@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social
2026-05-08 06:23 UTC
@Lemlems@mastodon.social
It would have been exactly that time - I graduated in 2000. I was probably slightly more centrist in my thinking back then, but still to the Left of Blair’s Labour.
But well done on having the tenacity to apply and get that far! Absolutely no shame in being rejected on the grounds of having too much integrity. But when you look at how much poorly thought out and executed policy we’ve had to live through - maybe the civil service needed more people like you.
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@Lemlems@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 06:48
@JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social Yes I could’ve been helpful in terms of addressing inconsistencies, unintended consequences & organisational issues etc. But when push came to shove if I’d ended up in a department responsible for implementing abhorrent policies (eg Home Office) I would have resigned. That’s assuming I wasn’t fired first (bearing in mind not long after that time I got busy with being a trade union rep, anti-war protests, Palestine Solidarity protests, feminism, Cuba Solidarity etc etc 😀)