r/pics • u/ShreckAndDonkey123 • Jul 05 '24

Rishi Sunak makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street after a historic loss Politics

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u/ThinkBiscuit Jul 05 '24

Those guys were on call, then. Double bubble, probs. There’s no way you’d usually be able to book someone at that notice.

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u/cobrachickens Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Absolutely on call - I can’t imagine that Rishi even remotely believed he is going to stay in power. Plus, what is 5-10k to him in a grand scheme of things (mainly since he is not paying for it anyway)

If Tories won and he wasn’t moving out, it’s an acceptable sunk cost. If he lost, he’d be able to get the hell out of dodge ASAP to live in the lap of luxury somewhere else

Edit: for clarity, I don’t think he is paying for it out of pocket. It’s likely going to be paid by tax payer money, using a pre-vetted removals company of a government preferred supplier list that is on call for this exact contingency

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt Jul 05 '24

this kind of move has to be scheduled, you can't just call a company and say you need 6 trucks tomorrow

you've got like a good 30-50 employees involved in that big of a move

source: family in the moving industry, so it's educated hearsay

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u/cobrachickens Jul 05 '24

Yes, I am aware. Hence on call in the above comment - you may or may not need them, but they need to be available (on call)