snowychap Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Former May Aide's Attempt to Defend Her Undermined by Email Leak Quote An attempt by Theresa May’s one-time closest adviser to defend her record on immigration backfired after emails seen by Bloomberg appeared to contradict his account of a controversial project. The prime minister has had to apologize after the government admitted it had wrongly told elderly immigrants from former British colonies that they had no right to be in the country, threatening them with deportation, denying them medical treatment and putting some in prison. As Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016, May advocated a policy of creating what she called a “hostile environment” for illegal immigrants. In an effort to support May, Nick Timothy -- who was her adviser at the Home Office and then her co-chief of staff until last year’s election -- wrote an article in the Telegraph on Thursday explaining her immigration policy. In it, he said that one of the most criticized projects as home secretary had gone ahead without her knowledge or approval. Operation Vaken In 2013, her department launched “Operation Vaken,” aimed at encouraging illegal immigrants to leave the country voluntarily. Vans drove around racially diverse parts of London with the message “Go Home Or Face Arrest.” There were posters and adverts in newspapers as well. Timothy said May had opposed Operation Vaken. “In fact she blocked the proposal,” he wrote, “but it was revived and approved in a communications plan while she was on holiday. She killed off the scheme later that year.” In my column today I also reveal the truth about the notorious "go home or face arrest vans": TM was opposed to them and they were approved while she was on holiday in 2013. pic.twitter.com/E9RYGldCcB — Nick Timothy (@NickJTimothy) April 19, 2018 The prime minister’s office on Thursday distanced itself from Timothy’s claim and said it hadn’t made any attempt to substantiate it. Home Office emails from 2013 seen by Bloomberg show that on March 4 that year, four months before the vans were sent out, both May’s office and her special advisers, who at the time included Timothy, were sent plans for Operation Vaken, including images for the publicity. On March 13, May’s private secretary at the time, Matthew Bligh, replied, summarizing the comments of ministers in the department. Far from objecting to the plan, May’s only objection at that point was that it might look too soft on illegal immigrants. Home Secretary Comments “The Home Secretary has commented that it is right to advertise enforcement action but we should not be advertising that we will pay people to leave, which is the effect of the proposed advertisements,” he wrote. “Please can officials consider how the material can be revised to get the messaging right and not expose the Agency to criticism for giving tax payers’ money to illegal migrants?” On March 25, officials sent revised publicity images “in response to the Minister’s and Home Secretary’s steers.” May’s office continued to be copied in on emails about Operation Vaken up to and after its launch. After Operation Vaken had gone ahead and been widely criticized, May distanced herself from it, describing it as a blunt instrument. Timothy said in an interview that the March emails were a partial reflection of what was an iterative process. “There’s normally a succession of submissions,” he said. “While I don’t remember what every submission from five years ago said, what I do remember is that categorically, Theresa said: ‘I don’t want to do this.’ Then the proposal got revised and put back up again at a time when she was out of the country.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Calling @HanoiVillan: Liz Truss on QT, tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, snowychap said: Calling @HanoiVillan: Liz Truss on QT, tonight. Damn I was hoping it would be Septic Minge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, bickster said: Damn I was hoping it would be Septic Minge If you turn over to Newsnight then you'll get a putrid cock - Scaramucci's on. Edited April 19, 2018 by snowychap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted April 19, 2018 Just now, snowychap said: If you turn over to Newsnight then you'll get a putrid cock - Scaramucci's on. The Mooch is a cartoon character, he's like someone who'd move in next to the Simpsons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Just now, bickster said: The Mooch is a cartoon character, he's like someone who'd move in next to the Simpsons It didn't help that the Newsnight team couldn't get his video and audio synched up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 1 hour ago, snowychap said: Calling @HanoiVillan: Liz Truss on QT, tonight. Glad to see that arena is booking the real intellectual heavyweights 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 34 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Glad to see that arena is booking the real intellectual heavyweights Talking of intellectual heavyweights, I see some bright spark in the This Week team booked Priti Patel for a sub appearance in place of Portillo. That shit didn't stay on for more than thirty seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 5 hours ago, snowychap said: Talking of intellectual heavyweights, I see some bright spark in the This Week team booked Priti Patel for a sub appearance in place of Portillo. That shit didn't stay on for more than thirty seconds. Just make sure you plug your ears if she starts singing and don't look at her hair if it starts moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) 8 hours ago, bickster said: Damn I was hoping it would be Septic Minge Alas, I think Mrs Rudd is busy shredding Home Office documents for 2-limp-May. Edited April 20, 2018 by Amsterdam_Neil_D 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dAVe80 Posted April 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: Alas, I think Mrs Rudd is busy shredding Home Office documents for 2-limp-May. Yeah but they'll say the Home Office shredder was bought under a Labour government, so it's actually Jeremy Corbyn's fault. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, dAVe80 said: Yeah but they'll say the Home Office shredder was bought under a Labour government, so it's actually Jeremy Corbyn's fault. Jeremy Corbyn will say he deplores all shredding and only bought that shredder to stop someone else buying it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-19/former-may-aide-s-attempt-to-defend-her-undermined-by-email-leak Quote An attempt by Theresa May’s one-time closest adviser to defend her record on immigration backfired after emails seen by Bloomberg appeared to contradict his account of a controversial project. The prime minister has had to apologize after the government admitted it had wrongly told elderly immigrants from former British colonies that they had no right to be in the country, threatening them with deportation, denying them medical treatment and putting some in prison. As Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016, May advocated a policy of creating what she called a “hostile environment” for illegal immigrants. In an effort to support May, Nick Timothy -- who was her adviser at the Home Office and then her co-chief of staff until last year’s election -- wrote an article in the Telegraph on Thursday explaining her immigration policy. In it, he said that one of the most criticized projects as home secretary had gone ahead without her knowledge or approval. Home Office emails from 2013 seen by Bloomberg show that on March 4 that year, four months before the vans were sent out, both May’s office and her special advisers, who at the time included Timothy, were sent plans for Operation Vaken, including images for the publicity. On March 13, May’s private secretary at the time, Matthew Bligh, replied, summarizing the comments of ministers in the department. Far from objecting to the plan, May’s only objection at that point was that it might look too soft on illegal immigrants. He deleted his Twitter too. It's a real shame this slimeball is a Villa fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted April 20, 2018 Moderator Share Posted April 20, 2018 2 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-19/former-may-aide-s-attempt-to-defend-her-undermined-by-email-leak He deleted his Twitter too. It's a real shame this slimeball is a Villa fan. He "liked" my prolific Steve Bruce tweet too. Made me feel a bit dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 54 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: He deleted his Twitter too. I believe the consensus is that he's on holiday and someone else has done that whilst he's away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 So if Theresa May and Amber Rudd didn't know what was going on in regard to the Windrush saga, does that not make them both grossly incompetent? They've both said 'sorry' but neither have taken any responsibility. There's a damning video of May on anotherangryvoice blog saying something along the lines of its better to 'deport first and investigate later' in regards to making mistakes with deportation. And another of her talking on question time during the Labour years damning a Labour minister for not taking responsibility for the actions of their department. She's basically a massive hypocrite, alongside with being incompetent, callous and dishonest. I'm not a fan. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted April 20, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, PompeyVillan said: She's basically a massive hypocrite, alongside with being incompetent, callous and dishonest. Hypocrite? Without doubt but then the majority of politicians of all colours could have that criticism levelled at them. Incompetent? No chance. She’s done exactly what she set out to do by getting rid of foreign “pests”. Now she’s been called out on it, she’s managed to successfully dodge the issue with an apology that took no responsibility. Callous and dishonest? Yeah, I’ll give you that 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 hour ago, PompeyVillan said: So if Theresa May and Amber Rudd didn't know what was going on in regard to the Windrush saga, does that not make them both grossly incompetent? They've both said 'sorry' but neither have taken any responsibility. There's a damning video of May on anotherangryvoice blog saying something along the lines of its better to 'deport first and investigate later' in regards to making mistakes with deportation. And another of her talking on question time during the Labour years damning a Labour minister for not taking responsibility for the actions of their department. She's basically a massive hypocrite, alongside with being incompetent, callous and dishonest. I'm not a fan. she’s a word removed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I suspect they might "Find" the documents and release this to the press next week to cover up some bad news re: Brexit or similar. Just a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted April 21, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2018 Done some great work with the diesel emmisions legislation as well. Car industry is starting to fester jobs with JLR and Nissan both losing a 1000 jobs. If only they knew what they were doing or even asked people who did it would acceptable policy , once they could actually test the engines that would pass the new requirements for emmisions. Worst government ever , even make Blair look competent and he started an illegal war. They have to go ASAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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