"In the kingdom of the blind ...

• Captain Haddock

  • Location: Marlinspike Hall
  • Registered: 8 Oct 2012
  • Posts: 7,960
  12 December 2024     00:24386333
  #1       report
  ....................................... the one-eyed man is king"
  
  Looks like McFadden at least has one eye open?
  
  https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/reform-of-the-state-has-to-deliver-for-the-people
  
  'Smart lad wanted'?
  
  https://no10innovationfellows.campaign.gov.uk/
  
  

  

  
  
  
  Button likes this
  "We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson
• Button

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 22 Jul 2016
  • Posts: 3,031
  12 December 2024     13:20386348
  #2       report
  Good grief, it seems there are politicians who can talk sense!
  
  According to the government, "Pat McFadden was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 5 July 2024. He were elected as the MP for Wolverhampton South East in May 2005."
  (Not my real name.)
• Captain Haddock

  • Location: Marlinspike Hall
  • Registered: 8 Oct 2012
  • Posts: 7,960
  12 December 2024     15:25386351
  #3       report
  'He were elected' ?
  "We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
  Dr. Hunter S Thompson
• Button

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 22 Jul 2016
  • Posts: 3,031
  12 December 2024     16:20386352
  #4       report
  From https://www.gov.uk/government/people/pat-mcfadden
  Don't get excited, it's just a Beta version; the important thing is to improve upon it! I believe that, in the vernacular, it's known as "throwing it out there".
  (Not my real name.)