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A Royal Rumble – politicalbetting.com
A Royal Rumble – politicalbetting.com
Ladbrokes have a market up on whether The Duke of Sussex will attend his father’s coronation. This market is a poor reflection on King Charles III that he has created such a hostile environment that his youngest son may not attend his coronation.
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Asked by the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg if food producers were taking advantage of the poorest in society, John Allan said it was "entirely possible".
He said Tesco was trying "very hard" to challenge price hikes it thinks are illegitimate.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64364744
I think Tesco's might want to look at their own house....e.g. Tesco Express sells bananas per item, your normal Tesco sells by weight....the former is often 4-5x more expensive.
Yes, he should. One of his responsibilities at the BBC is as follows:
"The Board, under the Chairman, also must ensure that the BBC maintains the highest standards of corporate governance."
Now, you COULD argue that the BBC's best interests were in having the PM of the day in their pocket. But I wouldn't try it.
Just curious as to whether the Sunak government's change of heart on the sale of Channel 4 might get dragged into this...
I suspect though that Royal protocol will be to seat him well back from the first row, and to exclude him from other official appearances.
@MatthewOToole2: Of course the Commissioner for Public Appointments is... the father of the Head of the No10 policy unit.
Which giv… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1617161218594328577
Diversity ‘box-ticking’ could cost us the next John Grisham, says top publisher
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/21/diversity-box-ticking-could-cost-us-next-john-grisham-says-top/
Not my usual cup of tea, but it is surprisingly good. Truly warts and all, Harry is quite self critical at times, as well as self-pitying. While there are well publicised criticisms of a number of other Royals, there are quite complimentary passages too.
They do have a point. But also 'mummy' is ambiguous - the Ancient Es mummified cats, ibises, crocodiles, bulls ... as well as people. And it also means the generic pharmacopoeial substance made from grinding down mummified people, if you were lucky, and other animals, if you were unlucky (but got charged the same).
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/14/prince-harry-has-left-the-zoo-so-why-is-he-being-treated-like-a-caged-animal
It is a weird and privileged life, flitting around the world with a variety of poho mates, but also positively comes alive when escaping the gilded cage into the Army, and also into the wilderness in Africa, Australia and the polar regions. There is a a self-destructive streak in him throughout his life, seeking to test himself.
Chechen soldiers in Ukraine to receive 'Jihadi mobile' assault vehicles
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/01/21/chechen-soldiers-ukraine-receive-jihadi-mobile-assault-vehicles/
While there are discomforts from being "the spare" the straitjacket of being the heir looks far more uncomfortable. Harry has always had much more freedom than his brother or father to live adventurously.
A high price to pay for entry.
However, it won’… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1617177420163092480
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1616723847600046080?t=rJRxHt7qwwTwtj37e2ZiYg&s=19
“If the King can have such a terrible relationship with his son, it bodes ill for the state of his relationship with the country after a few years of him being King.”
What a daft thing to say. What a really crap anti monarchy header. 😠
The very early starts on this “farming holiday” means I am going to bed earlier, so less time on PB. I do apologise. Last evening I left the parents watching Lady Voyeur on Netflix and crashed out listening to Shoshterkoviks 5th symphony on my cams - so that was all a bit AbFab 😆
I had seen the Vicar and his wife about helping at Sunday School this week and they loved the idea of a “Star Turn.” So I guess I am a star turn wherever I go, if your going to be polite about it.
My lesson explained and explored the difference between Monergism and Synergism, which imo opinion is a cool thing for Church of England Sunday school - explaining what each means, and then asking for feedback do you think regeneration of people is work of God through Holy Spirit alone, or do we have to cooperate with God's grace in order to be born again as new?
I can today make a psephological prediction on polls not taken yet - I know a lot of PBers are lurking waiting to read polling predictions from me so they can be apoplectic about them 😄 The government are in an awkward spot right now by being enemy of the voters on the strikes and with these sleaze allegations have some tricky “who knew what when questions” coming, so my opinion their polling regeneration towards average of 30% might be a pause a while.
Does Boris Johnson actually ever pay for anything himself?
The Sussexes are also deeply unpopular in the UK now and might even if be booed if they attended, so would probably not come even if invited. More likely the King offers them a role as Ambassadors to the Commonwealth after the coronation which they seem to be interested in while restricting HRHs to working royals.
Had my own brush with royalty on the way back to the gym with Danny Dyer driving behind me, who is of course descended from Edward III!
This might not be true.
In essence we want Atlantic City to make its own decision - and the fiscal ability to make its own decision - to pursue gambling.
No official in Whitehall is ever going to decide that Blackpool could be Lancashire’s answer to Macau.
However, there are some things - like a proper Liverpool to Hull line - that require central government funding.
It’s also a great illustration of how Rishi Sunak is going down like a cup of cold sick, with those who should be his party’s natural supporters.
Maybe you could get the chairman of the BBC to arrange a massive loan guarantee..?
This little nugget is great:
It was at the same election that Channon stepped into what was for the 20th century a most unusual pocket borough. Lord Elvedon was the MP for Southend from 1918 until he became earl of Iveagh in 1927; his wife took over the seat until 1935, when it passed to Chips (who married into the family), until his death in 1958. It passed to his 23-year-old son, Paul, who represented Southend West until 1997…
China celebrates lunar new year as Covid infections hit 80 per cent
Holiday travel is low risk because so many have had the disease, says top government epidemiologist
https://www.ft.com/content/50de38e2-b2ae-41ab-b9ab-8d07d009d8a8
Ten people have been killed and at least 10 others were injured in the attack which happened at a business in the city of Monterey Park, about 10 miles from central Los Angeles; the suspect is still at large.
https://news.sky.com/story/california-mass-shooting-suspect-on-the-run-after-chinese-new-year-attack-latest-updates-12792682
Where there is devolution, it's not that powerful and has little responsibility for its own income. It's more like central government doling out picket money and then hanging around to make sure it is spent in an acceptable way.
Given all of that, it's a miracle that devolved and local governments don't do more low cost dumb gestures. (Yes I am looking at you Sturgeon.)
Getting rid of the monitoring and (re)creating a culture where local areas can do what they like by raising the funds and winning their own electoral mandates seems worth trying.
"If there are any issues in your personal or professional history that could, if you were appointed, be misconstrued, cause embarrassment, or cause public confidence in the appointment to be jeopardised, it is important that you bring them to the attention of the Advisory Assessment Panel and provide details of the issue(s) in the statement supporting your application."
Cabinet Office need to be clear as to whether Sharp's involvement was brought to the attention of the Panel. If not, then his position is untenable. If so, then the Panel have questions to answer as to how they could possibly have thought it was acceptable.
The Cabinet Office can't come out with a statement leaving key questions unanswered - they need a complete response and haven't provided it.
Its actually a good example of a wider problem, the media / political / senior civil servant class are all massively interrelated. These guests obviously would have been booked before the story broke, however, if I was the producer of the show when a story like this comes up, probably best to get a replacement guest.
I don't see that happening this time...
I am expecting a wholesale cull of Tory appointed quangocrats and other hangers on
When asked why her country had wanted to join NATO suddenly, she stated that the world had changed suddenly. I will try to summarise, but badly.
Putin let slip in his lengthy rambling speech, a couple of days before he invaded Ukraine, that the Finnish border was no longer a border. Sweden had come to the same conclusion. Putin may have had the false smell of triumphalism in his nostrils, but he let slip his real intentions.
Scholz may have a short memory but she hasn't. We have Rishi, seatbelt what seatbelt? and Keir, don't frighten the horses, Starmer. Even worse, we nearly had Jeremy, it's all NATO's fault, Corbyn. Can we swap them all for this impressive woman, please.
She answers the questions asked, finishes the sentences, and will answer the questions that arise from her answer.
Edit: She makes the men look useless, and it's embarrassing.
The contrast, with the wind farm profits thing with the government is very sharp.
If, as rumoured, he has eliminated an active role in the ceremony for the family, bar William, this will solve all the problems. I expect that an invite will be sent. And probably refused, with a claim that being eliminated from the ceremony is an attack….
Off topic: in cocktail bar, just found a cocktail called the Nanjing Treaty. Have ordered one. Should I cancel myself, the bar or what?
P.S. they also have “Pearl of The Orient”
"And she also knows how to party, without apparently breaking any laws."
I'd forgive her.
Man blasted for putting CHEESE on his roast dinner
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11663581/Its-clearly-cry-help-Man-blasted-putting-CHEESE-roast-dinner.html
“Pointless” bureaucracy is helping hospitals grind to a halt, a leading doctor has warned.
Dr Gordon Caldwell, who has just retired after 40 years as an NHS hospital consultant, said “horribly inefficient” paperwork around patients moving in and out of wards is fuelling record delays.
The senior doctor took a photograph of all the forms required for one medical admission to an NHS hospital, laid against his 5ft 10in frame.
Dr Caldwell said promises by the NHS to “digitise” the health service had simply seen needless bureaucracy transferred on to poor computer systems that were often incompatible with each other.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/01/21/pictured-doctor-shows-army-pointless-forms-burying-nhs-hospitals/