‘Good riddance,’ say UK MPs after Priti Patel resigns as residence secretary | World News

Hours after Liz Truss was voted because the UK Prime Minister to succeed Boris Johnson, Priti Patel – who held the publish of Britain's residence secretary, or inside minister – introduced that she's going to step down and proceed serving the nation from the “backbenches” of Witham constituency. Critics who've criticised the previous minister for overpromising and underdelivering on immigration, crime, charity and different insurance policies in her three-year tenure, termed Patel's exit as “good riddance”, alleging that she has been the “worst residence secretary in dwelling reminiscence”.

A collection of tweets adopted after her announcement with a letter on the microblogging website.

“Priti Patel will go down because the worst Dwelling Secretary in historical past. Her tenure has been tormented by allegations of bullying and spiteful insurance policies which have made our nation a pariah on the fringes of worldwide legislation. Sadly, I anticipate extra of the identical from her successor,” stated Liverpool Wavertree MP Paula Barker.

“Good riddance @pritipatel. You had been an unspeakably merciless Dwelling Secretary and received’t be missed by anybody with a shred of decency,” wrote Zarah Sultana, Labour Social gathering MP for Coventry South.

“Priti Patel’s legacy is certainly one of monumental cruelty in direction of these looking for asylum and appalling mismanagement of the worst authorities division,” tweeted Glasgow South MP Stewart McDonald.

‘A bully’

Patel was typically termed as a bully by her colleagues. Based on the Unbiased, the morale inside the house workplace of the UK authorities was left in tatters due to Boris Johnson’s determination to maintain Priti Patel as residence secretary regardless of findings that she broke the ministerial code by bullying civil servants.

“The emotional and bodily toll on employees was excessive… Workers considerations, in any respect ranges, aren't listened to or, at worse, actively penalised,” Lucy Moreton, knowledgeable officer on the Immigration Companies Union (ISU), was quoted as saying within the Unbiased report.

Journalist Nicola Kelly, who has labored for the UK residence workplace prior to now, wrote on Twitter reminding of the way it was to work with Patel.

"A reminder of simply how unhealthy it was to work inside Priti Patel's Dwelling Workplace. Supply messaged earlier: “anybody - Suella included - could be higher than what we have had,” she stated.

Patel resigned hours after the UK prime ministerial election on Monday. Based on studies, she is predicted to be succeeded by one other Indian-origin lady – Suella Braverman.

The 42-year-old Goan-heritage Bavernman at present holds the publish of Lawyer Normal. She was additionally within the prime ministerial race within the UK, however threw her weight behind Liz Truss after getting eradicated within the second spherical in July.

Truss, now the third lady prime minister of UK, was elected the chief of the Conservative Social gathering and can take over her new function on Tuesday. She defeated Indian-origin candidate and former finance minister Rishi Sunak.