Downing Street wanted a 'weirdo.' One new hire resigned after racist, sexist comments emerge

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British government job ad calling for 'weirdos and misfits' backfired when an adviser resigned after a string of controversial statements, particularly on eugenics, emerged.

Among the desired categories for the jobs, which included a personal assistant and a data scientist role, were"weirdos and misfits with odd skills."

Andrew Sabisky, a researcher, was appointed to Cummings' team earlier this year. He resigned Monday after a string of controversial statements, particularly on eugenics -- the aim to alter the human gene pool by selective breeding -- were unearthed by the British media. Eugenics is widely associated with the aims of the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s.

Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, leaves his home in London, Feb. 18, 2020. Dominic Cummings, special advisor for Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, leaves his home in London, Feb. 18, 2020.remarks suggesting black Americans had lower IQs than white people, a tweet comparing women's sports to the Paralympics, and a 2014 comment by Sabisky on one of Cummings' own blog posts saying compulsory contraception could be used in order to prevent"creating a permanent underclass.

Sabisky announced his resignation on Twitter Monday, saying his comments had been subject to"selective quoting" by the media. His Twitter account and the comment on Cummings' blog post have now been deleted.The scrutiny on the appointment increased further after Johnson's office initially refused to comment on the hiring.

 

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'Pick me ! '. . .

Backfired my giddy aunt who on winegums loads of them 'weirdos & misfits still in power so much for rule of law & abusers of power within corrupt services all concerned need removing,as old saying goes it will come back to bite all concerned in the backside.

Total failure of judgement and integrity.

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Been seeing eugenics a lot in the news lately. Something is brewing.

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