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muriel_volestrangler

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5. When I saw it, I laughed, but thought "there'll be complaints"

Thu Apr 15, 2021, 08:19 AM

Apr 2021

I expect the Mail etc. will declare it an outrage.

We seem to be in "enforced grief". After all the complaints about the BBC broadcasting nothing but Phil tributes for 12 hours (all national radio stations had the same programming, BBC2 TV had the BBC1 Phil progs, and BBC4 was replaced with a "DofE died" static display), we now find some government employees were expected to have a spontaneous, unpaid, outpouring of grief:

Census staff in England and Wales were forced to take unpaid leave when Prince Philip died, after being told their work would halt out of respect for the Duke of Edinburgh but they would have to “make up their hours”.

Thousands of temporary workers at the Office for National Statistics (ONS), many earning just over £10 an hour, were told in an email they should stop working immediately and go home.

The email sent to field staff read: “Following the sad news of the death of HRH the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in line with civil service protocol we are recalling all staff from the field with immediate effect. Please return home. Some pre-planned activity can continue.”

On the question of whether staff would be paid, employees were told to “make up” their hours for the week over the next few days. They were advised that if they were unable to do this they should speak to their manager.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/15/census-staff-forced-take-unpaid-leave-death-prince-philip

I now dread the weeks after the queen dies. What'll it be - government vehicles roaming Labour-voting neighbourhoods with placards reading "why aren't you crying, you traitors?"

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Fantastic. [View all] Celerity Apr 2021 OP

Good one! nt Soph0571 Apr 2021 #1

Sorry. Needs a bit of context for us fooriners. 3Hotdogs Apr 2021 #2

David Cameron, PM 2010-16, caught in a scandal about lobbying for a dodgy and failed finance firm muriel_volestrangler Apr 2021 #3

Thanks. 3Hotdogs Apr 2021 #4

When I saw it, I laughed, but thought "there'll be complaints" muriel_volestrangler Apr 2021 #5

Cancelled subscriptions all round from enraged gammon Private Eye readers, Emrys Apr 2021 #6

Spiggy Topes and The Turds can perform for free at the celebratory soiree Celerity Apr 2021 #8

put the decrepit old geezer in the ground and be done with it. Layzeebeaver Apr 2021 #7