He also claimed Sangita was sacked for falling audiences when the opposite was true.

WTF is wrong with these children of immigrants?
Do they believe that by being awful to immigrants, they'll be accepted by the racists they pander to?
Daughter of a shopkeeper. Reminds me of another who severely damaged society.

Yeah, but only three were planned. 😀

I'm a similar age to his mother and although none of my friends and family of a similar vintage have these views, I've seen ex-colleagues who appear to have been radicalised through Facebook.
I first noticed it during the Brexit campaign, propaganda spread by pro-Russian sites.

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Like many politicians, Kendall can't or doesn't want to join the dots.
They're told AI will solve problems with productivity and they nod along, regurgitating the propaganda.

He's either a liar or incompetent.
Unfortunately, neither disqualifies him from being PM.
In fact, looking at the last few, it's a prerequisite.

I bet they'd class the people who resisted Hitler's occupation as terrorists.

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But it makes a difference to their biases. An 'anti-woke' workforce will make the sort of decisions we're seeing.

I suspect that this type of ignorance is welcomed and "woke" civil servants who are competent are encouraged to leave.

Apart from the impact on the institutions, the poor applicants are put through hell, and as you say, for a huge cost.
People will stop applying to UK universities.
With what's happening in the US, European and Asian universities will look far more attractive.

People do, and a functioning appeals system is vital,but the four examples are more than just mistakes.
They're symptoms of a serious attitude problem towards the applicants.

Embarrassing.
Where do they recruit these people, Wetherspoons?

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How and who replaces them.
Look at DRC.

They're determined that any country which doesn't fall into line should fail forever.
See also Cuba.

Mate, you keep posting completely discredited "sources".

Have you read the piece?
And you came up with 45000.

Sure they did.
I heard it was 450,000.

Plus the thousands of Iranians killed and the huge amount of damage to their country.
They've destroyed most of Iran's universities and many hospitals and schools.

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