John Yates - is he pretending to be naive?

[lynbrown]

He said he did not help his chum's daughter get a job, all he did was make a few notes on her CV and forward it on to HR. Does he really think that a CV forwarded by him would be turned down or ignored? Its as good as giving it a stamp of approval.

[starone]

It was ever so lyn and will always be the same. It's not what you know but who you know.

[lynbrown]

So true. I recall one of my bosses getting the Print Dept to do all his daughter's wedding invitations for free! Had one of the workers asked for such a freebie, he/she would be booted out. But noone would say No to a boss.

[New Judge]

Yes, happens all the time. Not too much wrong with that - life's not always as fair as it should be.

However Mr Yates contends that he "had absolutely nothing to do with Ms Wallace's job application. He was merely acting as a postbox". Yeah, right. I wonder how often an Assistant Commissioner "acts as a postbox" or why it was necessary on this occasion. And like you lyn, I wonder who in Scotland Yard’s HR department would look unfavourably on a job application where the applicant’s CV had a “few notes” penned on it by the Yard’s second in command. (I wonder what he found necessary to pen. I'm guessing something like "make sure this gets approved").

It’s a shame because Mr Yates was a fine copper. But his involvement with Neil Wallace (whom he describes as “an old mate”) has put paid to a fine career.

[Ric.ror]

Wasn't he the police in charge of the misjudged cash for honours debacle

[bazwillrun]

The CV could have been handed in directly to HR.
He was about to be suspended over this, I hardly think just acting as a post box would get a suspension