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No, we think you'd get too carried away with it.Cyclefree said:
And you think I couldn't do that?Alanbrooke said:
I suspect he's thinking more of a dominatrixCyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.0 -
You're very naughty and I'm going to have to punish you.Alanbrooke said:
it's rather I doubt Eagles could afford the hourly rate :-)Cyclefree said:
And you think I couldn't do that?Alanbrooke said:
I suspect he's thinking more of a dominatrixCyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.
Anyway, in 29 minutes I shall be taking my team for some Paddy's Day drinks, paid out of my Sandown Park winnings from last weekend.
All this gassing about when there is serious drinking to be done..... Honestly!
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*Rushes off to bathe his wrists in cold water at the thought that you could*Cyclefree said:
And you think I couldn't do that?Alanbrooke said:
I suspect he's thinking more of a dominatrixCyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.0 -
Can we hear about your skeletons please?Cyclefree said:
And you think I couldn't do that?Alanbrooke said:
I suspect he's thinking more of a dominatrixCyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.0 -
Animal_pb said:
No, we think you'd get too carried away with it.Cyclefree said:
And you think I couldn't do that?Alanbrooke said:
I suspect he's thinking more of a dominatrixCyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.
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Mr. Rex, Camillus et al. seemed to quite enjoy it.
Dictators have had a bad name, but the original office was of tremendous benefit to the Roman Republic.
In Rome and Italy, by Livy, there's a bizarre juxtaposition between ruthless pragmatism, and the Romans fearing they'd offended the gods and appointing a dictator for the specific purpose of hammering in a nail to appease the divinities (the dictator, who was all-powerful, then immediately resigning).0 -
Oooooh. Tell us about your skeletons.Cyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.
Sounds interesting ;-)0 -
OMG she let him touch her back!!!!williamglenn said:The Merkel has landed.
https://twitter.com/cnn/status/842763581884055554
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In the later broadcasts from the Oval Office the body language seemed strained. Merkel started to talk to Trump but he didn't engage. The press conference at 5.20pm (UK time) tonight should be interestingwilliamglenn said:The Merkel has landed.
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There are some obvious reasons why GO will have conflicts of interests.
But the argument he can't properly look after the interests of his constituents is daft. Who would you prefer fighting your corner---an anonymous backbench MP, or a high-profile ex-chancellor who is now a newspaper editor?0 -
They are. But no.Casino_Royale said:
Oooooh. Tell us about your skeletons.Cyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.
Sounds interesting ;-)
(Still creating them......)
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That would have been Ed Miliband dancing to Nicola Sturgeon's tune. Sadiq Khan strikes me as much more sensible than Ed Miliband, and he's not dependent on the SNP or loony-left MPs. Definitely on the saner end of the Labour spectrum, and he's recently been saying some sensible things about protecting the City and London generally.isam said:
But, but... what about the huuuuge differences between the two major parties at GE2015?!Richard_Nabavi said:Incidentally, I think the suggestion that the Standard under Osborne's no-doubt charismatic leadership will be hostile to Sadiq Khan is likely to prove very far from the mark. I'd expect rather the reverse, in fact.
Your Oval Office announcements about the devastation a labour govt would have caused to our portfolios?! ☺0 -
This idea that Osborne was deliberately humiliated by May is trite.
I hold no candle for May but Osborne had to leave the government, certainly in the short term.
Osborne threw 100% of his weight behind Remain. He was completely loyal to Cameron and sacrificed his career for the Remain cause. He deserves credit for that. He didn't vacillate or hedge his bets, he did all he could to help Remain win.
That inevitably led to him announcing things that put him at odds with the Tory back-benches (and many natural Tory supporters). The Emergency Budget farrago being a prime example. Osborne knew the emergency budget would never be delivered by him, but threw himself on his sword in a last-gasp bid to save the government. So if Remain was to fall, he knew he'd be going down with it.
So as the newly installed PM May could never have kept Osborne as Chancellor in a Brexit government, not given all that had gone on in the campaign. Foreign Secretary too - despite being a job Osborne coveted - became impossible under the new circumstances. So it was either a big demotion or the back-benches. And I think Osborne would've chosen the back-benches anyway.
I think it was inevitable that Osborne had to leave government with Cameron, rather than a straight humiliation. I also think May will reappoint him.0 -
A newspaper editor in a different city, with the interests of a different city at heart. How strongly is George going to be in arguing for investment in the north now?david_kendrick1 said:There are some obvious reasons why GO will have conflicts of interests.
But the argument he can't properly look after the interests of his constituents is daft. Who would you prefer fighting your corner---an anonymous backbench MP, or a high-profile ex-chancellor who is now a newspaper editor?
If he had become editor of the MEN it might be a different story.0 -
Mr. Fenster, May could only reappoint Osborne if he quit his new editing job, and probably most/all of his other ones too.0
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After WWII the Nazi death list for occupied Britain was found - Communists, Trades Unionists, homosexuals and so forth. As Noel Coward remarked "To think, the people we'd have been seen dead with"AlastairMeeks said:
Come the revolution, my ambition is to be the first one against the wall.Cyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.0 -
Like him I am busy working and paying my way Monica, not whining and whinging about others. Go earn a living rather than fixating on others.MonikerDiCanio said:
Professional Nat Eck is as happy as a pig at trough in Westminster and on the LBC, laughing up his sleeve at gullible mugs like you.malcolmg said:
its eeyore, get over it Monica , get a job , work hard and get your own pensions instead of fixating on others who have done it.MonikerDiCanio said:
Check out five-pensions Eck's extra-parliamentary earnings. At least the Tories get rid of their losers.malcolmg said:
arrogant idiot at that , both of them, totally wrong that these effete elite tos**** get handed top jobs purely on their silver spooned upbringingPatrick said:
Indeed. But talent needs to come tempered with good judgement. Ozzy got the national view and doing what is right badly wrong. So he had to go. Bit like that Bank of England lady. Super clever but an idiot.DavidL said:This is quite a substantive job. I don't think that there is any chance George would have taken it if he thought that there was any chance of him being offered a senior post by the government in the near future. Which is a pity. There is a dearth of talent in our politics generally, not just in the Labour Party, and it is too valuable to waste like this.
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Isn't the protocol for over-promoted PMs who find the job too big for them to bring in Peter Mandelson to run the government?Fenster said:I think it was inevitable that Osborne had to leave government with Cameron, rather than a straight humiliation. I also think May will reappoint him.
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Yep. I reckon it'll be a three year hiatus. Back after GE2020.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Fenster, May could only reappoint Osborne if he quit his new editing job, and probably most/all of his other ones too.
I don't think he can return till then. There was too much ill-feeling that needed to be fixed after the referendum campaign and the enforced absences of Osborne and Gove was key to it.0 -
Boy Scouts as well. They were regarded as a highly subversive group by the Nazis.CarlottaVance said:
After WWII the Nazi death list for occupied Britain was found - Communists, Trades Unionists, homosexuals and so forth. As Noel Coward remarked "To think, the people we'd have been seen dead with"AlastairMeeks said:
Come the revolution, my ambition is to be the first one against the wall.Cyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.0 -
Waste of good stones AlanAlanbrooke said:
like SNP views on their opponentsSean_F said:
The liberals presumably argued for imprisonment; the hardliners for stoning.RoyalBlue said:The BBC Asian network today had a phone in on what the appropriate punishment for blasphemy should be.
https://mobile.twitter.com/bbcasiannetwork/status/842672388223483904
That is far more important than all the tittle tattle about Osborne.0 -
Alastair Campbell's take on George Osborne's new job:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/you-shouldnt-write-off-george-osborne-evening-standard-editor-if-youre-anti-brexit-16122560 -
A whole generation, completely f*cked by the housing market.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39301963
This is how the conservative party dies.0 -
Poor old Alastair; so angry but nowhere to go and no party to beat the nasty Tories.AlastairMeeks said:Alastair Campbell's take on George Osborne's new job:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/you-shouldnt-write-off-george-osborne-evening-standard-editor-if-youre-anti-brexit-1612256
Heart of stone, etc.0 -
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As a long-time London commuter I have lived through all of London's various newspaper wars as various rivals to the Standard came and went, and prices rose and fell according to the competition. I am struck by how long it took the ES to finally arrive at a price that reflected the value of the contents.AlastairMeeks said:Alastair Campbell's take on George Osborne's new job:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/you-shouldnt-write-off-george-osborne-evening-standard-editor-if-youre-anti-brexit-16122560 -
And the Darwin Award goes to...MarkHopkins said:0 -
I'm not keen on Dominatrices.Alanbrooke said:
I suspect he's thinking more of a dominatrixCyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.
I learned the hard way that 'mower' is really bad choice as safe word.0 -
Lol.TheScreamingEagles said:
I'm not keen on Dominatrices.Alanbrooke said:
I suspect he's thinking more of a dominatrixCyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.
I learned the hard way that 'mower' is really bad choice as safe word.
More! More!0 -
A government spearheaded by George Osborne and Sadiq Khan would work for me.Richard_Nabavi said:
That would have been Ed Miliband dancing to Nicola Sturgeon's tune. Sadiq Khan strikes me as much more sensible than Ed Miliband, and he's not dependent on the SNP or loony-left MPs. Definitely on the saner end of the Labour spectrum, and he's recently been saying some sensible things about protecting the City and London generally.isam said:
But, but... what about the huuuuge differences between the two major parties at GE2015?!Richard_Nabavi said:Incidentally, I think the suggestion that the Standard under Osborne's no-doubt charismatic leadership will be hostile to Sadiq Khan is likely to prove very far from the mark. I'd expect rather the reverse, in fact.
Your Oval Office announcements about the devastation a labour govt would have caused to our portfolios?! ☺0 -
Bob, you need helpBojabob said:
A government spearheaded by George Osborne and Sadiq Khan would work for me.Richard_Nabavi said:
That would have been Ed Miliband dancing to Nicola Sturgeon's tune. Sadiq Khan strikes me as much more sensible than Ed Miliband, and he's not dependent on the SNP or loony-left MPs. Definitely on the saner end of the Labour spectrum, and he's recently been saying some sensible things about protecting the City and London generally.isam said:
But, but... what about the huuuuge differences between the two major parties at GE2015?!Richard_Nabavi said:Incidentally, I think the suggestion that the Standard under Osborne's no-doubt charismatic leadership will be hostile to Sadiq Khan is likely to prove very far from the mark. I'd expect rather the reverse, in fact.
Your Oval Office announcements about the devastation a labour govt would have caused to our portfolios?! ☺0 -
Alastair
Good piece by Campbell on Ozzy.0 -
Much safer to choose something like Louisenunu said:
Lol.TheScreamingEagles said:
I'm not keen on Dominatrices.Alanbrooke said:
I suspect he's thinking more of a dominatrixCyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.
I learned the hard way that 'mower' is really bad choice as safe word.
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This would make sense if it were Farage talking about Islam
'An indifference to liberal democracy is starting to form in parts of Europe."
But it's Blair talking about 'populism'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4324838/Blair-returns-launch-institute.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailUK0 -
I do think this is the reason Labour bucked the trend in London during GE 2015.Pong said:A whole generation, completely f*cked by the housing market.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39301963
This is how the conservative party dies.0 -
We all do. We could do worse than this dynamic duo.malcolmg said:
Bob, you need helpBojabob said:
A government spearheaded by George Osborne and Sadiq Khan would work for me.Richard_Nabavi said:
That would have been Ed Miliband dancing to Nicola Sturgeon's tune. Sadiq Khan strikes me as much more sensible than Ed Miliband, and he's not dependent on the SNP or loony-left MPs. Definitely on the saner end of the Labour spectrum, and he's recently been saying some sensible things about protecting the City and London generally.isam said:
But, but... what about the huuuuge differences between the two major parties at GE2015?!Richard_Nabavi said:Incidentally, I think the suggestion that the Standard under Osborne's no-doubt charismatic leadership will be hostile to Sadiq Khan is likely to prove very far from the mark. I'd expect rather the reverse, in fact.
Your Oval Office announcements about the devastation a labour govt would have caused to our portfolios?! ☺0 -
Mr. Bojabob, I am somewhat surprised that you now consider Osborne to be half of a dynamic duo. I'd say I was flabbergasted, but the threshold for such things has been dramatically recalibrated.0
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But if followed by Mensch, the choke hold gets tighter.Freggles said:
Much safer to choose something like Louisenunu said:
Lol.TheScreamingEagles said:
I'm not keen on Dominatrices.Alanbrooke said:
I suspect he's thinking more of a dominatrixCyclefree said:
A number of people have suggested it. As a joke, I imagine.Carolus_Rex said:
Have you considered standing for Parliament?Cyclefree said:Anyway, now that it's clear that the meritocracy we live in is one where a total lack of knowledge and experience is no bar to a job, I'm expecting to be appointed Editor of the Times this evening, Chair of the Royal College of Surgeons on Monday and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on Tuesday.
After all, I've written a few thread headers, had more than 10 operations and have an Economics degree. In truth, I'm over qualified.
God knows what I'll do with the rest of my free time, though.
I am uncontrollable and know and speak my own mind plus I have more skeletons than cupboards to put them in. So the chances of me being chosen - even if I went for it - are about the same as the chances of me being picked for the UK Athletics team.
If TSE ever becomes Benevolent Dictator I shall be his Consigliere and tell him what to do.
I learned the hard way that 'mower' is really bad choice as safe word.
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Osborne appears to want to be everything all at once, keep a hand in just incase the Party bring him back into the top team, a great leader of business and a publishing titan.
I doubt his ability to manage the workload.....ok, I think he will half arse most of it whilst waiting for May to retire. Or be retired.0 -
I think what most of us need to grasp is that a newspaper 'editor' doesn't actually edit the newspaper.0
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I was trying for a "Campbell isn't too happy either" gag, but its chances of working are at best 50/50 because I can't tell which Alastair you mean.TOPPING said:
Poor old Alastair; so angry but nowhere to go and no party to beat the nasty Tories.AlastairMeeks said:Alastair Campbell's take on George Osborne's new job:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/you-shouldnt-write-off-george-osborne-evening-standard-editor-if-youre-anti-brexit-1612256
Heart of stone, etc.0 -
Mostly they do! I'd guess there's a well paid deputy editor at the Standard who's going to be the one actually making sure the paper goes out on time!SandyRentool said:I think what most of us need to grasp is that a newspaper 'editor' doesn't actually edit the newspaper.
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Compared and contrast the job offers Osborne is getting with Gordon...0
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Mr. Urquhart, not a Brown fan, but I rather prefer his low key approach to post-political life [though he did disturb that to call for more Leveson tosh].0
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Not sure it is through choice...we all know he wanted that big IMF job.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Urquhart, not a Brown fan, but I rather prefer his low key approach to post-political life [though he did disturb that to call for more Leveson tosh].
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Does anyone fancy starting one of those government e petitions to get Osborne kicked out of parliament?0
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Mr. Urquhart, true.
Mr. 86, no. But if the petition to create 100 foot tall robot of Margaret Thatcher weren't taken down, I would've been tempted to sign it.
Edited extra bit: I do think there are problems with Osborne having the various gigs he does, but petitions are generally overused.0 -
What job could Osborne go for next? Top Gear host?0
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The epetition to stop the Scots referendum is over 175,000 but the breakdown map is very interesting with the biggest support from the North East and Aberdeen where the SNP conference is being heldtlg86 said:Does anyone fancy starting one of those government e petitions to get Osborne kicked out of parliament?
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He's quite the comedian, so that might suit him to be fair.FrancisUrquhart said:What job could Osborne go for next? Top Gear host?
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Yup. A generation of relatively well-off young people, earning £25-£35k, who will have to perpetually rent, many house-sharing.nunu said:
I do think this is the reason Labour bucked the trend in London during GE 2015.Pong said:A whole generation, completely f*cked by the housing market.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39301963
This is how the conservative party dies.0 -
All those journalists at the Evening Standard who've been patiently working their way up the ranks must be feeling a bit annoyed today.0
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People work in "career" jobs in London for that little? I thought that was absolutely minimum grad starting salary.TheWhiteRabbit said:
Yup. A generation of relatively well-off young people, earning £25-£35k, who will have to perpetually rent, many house-sharing.nunu said:
I do think this is the reason Labour bucked the trend in London during GE 2015.Pong said:A whole generation, completely f*cked by the housing market.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39301963
This is how the conservative party dies.0 -
My idea of editing is to go through something with a red pen, making corrections and alterations. Good luck to Ozzy if he plans on doing that 5 mornings a week before the London Lunchtime Standard goes to press.Sandpit said:
Mostly they do! I'd guess there's a well paid deputy editor at the Standard who's going to be the one actually making sure the paper goes out on time!SandyRentool said:I think what most of us need to grasp is that a newspaper 'editor' doesn't actually edit the newspaper.
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Definitely doesn't happen at the "Gaurdian"...SandyRentool said:
My idea of editing is to go through something with a red pen, making corrections and alterations. Good luck to Ozzy if he plans on doing that 5 mornings a week before the London Lunchtime Standard goes to press.Sandpit said:
Mostly they do! I'd guess there's a well paid deputy editor at the Standard who's going to be the one actually making sure the paper goes out on time!SandyRentool said:I think what most of us need to grasp is that a newspaper 'editor' doesn't actually edit the newspaper.
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I see Theresa May is considering intervening in the energy market.
I thought that was destructive Marxism?0 -
5 live sports extra is utterly site. Didn't give the proper result for the last0
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Can;t see any problems with this....
Google's Allo App Can Reveal To Your Friends What You've Searched
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I'd imagine the 42K+ from the rUK makes up the biggest single bloc of support.Big_G_NorthWales said:
The epetition to stop the Scots referendum is over 175,000 but the breakdown map is very interesting with the biggest support from the North East and Aberdeen where the SNP conference is being heldtlg86 said:Does anyone fancy starting one of those government e petitions to get Osborne kicked out of parliament?
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Nah. Most grad schemes are 22-25 grand with a few extra thousand for London supplementFrancisUrquhart said:
People work in "career" jobs in London for that little? I thought that was absolutely minimum grad starting salary.TheWhiteRabbit said:
Yup. A generation of relatively well-off young people, earning £25-£35k, who will have to perpetually rent, many house-sharing.nunu said:
I do think this is the reason Labour bucked the trend in London during GE 2015.Pong said:A whole generation, completely f*cked by the housing market.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39301963
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Compare Ed's energy price freeze with May's desire for greater competition.Freggles said:I see Theresa May is considering intervening in the energy market.
I thought that was destructive Marxism?
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Andrew Neil said he thought is was "fake news" when he was told about Osborne becoming editor of the Evening Standard.0
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If 42K come from rUK then by my maths 133K come from Scotland itselfTheuniondivvie said:
I'd imagine the 42K+ from the rUK makes up the biggest single bloc of support.Big_G_NorthWales said:
The epetition to stop the Scots referendum is over 175,000 but the breakdown map is very interesting with the biggest support from the North East and Aberdeen where the SNP conference is being heldtlg86 said:Does anyone fancy starting one of those government e petitions to get Osborne kicked out of parliament?
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California is more likely to secede from the US given it now has its own secessionist party than London is to leave the UK given there is no London secessionist movementCasino_Royale said:
London has no right to independence.Pulpstar said:
Yes, but those will flow anyway until someone gets serious about a London independence party. For now it is basically a hostage capital.TheScreamingEagles said:
They need London's tax revenues though.Pulpstar said:The interesting dynamic now is that the Tories don't need the support of London, politically speaking.
They can basically get a majority from provincial England and Wales............
It is the ancient capital of England (and the UK) and belongs to the country, and neither can survive without each other.0 -
Trump - Merkel press conference live on Sky now0
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Ed also wanted to break up the big energy companies to increase competition, but hey, why evaluate a policy on its merits when you can just look at who it's coming from...TheWhiteRabbit said:
Compare Ed's energy price freeze with May's desire for greater competition.Freggles said:I see Theresa May is considering intervening in the energy market.
I thought that was destructive Marxism?0 -
Trump just socked it to Merkel on 2% NATO spending0
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That ratio is for singles, most people first buy as a couple unless they have parental support or a particularly well paid job, certainly beyond a 1 bed flatTheWhiteRabbit said:
Yup. A generation of relatively well-off young people, earning £25-£35k, who will have to perpetually rent, many house-sharing.nunu said:
I do think this is the reason Labour bucked the trend in London during GE 2015.Pong said:A whole generation, completely f*cked by the housing market.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39301963
This is how the conservative party dies.0 -
Mr. Urquhart, got to say, a road trip in crap cars featuring Osborne/Cameron, Clegg and Miliband *could* be quite entertaining.0
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At some point in their 30s, they will realise that they only earn enough to exist in London, rather than live. They will then move out to the provinces, eventually get on the housing ladder and silently (or not so silently) resent those in a better position.TheWhiteRabbit said:
Yup. A generation of relatively well-off young people, earning £25-£35k, who will have to perpetually rent, many house-sharing.nunu said:
I do think this is the reason Labour bucked the trend in London during GE 2015.Pong said:A whole generation, completely f*cked by the housing market.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39301963
This is how the conservative party dies.
This isn't a new phenomenon, but rising rents are making it more common.
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Can we assume that nobody still thinks that the support of Mr 'London through and through' for HS2 wasn't about benefiting London ?
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Oh sorry, my mistake, I'd assumed by 'the biggest support from the North East and Aberdeen' you meant the biggest support came the North East and Aberdeen.Big_G_NorthWales said:
If 42K come from rUK then by my maths 133K come from Scotland itselfTheuniondivvie said:
I'd imagine the 42K+ from the rUK makes up the biggest single bloc of support.Big_G_NorthWales said:
The epetition to stop the Scots referendum is over 175,000 but the breakdown map is very interesting with the biggest support from the North East and Aberdeen where the SNP conference is being heldtlg86 said:Does anyone fancy starting one of those government e petitions to get Osborne kicked out of parliament?
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What about people earning less than £25k?TheWhiteRabbit said:
Yup. A generation of relatively well-off young people, earning £25-£35k, who will have to perpetually rent, many house-sharing.nunu said:
I do think this is the reason Labour bucked the trend in London during GE 2015.Pong said:A whole generation, completely f*cked by the housing market.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39301963
This is how the conservative party dies.0 -
Merkel looking far from impressed on Trump's statement on immigration0
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My wife has said she thinks Merkel is about to burst into tears0
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Was just reading that. Quite scary, but not surprising if you've been following Google and how they work.FrancisUrquhart said:Can;t see any problems with this....
Google's Allo App Can Reveal To Your Friends What You've Searched
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/17/03/17/1615231/googles-allo-app-can-reveal-to-your-friends-what-youve-searched0 -
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Trump expressions while Merkel speaks is hilarious0
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http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/brexit/hans-werner-sinn-zum-brexit-fuer-deutschland-ist-es-verheerend-14926168-p3.html
At least one prominent German economist foresees significant pitfalls for his country if it handles EU change, including Brexit, badly.
The spectre of an increasingly divided Europe is drawn with Germany entering into a one-sided dependency relationship with club med (incl. France) once the UK departs.
The 'protectionist' instincts of Macron and the promotion of 'two-speed' Europe driven by Brussels and the Eurozone risks losing the Scandinavians and Eastern Europeans.
Meanwhile, the loss of the UK changes the size of the competing free trade/protectionist blocs which has repercussions for EU decision making under the Lisbon Treaty.0 -
Just 44% think May will get a good Brexit deal. 61% prioritise the UK gaining control over its immigration policy, 43% think it important the UK stays in the single market and 43% think it important the UK makes no further contributions to the EU budget after Brexit
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/just-44-think-theresa-may-will-get-a-good-deal-on-brexit-a3492401.html?amp0 -
Mr. Chestnut, the points on QMV and shifting power are probably right, but also fairly obvious.
It's an intriguing counter-factual to think of what Cameron would've got had he been willing to campaign for Leave if he didn't get a good enough deal.0 -
*You* can assume nothing of the sort. HS2 will benefit more than just London. And Osborne's promotion of infrastructure in the north has been obvious to anyone with eyes.another_richard said:Can we assume that nobody still thinks that the support of Mr 'London through and through' for HS2 wasn't about benefiting London ?
However, it will be interesting to see if this changes now.0 -
Mr. HYUFD, important to consider blame. If we get, or are perceived to get, a bad deal then the critical point is whether the electorate assign blame to an intransigent EU or an inept negotiation by the UK Government.0
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The Don refused to shake Merkel's hand?0
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It might be me but this conference looks like a car crash0
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Mandleson certainly visited Hartlepool chip shops.Dixie said:
The unwritten rule is cabinet members tend to be from safe seats. Marginals require MP to spend time with voters. Ed Miliband and Peter Mandleson probably don't even know where their constituencies are/were!GIN1138 said:
No. The chance of a Cabinet job goes with being an MP. Unless we bring the Cabinet in from the private sector (probably not a bad idea?) MP's from the governing party have to fill those positions.TheScreamingEagles said:
So you're saying The Treasury was based in Cheshire and not 1 Horse Guards Road, Westminster, London SW1A 2HQ when Osborne was Chancellor?GIN1138 said:
Nice try but that's clearly a completely different situation to taking on a full time job in the private sector while remaining an MP for a constituency hundreds of miles away from said full time job.TheScreamingEagles said:
https://twitter.com/stephenpollard/status/842734558751670272GIN1138 said:
Limited second jobs = OK (though all jobs and earnings should be declared)JackW said:
If you de-select all Conservative MP's with second jobs then it's like they'll have fewer MP's than the LibDems ...GIN1138 said:As he clearly isn't interested in representing his constituents it's time for the Tatton Parliamentary constituency to de-select Boy Goroge...
Full time job editing a London based newspaper hundreds of miles away from his constituency = Not OK.
Osborne taking a full time job in the private sector while remaining MP for Tatton is a completely different scenario...
I believe they offered guacamole especially for him.
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For an event like this the questioners microphones are dreadful even if they are using them0
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Another good day's tipping from freetochoose:
2.10 Vosne Romanee - UNPLACED
3.30 Native River - PLACED
4.10 Wonderful Charm - PLACED
5.30 Dandridge - PLACED
Three out of four placed horses ain't bad and after his noteworthy success yesterday, the above picks were certainly profitable for those, like me, who backed them place only on the Betfair exchange.
Thanks and well done!
Maybe we have another star punter in the making .... let's hope so.
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Mr. Putney, cheers for that report.
I'm not at all annoyed with myself that I weighed up backing them, but decided against it due to my dodgy horse-racing record.0 -
Moving out to the suburbs and Home Counties from inner London is what people have always done to get a more affordable propertyRoyalBlue said:
At some point in their 30s, they will realise that they only earn enough to exist in London, rather than live. They will then move out to the provinces, eventually get on the housing ladder and silently (or not so silently) resent those in a better position.TheWhiteRabbit said:
Yup. A generation of relatively well-off young people, earning £25-£35k, who will have to perpetually rent, many house-sharing.nunu said:
I do think this is the reason Labour bucked the trend in London during GE 2015.Pong said:A whole generation, completely f*cked by the housing market.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39301963
This is how the conservative party dies.
This isn't a new phenomenon, but rising rents are making it more common.0 -
Just back from Gorton. The Lib Dems had the official opening of their HQ this morning. I hear the campaign will be based on Brexit, bins, and the bloody council! I would also have a little wager that potholes might figure - they are everwhere.0
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Mr. Slade, mountain for the Lib Dems to climb. One suspects they'll all be vigorously singing from the same hymn sheet, though.0
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1. Does not look as if we will be leaving the EU
2. Mrs May probably on the back benches in 18 months0 -
The key point from the poll is control of immigration is the main priority, voters also back May's view that no deal is better than a bad deal. However less than half believe ending all contributions to the EU is key so if May does compromise for a reasonable deal that is likely to be where it is doneMorris_Dancer said:Mr. HYUFD, important to consider blame. If we get, or are perceived to get, a bad deal then the critical point is whether the electorate assign blame to an intransigent EU or an inept negotiation by the UK Government.
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Off-topic:
Trump's proposal for NASA's budget seems reasonable: a sub-1% decrease. However there is one part that seems really odd. The DSCOVR satellite was launched in 2015, and observes Earth and the surrounding space from about a million miles away. The satellite's doing good work, yet it's budget is being cut so it will have to be mothballed.
The money it was costing NASA to operate? 1.2 million per year. That's million, not billion.
I'll also miss the Asteroid Redirect Mission, but I think I'm about the only person who'll miss that ...
If you want to know the sort of picture DSCVR can take, then here's one of the far side of the moon in front of the Earth:
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Mr. Theakes, do you have any reasons for those interesting forecasts?
Mr. HYUFD, indeed.0 -
As HS2 is being built from London northwards we can certainly assume it will benefit London first.JosiasJessop said:
*You* can assume nothing of the sort. HS2 will benefit more than just London. And Osborne's promotion of infrastructure in the north has been obvious to anyone with eyes.another_richard said:Can we assume that nobody still thinks that the support of Mr 'London through and through' for HS2 wasn't about benefiting London ?
However, it will be interesting to see if this changes now.
And there's more to promotion of infrastructure than endless photostunts in unnecessary hi-vis jackets and helmets.
Still, fair's fair, there's been more new roads opened in South Yorkshire in the last five years than Labour managed in government.0
