Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
Oh do give it a rest, Tricky. I see you’re suddenly quoting the BBC now it suits, but Sith isn’t talking ‘absolute bull****’, he’s just trying to be even handed about it.
If you want an example of inaccuracy then it’s Andy saying she worked for the BoE for ‘just over four’ years. According to the BoE she worked there from September 2000 until March 2006 which, by most people’s reckoning, would be around five and a half years, but of course you won’t criticise AF’s account because 1) he’s the moderator and 2) his view supports your own.
Did she exaggerate? It would seem so, as have some of her critics. Is that acceptable? Not really and she should know better. Are we surprised? Hardly…she’s a politician talking about her achievements. Does it matter enormously? What GP said yesterday.
I think a couple of things are relevant if we must look at the details of this. (1) Did she really have to submit a CV in her job application to be an MP? (2) If she did, then surely whoever vetted it should have checked it's accuracy with a simple phonecall to BoE HR. That's what I've done in that past if CVs looked a tad fabricated. You just confirm it's veracity - and don't shout "GDPR" at me: you get the prospect to agree to you verifying the CV (and if they won't consent, that says all you need to know).

It's a non issue for me. I don't imagine that when elevating her to positions of authority anyone kept going back to her CV: it's about how well she performs in her previous work with the party (or more likely whose arse she licked &#128515