Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Thursday 23rd April 2020
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Is the Civil Service operating some new bonus system for the production of "clarifications"?Harry Dunn death: diplomatic immunity for Anne Sacoolas 'illogical'
Britain agreed to let Anne Sacoolas, the driver charged with killing 19-year-old motorcyclist Harry Dunn, return to the US on the basis of an “apparently illogical” interpretation of the law on diplomatic immunity, according to the most senior civil servant at the Foreign Office.
The description of this interpretation given to the foreign affairs select committee by Sir Simon McDonald, the permanent under-secretary and head of the diplomatic service, will add fuel to the efforts of the Dunn family to mount a judicial review of the Foreign Office’s decision-making in the case. (Guardian - my emphasis)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... -illogical
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Unintended consequences - school network password also covers online Office 365 and Outlook for school email, where all distance learning work is being done. It has a regular expiry date for passwords to be changed. They expired this morning. They can't be reset remotely. I suspect a lot of staff are going to be phoning school this morning. I once accidentally emailed the technicians from a personal account so I have the address to hand but otherwise it would just be the phone...
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Morning all.
"OK, so I'm going on GMB - wonder what current events he's going to ask me about?"
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Piers Morgan “Do you know how many people you tested yesterday?”
Brandon Lewis MP “I don’t have that data”
Piers Morgan “Do you want me to tell you?”
Brandon Lewis MP “OK”
Piers Morgan “13,000”
Is it really too much to ask representatives of Government know this! Shameful
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Apparently Trump and Fox are now backing away from their claim that hydroxychloroquine can cure COVID-19, after previously touting it as a miracle: https://www.theroot.com/trump-and-fox-n ... 1843001772
Which led me to this classic article from the past: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing ... est-memory - satire died at this point.
Which led me to this classic article from the past: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing ... est-memory - satire died at this point.
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GetYou wrote:Apparently Trump and Fox are now backing away from their claim that hydroxychloroquine can cure COVID-19, after previously touting it as a miracle: https://www.theroot.com/trump-and-fox-n ... 1843001772
Which led me to this classic article from the past: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing ... est-memory - satire died at this point.
Dr. Oz—who’s about as reliable for medical advice as Dr. Dre and Dr. J
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Hmm...
https://www.ft.com/content/dd1cd5d5-178 ... 33f88d1a46#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.ft.com/content/dd1cd5d5-178 ... 33f88d1a46#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Well, that is an interesting list and no mistake.However, former Downing Street head of communications Robbie Gibb led a last-minute rival bid for the Jewish Chronicle along with ten prominent media and business figures including former Labour MP John Woodcock, veteran BBC journalist John Ware and Jonathan Kandel, a partner at law firm Kirkland and Ellis. The consortium said its offer included paying all creditors, a commitment to impartiality and retaining the Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard, who had announced he was standing down.
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Look at his face! Just look at his face!RogerOThornhill wrote:Hmm...
Well, that is an interesting list and no mistake.
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Good morning, everyone.
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another ruthlessly beautiful day here
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Have our elements of medical arrived yet?
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I was expecting, by now, to hear what had actually arrived. It must have been unpacked by now.citizenJA wrote:Have our elements of medical arrived yet?
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I'm just hearing on Sky TV news that the full membership of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) is unknown. Neither are any minutes of the meetings available.
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Since said article is paywalled, I presume that is the consortium that was successful?RogerOThornhill wrote:Hmm...
https://www.ft.com/content/dd1cd5d5-178 ... 33f88d1a46#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Well, that is an interesting list and no mistake.However, former Downing Street head of communications Robbie Gibb led a last-minute rival bid for the Jewish Chronicle along with ten prominent media and business figures including former Labour MP John Woodcock, veteran BBC journalist John Ware and Jonathan Kandel, a partner at law firm Kirkland and Ellis. The consortium said its offer included paying all creditors, a commitment to impartiality and retaining the Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard, who had announced he was standing down.
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Yes it is.AnatolyKasparov wrote:
Since said article is paywalled, I presume that is the consortium that was successful?
There's a full list of people on the JC but those are the most "interesting" names.
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They said they would keep Pollard on as editor as well. Marvellous.
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Apparently, swifts should be with us soon (according to the RSPB).
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PorFavor wrote:Apparently, swifts should be with us soon (according to the RSPB).
always a show off, that oneOne young swift that left its UK nest on 31 July, was found in Madrid (Spain) on 3 August.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildl ... migration/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... ownpayment'Less than 10th' of PPE order arrives in UK, despite downpayment
NHS paid deposit for 400,000 protective gowns last Friday, but only 32,000 are believed to have been flown in (Guardian)
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Government moving goalposts on testing. Initial pledge was to "carry out 100,000 tests for coronavirus by the end of this month".
Today, testing co-ordinator John Newton said: "We are on target to have capacity for 100,000 tests a day."
5:47 PM - 23 Apr 2020
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What does "on target to have capacity" actually mean?
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Very timely!PorFavor wrote:Apparently, swifts should be with us soon (according to the RSPB).
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One for Roger if he hasn’t seen it, from the head of Suffolk Libraries:
“You think you're having a bad week? My poor colleague has just been in to do her weekly check of the library building. The cleaner has started deep cleaning the space (so far, so good) and has cleaned the shelves but has put 18.5 bays of books back on IN SIZE ORDER.”
“You think you're having a bad week? My poor colleague has just been in to do her weekly check of the library building. The cleaner has started deep cleaning the space (so far, so good) and has cleaned the shelves but has put 18.5 bays of books back on IN SIZE ORDER.”
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Early night for me, everyone.
Goodnight.
I love you.
cJA
Goodnight.
I love you.
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Thanks for this and yes, I did see it and thought "Oh no!"PaulfromYorkshire wrote:One for Roger if he hasn’t seen it, from the head of Suffolk Libraries:
“You think you're having a bad week? My poor colleague has just been in to do her weekly check of the library building. The cleaner has started deep cleaning the space (so far, so good) and has cleaned the shelves but has put 18.5 bays of books back on IN SIZE ORDER.”
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I mean, did they think those numbers on all the books were just for fun?
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