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Work: International development | conflict states | good governance | trade Play: Chelsea | travel | cooking, eating and drinking

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And he couldn’t actually feel his collar by the end of the process…

19.02.2026 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I know too many civil servants who have big concerns to feel comfortable with the appointment. β€œFailing upwards” β€œf-ing nightmare”…

19.02.2026 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Start being a Good Samaritan, end up with a Flight to Egypt…

17.02.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, but what’s the point of modern dance…?

17.02.2026 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. Noticed S&G clunking into view…

16.02.2026 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Has he thought of using a catchy phrase like The Prince in the Tower?

15.02.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(that’s quite aside from the actual human cost, of course)

14.02.2026 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe the government could sue Andrew Wakefield for the costs the NHS has incurred. A couple of billion should suffice…

14.02.2026 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Malcolm Nash. Purveyor of the bowling for Gary Sobers’ six sixes in an over. Probably sums it up…

12.02.2026 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀣 and yet 😒

12.02.2026 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Two of Britain’s greatest exports - the ideas of Adam Smith and David Ricardo. And yet, here we are…

12.02.2026 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just checking. Does this β€˜national emergency’ go hand in hand with the β€˜greatest economy ever’?

12.02.2026 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A Finance Ministry and a Growth/ Economy Ministry should play different and distinct roles. Treasury should be constrained more and an economic policy ministry might help. But one shouldn’t replace the other.

11.02.2026 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s amazing how many so-called conservatives seem to hate the free market!

10.02.2026 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSuccessive governments broadly shit at most stuff”

06.02.2026 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not that I wish you dead (just to be clear!)

06.02.2026 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I will subscribe to the museum!

06.02.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fight, fight, fight!

(We’ll see you at Bosworth… 😏)

06.02.2026 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice idea but I’m afraid London is the capital city and therefore all the supporting infrastructure (government departments etc) are there.

06.02.2026 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Surely Orange airport has already been named after John Wayne!

06.02.2026 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What’s amazing is that tens of thousands of professional agitators were trained and law enforcement and intelligence agencies never spotted it happening, even though they have amazingly sophisticated technology. Makes you wonder how accurate their hit lists of deportees are…

02.02.2026 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Like a mobile Keir Walsh… πŸ˜‰

01.02.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And none of this came up in the vetting when he was being considered for the role of *checks notes* UK Ambassador to the United States?!

01.02.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Agree. But I’d rather see Cuthbert and Nusken in those roles as the default. I think they complement each other better.

01.02.2026 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Walsh has made us worse not better.

01.02.2026 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How many beach resorts will he get?

01.02.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminds me of Naples!

31.01.2026 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And then there’s the foregone consumer spending in the UK by student and their families…

30.01.2026 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With the (far superior) piano version of Ever Changing Moods?

29.01.2026 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œBe a shame if anything bad happened to your city…”

29.01.2026 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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