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Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 8:50 am
by refitman
Morning all.

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 9:35 am
by PorFavor
Good morfternoon.

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 12:36 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
Looks like its reshuffle time - how exciting!

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 1:17 pm
by RogerOThornhill
Good morning.

So how much does this Government care about Northern Ireland?

Not much by the look of it. What sort of message does that send them when they're getting the most incompetent Edu Secretary ever?


Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 1:25 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
Apparently he gets on well with the DUP, though. Or so we are told.

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 3:12 pm
by refitman

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 3:25 pm
by gilsey
Raab to Justice but still Dep PM.

So Foreign Sec, it's hard to think of anyone who wouldn't be just as embarrassing? Truss??!!!

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 3:39 pm
by gilsey

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 4:00 pm
by gilsey
gilsey wrote: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 3:25 pm Raab to Justice but still Dep PM.

So Foreign Sec, it's hard to think of anyone who wouldn't be just as embarrassing? Truss??!!!
Don't say I didn't warn you.

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 4:39 pm
by RogerOThornhill
Nothing could be worse than Dowden surely?

Why, yes, something could...
Nadine Dorries may be the next culture secretary, the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg reports.

Dorries, currently a health minister, is a very successful fiction writer, which means she would be better qualified to represent the creative industries than many other people who have done that job. But she is also rightwing and pro-Brexit - two traits that might make her less welcome in the arts world.
:roll:

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 4:55 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
Jess Brammar has got the BBC job she was tipped for - major defeat for the Staines sewer and his nexus.

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 5:16 pm
by RogerOThornhill
AnatolyKasparov wrote: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 4:55 pm Jess Brammar has got the BBC job she was tipped for - major defeat for the Staines sewer and his nexus.
Excellent - facing down No 10 & Robbie Gibb. And with Dowden gone from Culture maybe the Culture Warriors have realised they're not actually getting very far.

And no surprise to see the Twitter account British Alba being first off the block in here...


Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 5:24 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
You do know who Dowden's reported replacement is, right? :sick:

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 5:28 pm
by RogerOThornhill
And the Vaccines Minister is now Sec of State for Education.

That might tell you something about the priorities right now I think...

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 5:37 pm
by RogerOThornhill
I'd say that the BBC has had a pretty good day all told...one fewer stick with which to beat them.

No criminal inquiry into Martin Bashir’s Diana interview, say police

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... say-police
In a statement on Wednesday, the force said: “In March 2021, the Metropolitan police service determined it was not appropriate to begin a criminal investigation into allegations of unlawful activity in connection with a documentary broadcast in 1995.

“Following the publication of Lord Dyson’s report in May, specialist detectives assessed its contents and looked carefully at the law, once again obtaining independent legal advice from Treasury Counsel as well as consulting the Crown Prosecution Service.

“As a result, the MPS has not identified evidence of activity that constituted a criminal offence and will therefore be taking no further action.”

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 5:54 pm
by tinyclanger2


cheered me up anyway

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 6:14 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
Together with the crushing defeat for Newsom's recall in California, its not been such a great day for Trumpism either side of the pond.

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 8:55 pm
by tinyclanger2
Not sure what counts as "young" but I expect many of us have been campaigning on climate change longer than "the young" have been alive.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... tudy-finds

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 8:58 pm
by tinyclanger2


Still owes me that cider (cf: last time a played this here)

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 9:01 pm
by tinyclanger2
I seem to have become very careless with vowels of late.
Apologies to those with pronounced grammatical sensitivity.

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 11:22 pm
by RogerOThornhill
Oh, Nick Gibb has finally gone!

Great - hopefully an end to 'knowledge-rich curriculum', lies about the 2007 curriculum stripped of knowledge, or ignoring anything other than their favourites in the academy sector.

Re: Wednesday 15th September 2021

Posted: Wed 15 Sep, 2021 11:23 pm
by RogerOThornhill
In fact, what with the Jess Barmmar appointment, the Gibb Brothers have had a really bad day...