George Osborne appointed editor of London Evening Standard newspaper
17-03-2017, 11:22
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George Osborne appointed editor of London Evening Standard newspaper
Sounds unlikely but it's true!
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George Osborne has been announced as the new editor of the Evening Standard.
The former Chancellor will succeed Sarah Sands and take up his role in early May.
Mr Osborne said: "This is such an exciting and challenging job and I’m thrilled to take it on. The Evening Standard is a great paper, testimony to the hard work of Sarah Sands and the impressive team, and to the investment of its owners. I look forward to working with, learning from and leading this team of dedicated professionals.
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http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londo...-a3492361.html
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17-03-2017, 11:28
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Re: George Osborne appointed editor of London Evening Standard newspaper
This is the craziest thing I've seen since that time Trump accused the British of spying on him!
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17-03-2017, 11:43
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Re: George Osborne appointed editor of London Evening Standard newspaper
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Originally Posted by Damien
This is the craziest thing I've seen since that time Trump accused the British of spying on him!
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How's he going to fit it in with being MP for Tatton and working one day a week at Blackrock?
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17-03-2017, 11:49
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God knows. Teresa May now has a troublesome backbencher whose she has previously fired that is now editor of a newspaper though.
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17-03-2017, 11:58
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God knows. Teresa May now has a troublesome backbencher whose she has previously fired that is now editor of a newspaper though.
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Maybe May will find a new role to keep Osborne on board as she did for Telegraph columnist Boris. There are 168 hours in the week after all!
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17-03-2017, 12:02
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He certainly knows how to manage his personal finances.
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17-03-2017, 12:27
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Re: George Osborne appointed editor of London Evening Standard newspaper
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This is the craziest thing I've seen since that time Trump accused the British of spying on him!
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l thought this was a April fools joke but of course that is 15 days away.
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17-03-2017, 12:52
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Re: George Osborne appointed editor of London Evening Standard newspaper
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Originally Posted by Damien
This is the craziest thing I've seen since that time Trump accused the British of spying on him!
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Where did you see that ?
As far as I am aware, Trump has said no such thing, a commentator on Fox News, did, as then did Sean Spicer, no such words of any accusation have come from Trump himself.
And even if he did, I would not think it be crazy. That very high tech building, is not there sitting looking pretty for the sake of it.
Anyway, this is not the thread to be bringing this in to.
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17-03-2017, 12:55
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Where did you see that ?
As far as I am aware, Trump has said no such thing, a commentator on Fox News, did, as then did Sean Spicer, no such words of any accusation have come from Trump himself.
And even if he did, I would not think it be crazy. That very high tech building, is not there sitting looking pretty for the sake of it.
Anyway, this is not the thread to be bringing this in to.
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I was joking about how crazy the news is.
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17-03-2017, 13:06
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Re: George Osborne appointed editor of London Evening Standard newspaper
Meanwhile, former coalition colleague Nick Clegg gets a Vegas residency!
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Nick Clegg becomes unexpected star of US airport's maintenance poster
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http://www.itv.com/news/2017-03-16/n...ster-campaign/
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17-03-2017, 13:35
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Re: George Osborne appointed editor of London Evening Standard newspaper
Editor 4 days a week, but still remains as an MP? I bet his constituents aren't going to overjoyed by that news.
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17-03-2017, 13:37
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Re: George Osborne appointed editor of London Evening Standard newspaper
Oddly
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...itor-newspaper
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However, Patti Goddard, president of the Tatton Conservative Association, was supportive, saying: “It’s exciting that George has got this new big role in our public life. We in the Tatton Conservatives fully support him. He’s a hard-working constituency MP.
In the last couple of weeks alone he’s being working with local schools on their concerns about the funding formula, and dealing with some tricky constituency cases. The fact he’s editing the Evening Standard in the weekday mornings won’t affect that at all – after all, being chancellor was a 24/7 job.”
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17-03-2017, 13:58
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Doesn't he need any sleep?
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17-03-2017, 15:26
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Re: George Osborne appointed editor of London Evening Standard newspaper
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Doesn't he need any sleep?
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No he's a bit short of money though, down to his last 5 million... Remember, 'we're all in this together'....
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17-03-2017, 16:59
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Re: George Osborne appointed editor of London Evening Standard newspaper
Don't think he'll be claiming for any duck houses or moat cleaning though.
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