Ed Davey Elected Leader of LibDems

 

42,756 votes to 24,564? It wasn't even close.

— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) August 27, 2020

Bloody lousy turnout, the LibDems have over 120K members!

Who Knew?

 

Who knew that when they voted for Boris in December 2019 that they would get Sturgeon running the country?

The Distant Rumble of Thunder?

 

Boris Johnson could be gone by February according to Cummings’ father-in-law: scoop in Times diary via ⁦@patrick_kidd⁩ pic.twitter.com/7HJPdWzxmf

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) August 25, 2020

Ben & Jerry's Marketing Gimmick Backfires

Ben & Jerry’s sales have plummeted across the UK, many stores have now agreed to put the ice cream out at a reduced price with @benandjerrysUK taking the hit. The stores we looked at are selling at just over half price and the shelves are still almost full. pic.twitter.com/l7r9RYSAph

— Anonymous Journalist (@AnonymousJourn9) August 20, 2020

On 12 August I wrote:

"For reasons best known to itself, Unilver (in the guise of its brand Ben & Jerry) has decided to come out in support of criminal people smuggling gangs who profit from smuggling economic migrants across Europe into the UK."

It was of course a marketing gimmick to push sales of Ben & Jerry's.

It has failed!

 

Trouble In The Valleys

NEW: Welsh Brexit Minister @Jeremy_Miles absolutely roasts Biz sec Alok Sharma @AlokSharma_RDG over plans UK internal market bill - warns it will "accelerate the break up" of the UK - this is VERY strong language from pro Union welsh govt /1 Threadhttps://t.co/mLauSW2Hw4

— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) August 20, 2020

 

The Guardian Hangs Carole Cadwalladr Out To Dry

 

Arron Banks is a pussy who is using the courts to try & shut me down. I face adverse costs of up to £1m. Most of press silent. Security services - & I quote - ‘asleep at wheel’. And yet. Still it keeps oozing out.. https://t.co/YdkzIDvzi1

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) August 19, 2020

Rather bizarrely, despite the fact that the Guardian occasionally uses her articles, the Guardian is happily going to let Cadwalladr go to the wall.

Given that the Guardian is sitting on a £1BN trust fund, I would have thought it would bail out one of its own?

Exams

 

Exams are necessary to stop fuck ups such as we have just witnessed.

I trust and assume that the government have understood this?

Oh, and whilst we are at it, someone tell Williamson to remove the riding crop from his desk the next time he is photographed!

Algorithms

 

Algorithms that highlight statistical anomalies are all well and good, but if there is not a robust and fair human override they will cause tears.

Given that universities will be well short of foreign applicants this year, it might be wise to override the algorithm and allow a one off inflation of grades that the universities can mop up this year.

Unilever Slags Off Priti Patel

 

Hey @PritiPatel we think the real crisis is our lack of humanity for people fleeing war, climate change and torture. We pulled together a thread for you..

— Ben & Jerry's UK (@benandjerrysUK) August 11, 2020

For reasons best known to itself, Unilver (in the guise of its brand Ben & Jerry) has decided to come out in support of criminal people smuggling gangs who profit from smuggling economic migrants across Europe into the UK.

Suffice to say Priti Patel had a few words to say on the subject.

OOOF! Home Office source: “Priti is working day&night to bring an end to these small boat crossings, which are facilitated by international criminal gangs&are of serious concern. If that means upsetting the social media team for a brand of overpriced junk food then so be it.” https://t.co/QIrfXOjZ5w

— Chris Mason (@ChrisMasonBBC) August 11, 2020

Irrespective of what Unilever (no stranger to controversy itself) thinks of the matter, the criminal gangs will be targeted and brought to justice, and the economic migrants in the UK who chose not to settle in the parts of the EU which they first entered will be deported.

Driving Ms Butler

 

Maybe the media would serve their audience better if, given that they seem to think a police vehicle stop is national news, they actually interviewed the driver of the car to garner his views rather than the passenger?

Aberdeen!

Meanwhile in Scotland Again...

A leadership contest, of one. Douglas Ross is named the new leader of the Scottish Tories after nominations closed at noon with no other candidates. His relationship with No10 will be interesting, Ross resigned in May over Barnard Castle-gate.

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) August 5, 2020

Shrewd move resigning, it shows he is his own man!

Meanwhile in Scotland..

Nicola Sturgeon has said that teachers’ grading of their pupils was “not credible” as she defended the lowering of marks for a quarter of all entries from Scottish students https://t.co/4e34POT5IX

— The Times Scotland (@thetimesscot) August 4, 2020

My sympathies to the Scottish school students who didn't sit exams this year, but have had their grades for the non existent exams fucked up by bureaucrats!

Shielding The Over 50's - The Plan That Never Was

No 10 ditches plan to shield over-50s after backlash from ministershttps://t.co/QR5k650DTd

— Moriarty (@LeProfMoriarty) August 3, 2020

When is a plan not a plan?

When it was never a plan!

The media had a fun 48 hours with their headlines about shielding the over 50's, yet to no avail.

For you see ladies and gentlemen, there never was any such plan!