BBC dumped the Met Office, apparently under orders from HMG to use a private firm, in 2018. Competitive tendering I assume was why they picked MeteoGroup. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jan/09… (View Post)

Further to this - look what crops up:SKS to defend the CA Giant and BigG's boy's boat. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/21/starmer-defend-rnli-national-trust-desperate-tory-cul… (View Post)

Best of wishes. (View Post)

Quite so on both. And when HM Government started targeting the RNLI* in its proposed legislation, though as I recall some right-wingers found it very difficult to put 2 plus 2 together and accept tha… (View Post)

I checked so you don't have to, out of interest in the actually very good point you make. Both the stories I cited, including this one, are credited to one Nick Craven, Senior Reporter, Global. … (View Post)