Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Sexual Harassment at Westminster

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    Sexual Harassment at Westminster

    Cabinet Office to investigate after minister admits asking assistant to buy sex toys

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics...y_to_clipboard

    He's the first of three apparently.

    There's also the crass joke of Gove about the alleged rapist.

    #2
    "He took me to Soho and gave me the money to buy two vibrators. He stood outside the shop while I did."
    That's the damning character evidence, right there. You'd hope she bought the worst and cheapest, and pocketed the change.

    Comment


      #3
      Garnier claims that calling his employee Sugar Tits is not harassment.

      Comment


        #4
        Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View Post
        Garnier claims that calling his employee Sugar Tits is not harassment.
        Says it was from Gavin and Stacey so therefore ok.

        Comment


          #5
          Radio 5 Live's George Riley suspended after sexual harassment complaints

          https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...y_to_clipboard

          I hope that this snowballs and some of those we've known or suspected of this are named, shamed and dumped.

          Comment


            #6
            Oh crap, I like George Riley. Oh well, screw him.

            Comment


              #7
              My guess, as it happens, is that there is even more sexual harassment at Westminster than anywhere else. Absolute power, and all that.

              Comment


                #8
                I think that's right. I read a piece yesterday that because researchers and other staff are essentially directly hired by and accountable to the different MPs there's no HR. The only person you could report being harassed to is likely to be the person harassing you

                Comment


                  #9
                  Don’t they get processed by HoC payroll? If so then surely HR in the Commons would have some duty of care. Especially if badness is happening on their premises.

                  Comment


                    #10
                    Originally posted by Lang Spoon View Post
                    Don’t they get processed by HoC payroll? If so then surely HR in the Commons would have some duty of care. Especially if badness is happening on their premises.
                    What if they are unpaid interns? I'm wondering if they are even on the HR radar.

                    Comment


                      #11
                      This may take a bit of an unexpected twist, because a lot of parliamentary assistants in Westminster are handsome young men who can't find the right girl to settle down with, and won't find her until it becomes time to impress a constituency selection committee.

                      Comment


                        #12
                        Originally posted by diggedy derek View Post
                        Oh crap, I like George Riley. Oh well, screw him.
                        Ah, no. I liked him too.

                        Comment


                          #13
                          MPs have been indulged for decades in the nonsense that they

                          a) get elected on individual merit rather than as a badge holder (only one of 650 at present is non-party independent)

                          b) are self-employed and not subject to workplace discipline

                          Garnier is a bit of a knob even without his dildo habit

                          Comment


                            #14
                            Count me down as another disappointed ex-fan of George Riley.

                            Comment


                              #15
                              What the fuck being gay has to do with this story I've no idea, berba.

                              Comment


                                #16
                                A twist in the Riley story is that is being used to deflect a larger story about gender inequality at the Beeb and British institutions generally: pay gaps, glass ceilings etc. Hence Mishal Husain's anger at the Sunday Times:

                                https://twitter.com/MishalHusainBBC/...56850095378432

                                Comment


                                  #17
                                  What the fuck being gay has to do with this story I've no idea, berba.

                                  so far this story has been about powerful men taking advantage of young women. This could be where the story expands to include powerful men who take advantage of young men.

                                  Comment


                                    #18
                                    The whips used to use their knowledge of MP's behaviour to blackmail them to stay loyal -they still do

                                    Diane Abbott has described how Women MP's have been treated in the House of Commons for the last 30 years

                                    The Sunday Times story says that Theresa May got weekly updates about what her MP's had been up to. Which kind of makes her complicit.

                                    Comment


                                      #19
                                      Thatcher had the same as well.

                                      Comment


                                        #20
                                        Christ above. Imagine what those reports contain. Being a Tory MP is really strong start on the way to being a full blown sociopath.

                                        Comment


                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by Bordeaux Education View Post
                                          Thatcher had the same as well.
                                          I would assume all party leaders get updates of potentially troublesome MPs and what they have been up to.

                                          However there is a difference between a report on a married MP who is playing away from home and one who is involved in illegal serial behaviour.
                                          I seriously doubt the whips would formally tell the PM of the latter.

                                          Comment


                                            #22
                                            No mention of George on Radio 5 Breakfast this morning. Delyth did the sport.

                                            Comment


                                              #23
                                              Patrick- both Rachel B and Nicky Jambo read a prepared statement explaining that George Riley had been suspended.

                                              Comment


                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by The Awesome Berbaslug!!! View Post
                                                What the fuck being gay has to do with this story I've no idea, berba.

                                                so far this story has been about powerful men taking advantage of young women. This could be where the story expands to include powerful men who take advantage of young men.
                                                Not Westminster (yet), but... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41799026

                                                Comment


                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by Duncan Gardner View Post
                                                  Patrick- both Rachel B and Nicky Jambo read a prepared statement explaining that George Riley had been suspended.
                                                  Ah alright. Didn't hear that. Heard the news story about Westminster.

                                                  Comment

                                                  Working...
                                                  X