Thread: P&O cancels services and tells ships to stay in port

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

The thing is, civil servants are damned if they do and damned if they don't.

The stupid and ignorant are always castigating civil servants for obstructing ministers etc.,etc., but in truth they generally strive to align their advice with the prevailing ethos of the government of the day. Treat 'em mean and strip the fat away to keep it lean is music to the Tory ear so give them what they want. Can't blame them, can you. Reducing labour costs to maximise profits is grist to the Tory mill.

The briefing paper for Labour with their MPs in port constituencies and a commitment to bolstering indigenous workforces would have been obviously different.

same old sausages, fizzing and sputtering in its own grease.

the great thing about the public sector is that despite all the guff about ‘high
performing organisations’ it really does not know how to deal with under-achievement,
indolence, responsibility-shirking, scamming and all manner of practices that make life
bearable for the lazy worker.

once you are in, you really have arrived in easy street.

A few tips will help you prosper without effort or ability.

https://clivebates.com/documents/lazycivilservant.pdf

Try as I might, I cannot quite recall when the civil service last brought the country down onto its knees but in pondering the private sector and its competence I seem to remember it was the banks that managed to nearly destroy Britain's, and the world's, financial institutions. But it was the Treasury officials and Bank of England staff who cobbled together a rescue package.
Civil servants, you see, working for Britain.

Poor Tax, flogging dead hobby horses.

Originally Posted by Seekingasylum

Poor Tax, flogging dead hobby horses.

That's about all he can 'flog' anymore

Well no surprise here. I hope the Govt throw the book at them and fuk off DP World from UK ports, except it won't not when Boris is pally with the sand wogs running Dubai.


P&O Ferries intentionally broke law over mass sackings, CEO Peter Hebblethwaite admits

The chief executive of P&O Ferries has admitted the firm broke the law by choosing not to consult over the mass sacking of 800 workers on the spot.

Peter Hebblethwaite told MPs on Thursday there was “absolutely no doubt” the company was required to consult with unions before taking action.

“We chose not to do that because we believe -” he said before being interrupted during the parliamentary committee session. “So you chose to break the law?” Andy McDonald, a former transport secretary, interjected.

Mr Hebblethwaite continued: “We chose not to consult and we are - and will - compensate everybody in full for that.”

Labour’s Mr Donald said: “When you get in your car and drive on the motorway [and] see the 70mph sign, do you decide that’s not going to apply to me? I’m going to do 90 because I think it’s important that I do that? Is that how you go about your life?”

Mr Hebblethwaite was questioned by the transport select committee and the business select committee on Thursday - a week after officers and crew were made redundant with immediate effect.

The move has sparked outrage across the political spectrum, as well as protests across the UK.

Labour MP Darren Jones kicked off the session by asking: “Are you in this mess because you don’t know what you’re doing, or are you just a shameless criminal?”

Mr Hebblethwaite replied by saying he wanted to start with an apology before answering the question. “An apology to the seafarers who were affected on Thursday last week, an apology to their families, and an apology to the 2,200 of our employees who have had to face very difficult questions,” he said.

More: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/p-o-ferries-peter-hebblethwaite-staff-sacking-b2043051.html

Originally Posted by DrWilly

yeah, how dare the owners want to make a profit… they should just run at a 100m loss per year for eternity.

Shareholders making bank like bandits.

Middle management nobodies taking home 200k a year.

Wankers in Dubai who want Indians taking these jobs at 25% of UK minimum wage.

You - an uninformed simpleton showing himself up as clueless on virtually every topic under the sun except frozen veg.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Shareholders making bank like bandits.

Middle management nobodies taking home 200k a year.

Wankers in Dubai who want Indians taking these jobs at 25% of UK minimum wage.

You - an uninformed simpleton showing himself up as clueless on virtually every topic under the sun except frozen veg.

Hello Ciz, fuck off will ya.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

Labour MP Darren Jones kicked off the session by asking: “Are you in this mess because you don’t know what you’re doing, or are you just a shameless criminal?”

Originally Posted by malmomike77

We chose not to do that because we believe -” he said before being interrupted during the parliamentary committee session. “So you chose to break the law?” Andy McDonald, a former transport secretary, interjected.

And people wonder why they didn't want to "consult" with idiots like thesr?