{"id":673157,"date":"2022-05-26T16:24:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T16:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1598096"},"modified":"2022-05-26T16:24:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T16:24:49","slug":"sue-gray-report-tells-us-what-we-already-know-this-government-hates-working-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/05\/26\/sue-gray-report-tells-us-what-we-already-know-this-government-hates-working-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Sue Gray report tells us what we already know \u2013 this government hates working people"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On 25 May, senior civil servant Sue Gray\u2019s long-awaited report on the Downing Street parties<\/a> during the height of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was published. The ‘Partygate’ report reveals the extent of the government’s law-breaking gatherings. Notably, it exposes the disrespect with which partygoers treated Downing Street’s low-wage workers.<\/p>\n

Led by Johnson, the government has fostered a culture that regards the lives of working people as totally insignificant and disposable. This is reflected in the examples of the poor treatment of low-paid Downing Street staff set out in the Gray report. This disregard for low-wage workers’ lives has had a devastating impact on poor and working people.<\/p>\n

Mistreating low-wage workers<\/h2>\n

Some of the most infuriating details in the report include government aides’ and civil servants’ “unacceptable<\/a>” treatment and expectations of cleaners and security staff. The report notes:<\/p>\n

multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment of security and cleaning staff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The incidents included partygoers leaving red wine stains and sick for low-wage workers to clean up. In another instance, No. 10 aides mocked and “laughed at<\/a>” a security guard who raised concerns that Downing Street parties were in breach of lockdown regulations.<\/p>\n

An insider said:<\/p>\n

I remember when a custodian tried to stop it all and he was just shaking his head in this party, being like, \u2018This shouldn\u2019t be happening.\u2019 People made fun of him because he was so worked up that this party was happening and it shouldn\u2019t be happening.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana responded to these revelations, saying:<\/p>\n

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Imagine being a Downing Street cleaner, having your social life cancelled by lockdown and then having to clean-up vomit and wine spilt on the walls at a party, only to be mistreated by the government staff responsible?<\/p>\n

That's the elitist culture Boris Johnson is responsible for.<\/p>\n

— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) May 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n