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Scott_xP said:

OBSERVER: “Top Tories say Johnson return ‘would risk the party’s death’ “. #TomorrowsPapersToday https://twitter.com/AllieHBNews/status/1583912799373496320/photo/1

Really?

Bring Back Boris!

Ishmael_Z said:

Eabhal said:

Wonder if Sunak and Johnson had the meeting at the Granita for a laugh

(It's now an estate agents apparently )

Sunak and Johnson is?

Actually I'd market my house with them, Johnson fronting the showings and Sunak doing the books.

Botis as an estate agent.... forgetting to tell you about the subsidence issue while coming on to your wife....

Hurrah

Exclusive: Outspoken critic of Hundred lands ECB chief executive job

Former tank commander has been in charge of Somerset and Surrey, and was a vocal opponent of The Hundred

The England and Wales Cricket Board are set to announce Richard Gould, an outspoken critic of the Hundred, as their new chief executive.

Gould, who is currently CEO at Championship football club Bristol City, has beaten Tim Bostock, the boss at Durham, to the job after a final round of interviews on Wednesday.

The ECB Board are understood to have met on Friday and Gould’s appointment will be confirmed in the coming days.

The appointment of Gould, a traditionalist who has spoken publicly against the Hundred, will please county fans, but there will be some ECB employees who greet it with trepidation at a time of great flux in the game both domestically and globally.

While Gould, 52, currently works in football, he has spent much of his working life in county cricket. The former tank commander was chief executive at Somerset between 2005 and 2011, then Surrey from 2011 and 2021. He left Surrey to return to Bristol City, where he had a long history; his father Bobby played for the club, and he worked there as a younger man.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2022/10/22/outspoken-critic-hundred-lands-ecb-chief-executive-job/

Gardenwalker said:

Casino_Royale said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

FrancisUrquhart said:

I actually think it is a hugely positive thing that a non-white or a woman being elected to some of the highest offices in the land doesn't actually really get much press focusing upon that these days.

I'm in a few Tory association WhatsApp groups, some Red Wall.

All the bile raised towards Sunak is all to do with the betrayal of Boris Johnson, not his skin colour.

We had four non white people in a row as Chancellor, skin colour hardly mentioned, all the focus was on policies.

I couldn't give a toss about his skin colour.

I support Sunak because he's by far the best candidate.

We need to get beyond this.

You mean the least worst candidate.

You equivocated during the last contest, quite rightly, because Rishi is significantly flawed.

Nevertheless we must wish him well, and to come to power for Diwali is surely auspicious.

I voted Rishi in the last contest.

JohnO said:

HYUFD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

HYUFD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

This is why I think whoever wins the contest will lead the Tories to an epochal defeat. The economy is in a very bad place.

We shouldn’t let this be buried by other news today. Foodbank charity Trussell Trust says that the need for foodbanks has outstripped donations for the first time. It has distributed 46% more emergency food parcels in August and September than at the same time in 2021.

https://twitter.com/BasitMahmood91/status/1583181523552849920

Well snobs like you will at least be grateful to know that if the poor working class all go back to Labour now Brexit is done and they are eating at foodbanks, while the £730 million net worth Sunaks are at No 10 it may be safe to tell ones posh rich friends you are voting Tory again for the first time since Cameron

You're not a Tory, you're a socialist with your politics of envy post.

No. Like you I voted for Cameron too with the posh snobs, just unlike you I also voted for Boris with the working class oiks too

And the three of us are reunited in perfect harmony by supporting Rishi.

I'll join that love-in.....

TheScreamingEagles said:

Hurrah

Exclusive: Outspoken critic of Hundred lands ECB chief executive job

Former tank commander has been in charge of Somerset and Surrey, and was a vocal opponent of The Hundred

The England and Wales Cricket Board are set to announce Richard Gould, an outspoken critic of the Hundred, as their new chief executive.

Gould, who is currently CEO at Championship football club Bristol City, has beaten Tim Bostock, the boss at Durham, to the job after a final round of interviews on Wednesday.

The ECB Board are understood to have met on Friday and Gould’s appointment will be confirmed in the coming days.

The appointment of Gould, a traditionalist who has spoken publicly against the Hundred, will please county fans, but there will be some ECB employees who greet it with trepidation at a time of great flux in the game both domestically and globally.

While Gould, 52, currently works in football, he has spent much of his working life in county cricket. The former tank commander was chief executive at Somerset between 2005 and 2011, then Surrey from 2011 and 2021. He left Surrey to return to Bristol City, where he had a long history; his father Bobby played for the club, and he worked there as a younger man.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2022/10/22/outspoken-critic-hundred-lands-ecb-chief-executive-job/

He and the chairman of Surrey - now the chairman of the ECB - were the only two county bosses to vote against the Hundred.

The Hundred must be in trouble now. Runs at a loss, buggers up the season, hated by the fans, not backed by the board.

And still has to run for three more years because of the stupid rights deal.

El_Capitano said:

Eabhal said:

Wonder if Sunak and Johnson had the meeting at the Granita for a laugh

(It's now an estate agents apparently )

Name-checked in Saint Etienne’s fabulous “Heart Failed in the Back of a Taxi”.

(Saint Etienne’s occasional keyboardist is now a Green councillor in south Oxfordshire.)

Loved St Etienne.

Sadly underwhelmed by their last Glasto set though.

Ishmael_Z said:

LostPassword said:

ydoethur said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

This is why I think whoever wins the contest will lead the Tories to an epochal defeat. The economy is in a very bad place.

We shouldn’t let this be buried by other news today. Foodbank charity Trussell Trust says that the need for foodbanks has outstripped donations for the first time. It has distributed 46% more emergency food parcels in August and September than at the same time in 2021.

https://twitter.com/BasitMahmood91/status/1583181523552849920

I'm assuming donations are down as well?

They spoke to some people on radio 4 recently who said that they always used to donate to food banks, but now they were needing to use them, so unless other people have donated more it's hard to see how donations could not have fallen.

Allow me to say: I bung them 50 notes a month plus reclaimed tax. Anyone who isn't doing so but can afford to needs to ask themselves: am I comfortable with being even more of a c--- than @Ishmael_Z ?

I'm not. Edit: I mean, being even more of a Krishnan word-out-of-place than you.

It's rather useful for them to have cash to be able to buy. (a), they can do it in bulk as opposed to folk donating piecemeal at normal supermarket prices. (b) they can fill gaps such as e.g. toothpaste - or e.g. buy the fuel to run their collection/delivery van. and (c) as you say, tax is reclaimable.

JohnO said:

HYUFD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

HYUFD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

This is why I think whoever wins the contest will lead the Tories to an epochal defeat. The economy is in a very bad place.

We shouldn’t let this be buried by other news today. Foodbank charity Trussell Trust says that the need for foodbanks has outstripped donations for the first time. It has distributed 46% more emergency food parcels in August and September than at the same time in 2021.

https://twitter.com/BasitMahmood91/status/1583181523552849920

Well snobs like you will at least be grateful to know that if the poor working class all go back to Labour now Brexit is done and they are eating at foodbanks, while the £730 million net worth Sunaks are at No 10 it may be safe to tell ones posh rich friends you are voting Tory again for the first time since Cameron

You're not a Tory, you're a socialist with your politics of envy post.

No. Like you I voted for Cameron too with the posh snobs, just unlike you I also voted for Boris with the working class oiks too

And the three of us are reunited in perfect harmony by supporting Rishi.

And you and I are the most working class oiks to have graced PB.

Which is why we're having lunch at that well known working men's restaurant, Claridge's on Tuesday.

Ishmael_Z said:

LostPassword said:

ydoethur said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

This is why I think whoever wins the contest will lead the Tories to an epochal defeat. The economy is in a very bad place.

We shouldn’t let this be buried by other news today. Foodbank charity Trussell Trust says that the need for foodbanks has outstripped donations for the first time. It has distributed 46% more emergency food parcels in August and September than at the same time in 2021.

https://twitter.com/BasitMahmood91/status/1583181523552849920

I'm assuming donations are down as well?

They spoke to some people on radio 4 recently who said that they always used to donate to food banks, but now they were needing to use them, so unless other people have donated more it's hard to see how donations could not have fallen.

Allow me to say: I bung them 50 notes a month plus reclaimed tax. Anyone who isn't doing so but can afford to needs to ask themselves: am I comfortable with being even more of a c--- than @Ishmael_Z ?

I think I saw you post that a few months ago and I thought, fuck it, if an old arse like Ish can do that, so can I. So I did, and do.

Well done sir!

MattW said:

Ishmael_Z said:

ydoethur said:

Ishmael_Z said:

ydoethur said:

HYUFD said:

ydoethur said:

wooliedyed said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

If Sunak does become Prime Minister I'm really looking forward to the lefties moaning that Sunak really doesn't count as an ethnic minority.

Wrong type of darkie/superficially brown.

Will he get the all important Rupa Huq seal of authenticity?

I would have thought she'd hate him given he's a Hindu.

Wouldn't that make him also the first PM to avow a religion other than Christianity?

Indeed but Sunak went to Winchester, founded by the Bishop of Winchester and is more of a traditional Tory in background than Truss was

To be a little more specific, it was founded by the 48th Bishop of Winchester. Not by Tim Dakin or whoever his successor is now he's been fired.

There are 47 known BoWs before Willie Wykeham? Are you sure?

No, because it's very uncertain whether some of them were Bishop or not, and also whether you count the bishops of Dorchester. But it had been going for over 700 years at that point, so it was at around the halfway stage of its existence. 47 doesn't seem far out.

Wow.

Dorchester Dorset or Dorchester Oxon?

There are some corkers of names amongst the Bishops of Winchester. I like Hunfrith and St Alphege the Bald.

https://www.cityofwinchester.co.uk/Cathedral/Bishops/bishops.html

St Slaphede the Bald would be funnier though

Suella Braverman will declare who she's backing tomorrow, a source close to her says.

She's received "big pitches" for her vote from both Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson today, the source adds.

Could it be a fatal blow to Johnson if she doesn't go for him?

https://twitter.com/matt_dathan/status/1583917626346336256

Benpointer said:

MattW said:

Ishmael_Z said:

ydoethur said:

Ishmael_Z said:

ydoethur said:

HYUFD said:

ydoethur said:

wooliedyed said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

If Sunak does become Prime Minister I'm really looking forward to the lefties moaning that Sunak really doesn't count as an ethnic minority.

Wrong type of darkie/superficially brown.

Will he get the all important Rupa Huq seal of authenticity?

I would have thought she'd hate him given he's a Hindu.

Wouldn't that make him also the first PM to avow a religion other than Christianity?

Indeed but Sunak went to Winchester, founded by the Bishop of Winchester and is more of a traditional Tory in background than Truss was

To be a little more specific, it was founded by the 48th Bishop of Winchester. Not by Tim Dakin or whoever his successor is now he's been fired.

There are 47 known BoWs before Willie Wykeham? Are you sure?

No, because it's very uncertain whether some of them were Bishop or not, and also whether you count the bishops of Dorchester. But it had been going for over 700 years at that point, so it was at around the halfway stage of its existence. 47 doesn't seem far out.

Wow.

Dorchester Dorset or Dorchester Oxon?

There are some corkers of names amongst the Bishops of Winchester. I like Hunfrith and St Alphege the Bald.

https://www.cityofwinchester.co.uk/Cathedral/Bishops/bishops.html

St Slaphede the Bald would be funnier though

He'd be confined to the fringes.

Scott_xP said:

Suella Braverman will declare who she's backing tomorrow, a source close to her says.

She's received "big pitches" for her vote from both Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson today, the source adds.

Could it be a fatal blow to Johnson if she doesn't go for him?

https://twitter.com/matt_dathan/status/1583917626346336256

Is having Braverman’s endorsement really a good thing?

TheScreamingEagles said:

JohnO said:

HYUFD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

HYUFD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

This is why I think whoever wins the contest will lead the Tories to an epochal defeat. The economy is in a very bad place.

We shouldn’t let this be buried by other news today. Foodbank charity Trussell Trust says that the need for foodbanks has outstripped donations for the first time. It has distributed 46% more emergency food parcels in August and September than at the same time in 2021.

https://twitter.com/BasitMahmood91/status/1583181523552849920

Well snobs like you will at least be grateful to know that if the poor working class all go back to Labour now Brexit is done and they are eating at foodbanks, while the £730 million net worth Sunaks are at No 10 it may be safe to tell ones posh rich friends you are voting Tory again for the first time since Cameron

You're not a Tory, you're a socialist with your politics of envy post.

No. Like you I voted for Cameron too with the posh snobs, just unlike you I also voted for Boris with the working class oiks too

And the three of us are reunited in perfect harmony by supporting Rishi.

And you and I are the most working class oiks to have graced PB.

Which is why we're having lunch at that well known working men's restaurant, Claridge's on Tuesday.

TheScreamingEagles said:

JohnO said:

HYUFD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

HYUFD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

This is why I think whoever wins the contest will lead the Tories to an epochal defeat. The economy is in a very bad place.

We shouldn’t let this be buried by other news today. Foodbank charity Trussell Trust says that the need for foodbanks has outstripped donations for the first time. It has distributed 46% more emergency food parcels in August and September than at the same time in 2021.

https://twitter.com/BasitMahmood91/status/1583181523552849920

Well snobs like you will at least be grateful to know that if the poor working class all go back to Labour now Brexit is done and they are eating at foodbanks, while the £730 million net worth Sunaks are at No 10 it may be safe to tell ones posh rich friends you are voting Tory again for the first time since Cameron

You're not a Tory, you're a socialist with your politics of envy post.

No. Like you I voted for Cameron too with the posh snobs, just unlike you I also voted for Boris with the working class oiks too

And the three of us are reunited in perfect harmony by supporting Rishi.

And you and I are the most working class oiks to have graced PB.

Which is why we're having lunch at that well known working men's restaurant, Claridge's on Tuesday.

Nothing is too good for the working class….and their representatives.

Ishmael_Z said:

Scott_xP said:

Suella Braverman will declare who she's backing tomorrow, a source close to her says.

She's received "big pitches" for her vote from both Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson today, the source adds.

Could it be a fatal blow to Johnson if she doesn't go for him?

https://twitter.com/matt_dathan/status/1583917626346336256

Revelation of the day to me is, it's pronounced Bravverman. This comes of only hearing her referred to in HoC, as rt hon memb for wherever.

Utterly hateful woman . Can’t we deport the vile odious sociopath to Rwanda ?

Benpointer said:

MattW said:

Ishmael_Z said:

ydoethur said:

Ishmael_Z said:

ydoethur said:

HYUFD said:

ydoethur said:

wooliedyed said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

If Sunak does become Prime Minister I'm really looking forward to the lefties moaning that Sunak really doesn't count as an ethnic minority.

Wrong type of darkie/superficially brown.

Will he get the all important Rupa Huq seal of authenticity?

I would have thought she'd hate him given he's a Hindu.

Wouldn't that make him also the first PM to avow a religion other than Christianity?

Indeed but Sunak went to Winchester, founded by the Bishop of Winchester and is more of a traditional Tory in background than Truss was

To be a little more specific, it was founded by the 48th Bishop of Winchester. Not by Tim Dakin or whoever his successor is now he's been fired.

There are 47 known BoWs before Willie Wykeham? Are you sure?

No, because it's very uncertain whether some of them were Bishop or not, and also whether you count the bishops of Dorchester. But it had been going for over 700 years at that point, so it was at around the halfway stage of its existence. 47 doesn't seem far out.

Wow.

Dorchester Dorset or Dorchester Oxon?

There are some corkers of names amongst the Bishops of Winchester. I like Hunfrith and St Alphege the Bald.

https://www.cityofwinchester.co.uk/Cathedral/Bishops/bishops.html

St Slaphede the Bald would be funnier though

The Venerable Harrbal the Hirsute? Blessed Bojus of Uxbridge?

A tip.
If you do chuck owt into a foodbank basket, don't go for the obvious.
Sauces and spices are great ones to give.
Most have enough pasta and tomatoes. A bit of salt and pepper, or herbs, or ketchup, mustard or mayonnaise makes all the difference to people's food.

Johnson heading to 6.

rottenborough said:

Johnson heading to 6.

As long as he's not headed to 10.

Brendan Clarke-Smith claiming Boris has 100 already.
By midday today.

Apparently Sunak and Bozo have met this evening .

Hard to see what sort of agreement could be reached .

Scott_xP said:

Suella Braverman will declare who she's backing tomorrow, a source close to her says.

She's received "big pitches" for her vote from both Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson today, the source adds.

Could it be a fatal blow to Johnson if she doesn't go for him?

https://twitter.com/matt_dathan/status/1583917626346336256

Could be a fatal blow to Johnson if she does...

nico679 said:

Apparently Sunak and Bozo have met this evening .

Hard to see what sort of agreement could be reached .

'I want everything!'
'Im offering nothing'
'I'll accept something!'
'Here is a ball in a cup'
'Ye Gods, crikey, what a wizard gift! You have my support Rishers'

'Fucking idiot'

MarqueeMark said:

nico679 said:

Apparently Sunak and Bozo have met this evening .

Hard to see what sort of agreement could be reached .

Pistols at dawn.

Boris much easier to hit.

Just thought of perfect title for PB movie or serial -

"The Story of John O"

Ishmael_Z said:

dixiedean said:

A tip.
If you do chuck owt into a foodbank basket, don't go for the obvious.
Sauces and spices are great ones to give.
Most have enough pasta and tomatoes. A bit of salt and pepper, or herbs, or ketchup, mustard or mayonnaise makes all the difference to people's food.

Sure: but cash money to e.g. the Trussell Trust beats that for all sorts of reasons.

Indeed it does.
I was merely suggesting what we found useful at our foodbank, for those who don't/can't be as routinely generous as you and Mr Pointer, but still want to help.
Toothbrushes are good too.

paulyork64 said:

MarqueeMark said:

nico679 said:

Apparently Sunak and Bozo have met this evening .

Hard to see what sort of agreement could be reached .

Pistols at dawn.

Boris much easier to hit.

One of Andy Jackson's secrets for success & survival as a serial duelist, was that he was rail thin.

And made habit of wearing loos-fitting coat + cloak + cape to the Field(s) of Honor.

Carnyx said:

Nigelb said:

Carnyx said:

LostPassword said:

ydoethur said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

This is why I think whoever wins the contest will lead the Tories to an epochal defeat. The economy is in a very bad place.

We shouldn’t let this be buried by other news today. Foodbank charity Trussell Trust says that the need for foodbanks has outstripped donations for the first time. It has distributed 46% more emergency food parcels in August and September than at the same time in 2021.

https://twitter.com/BasitMahmood91/status/1583181523552849920

I'm assuming donations are down as well?

They spoke to some people on radio 4 recently who said that they always used to donate to food banks, but now they were needing to use them, so unless other people have donated more it's hard to see how donations could not have fallen.

The donations in kind have certainly fallen:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/20/uks-biggest-food-bank-network-to-spend-millions-on-parcels-this-winter

This is quite eye-opening:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/21/donate-tins-treats-and-toiletries-how-to-help-a-food-bank

'Most food banks report clients are increasingly asking for food that requires no cooking. For some, it’s about saving energy, but some don’t have access to cooking facilities or even a kettle. Pots of instant noodles or porridge that just need hot water are useful. [... "]We’d give some tuna, so you can just open that, stick it on some bread and eat it. It’s really minimal stuff.” Neilly keeps a stock of tinned sweetcorn, which can be eaten cold.

The Trussell Trust is a pretty good charity.

Ours is an independent one, as it happens, but that's not to decry the TT at all.

If you have a local food bank you know and trust, then that’s as good as anything.

Why on earth did the Johnson campaign allow the release of that picture of Boris looking like a hungover sex offender?

dixiedean said:

Brendan Clarke-Smith claiming Boris has 100 already.
By midday today.

What is the explanation for them in not coming public?

Gardenwalker said:

Why on earth did the Johnson campaign allow the release of that picture of Boris looking like a hungover sex offender?

Best they had?

ydoethur said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Hurrah

Exclusive: Outspoken critic of Hundred lands ECB chief executive job

Former tank commander has been in charge of Somerset and Surrey, and was a vocal opponent of The Hundred

The England and Wales Cricket Board are set to announce Richard Gould, an outspoken critic of the Hundred, as their new chief executive.

Gould, who is currently CEO at Championship football club Bristol City, has beaten Tim Bostock, the boss at Durham, to the job after a final round of interviews on Wednesday.

The ECB Board are understood to have met on Friday and Gould’s appointment will be confirmed in the coming days.

The appointment of Gould, a traditionalist who has spoken publicly against the Hundred, will please county fans, but there will be some ECB employees who greet it with trepidation at a time of great flux in the game both domestically and globally.

While Gould, 52, currently works in football, he has spent much of his working life in county cricket. The former tank commander was chief executive at Somerset between 2005 and 2011, then Surrey from 2011 and 2021. He left Surrey to return to Bristol City, where he had a long history; his father Bobby played for the club, and he worked there as a younger man.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2022/10/22/outspoken-critic-hundred-lands-ecb-chief-executive-job/

He and the chairman of Surrey - now the chairman of the ECB - were the only two county bosses to vote against the Hundred.

The Hundred must be in trouble now. Runs at a loss, buggers up the season, hated by the fans, not backed by the board.

And still has to run for three more years because of the stupid rights deal.

In fact the Hundred is now contracted to run for another SIX years - new ECB/Sky deal to 2028 includes the Hundred.

So it's here for the long term - unless some kind of renegotiation takes place.

https://www.skysports.com/the-hundred/news/36890/12651542/sky-sports-and-ecb-extend-partnership-to-2028-in-new-four-year-agreement

MarqueeMark said:

Scott_xP said:

...

That being the Sun, I read that as BUT SUNAK BAGS BIG BREASTS

I know he has his knockers but......

MarqueeMark said:

Scott_xP said:

...

That being the Sun, I read that as BUT SUNAK BAGS BIG BREASTS

David Davis returning to Home Office?

Christopher Hope📝
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One Boris campaign adviser
@JamesDuddridge
tells me tonight: “I personally know 76 names, there are a number consulting associations who will announce Sunday and Monday.”
Sources insist Johnson does have 100 MPs supporting him. If so, it’s going to the members next week.

Johnson plunges to 4.7.

rottenborough said:

Christopher Hope📝
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One Boris campaign adviser
@JamesDuddridge
tells me tonight: “I personally know 76 names, there are a number consulting associations who will announce Sunday and Monday.”
Sources insist Johnson does have 100 MPs supporting him. If so, it’s going to the members next week.

Dudders is a dud ?

Benpointer said:

This time last year: Con 37%, Lab 33%, LD9% (YouGov)

What a difference a year makes, eh?

Not for Lib Dems. Steady as she goes.

And the iPhone autocorrect that always wants to put an apostrophe in “dems” but only if preceded by “Lib” can go do one.

Dems the breaks.

So all these Johnson supporters are sitting tight. Any reason they don't want to come public?

And where is the rumour about David Davis to the Home Office from?

LOL at the new low.

Matt Chorley Tweeted this

Johnson pulls out while denying he was ever in. (Not for the first time)

Sunak coronation Monday.

Slow crawl towards sanity begins

Followed by

To be clear this is my prediction and not some half-cocked nonsense texted by someone seeking to move the markets

Team Johnson wish me to point out that he has not pulled out. No comment on sanity.

I stand by the rest of the tweet as the prediction it was:

Johnson pulls out while denying he was ever in. (Not for the first time)

Sunak coronation Monday.

Slow crawl towards sanity begins

Being asked to correct the record by a spin doctor for Boris Johnson is a new low

Apparently it’s fine to get journalists to tweet “we’ve got 100” based on no evidence at all.

But not fine to suggest that it’s all over. Which it increasingly looks like it is.

And now

LOL

So it’s gone down by 24 in the past seven hours?

https://twitter.com/MattChorley/status/1583926077428072449/photo/1

MikeL said:

ydoethur said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Hurrah

Exclusive: Outspoken critic of Hundred lands ECB chief executive job

Former tank commander has been in charge of Somerset and Surrey, and was a vocal opponent of The Hundred

The England and Wales Cricket Board are set to announce Richard Gould, an outspoken critic of the Hundred, as their new chief executive.

Gould, who is currently CEO at Championship football club Bristol City, has beaten Tim Bostock, the boss at Durham, to the job after a final round of interviews on Wednesday.

The ECB Board are understood to have met on Friday and Gould’s appointment will be confirmed in the coming days.

The appointment of Gould, a traditionalist who has spoken publicly against the Hundred, will please county fans, but there will be some ECB employees who greet it with trepidation at a time of great flux in the game both domestically and globally.

While Gould, 52, currently works in football, he has spent much of his working life in county cricket. The former tank commander was chief executive at Somerset between 2005 and 2011, then Surrey from 2011 and 2021. He left Surrey to return to Bristol City, where he had a long history; his father Bobby played for the club, and he worked there as a younger man.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2022/10/22/outspoken-critic-hundred-lands-ecb-chief-executive-job/

He and the chairman of Surrey - now the chairman of the ECB - were the only two county bosses to vote against the Hundred.

The Hundred must be in trouble now. Runs at a loss, buggers up the season, hated by the fans, not backed by the board.

And still has to run for three more years because of the stupid rights deal.

In fact the Hundred is now contracted to run for another SIX years - new ECB/Sky deal to 2028 includes the Hundred.

So it's here for the long term - unless some kind of renegotiation takes place.

https://www.skysports.com/the-hundred/news/36890/12651542/sky-sports-and-ecb-extend-partnership-to-2028-in-new-four-year-agreement

Just persuade the TV companies that The Hundred refers to the first stage of Conservative leadership elections and televise that, with all the noise and live graphics.

rottenborough said:

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One Boris campaign adviser
@JamesDuddridge
tells me tonight: “I personally know 76 names, there are a number consulting associations who will announce Sunday and Monday.”
Sources insist Johnson does have 100 MPs supporting him. If so, it’s going to the members next week.

What are consulting associations? Duddridge needs to STFU no ones interested in hearing anymore garbage spin on Bozos stalling campaign .

Nigelb said:

Isn’t this the aircraft from the last series of Stranger Things ?

https://twitter.com/space_osint/status/1583921407578120192
Yesterday, a Cuban pilot defected to Florida (🇺🇸) in an Antonov AN-2 aircraft.

The 29-year-old pilot took off from Sancti Spíritus, #Cuba (🇨🇺). The aircraft (CU-A1885) is normally used to carry out agricultural fumigation work.

Bog standard Soviet 1950s maid of all work. They had one visit Old WArden airfield Shuttleworth displays ca. 1990 ISTR. Massive thing. Bigger wingspan than a Learjet. A Sopwith Camel it ain't.

TheScreamingEagles said:

LOL at the new low.

Every trick you use on the way up gets used against you on the way down.

And it's now really obvious that Boris is on the way down.

FrankBooth said:

So all these Johnson supporters are sitting tight. Any reason they don't want to come public?

And where is the rumour about David Davis to the Home Office from?

Was a slightly tangential reference to “Big Breasts” coming out for Rishi.

nico679 said:

rottenborough said:

Christopher Hope📝
@christopherhope
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One Boris campaign adviser
@JamesDuddridge
tells me tonight: “I personally know 76 names, there are a number consulting associations who will announce Sunday and Monday.”
Sources insist Johnson does have 100 MPs supporting him. If so, it’s going to the members next week.

What are consulting associations? Duddridge needs to STFU no ones interested in hearing anymore garbage spin on Bozos stalling campaign .

He means there are a number of MPs in his ‘100’ who’ve said “awfully sorry, Dudders old chap, can’t commit, as I must consult the old association, don’t you know ?”