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Former Gravy Train Operative urges toy-throwing!

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    Former Gravy Train Operative urges toy-throwing!

    UK's EU ambassador tells colleagues to challenge 'muddled thinking' - BBC News

    In a huge fit of pique at having his cushy lifestyle interrupted by trifles such as a democratic mandate, the outgoing freeloader, Sir Ivan Goldplated Pension Rogers, has suggested that remaining staff be as reactionary and obstructive as possible when dealing with negotiations surrounding the expressed will of the British people to Brexit..
    After the failure of his feet-stamping and breath-holding initiatives, Sir Ivan finally resorted to launching all of his toys from his Bentley Pram around his sumptuous apartment in the most expensive suburb of Brussels.
    Dubbed "the man that invented the EU hissy-fit", Sir Ivan is no stranger to sulking. He was once close to qualification for the Guinness Book of Records for the time he spent covering his ears and shouting "Na na na na not listening na na!" when a senior Cabinet Minister suggested he rein in his expense spending.
    His loss has been described as akin to losing the trapdoor in your kayak!!

    “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

    #2
    The letter.

    Sir Ivan Rogers' letter to staff in full - BBC News

    actually it reads fairly well, he wants no part of it so he has stepped down so they can replace him by March.
    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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      #3
      Originally posted by vetran View Post
      The letter.

      Sir Ivan Rogers' letter to staff in full - BBC News

      actually it reads fairly well, he wants no part of it so he has stepped down so they can replace him by March.
      And reading between the lines, May didn't like what what the messenger was saying, so he left before he got shot.
      "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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        #4
        He's loaded and has a nice pension so why should he take the stress?
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          #5
          Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
          He's loaded and has a nice pension so why should he take the stress?
          Indeed. He is only a Public Servant. Why let a little thing like Duty interrupt his cossetted and pampered existence?
          “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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            #6
            Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
            Indeed. He is only a Public Servant. Why let a little thing like Duty interrupt his cossetted and pampered existence?
            Indeed when the going gets tough etc......

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              #7
              Originally posted by DaveB View Post
              And reading between the lines, May didn't like what what the messenger was saying, so he left before he got shot.
              I would rather people said what they thought without having to read between the lines, would make things so much simpler.

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                #8
                Originally posted by woohoo View Post
                I would rather people said what they thought without having to read between the lines, would make things so much simpler.
                He's a diplomat. Part of the job is saying things diplomatically.

                So, for example, rather than saying "The government has no plan for Brexit whatsoever" and "May is in denial about what a pig's ear she's making of this and needs to be told what an utterly stupid idea it is", he says "We do not yet know what the Government will set as negotiating objectives for the UK’s relationship with the EU after exit" and "Serious multilateral negotiating experience is in short supply in Whitehall… I hope that you will support each other in those difficult moments where you have to deliver messages that are disagreeable to those who need to hear them". Tactful, see

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                  He's a piece of slimy refuse that has walked away from the single biggest challenge of his working life in a stupendously petulant manner
                  ftfy
                  “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
                    ftfy
                    Except it wouldn't be because he was due to stand down at the end of his term in a few months anyway so would have had no real input in the negotiations. What input he has tried to give has been ignored or fobbed off by Downing Street because it didn't fit with their blinkered view of how things were going to be. No point in staying and doing the job if no-one is going to listen to you anyway.

                    Politicians need to be told things they don't want to hear, otherwise they just exist in an echo chamber that repeats back their own views without challenge or debate. it's the job of the civil service to tell them these things.
                    "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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