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Last edited by aka Calum Da Jazbo; 10-06-12, 09:27.According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Tags: None
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Lateralthinking1
"Richards.......went up to the London School of Economics gaining a degree in Economics. [LT1 insert - Wow!] As a result some people have nicknamed him "two brains"". (Wikipedia)
"Richards was.......a Senior Policy Advisor (sic) to Prime Minister Tony Blair"
"He has also worked in consulting at London Economics Ltd and as an advisor (sic) to Gordon Brown".
He is clearly the most brilliant man in Britain. I am absolutely convinced that nothing turns to devastating unrepairable chaos wherever he is directly involved.
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"Still, there is astonishment that the preferred candidate could be someone lacking editorial experience. [Ray] Snoddy speaks for many in the U.K. broadcasting community when he says that considering a BBC director general without a background in journalism or production is "insane." "
Ahem: like, in 2008, the preferred candidate for Director of Audio [Radio &c] and Music having no experience in broadcasting at all. Nor of the BBC, other than in overseeing its advertising and self-promotion ...
If you think Boris Johnson's 'The new D-G must be a Tory' call is alarming, sign the petition for BBC independence. This, of course, will set political hares running off in opposite directions, but the key qualities are broadcast experience and track record - not politics.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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but the key qualities are broadcast experience and track record - not politics.According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.
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Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Poster let us not forget gender ..... time for a woman methinks .... but they are both insiders and 'lefties' i suppose ...
On the other hand, news from 2 days ago - as one door closes? If Entwistle is in the contest, why not his predecessor?It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Posti saw ms Bennett on tv discussing AUNT and was horrified at how well she spouted AUNT corpocat speak ...they all do i suppose
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Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Posti saw ms Bennett on tv discussing AUNT and was horrified at how well she spouted AUNT corpocat speak ...they all do i suppose
I wasn't suggesting any enthusiasm for her (possible) candidature, but I hadn't noticed the recent news story until I started checking up on whether she was being considered. Too late for her to put in an application if she hadn't already done so!
I suppose I would go for Boaden in having nothing obvious against her - which most of the others do
Not sure if 'Ms Sensible' will be much of a recommendation to today's BBC hierarchy.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostI suppose I would go for Boaden in having nothing obvious against her - which most of the others do
Meanwhile Caroline Thomson is the daughter of Lord Thomson, a former Labour MP, and married to Lord Liddle, who was.....well, what do you reckon?........................
If you said "another adviser to Tony Blair", you have won a prize.
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she may well be well suited to the job tho lat, not pure bbc, not pure nulab etc and very experienced and probably not political still she will drive boris and the torygraf nuts no doubtAccording to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.
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Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View Postshe may well be well suited to the job tho lat, not pure bbc, not pure nulab etc and very experienced and probably not political still she will drive boris and the torygraf nuts no doubt
Do we know what her preferred listening station is at breakfast time?
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Originally posted by amateur51 View PostDo we know what her preferred listening station is at breakfast time?
Meanwhile, Torin Douglas on the fall-out from the Jubilee coverage.
Bland's point is silly: "The idea that it should have any bearing on who should be the next director general is laughable. We are not talking about appointing a football manager. No single programme can ever decide who becomes the next director general."
It doesn't mean that the choice will be affected by a single programme, but about a single programme as revealing the predominating priority within the BBC that - no matter what the subject - everything must be entertaining and fun to as many people as possible (aka LCD).It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by french frank View PostHas to be Today, since she's the former controller, and a news person ...
Meanwhile, Torin Douglas on the fall-out from the Jubilee coverage.
Bland's point is silly: "The idea that it should have any bearing on who should be the next director general is laughable. We are not talking about appointing a football manager. No single programme can ever decide who becomes the next director general."
It doesn't mean that the choice will be affected by a single programme, but about a single programme as revealing the predominating priority within the BBC that - no matter what the subject - everything must be entertaining and fun to as many people as possible (aka LCD).
But the intensity of the bloom in the wireless was also linked to that dark grey aura. The latter may have been in the distant background but it was also at the heart of it all. No pious popes, no ridiculous expense accounts, no gimmicky seminars, no irrelevant networking and no fake populism. Quite simply, seeds were broadcast there for programme makers to cultivate.
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Zero - All the othersLast edited by Guest; 10-06-12, 17:41.
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