Saturday 11 May 2024

Is This Why The Civil Service Has Become The Enemy Within?

Ahmar, who is of Egyptian and French dual heritage, said she raised concerns about racism and was increasingly blocked from meetings before being told that her secondment from the Treasury was ending abruptly for “poor behaviour”.

Because this is the sort of recruitment 'success' that's made them what they are today?  

An employment tribunal hearing against the Cabinet Office and senior civil servants began on Monday alleging a “hostile racist working environment” but the case was withdrawn on Wednesday. Ahmar had lodged two claims arguing she was subject to “direct discrimination and harassment on the grounds of her sex and race” as well as “victimisation”. The Cabinet Office said her claims were “completely unfounded” and noted that Ahmar had withdrawn the case with no payment made. She said she walked away because she was starting a new job on Friday and did not want to spend a month in court.

I wonder if it's a real job this time or just another civil service department appointment?  

In the interview, Ahmar said that “the whole illegal migration taskforce was really clumsy, made of people who don’t know anything about migration or really understand why people would want to come to this country”.

They understand that 'people who want to come to this country' for legitimate reasons don't do it by smuggling themselves in lorries or small boats. Why don't you?   

Ahmar said the taskforce was “looking into migration from a very narrow point of view” and that they “didn’t want to look into safe and legal routes” to bring asylum seekers to Britain. Ultimately, Ahar said, she “didn’t really feel comfortable being head of policy in a taskforce where they talk about things like [using] turnaround tactics, so they can just die, basically.” She said: “The civil servants are all white. They don’t understand how hard it is for migrants to be here.

We aren't talking about 'migrants', we are talking about illegal immigrants.  

Ahmar first took a secondment from the Treasury to become a chief of staff before Cop26 in 2021, before being ordered to leave the climate summit early after complaining of bullying and harassment.

A serial complainer, then. Is this why nothing ever gets done?   

4 comments:

said...

Obviously she is a race-baiting trouble-making cunt.

Just Trevor said...

So many questions. What is an Egyptian Frog doing here in the first place?; Why was she appointed to the Civil Service, and at such a senior level?; Why was she working on a matter of national security when she has no stake in the fate of the country?

A bit of digging reveals that she, or at least someone of the same name, is now associated with one or more outfits involved in carbon/net zero/climate bilge. Quite how bloviating helps to generate wealth eludes me, but then I've never pretended to understand economics.

Lord T said...

A month is court. What a waste of money all round.

JuliaM said...

"Obviously she is a race-baiting trouble-making cunt."

And so probably sailed through the interview process...

"So many questions. "

And very few answers.

"A month is court. What a waste of money all round."

Well, quite!