David Cameron told Theresa May's advisers 'to break Civil Service code'

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• glasshalffull Posts: 22,291

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  19/12/14 - 08:31 #2

  Jol44 wrote: »

  David Cameron is embroiled in a row with Theresa May after he appeared to have ordered two of her advisers to break their Civil Service terms of employment to campaign for the party in two by-elections.
  
  Nick Timothy and Stephen Parkinson defied the Prime Minister’s order to take part in telephone canvassing for the Rochester and Newark by-elections. Mr Cameron is understood subsequently to have agreed that they should be struck off the Conservative Party’s approved list of candidates for the next election.
  
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-told-theresa-mays-advisers-to-break-civil-service-code-9934589.html
  
  This guy appears to get away with everything.

  
  Pah...and there you see once again the absolute nonsense of equating "special advisors" in any way with "civil servants".
  
  A REAL civil servant (or local govt officer of any seniority) would never be allowed to be on any list of potential candidates in the first place...they have been banned from doing so under the political restriction rules applied to posts since the days of Margaret Thatcher.
  
  I should know...I have held three such posts in the past...and the job specs clearly stated in bold capitals "this is a politically restricted post under the regs blah blah"

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• Annsyre Posts: 109,504

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  19/12/14 - 08:43 #3

  Jol44 wrote: »

  David Cameron is embroiled in a row with Theresa May after he appeared to have ordered two of her advisers to break their Civil Service terms of employment to campaign for the party in two by-elections.
  
  Nick Timothy and Stephen Parkinson defied the Prime Minister’s order to take part in telephone canvassing for the Rochester and Newark by-elections. Mr Cameron is understood subsequently to have agreed that they should be struck off the Conservative Party’s approved list of candidates for the next election.
  
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-told-theresa-mays-advisers-to-break-civil-service-code-9934589.html
  
  This guy appears to get away with everything.

  
  he appeared to have ordered two of her advisers to break their ....
  
  Mr Cameron’s edict appears to breach the special advisers’ code ..
  
  Ms May is believed to be backing her two advisers ...
  
  the Cabinet Office has appeared to alter
  
  No proof nothing definite.

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