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For Your Pies Only

poster for 'Let Us Prey'

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Lettuce Prey

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My Leftovers Foot

FCDO are not police. They have to deal with the world's wheeler-dealers. They need to keep up with the whirl.
(But it's probably true that coppers rely a great deal on criminal snouts.)

Robbins suggested that FCDO couldn't work, if all its appointees were provably simon pure.

That is a valid question (but not one for Robbins).
Given the character of the incoming Pres, appointing Mandy looked like a master stroke *at the time*.

1. Mandy was a PC - hefty clearance already
2. Speed was an issue. Needed agrément from Biden, not Trump
3. So what? Didn't happen.
There'll be lots of recording - of decisions, not argument.

Well, Robbins himself said that sometimes FCDO had to hire 'interesting' people - people who knew their way around, who had unconventional contacts and (he didn't say this bit) as capable of compromising as being compromised.
It was all about how to *manage* such risks.

Keep up. SV advised; Robbins decided.

Precisely. Advice - not a 'decision'.

Thing is, Nick, Mandy's arseholeness was no matter for Olly Robbins. His vetting procedure concerned specific security issues (a stake in a Russian company), not whether or not he was a good chap.

"despite a red/red rating (which I concealed) "
He says he never saw such a form (& I believe him more than any journalist).

He said no such thing.

"he confirms he had not told anybody in No 10 about the UKSV decision"
The problem is - there was no 'UKSV decision' as such. UKSV advised Robbins. Robbins made the decision.

We are confusing 2 things; potential security risk & Mandy's character. Neither FCDO nor SV had any interest in the latter.

One of the confusions here is between 'is he a risk to national security?' & 'is he a suitable chap to be employed in this role?'.

As a PC & peer, Mandy was already through several mills. It seems that DV's concerns were about Russian business interests, not Epstein. Arguably a manageable risk.

There is something wrong with the asylum process for LGBTQ+ people – but it’s not fake claimants A new investigation is likely to cast suspicion over LGBTQ+ claims more broadly.

"The BBC investigation exposes a handful of cases, but there is no credible evidence that fraudulent claims in this category are widespread. When similar allegations were made by former home secretary Suella Braverman in 2023, the Home Office was unable to provide evidence of systemic abuse."

A row of doorways, in line.

Doorways - to doorways.
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Yes. There are people who think they're being clever if they silence unwelcome arguments.

Most likely some List or other - maybe intended to be positive, but used by SM warriors to be negative.

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Tales from the Cryptic

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Arcane Mutiny

Classics IV ~ Spooky (1968) YouTube video by Georgy Porgy's Favorites

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Spooky
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We Are The World (Official Music Video) [Enhanced Video Version] YouTube video by USAforAfricaVEVO

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Weird the World
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A view across a derelict palace

El Badi Palace, Marrakech
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Yellow-painted building.

Gloucester Road, Malmesbury, Wiltshire
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To argue the contrary; 53% in favour of somthing that doesn't look like happening in the near future, ain't bad.
If/when that eventuality becomes a viable option, that figure might be a floor, rather than a ceiling.

Nope. The struggle was to get people to understand what was happening. And explaining how to get it to work (aitch tee tee pee colon forward-slash).
I remember that Buffy had to explain what 'Google her' meant.

Do they translate 'Vianne' as 'Transit', so it remains exotic?