Employment

  • Thames House (London Briefing)

    Background

    Thames House came under unwarranted siege. There was no forewarning from any Military personnel. It fact, it’s believed reports with warnings were suppressed.

    Perpetrators

    The guilty suspects were ordinary civilians from a number of different workplaces. The plan was concocted by recruitment staff from a wide variety of agencies.

    Argument

    A routine inquiry by an MI5 agent led to suspicions the building had been put under siege inside of it. A further cursory investigation made clear staff were also taken hostage.

    Plan

    The culprits had planned to defraud UK-based businesses. They locked down the building to make ransom requests. They carried out these threats on foot in the city.

    Threat

    The nature of the attack meant working was erratic. It led to significant operational difficulties. It meant agents in the field had setbacks. It threatened staffing morale.

  • Revealed: Apathy at MI5

    It started out on a summer afternoon. He’d been walking for hours, waiting for her. His contact. She said he could meet her on the embankment, along the River Thames.

    He thought it was odd to suggest it, considering its obvious connotations with James Bond and other spy dramas. He went along with it because she sounded serious.

    The reason for the meeting was grim. He’d worked for five years on projects in London for MI5. He hadn’t been paid, supported, or briefed on any of the operations.

    In fact, he hadn’t seen or spoken to any person out of MI5’s staff for the entire time. He was expected to get on with what he already knew, and get himself out of harms way.

    Every single attempt was successful, and so he was free to meet with her. She worked in Thames House. She said her role was to look over missions, and to observe operations.

    He heard it as it dropped, “observe operations”. He found her mother before the meeting took place. He spoke about his difficulties, and asked what she was like as a daughter.

    He discovered she’d failed repeatedly in her schooling, and left a lot of workplaces. In other conversations he found out if her MI5 job ended she’d strip to make ends meet.

    The difficulty came in speaking to her. She was evasive, but overconfident, and chatty about living in the UK. Although she was a loser, it sounded like she still lived it up.

    In their short ‘meeting’ he worked out it was apathy that mattered in the breakdown of their communications. He confirmed it was her who was meant to make his ends meet.

  • Farage puts conditions on immigration

    Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has suggested conditions on immigration would save the system and benefit the wider UK. In an interview for a Bloomberg UK podcast episode, he noted crypto trading as being one example of a draw for talent in particular.

    “What we’re talking about is not to have overall population explosion due to immigration. So there’s still plenty of room for people to come on either work visas or, in some cases, come to settle … We are not putting up the barriers entirely. What we are saying is that low skilled migration and those people bringing dependants has – net – been a negative for the UK economy.”

    Farage also said higher skilled immigration results in better levels of integration in the country than among the lower skilled immigrant population. He also claimed that 22% out of 3 million non-EU citizens are still out of work after moving to the UK.

  • Grangemouth future bright

    It’s been a rough year for Grangemouth, believing the closure of its large oil refinery employer might leave a huge gap in its local labour pool, meaning fewer jobs are available.

    However, the progress that’s been made by the UK and Scottish governments to make sure any job losses are covered by future investment and growth in the region helps things.

    The Falkirk and Grangemouth Growth Deal is part of a wider package of investment to ‘green’ it up and “back local industries and create new opportunities”, according to Falkirk Council.

  • Westminster Week: Pride comes out

    Monday

    A second reading of the Employment Rights Bill is a bread and butter issue in the Commons. It brings out the best and worst in both main parties. Labour supports people to stay in work, but it’s far too soft on it. The Conservatives only appear to believe in rallying people into work, rather than defending it later. The two can’t see eye to eye, but they can definitely hear each other loud and clear.

    Tuesday

    Jack Rankin MP (Windsor/Conservatives) gave his first speech today in the House of Commons as an MP, and made tribute to the life of Queen Elizabeth 2nd, and her service to this country “in the context of a millennium of constitutional development”. It’s a heartening rhetorical flourish, supporting those who make our story greater.

    Wednesday

    Last business of the day goes to Calvin Bailey MP (Leyton and Wanstead/Labour), who takes up antisocial behaviour as his cause célèbre. It sounds bad where he’s from, so it’s worth a response from Minister of State Diana Johnson MP (Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham/Labour), whose priorities take in his concerns. The obvious need is for more policing, and an appropriate pledge is given.

    Thursday

    It’s Black History Month, and accordingly MP’s have shared their support for it in the Commons. It’s worth noting how many members are now of an ethnic minority, a point proudly brought up during proceedings.

  • Call for information: Ex-civil servants

    In an exclusive for ConservativeNewsSite.com, two ex-civil servants have been spotted in central London.

    They both served in the Home Office, but had to leave because of discrepancies in handling immigration cases.

    It’s believed they’ve tried to create disruptions in other departments, but not necessarily about immigration.

    Any information relating to these individuals must be passed to a relevant public body. It will be used to build an accurate case, if one exists.

  • Deserter located

    A suspected deserter, alleged to be guilty of leaving his role at Border Force, has been located in London.

    He is known to have refused his posting at Dover to pursue other ends.