Really saying the quiet part out loud now

You can lead the Daily Telegraph to an NHS story, but you can't make them report it accurately.

Cabinet secretary apparently advised Starmer to wait for vetting before appointing Mandelson Documents also show PM’s choice for US ambassador was offered ‘higher tiers’ briefing before vetting was finalised * UK politics live – latest updates The then cabinet secretary, Simon Case, appeared to advise Keir Starmer to complete security vetting for Peter Mandelson before announcing an appointment, documents reveal. The documents released last month by the Cabinet Office as part of the disclosures over the US ambassadorial appointment also show Mandelson was offered a “higher tiers” briefing before his vetting was finalised. Continue reading...

Cabinet secretary apparently advised Starmer to wait for vetting before appointing Mandelson

The HE(FoS) Bill predates the current government, but the fact that they paused but then didn't suspend it when they had the opportunity was an early indicator for me that they weren't interested in being radically different from their predecessors.

Whether Starmer goes is more a matter of politics than about the constitution, but the Prime Minister should properly account to Parliament for his own decision to appoint Mandelson.

His current approach of ducking, and blaming and sacking others, is a failure of prime ministerial responsibility.

You said Nandy said nothing of the sort. That’s the text quoted in the report. How did she say nothing of the sort?

Well this is a ding-dong isn’t it #coyg

Weird that it’s reported verbatim in Hansard then.

I see where you’re coming from but salaries haven’t kept pace with prices/cost of living for some time. I’d welcome more price regulation, and that probably starts with renationalising utilities.

Is this actually their branding because it looks like a rather too on-the-nose prop from a not very subtle satire.

Also bro’s migrating facial hair is concerning.

Eat up kids, we’re having sautéed rocks for dinner.

Speak for yourself. 😜

Perhaps they did and the co-worker insisted he hadn’t made any mistakes, which the manager read as arrogance? Amplified if that fits with the ‘bad attitude’ narrative (taking OP’s report at face value).

If it’s not working out within the probation period, company might just cut its losses.

Image of a catwalk wtih people on it on top of three very large vessels filled with a glowing liquid. There is a large camera on a boom pointing at the people, suggesting this is a movie being filled. Embedded text reads: Gotham would have a lot less supervillans if they had more safety rails and sh*t around giant chemical vats. That city doesn't need Batmant it needs OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration). Grammatical errors are original.

Sunday sillies: Government matters edition.

Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement

It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly

Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way

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Well it is on the Overground….(but also it’s definitely not a London LA or even counted as London for most grant funding purposes).

Interesting trajectory. Well, there was a STAND with PEOPLE and LEAFLETS so I conclude they are still operational. And not without a case for support.

Canvassers and party activists out in force this morning. Cambridge Communist Party pushing a strong anti-developer, pro-dentist message that may well resonate.

There was some ‘regular/classic/not deep pan’ option and then deep pan. Probably not super-thin crust in the Roman sense.

Did you have a Pizzaland? I remember Pizzaland having thin and deep options in the mid 80s. Actually I remember deep pan being touted as the innovation there.

And this made me think of Morgan McSweeney who, when he resigned, said that while he did not oversee the due diligence and vetting process, he believed that process "must now be fundamentally overhauled."

That sounds like what you might say if you knew sth like this was going to emerge.

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BREAKING: Post from David Maddox - Political Editor of the Independent

Not a joke, I love that film

a group of cheerleaders are dancing in a gym and one cheerleader is saying i 'm wanted ALT: a group of cheerleaders are dancing in a gym and one cheerleader is saying i 'm wanted

This list sadly omits Ms Dunst's single greatest contribution to cinematic history www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...

We’re fighting for transparency over Palantir NHS briefing documents | Good Law Project Wes Streeting is refusing to publish documents that will provide the truth about the risks of Palantir’s systems for handling our health records, so we’re fighting back

In public, Wes Streeting is furiously back-pedaling from his earlier Palantir cheerleading.

But in private he is refusing to let us see what civil servants told him about Palantir

So, with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social, we are taking him to court to try and force him to hand over the briefings.

Here’s the deal though. When you walk by a piece of shit on the street, you point at it & say “Look, a piece of shit.” You do not pick it up with your hand & rub it all over your nice shirt.

So what can possibly have happened? Scenario 1: someone in No10 let it be known that Mandelson HAD TO be appointed. When he failed his DV, someone senior in the FCDO decided that was not acceptable and insisted it was revised, without telling No10.