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Stunned to hear that Sky News is making a loss and may be closed down.
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Who?murali_s said:Afternoon everyone, how is Priti Patel watch coming along?
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Not a great fan of Sky or Sky News but have to say their GE 17 election coverage was the best of the big 3.AndyJS said:Stunned to hear that Sky News is making a loss and may be closed down.
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So is Tezzie waiting for Priti in arrivals?
Maybe if Priti has brought her back a litre of gin and 200 B&H from the duty free shop she will be OK?0 -
Rupert threatened to close Sky News if his takeover is blocked.AndyJS said:Stunned to hear that Sky News is making a loss and may be closed down.
Surprised Faisal Islam hasn't tweeted it. He's not normally slow in tweeting anti Brexit rumours0 -
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Somehow I think history will rank Brexit as a rather more significant administrative disaster than HIPs!Richard_Nabavi said:
Not sure about that. There have been no administrative disasters like Margaret Beckett's Rural Payments Agency fiasco, or the NHS database fiasco, or HIPs, and so on. It's easy to forget just how bad the Blair/Brown government was at actually governing. They were good on discipline and media management, of course, but that's a different point. This government is utterly disastrous in that respect, but reasonably good on routine governing.AlastairMeeks said:For quality of administration, I'd rank Theresa May's post-election government as by some distance the worst of my adult life.
Fortunately, it's not as if there's much going on.
The second most disastrous blunder in recent decades - albeit far less important than Brexit - must surely be the Poll Tax.0 -
The Priti Patel. Bigger than Hitler. Better than Christ.Beverley_C said:
Who?murali_s said:Afternoon everyone, how is Priti Patel watch coming along?
(with posthumous apologies to the genius that was Rik Mayall)0 -
Not surprising with all their leftiesmurali_s said:
Not a great fan of Sky or Sky News but have to say their GE 17 election coverage was the best of the big 3.AndyJS said:Stunned to hear that Sky News is making a loss and may be closed down.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sky-news-rubert-murdoch-fox-news-competition-markets-authority-a8042961.html0 -
@bbclaurak: @SamCoatesTimes There is a motorcade on the tarmac0
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"That is terrible news Mrs Lincoln. And how was the play?"Casino_Royale said:
Heath's post 1972. Callaghan's from 1977-1979. Or Brown from 2009-2010.SouthamObserver said:
No argument from me on that. How blessed we are to have the two combined.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Edit - I’d say this is the second worst opposition ever. The worst was the one Corbyn led before the general election.
I am struggling to think of a government that gets close to the current one for sheer ineptitude and dysfunctionality.
This one is embarrassing, but, Brexit aside, day-to-day administration is fine.0 -
I think that's one possible outcome of denying the Fox bid. Sky removed Fox news from the platform, and moved Sky News leftward to represent the rise of Corbynism (removing several news reviewers and replacing them with more left wing voices) - all in an attempt to show that Murdoch had no editorial control over Sky news/News broadcasting in general.AndyJS said:Stunned to hear that Sky News is making a loss and may be closed down.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sky-news-rubert-murdoch-fox-news-competition-markets-authority-a8042961.html
For him, the effort would have been wasted, it would only have value at that point as a vanity project. He doesn't need it to make a profit from Sky.0 -
The quality of routine administration is pretty good in this country, and is unaffected by a weak government which can't do anything.FF43 said:
By "routine governing" I think you mean "not actually doing anything". Maybe wise. The NHS looks like it might be a problem for this government, as with Major.Richard_Nabavi said:
Not sure about that. There have been no administrative disasters like Margaret Beckett's Rural Payments Agency fiasco, or the NHS database fiasco, or HIPs, and so on. It's easy to forget just how bad the Blair/Brown government was at actually governing. They were good on discipline and media management, of course, but that's a different point. This government is utterly disastrous in that respect, but reasonably good on routine governing.AlastairMeeks said:For quality of administration, I'd rank Theresa May's post-election government as by some distance the worst of my adult life.
Fortunately, it's not as if there's much going on.0 -
"Up to the point of his tragic death on Tuesday morning Carl Sargeant was not informed of any of the detail of the allegations against him, despite requests and warnings regarding his mental welfare"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-41908424
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Has it got outriders and the Queens escortScott_P said:@bbclaurak: @SamCoatesTimes There is a motorcade on the tarmac
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RochdalePioneers said:
The Priti Patel. Bigger than Hitler. Better than Christ.Beverley_C said:
Who?murali_s said:Afternoon everyone, how is Priti Patel watch coming along?
(with posthumous apologies to the genius that was Rik Mayall)
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Iraq would be the other one.anothernick said:
Somehow I think history will rank Brexit as a rather more significant administrative disaster than HIPs!Richard_Nabavi said:
Not sure about that. There have been no administrative disasters like Margaret Beckett's Rural Payments Agency fiasco, or the NHS database fiasco, or HIPs, and so on. It's easy to forget just how bad the Blair/Brown government was at actually governing. They were good on discipline and media management, of course, but that's a different point. This government is utterly disastrous in that respect, but reasonably good on routine governing.AlastairMeeks said:For quality of administration, I'd rank Theresa May's post-election government as by some distance the worst of my adult life.
Fortunately, it's not as if there's much going on.
The second most disastrous blunder in recent decades - albeit far less important than Brexit - must surely be the Poll Tax.
Edit. And more importantly, eventually a consensus was reached on both Iraq and the Poll Tax that they were mistakes.0 -
Ahh, so they’re being nice to her, and saving her the long and lonely walk through the terminal.Scott_P said:@bbclaurak: @SamCoatesTimes There is a motorcade on the tarmac
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Agreed.FF43 said:
Iraq would be the other one.anothernick said:
Somehow I think history will rank Brexit as a rather more significant administrative disaster than HIPs!Richard_Nabavi said:
Not sure about that. There have been no administrative disasters like Margaret Beckett's Rural Payments Agency fiasco, or the NHS database fiasco, or HIPs, and so on. It's easy to forget just how bad the Blair/Brown government was at actually governing. They were good on discipline and media management, of course, but that's a different point. This government is utterly disastrous in that respect, but reasonably good on routine governing.AlastairMeeks said:For quality of administration, I'd rank Theresa May's post-election government as by some distance the worst of my adult life.
Fortunately, it's not as if there's much going on.
The second most disastrous blunder in recent decades - albeit far less important than Brexit - must surely be the Poll Tax.
I suppose Suez should also be in the frame though it's not very recent now.0 -
Looks as if Carwyn Jones is in some trouble over his sacking of the late Carl Sargeant0
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Brexit was the choice of the electorate, HIPs were something bizarrely obsessed about by the government for years after it became clear that they weren't actually going to work.anothernick said:Somehow I think history will rank Brexit as a rather more significant administrative disaster than HIPs!
The second most disastrous blunder in recent decades - albeit far less important than Brexit - must surely be the Poll Tax.
The biggest blunders of the last fifty years have been (in increasing order of importance):
- The Poll Tax
- Wilson's copping out of In Place of Strife
- Brown's dismantling of supervision of the stability of the banking system
- Iraq0 -
How is that fair?MarkHopkins said:
"Up to the point of his tragic death on Tuesday morning Carl Sargeant was not informed of any of the detail of the allegations against him, despite requests and warnings regarding his mental welfare"
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I hope Priti has got her Oyster Card with her - there will be no limo for her trip back home from Downing St...0
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@journodave: I'm watching the helicopter feed and yes, it is following the ministerial car.0
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I think the implementation of Brexit is a bigger deal than all of those.Richard_Nabavi said:
Brexit was the choice of the electorate, HIPs were something bizarrely obsessed about by the government for years after it became clear that they weren't actually going to work.anothernick said:Somehow I think history will rank Brexit as a rather more significant administrative disaster than HIPs!
The second most disastrous blunder in recent decades - albeit far less important than Brexit - must surely be the Poll Tax.
The biggest blunders of the last fifty years have been (in increasing order of importance):
- The Poll Tax
- Wilson's copping out of In Place of Strife
- Brown's dismantling of supervision of the stability of the banking system
- Iraq0 -
Apparently this was the same for Charlie Elphick - when he was suspended it was done without notice and with no details of the offences he was being investigated for. The party tipped off the press about it too, without giving notice of what the allegations were.RobD said:
How is that fair?MarkHopkins said:
"Up to the point of his tragic death on Tuesday morning Carl Sargeant was not informed of any of the detail of the allegations against him, despite requests and warnings regarding his mental welfare"
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Ms Patel must feel like she's someone really important now, what with limos picking her up directly from the plane and a helicopter following her.0
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A helicopter - great use of funds by the BBC to cover a ministerial sacking/resignation/bollocking.
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Does this contain a Lazarus metaphor?CarlottaVance said:
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It was but the electorate is made up of those that think it was a stupid thing to do and, later, of those that don't see why all the things they were promised haven't happenedRichard_Nabavi said:
Brexit was the choice of the electorate ...anothernick said:Somehow I think history will rank Brexit as a rather more significant administrative disaster than HIPs!
The second most disastrous blunder in recent decades - albeit far less important than Brexit - must surely be the Poll Tax.
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We'll see, but you have to distinguish between things which the government can do, and things which it can't. Some of the Brexit criticism of the government is simply a reflection of the impossibility of the position.Pulpstar said:
I think the implementation of Brexit is a bigger deal than all of those.Richard_Nabavi said:
Brexit was the choice of the electorate, HIPs were something bizarrely obsessed about by the government for years after it became clear that they weren't actually going to work.anothernick said:Somehow I think history will rank Brexit as a rather more significant administrative disaster than HIPs!
The second most disastrous blunder in recent decades - albeit far less important than Brexit - must surely be the Poll Tax.
The biggest blunders of the last fifty years have been (in increasing order of importance):
- The Poll Tax
- Wilson's copping out of In Place of Strife
- Brown's dismantling of supervision of the stability of the banking system
- Iraq0 -
Apprentice Taxi laterRichard_Nabavi said:Ms Patel must feel like she's someone really important now, what with limos picking her up directly from the plane and a helicopter following her.
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"Priti Patel: Number 10 'knew about secret Israeli meeting and told her not to declare'"
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Perhaps if Lord Sugar is not busy at the moment, they could borrow the Black Cab of Shame to run her home?SandyRentool said:I hope Priti has got her Oyster Card with her - there will be no limo for her trip back home from Downing St...
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She'll be sat in the car on the phone to her office. "What the Actual Fuck is going on? They want to do WHAT? Right, get the emails where the PM told be not to talk about the meetings"Richard_Nabavi said:Ms Patel must feel like she's someone really important now, what with limos picking her up directly from the plane and a helicopter following her.
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Mr. E, that approach seems entirely unreasonable to me.0
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Perhaps we ought to run a sweepstake on which newspaper and how long it will take Priti Patel to give her side of the story in an exclusive interview.0
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Either Priti Patel or Number 10 are telling barefaced lies. Neither scenario helps Mrs Patel. Number 10 will make sure it's Mrs Patel who is lying.AndyJS said:"Priti Patel: Number 10 'knew about secret Israeli meeting and told her not to declare'"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/priti-patel-latest-update-theresa-may-sacked-secret-israel-meeting-fired-not-declare-new-york-a8043556.html0 -
Point about press aside, there is no need to tell people traight off the bat the nature of the accusations. After all, they might be completely spurious, and the Party (be it Labour or Tory) able to dismiss them without requiring the accused to answer for anything. However that should be apparent pretty quickly - a couple of weeks perhaps.TonyE said:
Apparently this was the same for Charlie Elphick - when he was suspended it was done without notice and with no details of the offences he was being investigated for. The party tipped off the press about it too, without giving notice of what the allegations were.RobD said:
How is that fair?MarkHopkins said:
"Up to the point of his tragic death on Tuesday morning Carl Sargeant was not informed of any of the detail of the allegations against him, despite requests and warnings regarding his mental welfare"
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...which the government got itself into through hubris and stupidity..Richard_Nabavi said:
We'll see, but you have to distinguish between things which the government can do, and things which it can't. Some of the Brexit criticism of the government is simply a reflection of the impossibility of the position.Pulpstar said:
I think the implementation of Brexit is a bigger deal than all of those.Richard_Nabavi said:
Brexit was the choice of the electorate, HIPs were something bizarrely obsessed about by the government for years after it became clear that they weren't actually going to work.anothernick said:Somehow I think history will rank Brexit as a rather more significant administrative disaster than HIPs!
The second most disastrous blunder in recent decades - albeit far less important than Brexit - must surely be the Poll Tax.
The biggest blunders of the last fifty years have been (in increasing order of importance):
- The Poll Tax
- Wilson's copping out of In Place of Strife
- Brown's dismantling of supervision of the stability of the banking system
- Iraq0 -
I think it has prompted (the tragic events in Wales) a sudden moment of silent reflection from some of the more strident voices of the 'they're all guilty' crew on the media and especially Twitter.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. E, that approach seems entirely unreasonable to me.
On twitter, it all just went quiet, as if nothing had ever happened.0 -
I really hope that someone has provided an adequate supply of rotten fruit for the stocks at the end of all this. If we are to go totally ape shit we really must have all the tools.0
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Will she wait for the Sundays? They'll give her more space.AlastairMeeks said:Perhaps we ought to run a sweepstake on which newspaper and how long it will take Priti Patel to give her side of the story in an exclusive interview.
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It is but even with the perfect Brexit Secretary, how much more could have been achieved than has been? There could have been a deal on citizens' rights but given the EU's attitude on the one hand, and the constraints of public, parliament and party on the other, what else could realistically have been done?Pulpstar said:
I think the implementation of Brexit is a bigger deal than all of those.Richard_Nabavi said:
Brexit was the choice of the electorate, HIPs were something bizarrely obsessed about by the government for years after it became clear that they weren't actually going to work.anothernick said:Somehow I think history will rank Brexit as a rather more significant administrative disaster than HIPs!
The second most disastrous blunder in recent decades - albeit far less important than Brexit - must surely be the Poll Tax.
The biggest blunders of the last fifty years have been (in increasing order of importance):
- The Poll Tax
- Wilson's copping out of In Place of Strife
- Brown's dismantling of supervision of the stability of the banking system
- Iraq0 -
I've been enjoying the smell of burning straw on pitchforks all morning.DavidL said:I really hope that someone has provided an adequate supply of rotten fruit for the stocks at the end of all this. If we are to go totally ape shit we really must have all the tools.
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Some members of the government (who weren't all members of the government at the time). And others. Not that that changes perceptions.anothernick said:
...which the government got itself into through hubris and stupidity..Richard_Nabavi said:
We'll see, but you have to distinguish between things which the government can do, and things which it can't. Some of the Brexit criticism of the government is simply a reflection of the impossibility of the position.Pulpstar said:
I think the implementation of Brexit is a bigger deal than all of those.Richard_Nabavi said:
Brexit was the choice of the electorate, HIPs were something bizarrely obsessed about by the government for years after it became clear that they weren't actually going to work.anothernick said:Somehow I think history will rank Brexit as a rather more significant administrative disaster than HIPs!
The second most disastrous blunder in recent decades - albeit far less important than Brexit - must surely be the Poll Tax.
The biggest blunders of the last fifty years have been (in increasing order of importance):
- The Poll Tax
- Wilson's copping out of In Place of Strife
- Brown's dismantling of supervision of the stability of the banking system
- Iraq0 -
Going to the Golan Heights without permission is a sacking in itselfAndyJS said:"Priti Patel: Number 10 'knew about secret Israeli meeting and told her not to declare'"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/priti-patel-latest-update-theresa-may-sacked-secret-israel-meeting-fired-not-declare-new-york-a8043556.html0 -
BF now paying less than many bank current accounts on Priti being next out.0
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Junker's words unusually prescient for both No 10, Patel & Johnson:
'When it becomes serious, you have to lie'0 -
What the EU Parliament wants on Citizens rights:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20171108IPR87615/brexit-ep-outlines-its-red-lines-on-latest-uk-citizens-rights-proposals0 -
In case anyone’s adding up the media’s expenses today, a twin jet helicopter allowed to fly over central London comes in at around £10,000 an hour.0
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That ain't gonna fly.CarlottaVance said:What the EU Parliament wants on Citizens rights:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20171108IPR87615/brexit-ep-outlines-its-red-lines-on-latest-uk-citizens-rights-proposals0 -
Rory Stewart for Dfid?0
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Well they will not get that so if the Council agree a deal the EU Parliament rejects the will of the Council it will create a Europe wide crisis that could go out of controlCarlottaVance said:What the EU Parliament wants on Citizens rights:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20171108IPR87615/brexit-ep-outlines-its-red-lines-on-latest-uk-citizens-rights-proposals0 -
A female appointment is more likelyJohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
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Where can I get an account paying 3% per *****day******?rottenborough said:BF now paying less than many bank current accounts on Priti being next out.
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BF are paying 1% *per hour* on Priti thoughrottenborough said:BF now paying less than many bank current accounts on Priti being next out.
(Assuming of course that she’s about to get fired).0 -
Priti really is the perfect choice for the twitter mob - female, attractive, Brexiteer and non muslim ethnic.
Burn the witch.0 -
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.0 -
Yeh, we don't want anyone capable around the Cabinet table do we...TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.0 -
Arithmetic FUBAR'd0
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1.03 is probably about right, small chance May does nothing. With the logic this gov't has employed I wouldn't risk significant capital on this market.Sandpit said:
BF are paying 1% *per hour* on Priti thoughrottenborough said:BF now paying less than many bank current accounts on Priti being next out.
(Assuming of course that she’s about to get fired).0 -
Yup she made that clear when she sacked George Osborne and Michael Gove when she became PM.rottenborough said:
Yeh, we don't want anyone capable around the Cabinet table do we...TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.0 -
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...and now you have more characters for the burning bits.TGOHF said:Priti really is the perfect choice for the twitter mob - female, attractive, Brexiteer and non muslim ethnic.
Burn the witch.0 -
Kafkaesque to suspend someone for an allegation that hasn't been made.dr_spyn said:0 -
On that note the Speccie suggests Nicky Morgan...rottenborough said:
Yeh, we don't want anyone capable around the Cabinet table do we...TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.0 -
LOL, that’ll be 70 licence fees well spent!dr_spyn said:
Saw a claim on Twitter that the helicopter team had lost the car in the traffic.Sandpit said:In case anyone’s adding up the media’s expenses today, a twin jet helicopter allowed to fly over central London comes in at around £10,000 an hour.
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Good point!crandles said:
Where can I get an account paying 3% per *****day******?rottenborough said:BF now paying less than many bank current accounts on Priti being next out.
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@PickardJE: narrator: she already has https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/9282445771270594570
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Oh dear. Talk about a dumb choice. Though it might see her out of the country for a while so there's always an upside...TGOHF said:
On that note the Speccie suggests Nicky Morgan...rottenborough said:
Yeh, we don't want anyone capable around the Cabinet table do we...TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.0 -
Yeah, perhaps...is there bad blood with Rory?TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.0 -
Popcorn timeScott_P said:@PickardJE: narrator: she already has https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/928244577127059457
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Didn't rate Nicky Morgan - she was not impressive, either at the Treasury or Education and is an indifferent communicator.0
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He might be able to actually do the job? I am certain he would be aware what the Golan Heights are/represent.JohnO said:
Yeah, perhaps...is there bad blood with Rory?TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.0 -
It's not as if it hasn't led to a premature death.Richard_Nabavi said:
Kafkaesque to suspend someone for an allegation that hasn't been made.dr_spyn said:0 -
I don't think it is bad blood, I think Rory's back story in the current climate might become an issue.JohnO said:
Yeah, perhaps...is there bad blood with Rory?TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.
For the record, I think it is a complete non-story/red herring, but from five years ago.
When Noah Coburn arrived in Afghanistan with his wife to volunteer at a charity set up by Prince Charles, he could be forgiven for thinking life would be very different.
The respected political anthropologist left his library at Boston University, Massachusetts far behind to live and work in the war-torn country whose tribal politics he always found fascinating.
Accompanying him on the “trip of a lifetime” in 2006 was his beautiful wife Shoshana. She also found a post at the Turquoise Mountain charity, which aimed to inject new life into Afghanistan’s battered arts scene.
But Coburn could never have imagined quite how different life would become. Within two years, he had returned to academia in a far-flung corner of the United States. And Shoshana is now engaged to Turquoise Mountain’s co-founder, high-flying Conservative MP Rory Stewart, whose life is being made into a film by Brad Pitt.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/rory-stewart-the-tory-mp-who-went-to-afghanistan-and-came-back-with-a-glamorous-new-fianc-8198797.html0 -
Me neither. Patel will probably be made CoE at this meeting.Pulpstar said:
1.03 is probably about right, small chance May does nothing. With the logic this gov't has employed I wouldn't risk significant capital on this market.Sandpit said:
BF are paying 1% *per hour* on Priti thoughrottenborough said:BF now paying less than many bank current accounts on Priti being next out.
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Ooooh that would be fun. The Brexiteer's fury would know no bounds.....TGOHF said:
On that note the Speccie suggests Nicky Morgan...rottenborough said:
Yeh, we don't want anyone capable around the Cabinet table do we...TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.0 -
I'm surprised Penny Mordaunt survived unscathed from her lies about Turkey EU membership in the referendum - a risky choice to promote to cabinet. I'd have thought that Alistair Burt would be the ideal replacement.JohnO said:
Yeah, perhaps...is there bad blood with Rory?TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.0 -
"Could Theresa May bury the hatchet with Nicky Morgan and get her back around the Cabinet table?"
#QTWTAIN0 -
Mr. O, suggesting she might get the job based on gender? You might very well think that, but I'm afraid I couldn't possibly comment.0
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Alistair Burt is THE great survivor in Tory politics - I think he's been fired twice from the government at various points since 2010 and then brought back!tpfkar said:
I'm surprised Penny Mordaunt survived unscathed from her lies about Turkey EU membership in the referendum - a risky choice to promote to cabinet. I'd have thought that Alistair Burt would be the ideal replacement.JohnO said:
Yeah, perhaps...is there bad blood with Rory?TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.0 -
I agree, but she's sound when it comes to no more grammar schools.JohnO said:Didn't rate Nicky Morgan - she was not impressive, either at the Treasury or Education and is an indifferent communicator.
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A gentleman in Nigeria says hello and can you pass him your bank details.crandles said:
Where can I get an account paying 3% per *****day******?rottenborough said:BF now paying less than many bank current accounts on Priti being next out.
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What's that about the acorn not falling far from the tree or something......dr_spyn said:0 -
Have you ruled yourself out of DfID JohnO?JohnO said:
Alistair Burt is THE great survivor in Tory politics - I think he's been fired twice from the government at various points since 2010 and then brought back!tpfkar said:
I'm surprised Penny Mordaunt survived unscathed from her lies about Turkey EU membership in the referendum - a risky choice to promote to cabinet. I'd have thought that Alistair Burt would be the ideal replacement.JohnO said:
Yeah, perhaps...is there bad blood with Rory?TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.0 -
Some lucky person managed to get 4 quid on Gavin Williamson @ 600 for next Con leader0
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I don't think my 9 pence profit on Pritil Patel being next Con leader has much chance of landing.0
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If that Crick tweet is correct it seems impossible that the Government were not aware of Patel's meeting.0
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It is a self evident proposition that the next step up from being a Surrey County Councillor is membership of the Cabinet. The telephone is within 3 inches of this laptop.Jonathan said:
Have you ruled yourself out of DfID JohnO?JohnO said:
Alistair Burt is THE great survivor in Tory politics - I think he's been fired twice from the government at various points since 2010 and then brought back!tpfkar said:
I'm surprised Penny Mordaunt survived unscathed from her lies about Turkey EU membership in the referendum - a risky choice to promote to cabinet. I'd have thought that Alistair Burt would be the ideal replacement.JohnO said:
Yeah, perhaps...is there bad blood with Rory?TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.0 -
http://www.tatler.com/article/everything-you-need-to-know-about-rory-stewart-mpTheScreamingEagles said:
I don't think it is bad blood, I think Rory's back story in the current climate might become an issue.JohnO said:
Yeah, perhaps...is there bad blood with Rory?TheScreamingEagles said:
More likely Penny Mordurant.JohnO said:Rory Stewart for Dfid?
I suspect Mrs May is more likely to make Nick Timothy a cabinet minister than Rory.
For the record, I think it is a complete non-story/red herring, but from five years ago.
When Noah Coburn arrived in Afghanistan with his wife to volunteer at a charity set up by Prince Charles, he could be forgiven for thinking life would be very different.
The respected political anthropologist left his library at Boston University, Massachusetts far behind to live and work in the war-torn country whose tribal politics he always found fascinating.
Accompanying him on the “trip of a lifetime” in 2006 was his beautiful wife Shoshana. She also found a post at the Turquoise Mountain charity, which aimed to inject new life into Afghanistan’s battered arts scene.
But Coburn could never have imagined quite how different life would become. Within two years, he had returned to academia in a far-flung corner of the United States. And Shoshana is now engaged to Turquoise Mountain’s co-founder, high-flying Conservative MP Rory Stewart, whose life is being made into a film by Brad Pitt.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/rory-stewart-the-tory-mp-who-went-to-afghanistan-and-came-back-with-a-glamorous-new-fianc-8198797.html
At 14, he could recite from memory Eliot's The Waste Land.0
