Latest report is that she and another two Cabinet members are due to lose their places in a forthcoming reshuffle because they did not follow the instruction from No 10 to tweet their support for Dominic Cummings. Will be interesting to see if this proves accurate.

The Home Secretary today vowed to hand out severe penalties to those who hurled fireworks and other objects at cops during the unrest at the anti-racism protest in Whitehall.

Speaking in the Commons, Ms Patel promised everyone who attacked the officers would be prosecuted.

She said: “We strongly support the right to protest peacefully but that does not extend to the violent behaviour we have witnessed across the country throughout the weekend.

“When it comes to any assault on our brave police that is unacceptable.

“Any perpetrator should be in no doubt they will be arrested and prosecuted.

“This Government will go even further as we have committed to consult on doubling the sentence for an assault on an emergency worker so the penalty really fits the crime.”

Ms Patel revealed 135 arrests had been made so far, and insisted they were "already being brought to justice."

New rules forcing travellers to the UK to go into quarantine for 14 days came under renewed attack as Home Secretary Priti Patel claimed the measures were “not my plan”.

Police chiefs said they expected officers to have a “limited role” in enforcing the rules, with forces advised that even when a suspected breach is committed there should be “no further action” taken.

The rules, which came into force on Monday, require anyone arriving in the UK, with exemptions for some health workers and those from the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, to declare where they will be isolating for two weeks or face fines of up to £1,000.

But a leaked Home Office document revealed that there was no way of officials verifying whether their declaration was genuine.

The Home Secretary has admitted: “First of all, this is not my plan. This is a Government plan and Government policy, and I think in terms of the approach that has been taken, the Government has maintained throughout this pandemic that medical and scientific advice in terms of border measures are consistent and are now being applied.”

Quarantine rules criticised as Priti Patel says they ‘were not my plan’

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/co...i-patel-441481



Ah, so Priti is just a mouthpiece for "the government" - I thought her performance in the chamber was too good to be true - she's just reading from government-supplied scripts .....

The home secretary, Priti Patel, has refused to rule out another national lockdown in England as more than 2.3 million people in West Yorkshire prepare to enter the strictest tier of restrictions on Monday.

Asked on Thursday whether she would rule out another national lockdown, Patel said: “Well, I think at this stage, of course we can rule nothing out because we are a government that is focused on making sure that we stop the spread of this virus, and also we protect public health. So we have been using, and we are using, and we will continue to use, every single means available to us to do exactly that.”

Priti Patel refuses to rule out second Covid lockdown for England

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...wn-for-england



Blimey, who's rattled her cage .....

During the last lockdown, "Useless" was noted for her absence and lack of comment .....

Mind you, she's just reading from the government script - cosy .....

With new cases now running at over 50,000 a day, the government approach has been singularly unsuccessful in using "every single means" .....

Funny, that. I would have said that the chaotic behaviour by this awful virus combined with the selfishness and bloody stupidity of Joe Public, especially kids is the reason for the singularly unsuccessful management of this GLOBAL PANDEMIC.