protect the integrity of the process, and ultimately national security.

At the heart of this debacle we have seen the unceremonious dismissal of a public servant who, as I said to @ShelaghFogarty, has dedicated his career to the work of government and the protection of our national security.

The chill this has sent through the civil service is no surprise. Sir Olly's dismissal comes just two months after the PM sacked the Cabinet Secretary after extensive anonymous briefing. Government only works when there is trust between ministers and civil servants.

Post Office GLO Redress Scheme Closing — But "Platitudes" Hide the Struggle, The government has announced end of the Group Litigation Order (GLO) redress scheme #PostOfficeScandal computerweekly.com/news/366641747…

You won't see much of this on X, so here it is: 'UK unemployment fell to 4.9% in the three months to February, according to the latest official figures.' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

England's finest, hunting 'foreigners or anything like that' and demanding to see 'the books' looking for foreign names, while protesting about a rape which never happened. This is why we can't have nice things. #Epsom

Has anyone else forgotten that Farage approved of Mandleson too?

@CompaniesHouse your systems are in disarray ! Today I received a letter telling me that I had failed to deal with verification ID, looking at the website the tale is different and states clearly that this was done. There is NO crossover with dates so what is your excuse?

Is forcing dominant websites such as Deutsche Bahn's int.bahn.de to show competitors' trains always a good thing? It can make things very hard for passengers, here's why...

With the UK now rejoining the Erasmus exchange programme, it’s worth recalling the blatant lie, repeated by Boris Johnson when he was PM, that Brexit would not mean leaving it. One among the many lies of the Leave campaign.

Sally Nugent - I want to take you back to Covid when there was a series of gatherings took place when the rest of the country was in lockdown & more than 200,000 people died. When you took over as leader you said that scandal was overblown. Kemi Badenoch - Waffle #bbcbreakfast

Just heard about an insane "tax avoidance" scheme being pitched to recruitment agencies, involving paying HMRC with a "bill of exchange". I'd think it was a joke if it hadn't come from an unimpeachable source. If you come across this, do get in touch in complete confidence.

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Boris Johnson failed vetting, yet Theresa May appointed him Foreign Secretary. Dominic Cummings was never vetted, yet had free access to Government and Number 10. Quit trying to bring down Starmer.

Another day at this pathetic rodeo where the media between them try to destabilise an elected government for the most stupid reason…..administrative process

Man’s girlfriend is very annoyed that the free press she champions, despite having emigrated to a dictatorship without one, is investigating her boyfriend for stuff she says people who aren’t her boyfriend, like Angela Rayner, should resign over.

Mandelson was sacked in September 25. Lebedev was given a peerage by Johnson against HOLAC and intelligent service advice. He’s still in HoL and stills owns The Independent and Standard newspapers. Tory hypocrisy on steroids. #SecurityVettingStatement

Those finding it hard to believe the PM was misled by Civil Servants should listen to my podcast.

'Last year Richard Tice said Angela Rayner should resign if she had any moral decency after she'd underpaid stamp duty, should he also resign then by his own standards?' Zia Yusuf from Reform UK was questioned on #BBCBreakfast over reports the Deputy Leader Richard Tice had underpaid corporation tax bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cg…