Andy Squibb

I'm surprised he didn't write anything about his victory over inflation, or how his tariffs policy is reducing the U.S.' trade deficit.
‹/sarcasm›

As usual Jonathan Portes absolutely correct here.

UK expands Hong Kong visa scheme in wake of Jimmy Lai’s prison sentence Exclusive: Home Office ruling means thousands more Hongkongers will be eligible to come to the UK over next five years

Some genuinely good news - Home Office does the right thing.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Not at all. I didn't interpret it as sarcastic… I just thought I may have got the facts incorrect.

Thank you Simon. I was beginning to doubt myself after your initial reply.

In my defence, both were known for their previous misdemeanours/indiscretions, but were regardless… or am I misremembering the crucial point that Pincher wasn't hired?
Now I'm unsure. 😬

Were one to draw parallels of inappropriate hires, then I think Starmer has peaked too soon.
Aside from the McSweeney debacle, I also have in mind the comparison of the unwise appointments of Pincher vs Mandelson. 🤷‍♂️

Andrew shared confidential information with Epstein as trade envoy, files suggest Under official guidance, trade envoys have a duty of confidentiality over sensitive, commercial, or political information.

This report implies that 'Andrew' may have broken the Official Secrets Acts (& I wonder if the same could be possible of Mandelson?) and if so I wonder whether that, rather than 'Misconduct in Public Office' might, in both cases, form the basis of a prosecution?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It does indeed. Where do I sign?

• Vastly improved communications before anything is done
• Forget RefUK – concentrate on right policies
• Remove EU related red lines (SM, CU, FOM)
• Yes, more immigration
• Yes, more tax/spend

Why is the UK Under Performing Under Pillar II of Horizon Europe? Recent speculation suggests that some UK research and innovation policymakers are advocating for the UK to only participate in Pillar I of Framework Programme 10. This position is reportedly based on ...

Very interesting read on Brexit impact on the UK science and talent ecosystem

www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-uk...

It's all over the media. ‹/sarcasm›

Meh… not only Septics can be bought.

More favourable.

Do you like apples… or whatever else it is with which principals can be bought?

As a sitting peer, I realise that he isn't "employed" as you wrote and it is why I wrote: "get rid of Glasman's influence…". Starmer should stop 'lending his ear' to Glasman's 'principles' – which previously he has done through the conduit of McSweeney.

TL = OOO… it's the only one experiencing an emergency and dumping fuel as a consequence.
There y' go… got there without cheating. 😉🤪

Still need to get rid of Glasman's influence, otherwise Labour's 'Change' agenda won't be facilitated.

Yeah… got it! OOO because of -361 😉

Just found your reason to celebrate? #McSweeney

As I wrote earlier, getting above his station…
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Goodbye to bad rubbish.

On McSweeney, Starmer said:
"I's been an honour working wit Morgan McSweeney for many years. He turned our party around after one of its worst ever defeats…"

Seemingly, given his skills and all the party's U-turns, he's been advising on directional changes, on a regular basis. #MorganMcSweeney

No prophylactics in the world of the deities. 😏

Morgan McSweeney really getting above himself here… "resign from government".
FFS, he was just an adviser. I'm happy to be corrected, but I don't recall seeing his fizzog on any of the gov.uk department websites.

I just hope that Glasman's influence doesn't continue.

Morgan McSweeney really getting above himself here… "resign from government".
FFS, he was just an adviser. I'm happy to be corrected, but I don't recall seeing his fizzog on any of the gov.uk department websites.

The GOOSE: Reviewing the Polaroid 600SE The 600SE was the crème de la creme of Polaroid cameras in its day.

When I worked in Polaroid's professional & technical division, I used to sell & have among my demo kit, a 600SE, for which I bought a 6x9 roll film back… *that* accepted 120/220 film and produced stunning results, but was definitely different from the 127 negs I scanned
emulsive.org/reviews/came...

I don't know about "later models", but the one in the img above is defnitely the camera my parents had, that was passed to me in the 1960s when I was at junior school. According to Google's AI thing, it took 127 film as per img ⬇️.…1/2

You're joking? FFS!
Possibly the moderator was a staunch acolyte of #TrumpleThinSkin. 🤦‍♂️