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Possibly the least shocking announcement of 2021.

What a farcical waste of public money.

VMPhil post_id=8169 time=1618942674 user_id=1043 Wrote:Possibly the least shocking announcement of 2021.

And conveniently announced when everyone is talking about the new Super League!

He could’ve announced that in his press conference today...

Possibly a stupid question but what's COP26?

CameronYoung post_id=8180 time=1618944707 user_id=1509 Wrote:Possibly a stupid question but what's COP26?

According to Google the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

think the large state dining room at Downing Street looks much nicer than that blue room

Well, that went well. I wasn't sure if this would last, but I thought they'd at least manage one briefing!

Quote:Allegra Stratton, his press secretary, will become his spokeswoman for COP26

Looks like she has ended up with a one off job in November rather than a long term position.

RR post_id=8288 time=1618989329 user_id=827 Wrote:

Quote:Allegra Stratton, his press secretary, will become his spokeswoman for COP26

Looks like she has ended up with a one off job in November rather than a long term position.

Much more the rumour in Westminster that she'll be returning to her old role as Director of Comms for the Treasury after her stint at No. 10 where she never really wanted to do the televised briefings and managed to hold out from actually doing them...

In any other line of work spending money on a specific project, millions may I add here, and then not using it for what you said you would, would surely have you under some investigation?

onetrickypony post_id=8341 time=1619015261 user_id=944 Wrote:In any other line of work spending money on a specific project, millions may I add here, and then not using it for what you said you would, would surely have you under some investigation?

The same could be said of a lot of things that the current government has done. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any accountability any more

To be fair it extends beyond politics as well - millions being spent on projects that don't get off the ground is not unique to them, often because the more a project costs the longer it takes to set up and the greater the chance of either the personnel involved changing or the original reasons for the project or the requirement for it diminishing.

Perhaps they'll hire it out. For 2.6 Million it should be a quite well equipped HD (perhaps UHD) facility. Nicely situated in the heart of government. Either that, or a lift'n'shift move to, say, err, Paddington? One owner, barely used