The description of how Theresa May handled the demise of the child sex abuse panel – reported by me on Exaro at the weekend- shows the ruthless home secretary at her most combative and courteous rolled into one.
Determined to put months of indecision and two mistaken chair appointments behind her- she took the most radical and surgical action she could do. She sacked the lot of the panel and started again. She had already.heavily hinted in her letter to the panel last year that this could happen. But she softened the blow with pleasantries and hand shakes and some genuine kind words.Never have so many people been so thoroughly stuffed in such a courteous way.
This streak of ruthlessness is why Theresa May is now a serious contender for the leadership of the Tory Party.You can read a good profile of her here by Guardian journalist Gaby Hinscliff. Her famous statement that they were the ” nasty party ” may have stuck a sour note with some supporters. But she knows how to be nasty and nice simultaneously. (more...)
For would-be queens of nasty:
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