The Sun's gloating, while understandable, seems a bit off-key given the innocent (and even the guilty) lives involved in the break-up of two marriages.
It would not surprise me if the front page has been toned down by the final edition.
Health is a poisoned chalice. There is so much bad news to come, and very little good.
Was Eden the last Sec of State for Health to reach the top job?
Eden wasn’t Health Secretary. He went straight from Junior Minister to Foreign Secretary. The only other role he held - briefly - was Dominion Secretary and then War Secretary.
The last Health Secretary to make it to PM was in fact Neville Chamberlain (1922-23 and 1924-29).
So none since the creation of the NHS...
No.
Equally, only one Secretary of State for Education has ever become PM.
I’m fairly sure I don’t need to tell anyone who that was...
Interestingly I think only two ministers have ever been both Health and Education Secretary. Alan Johnson was one. Any guesses as to the other?
Health is a poisoned chalice. There is so much bad news to come, and very little good.
Was Eden the last Sec of State for Health to reach the top job?
Eden wasn’t Health Secretary. He went straight from Junior Minister to Foreign Secretary. The only other role he held - briefly - was Dominion Secretary and then War Secretary.
The last Health Secretary to make it to PM was in fact Neville Chamberlain (1922-23 and 1924-29).
So none since the creation of the NHS...
No.
Equally, only one Secretary of State for Education has ever become PM.
I’m fairly sure I don’t need to tell anyone who that was...
Interestingly I think only two ministers have ever been both Health and Education Secretary. Alan Johnson was one. Any guesses as to the other?
I suppose what may ultimately have counted for Javid is that there is no other appointment needs reshuffling. No junior ministerial ranks to change. No select committees to reorganise. Just Javid returning.
Glad it is him and not Gove though.
Agreed. Hopefully the camera man has got a video of Gove with his trousers down too.
The Sun's gloating, while understandable, seems a bit off-key given the innocent (and even the guilty) lives involved in the break-up of two marriages.
It would not surprise me if the front page has been toned down by the final edition.
Unfortunate juxtaposition with the Diana thing as well...
The Sun's gloating, while understandable, seems a bit off-key given the innocent (and even the guilty) lives involved in the break-up of two marriages.
It would not surprise me if the front page has been toned down by the final edition.
Unfortunate juxtaposition with the Diana thing as well...
I suppose what may ultimately have counted for Javid is that there is no other appointment needs reshuffling. No junior ministerial ranks to change. No select committees to reorganise. Just Javid returning.
Glad it is him and not Gove though.
Agreed. Hopefully the camera man has got a video of Gove with his trousers down too.
Truthfully? Hopefully not.
In any case, surely the camera would have broken?
Michael Gove is really well endowed.
It is common knowledge in Westminster and beyond.
Just don't ask how I know this.
That's very common knowledge on the other PB
The other night, I was told he liked attending the functions that Dougie Smith would organise.
The Sun's gloating, while understandable, seems a bit off-key given the innocent (and even the guilty) lives involved in the break-up of two marriages.
It would not surprise me if the front page has been toned down by the final edition.
Beth Rigby @BethRigby Told that Hancock has left his wife for Gina Coladangelo. Friends of the former Health Secretary say his relationship with Gina is 'recent but serious'.
Yeh, right. Recent my arse as Jim Royle would say.
Somewhat to my surprise my housemate, entirely without prompting from me as I have only just seen this news, said Hancock was gone and that was a shame, as they liked him. They said everyone they know is a hypocrite (I presume that includes me, but I try not to take offence) so he shouldn't have had to resign.
Beth Rigby @BethRigby Told that Hancock has left his wife for Gina Coladangelo. Friends of the former Health Secretary say his relationship with Gina is 'recent but serious'.
Yeh, right. Recent my arse as Jim Royle would say.
He left her on Thursday night just before the story broke
Luke Johnson @LukeJohnsonRCP · 2h Open the champagne! The tyrants have started to fall. Let us hope this is just the start of the unraveling of Project Fear and Lockdowns.
Beth Rigby @BethRigby Told that Hancock has left his wife for Gina Coladangelo. Friends of the former Health Secretary say his relationship with Gina is 'recent but serious'.
Yeh, right. Recent my arse as Jim Royle would say.
He left her on Thursday night just before the story broke
A cynic asks: just after a reporter from the Sun rang for a comment?
Beth Rigby @BethRigby Told that Hancock has left his wife for Gina Coladangelo. Friends of the former Health Secretary say his relationship with Gina is 'recent but serious'.
Yeh, right. Recent my arse as Jim Royle would say.
He left her on Thursday night just before the story broke
A cynic asks: just after a reporter from the Sun rang for a comment?
Dominic Cummings @Dominic2306 · 1h So Carrie appoints Saj! NB If I hadn't tricked PM into firing Saj, we'd have had a HMT with useless SoS/spads, no furlough scheme, total chaos instead of JOINT 10/11 team which was a big success. Saj = bog standard = chasing headlines + failing = awful for NHS. Need #RegimeChange
Beth Rigby @BethRigby Told that Hancock has left his wife for Gina Coladangelo. Friends of the former Health Secretary say his relationship with Gina is 'recent but serious'.
Yeh, right. Recent my arse as Jim Royle would say.
He left her on Thursday night just before the story broke
A cynic asks: just after a reporter from the Sun rang for a comment?
Probably
Not that I can imagine it to be an easy conversation to have at the best of times, but "Look, I'm leaving you and am telling you now because it'll be in the media tomorrow so you may want to turn off your phone, and now I have to tell the PM" is probably a real gut punch.
Matt Hancock faces an investigation after using a personal email account instead of an official address during the pandemic in a breach of government guidelines.
Since March last year the health secretary has routinely used a private account to conduct government business, concealing information from his own officials and potentially the public, according to documents obtained by The Sunday Times.
It means that the government does not hold records of much of Hancock’s decision-making, including negotiating multi-million pound PPE contracts, setting up the £37 billion Test and Trace programme and overseeing the government’s care homes strategy.
The disclosure of Hancock’s secret account appears in minutes of a meeting between senior officials at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in December.
Cabinet Office guidance states that ministers should use official email in order to ensure that there is evidence of important decisions and proper internal scrutiny.
Dominic Cummings @Dominic2306 · 1h So Carrie appoints Saj! NB If I hadn't tricked PM into firing Saj, we'd have had a HMT with useless SoS/spads, no furlough scheme, total chaos instead of JOINT 10/11 team which was a big success. Saj = bog standard = chasing headlines + failing = awful for NHS. Need #RegimeChange
Agreed and his successor needs to confirm freedom on the 19th July
Why would the policy change simply because the person is?
For starters it was not confirmed that it would not be July 19th, so if it was confirmed that would not be a policy change.
As to why the personnel change might alter things, well, people hold different opinions, and retaining things in context of a high profile hypocritical breach may be politically harder.
Dominic Cummings @Dominic2306 · 1h So Carrie appoints Saj! NB If I hadn't tricked PM into firing Saj, we'd have had a HMT with useless SoS/spads, no furlough scheme, total chaos instead of JOINT 10/11 team which was a big success. Saj = bog standard = chasing headlines + failing = awful for NHS. Need #RegimeChange
Dominic Cummings @Dominic2306 · 1h So Carrie appoints Saj! NB If I hadn't tricked PM into firing Saj, we'd have had a HMT with useless SoS/spads, no furlough scheme, total chaos instead of JOINT 10/11 team which was a big success. Saj = bog standard = chasing headlines + failing = awful for NHS. Need #RegimeChange
Never cross Carrie...
There's a reason why the Covid punishment beating rules cover school proms...
Beth Rigby @BethRigby Told that Hancock has left his wife for Gina Coladangelo. Friends of the former Health Secretary say his relationship with Gina is 'recent but serious'.
Yeh, right. Recent my arse as Jim Royle would say.
He left her on Thursday night just before the story broke
A cynic asks: just after a reporter from the Sun rang for a comment?
Probably
Not that I can imagine it to be an easy conversation to have at the best of times, but "Look, I'm leaving you and am telling you now because it'll be in the media tomorrow so you may want to turn off your phone, and now I have to tell the PM" is probably a real gut punch.
Matt Hancock faces an investigation after using a personal email account instead of an official address during the pandemic in a breach of government guidelines.
Since March last year the health secretary has routinely used a private account to conduct government business, concealing information from his own officials and potentially the public, according to documents obtained by The Sunday Times.
It means that the government does not hold records of much of Hancock’s decision-making, including negotiating multi-million pound PPE contracts, setting up the £37 billion Test and Trace programme and overseeing the government’s care homes strategy.
The disclosure of Hancock’s secret account appears in minutes of a meeting between senior officials at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in December.
Cabinet Office guidance states that ministers should use official email in order to ensure that there is evidence of important decisions and proper internal scrutiny.
Dominic Cummings isn't happy about the appointment of Sajid Javid.
@Dominic2306 So Carrie appoints Saj! NB If I hadn't tricked PM into firing Saj, we'd have had a HMT with useless SoS/spads, no furlough scheme, total chaos instead of JOINT 10/11 team which was a big success. Saj = bog standard = chasing headlines + failing = awful for NHS. Need #RegimeChange
Maybe if he spent less time in post taking notes for inevitable tell all reveals, and less time 'tricking' someone he is supposed to be advising, more people would listen to him when he makes a good point?
I feel like he spends his time yelling 'Why won't anyone listen to me?' only to be told 'It's the yelling'.
Beth Rigby @BethRigby Told that Hancock has left his wife for Gina Coladangelo. Friends of the former Health Secretary say his relationship with Gina is 'recent but serious'.
Yeh, right. Recent my arse as Jim Royle would say.
He left her on Thursday night just before the story broke
A cynic asks: just after a reporter from the Sun rang for a comment?
Probably
Not that I can imagine it to be an easy conversation to have at the best of times, but "Look, I'm leaving you and am telling you now because it'll be in the media tomorrow so you may want to turn off your phone, and now I have to tell the PM" is probably a real gut punch.
Matt Hancock faces an investigation after using a personal email account instead of an official address during the pandemic in a breach of government guidelines.
Since March last year the health secretary has routinely used a private account to conduct government business, concealing information from his own officials and potentially the public, according to documents obtained by The Sunday Times.
It means that the government does not hold records of much of Hancock’s decision-making, including negotiating multi-million pound PPE contracts, setting up the £37 billion Test and Trace programme and overseeing the government’s care homes strategy.
The disclosure of Hancock’s secret account appears in minutes of a meeting between senior officials at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in December.
Cabinet Office guidance states that ministers should use official email in order to ensure that there is evidence of important decisions and proper internal scrutiny.
Why do people still think they'll get away with this?
Dunno. These people are suppose to have had the finest education this country can provide.
But its not just this country. Politicians constantly think they are so smart that they will get around those silly rules about government business being done on government accounts. You get away with it for awhile, but you know it will get caught.
And I'm pretty sure in this country at least doing official business on personal accounts won't prevent the need to disclose it if demanded.
Will it? I'm aware of her, and her name has cropped up to a greater degree than most past people who would have been considered so more will be aware of her too, but not sure how much appointments resonate.
It is set long before all the Hobbit/LotR stuff, and there are apparently very heavy restrictions upon the producers from the Tolkien estate about what they can use and about sticking to the facts of Tolkien's work rather than any "rebooting". The rights alone have cost Amazon $250 million dollars, and they are planning on spending somewhere in the region of $1 billion across 5 seasons.
Julia Hartley-Brewer @JuliaHB1 · 1h The appointment of @sajidjavid as the new Health Secretary is good news for those who want an end to lockdowns. He has consistently spoken out about the harms caused by lockdowns and called for cost/benefit analysis of the policy. Fingers crossedCrossed fingers
It is set long before all the Hobbit/LotR stuff, and there are apparently very heavy restrictions upon the producers from the Tolkien estate about what they can use and about sticking to the facts of Tolkien's work rather than any "rebooting". The rights alone have cost Amazon $250 million dollars, and they are planning on spending somewhere in the region of $1 billion across 5 seasons.
It is set long before all the Hobbit/LotR stuff, and there are apparently very heavy restrictions upon the producers from the Tolkien estate about what they can use and about sticking to the facts of Tolkien's work rather than any "rebooting". The rights alone have cost Amazon $250 million dollars, and they are planning on spending somewhere in the region of $1 billion across 5 seasons.
It is set long before all the Hobbit/LotR stuff, and there are apparently very heavy restrictions upon the producers from the Tolkien estate about what they can use and about sticking to the facts of Tolkien's work rather than any "rebooting". The rights alone have cost Amazon $250 million dollars, and they are planning on spending somewhere in the region of $1 billion across 5 seasons.
So Carrie appoints Saj! NB If I hadn't tricked PM into firing Saj, we'd have had a HMT with useless SoS/spads, no furlough scheme, total chaos instead of JOINT 10/11 team which was a big success. Saj = bog standard = chasing headlines + failing = awful for NHS. Need #RegimeChange
Glad to see he’s not bitter about having to admit he threatened an employee, exceeded his authority, stole a phone and completely failed in his bid to install a set of similarly talentless losers at the Treasury by stealth.
A dangerous man, still. The sooner somebody nails him for one of his many breaches of the law, the better.
What?
I thought I have been paying attention, but what’s all that you said?
He forced her to hand over her personal phone - which is theft. And then threatened her with physical violence if she didn’t leave her job - which was both making threats and exceeding his authority, as only the PM can remove SPADs. About eight months ago, they had to admit all this and pay up a huge sum to dodge an employment tribunal.
Then, he told Javid that he wanted to appoint all his SPADs in a bid to bring the Treasury under his personal control. He assumed Javid would take it to remain Chancellor, especially as the budget was only a few days away. Javid refused and walked out. So he was very publicly branded as having led a power grab and his control over Whitehall actually weakened.
What he’s doing now is trying to spin these two major reverses into master plans. Psychological flaw that means he can’t ever admit to having been wrong. Just as he retcons his blogposts.
What they really show is he’s pompous, arrogant, reckless and not very bright.
But everyone in education knew that already.
Thanks.
Sure I have seen her on the telly, she was nice and spoke very sensibly
This is a bit of a worry if the idea that this was in part a political hit to force the lifting of restrictions. johnson might not like the idea he's been bounced and opt for an extension (especially if polling is still favourable on the back of rising case numbers) as a massive 'feck you'. So it could backfire, even if ultimately it was Hancock's fault.
Always make sure your public resignation letter has no typos or other errors.
I once wrote a 20,000 word report, meticulously checked it for typos, had my staff do the same.
30 seconds after it was uploaded on the intranet I noticed a huge typo, I had spelt my name wrong.
It is, invariably, always be on the first page.
My problem is repeatedly leaving out 'not' in sentences, which is a pretty critical omission.
Leaving out words is a huge problem for me.
It is why I start dictating/using voice to text software.
Although that leads to more comedy thanks to my Yorkshire accent.
I was a beta tester for the first generation of Kurzweil dictation software. It came up with many hilarities, but changing 'chemical weapons' to 'genital weapons' in a report to the UN Security Council was the best. Shame I caught it before it was printed.
It is set long before all the Hobbit/LotR stuff, and there are apparently very heavy restrictions upon the producers from the Tolkien estate about what they can use and about sticking to the facts of Tolkien's work rather than any "rebooting". The rights alone have cost Amazon $250 million dollars, and they are planning on spending somewhere in the region of $1 billion across 5 seasons.
It is set long before all the Hobbit/LotR stuff, and there are apparently very heavy restrictions upon the producers from the Tolkien estate about what they can use and about sticking to the facts of Tolkien's work rather than any "rebooting". The rights alone have cost Amazon $250 million dollars, and they are planning on spending somewhere in the region of $1 billion across 5 seasons.
It is set long before all the Hobbit/LotR stuff, and there are apparently very heavy restrictions upon the producers from the Tolkien estate about what they can use and about sticking to the facts of Tolkien's work rather than any "rebooting". The rights alone have cost Amazon $250 million dollars, and they are planning on spending somewhere in the region of $1 billion across 5 seasons.
Always make sure your public resignation letter has no typos or other errors.
I once wrote a 20,000 word report, meticulously checked it for typos, had my staff do the same.
30 seconds after it was uploaded on the intranet I noticed a huge typo, I had spelt my name wrong.
It is, invariably, always be on the first page.
My problem is repeatedly leaving out 'not' in sentences, which is a pretty critical omission.
Leaving out words is a huge problem for me.
It is why I start dictating/using voice to text software.
Although that leads to more comedy thanks to my Yorkshire accent.
I was a beta tester for the first generation of Kurzweil dictation software. It came up with many hilarities, but changing 'chemical weapons' to 'genital weapons' in a report to the UN Security Council was the best. Shame I caught it before it was printed.
Ray Kurzweil was ( and is ? ) one of the great pioneers of electronic sound and synthesizers, like Peter Zinovieff, who died today, and taught the Beatles to use some of the first synthesizers. Ray Kurzweil was the equivalent genius inventor for the 1980s, creating digital orchestras for the first time, and like no-one ever had before.
It is set long before all the Hobbit/LotR stuff, and there are apparently very heavy restrictions upon the producers from the Tolkien estate about what they can use and about sticking to the facts of Tolkien's work rather than any "rebooting". The rights alone have cost Amazon $250 million dollars, and they are planning on spending somewhere in the region of $1 billion across 5 seasons.
It is set long before all the Hobbit/LotR stuff, and there are apparently very heavy restrictions upon the producers from the Tolkien estate about what they can use and about sticking to the facts of Tolkien's work rather than any "rebooting". The rights alone have cost Amazon $250 million dollars, and they are planning on spending somewhere in the region of $1 billion across 5 seasons.
So Carrie appoints Saj! NB If I hadn't tricked PM into firing Saj, we'd have had a HMT with useless SoS/spads, no furlough scheme, total chaos instead of JOINT 10/11 team which was a big success. Saj = bog standard = chasing headlines + failing = awful for NHS. Need #RegimeChange
Glad to see he’s not bitter about having to admit he threatened an employee, exceeded his authority, stole a phone and completely failed in his bid to install a set of similarly talentless losers at the Treasury by stealth.
A dangerous man, still. The sooner somebody nails him for one of his many breaches of the law, the better.
What?
I thought I have been paying attention, but what’s all that you said?
He forced her to hand over her personal phone - which is theft. And then threatened her with physical violence if she didn’t leave her job - which was both making threats and exceeding his authority, as only the PM can remove SPADs. About eight months ago, they had to admit all this and pay up a huge sum to dodge an employment tribunal.
Then, he told Javid that he wanted to appoint all his SPADs in a bid to bring the Treasury under his personal control. He assumed Javid would take it to remain Chancellor, especially as the budget was only a few days away. Javid refused and walked out. So he was very publicly branded as having led a power grab and his control over Whitehall actually weakened.
What he’s doing now is trying to spin these two major reverses into master plans. Psychological flaw that means he can’t ever admit to having been wrong. Just as he retcons his blogposts.
What they really show is he’s pompous, arrogant, reckless and not very bright.
But everyone in education knew that already.
Not so sure entirely.
That doesn't seem to mention personal phones.
And it is only theft if the intention is not to return it.
An I guess the Dom experience says how cautious they would be wise to be with phones.
It is set long before all the Hobbit/LotR stuff, and there are apparently very heavy restrictions upon the producers from the Tolkien estate about what they can use and about sticking to the facts of Tolkien's work rather than any "rebooting". The rights alone have cost Amazon $250 million dollars, and they are planning on spending somewhere in the region of $1 billion across 5 seasons.
I really really hope that Hancock going means the end of any chance of this awful woman getting the NHS job. She was one of his best buddies too.
One would've thought it likely. One consequence of Johnson having put Sajid Javid back into bat again is that, presumably, his hand will be strengthened significantly the second time around?
Even if the PM still looks upon Dido Harding sympathetically, Javid will be in a strong position to reject her regardless. After all, even Johnson will struggle to wibble his way out of losing the same senior cabinet minister twice.
The Sun's gloating, while understandable, seems a bit off-key given the innocent (and even the guilty) lives involved in the break-up of two marriages.
It would not surprise me if the front page has been toned down by the final edition.
Unfortunate juxtaposition with the Diana thing as well...
"Matt Finished" is quite a good headline though..
Matt Finished would be the death of the Telegraph though.
It is set long before all the Hobbit/LotR stuff, and there are apparently very heavy restrictions upon the producers from the Tolkien estate about what they can use and about sticking to the facts of Tolkien's work rather than any "rebooting". The rights alone have cost Amazon $250 million dollars, and they are planning on spending somewhere in the region of $1 billion across 5 seasons.
So I generally support whistleblowing, ie people with privileged access to secret information publicizing it to reveal wrongdoing. However the *security camera* aspect of this thing seems kind of outrageous to me. I can't quite explain why watching and leaking the security camera footage is bad, but if it had been, say, a memo that the cleaner found and leaked that would have been good.
Does anyone have the same intuition, or is it just me? If anyone else has it, can anyone explain the difference?
I really really hope that Hancock going means the end of any chance of this awful woman getting the NHS job. She was one of his best buddies too.
Why was she so bad? genuine question, I thought she organised the testing, and we have had a lot of testing, is that not good? has she done/not done other things I'm not aware off?
So I generally support whistleblowing, which by definition is people with privileged access to secret information revealing wrongdoing. However the *security camera* aspect of this thing seems kind of outrageous to me. I can't quite explain why watching and leaking the security camera footage is bad, but if it had been, say, a memo that the cleaner found and leaked that would have been fine.
Does anyone have the same intuition, or is it just me? If anyone else has it, can anyone explain the difference?
I’d like to know if money has changed hands. Did the whistleblower really need to go via The Sun?
Mind you, I don’t care all that much to be honest.
So I generally support whistleblowing, which by definition is people with privileged access to secret information revealing wrongdoing. However the *security camera* aspect of this thing seems kind of outrageous to me. I can't quite explain why watching and leaking the security camera footage is bad, but if it had been, say, a memo that the cleaner found and leaked that would have been good.
Does anyone have the same intuition, or is it just me? If anyone else has it, can anyone explain the difference?
Disagree about the cleaner. Cleaners, and other auxiliary staff should not be leaking things that they find without real knowledge of what it is they are leaking.
basically any whistleblower should have suffivient knowldge of what they are leaking to be able to justify themselves if questioned.
The Sun's gloating, while understandable, seems a bit off-key given the innocent (and even the guilty) lives involved in the break-up of two marriages.
It would not surprise me if the front page has been toned down by the final edition.
Unfortunate juxtaposition with the Diana thing as well...
"Matt Finished" is quite a good headline though..
Matt Finished would be the death of the Telegraph though.
The Sun's gloating, while understandable, seems a bit off-key given the innocent (and even the guilty) lives involved in the break-up of two marriages.
It would not surprise me if the front page has been toned down by the final edition.
Unfortunate juxtaposition with the Diana thing as well...
"Matt Finished" is quite a good headline though..
Matt Finished would be the death of the Telegraph though.
But are we sure he is Matt Vinally Finished?
He has been walking on eggshell for some time. Sooner or later he would brush with disaster.
It is set long before all the Hobbit/LotR stuff, and there are apparently very heavy restrictions upon the producers from the Tolkien estate about what they can use and about sticking to the facts of Tolkien's work rather than any "rebooting". The rights alone have cost Amazon $250 million dollars, and they are planning on spending somewhere in the region of $1 billion across 5 seasons.
That's on a par with what the BBC spends on all film and drama production in a year.
What could they possibly spend it all on? Sounds wasteful.
I've been worried that they have to be so tightly restricted (Lord of the Rings is good for the story and characters, the lore is the icing on top - something which is based on just lore is problematic) - I loved the movies, I like the books, but this really could be one hell of a flop.
The Sun's gloating, while understandable, seems a bit off-key given the innocent (and even the guilty) lives involved in the break-up of two marriages.
It would not surprise me if the front page has been toned down by the final edition.
Unfortunate juxtaposition with the Diana thing as well...
"Matt Finished" is quite a good headline though..
Matt Finished would be the death of the Telegraph though.
But are we sure he is Matt Vinally Finished?
He has been walking on eggshell for some time. Sooner or later he would brush with disaster.
Want to add that putting a banker and son of an immigrant in another top department is something I can relate to. That makes the Treasury, DoH, Home Office and Business all headed up by children of immigrants.
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The Sun's gloating, while understandable, seems a bit off-key given the innocent (and even the guilty) lives involved in the break-up of two marriages.
It would not surprise me if the front page has been toned down by the final edition.
https://twitter.com/adamboultonSKY/status/1408879288062038018
Incredible
@BethRigby
Told that Hancock has left his wife for Gina Coladangelo. Friends of the former Health Secretary say his relationship with Gina is 'recent but serious'.
Yeh, right. Recent my arse as Jim Royle would say.
Luke Johnson
@LukeJohnsonRCP
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Open the champagne! The tyrants have started to fall. Let us hope this is just the start of the unraveling of Project Fear and Lockdowns.
@Dominic2306
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So Carrie appoints Saj! NB If I hadn't tricked PM into firing Saj, we'd have had a HMT with useless SoS/spads, no furlough scheme, total chaos instead of JOINT 10/11 team which was a big success. Saj = bog standard = chasing headlines + failing = awful for NHS. Need #RegimeChange
As to why the personnel change might alter things, well, people hold different opinions, and retaining things in context of a high profile hypocritical breach may be politically harder.
30 seconds after it was uploaded on the intranet I noticed a huge typo, I had spelt my name wrong.
I actually want Austria to win this, despite my bets on Italy
I feel like he spends his time yelling 'Why won't anyone listen to me?' only to be told 'It's the yelling'.
And I'm pretty sure in this country at least doing official business on personal accounts won't prevent the need to disclose it if demanded.
My problem is repeatedly leaving out 'not' in sentences, which is a pretty critical omission.
Caporetto or Vittorio Veneto?
It is why I start dictating/using voice to text software.
Although that leads to more comedy thanks to my Yorkshire accent.
Come on Austria!
Gareth Bale walks out of interview when asked about Wales future
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/26/gareth-bale-walks-out-of-interview-when-asked-about-wales-future
A few months ago I mentioned Amazon spending $1 billion making 5 seasons of their Lord of the Rings TV series. Apparently Amazon are now planning to spend $465 million for the first season alone.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/amazons-lord-of-the-rings-cost-465-million-one-season-4167791/
That's on a par with what the BBC spends on all film and drama production in a year.
@JuliaHB1
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The appointment of
@sajidjavid
as the new Health Secretary is good news for those who want an end to lockdowns. He has consistently spoken out about the harms caused by lockdowns and called for cost/benefit analysis of the policy. Fingers crossedCrossed fingers
Wise move from Bale.
Just hope it’s not Peter Jackson style, flabbed-out Hobbit shite, though I fear the worst.
Sure I have seen her on the telly, she was nice and spoke very sensibly
Can she come back now
Or do I need a visit to Specsavers?
That doesn't seem to mention personal phones.
And it is only theft if the intention is not to return it.
An I guess the Dom experience says how cautious they would be wise to be with phones.
Trying to tell everyone that they can't live their own lives, months after deaths stopped - only to be breaking the rules himself. It was ridiculous.
Even if the PM still looks upon Dido Harding sympathetically, Javid will be in a strong position to reject her regardless. After all, even Johnson will struggle to wibble his way out of losing the same senior cabinet minister twice.
...
Does anyone have the same intuition, or is it just me? If anyone else has it, can anyone explain the difference?
Mind you, I don’t care all that much to be honest.
https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/en/football/uefa-euro-2020/italy-v-austria-betting-30637173
I’m feeling more confident about England’s chances.
And Denmark’s
And Holland’s
I’ve bet accordingly
basically any whistleblower should have suffivient knowldge of what they are leaking to be able to justify themselves if questioned.