In message , at 07:52:21 on Sun, 10 May
2020, michael adams remarked:

"Recliner" wrote in message
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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:36:36 on Sat, 9 May 2020,
Recliner remarked:

Sophie Raworth, the newsreader, is a keen runner, and often commutes to the
BBC that way. During the lockdown, she's been varying her six mile route
to pass through unusually empty areas at lunchtime, and has been taking
photos:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-52155029

It's nice when you've got a well-paid part-time job and have the luxury
of being able to do that kind of thing.

Part-time job? She arrives at lunchtime and does the Six and Ten.

There's simply no pleasing Roland.

If she went to work in a taxi, paid for by the BBC, then that would clearly
be a complete waste of licence payers, i.e. our money.

Compared to her £200k salary, it's peanuts.

Whereas if she jogs to work, then she's clearly got too much time on her hands.

What I'm saying is she's *lucky* to have that time on her hands, so what
she does isn't a particularly good role model for the rest of us.

That and the fact that Roland could obviously make a far better job of
reading an autocue than Sophie Raworth ever could. If only he had the
looks.

I've not done much autocue work, more likely to be on the other side of
the table, having to extemporise sensible sounding answers in real time.

Most recent was with Simon McCoy on BBC afternoon news. And no, they
didn't pay my travelling expenses (but as it happens I was in the area
already when the call came through).
--
Roland Perry

On 10/05/2020 00:06, michael adams wrote:
"Recliner" wrote in message
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michael adams wrote:

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On Sat, 9 May 2020 17:16:40 +0100

"michael adams" wrote:

Thanks. Although with everything closed, presumably, it would probably
be quite frustrating walking around with nowhere to go except maybe
the odd supermarket. Maybe Sainsburys on TCR or Tesco in Googe St
frinstance.

I was taking pictures of the lockdown plus having an nice walk through the
backstreets of the west end and mayfair.


What *would* be useful at any time, would be the ability to take
pictures of streets, buildings, etc. without the intrusive presence
of parked cars everywhere. Along with too much street furniture, about
which nothing can be done of course. Traffic (and pedestrians) can be
largely avoided by starting at 5.a.m. in summer time; although that
then presents the problem of having all the trees in full leaf.


Sophie Raworth, the newsreader, is a keen runner, and often commutes to the
BBC that way. During the lockdown, she's been varying her six mile route
to pass through unusually empty areas at lunchtime, and has been taking
photos:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-52155029

Thanks.

5.a.m. stillness, but in the middle of the day. And in Central London.

Plus the possibility of encountering Sophie Raworth, or Boltar, coming the other way.


Not sure which one scares me more!


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Graeme Wall
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On 10/05/2020 08:38, tim... wrote:


"michael adams" wrote in message
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"Recliner" wrote in message
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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:36:36 on Sat, 9 May
2020,
Recliner remarked:

Sophie Raworth, the newsreader, is a keen runner, and often
commutes to the
BBC that way.Â* During the lockdown, she's been varying her six mile
route
to pass through unusually empty areas at lunchtime, and has been
taking
photos:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-52155029

It's nice when you've got a well-paid part-time job and have the luxury
of being able to do that kind of thing.

Part-time job?Â* She arrives at lunchtime and does the Six and Ten.

There's simply no pleasing Roland.

If she went to work in a taxi, paid for by the BBC, then that would
clearly
be a complete waste of licence payers, i.e. our money.

Whereas if she jogs to work, then she's clearly got too much time on
her hands.

That and the fact that Roland could obviously make a far better job of
reading an
autocue

just how hard can it be to read an autocue ;-)


Seriously, you'd be surprised how many can't. Allegedly one reason why
Trump keeps going off-piste on his speeches.


--
Graeme Wall
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In message , at 10:41:15 on Sat, 9 May 2020,
Recliner remarked:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:46:48 on Sat, 9 May 2020,
Recliner remarked:

We clearly were testing far too few people, not even front-line NHS
staff or elderly people turned out of hospitals into care homes. So
Matt Hancock rashly promises to be testing 100,000 a day by the end of
April, which was a dreamed-up and, as it turns out, unachievable, target.

But he changed the definition of 'testing' just before the target date, so
he could claim to have met it. But it was a lie: the actual number of
*tests* being conducted by then (which is itself a higher number than the
number of people being tested) was actually about 80,000 per day.

The actual number of *people* being tested per day is around 60-70k. That's
certainly a very big improvement, but he's lost a lot of his already weak
credibility by first dreaming up an impossible target, then missing it,
then lying about supposedly achieving it. Why should anyone believe him the
next time?

I don't think many people did believe him. Apart from anything else from
the start - when he took over from Jeremy Hunt - he's been completely
out of his depth.

Yes, very much so. And when the media want to interview a Tory politician
who can speak sense on health issues, it's still Hunt they turn to. Hancock
is one of the most obvious examples of over-promotion, though of course
no-one knew at the time how he would later be tested.

Daily Mail reporting today that he's "on borrowed time" as far as his
cabinet colleagues are concerned.
--
Roland Perry

"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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On 10/05/2020 08:38, tim... wrote:


"michael adams" wrote in message
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"Recliner" wrote in message
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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:36:36 on Sat, 9 May
2020,
Recliner remarked:

Sophie Raworth, the newsreader, is a keen runner, and often commutes
to the
BBC that way. During the lockdown, she's been varying her six mile
route
to pass through unusually empty areas at lunchtime, and has been
taking
photos:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-52155029

It's nice when you've got a well-paid part-time job and have the
luxury
of being able to do that kind of thing.

Part-time job? She arrives at lunchtime and does the Six and Ten.

There's simply no pleasing Roland.

If she went to work in a taxi, paid for by the BBC, then that would
clearly
be a complete waste of licence payers, i.e. our money.

Whereas if she jogs to work, then she's clearly got too much time on her
hands.

That and the fact that Roland could obviously make a far better job of
reading an
autocue

just how hard can it be to read an autocue ;-)


Seriously,

you do know what smileys are, don't you?

you'd be surprised how many can't. Allegedly one reason why Trump keeps
going off-piste on his speeches.


--
Graeme Wall
This account not read.

In message , at 08:38:00 on Sun, 10 May
2020, tim... remarked:

That and the fact that Roland could obviously make a far better job
of reading an autocue

just how hard can it be to read an autocue ;-)

Old joke about schoolgirl have a go reading autocue and doing the sports
news, about the "British Grand Pricks".

"No, that's Grarn Pree" says the director.

"So why did they write 'Grand Pricks' on the autoqueue" says the girl.
--
Roland Perry

In message , at 08:41:18 on Sun, 10 May
2020, tim... remarked:
Sophie Raworth, the newsreader, is a keen runner, and often
commutes to the
BBC that way. During the lockdown, she's been varying her six
mile route
to pass through unusually empty areas at lunchtime, and has been taking
photos:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-52155029

It's nice when you've got a well-paid part-time job and have the luxury
of being able to do that kind of thing.

Part-time job? She arrives at lunchtime and does the Six and Ten.

Only a few days a week. And she doesn't do the Ten O'clock every time
she's on the Six O'clock.

Not many people have a home within six miles of Oxford Circus, or can
afford the time to jog back and forth six miles anywhere. And of course
she'll have a dressing room to change

don't all TV presenters have facilities to get washed, changed, made up
before they go on air

regardless of how they have arrived at the studio?

Isn't it just part of the job?

Yes, and he fact almost nobody else does, means how unsuitable her daily
schedule is as a role model for the rest of us.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:41:15 on Sat, 9 May 2020,
Recliner remarked:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:46:48 on Sat, 9 May 2020,
Recliner remarked:

We clearly were testing far too few people, not even front-line NHS
staff or elderly people turned out of hospitals into care homes. So
Matt Hancock rashly promises to be testing 100,000 a day by the end of
April, which was a dreamed-up and, as it turns out, unachievable, target.

But he changed the definition of 'testing' just before the target date, so
he could claim to have met it. But it was a lie: the actual number of
*tests* being conducted by then (which is itself a higher number than the
number of people being tested) was actually about 80,000 per day.

The actual number of *people* being tested per day is around 60-70k. That's
certainly a very big improvement, but he's lost a lot of his already weak
credibility by first dreaming up an impossible target, then missing it,
then lying about supposedly achieving it. Why should anyone believe him the
next time?

I don't think many people did believe him. Apart from anything else from
the start - when he took over from Jeremy Hunt - he's been completely
out of his depth.

Yes, very much so. And when the media want to interview a Tory politician
who can speak sense on health issues, it's still Hunt they turn to. Hancock
is one of the most obvious examples of over-promotion, though of course
no-one knew at the time how he would later be tested.

Daily Mail reporting today that he's "on borrowed time" as far as his
cabinet colleagues are concerned.

Yes, that's been the word for a while. But they'll let him carry the can
during the crisis.

On 10/05/2020 09:00, tim... wrote:


"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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On 10/05/2020 08:38, tim... wrote:


"michael adams" wrote in message
...

"Recliner" wrote in message
...
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:36:36 on Sat, 9 May
2020,
Recliner remarked:

Sophie Raworth, the newsreader, is a keen runner, and often
commutes to the
BBC that way.Â* During the lockdown, she's been varying her six
mile route
to pass through unusually empty areas at lunchtime, and has been
taking
photos:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-52155029

It's nice when you've got a well-paid part-time job and have the
luxury
of being able to do that kind of thing.

Part-time job?Â* She arrives at lunchtime and does the Six and Ten.

There's simply no pleasing Roland.

If she went to work in a taxi, paid for by the BBC, then that would
clearly
be a complete waste of licence payers, i.e. our money.

Whereas if she jogs to work, then she's clearly got too much time on
her hands.

That and the fact that Roland could obviously make a far better job
of reading an
autocue

just how hard can it be to read an autocue ;-)


Seriously,

you do know what smileys are, don't you?

Yes which is why I put "seriously"

--
Graeme Wall
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On 10/05/2020 09:22, Recliner wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:41:15 on Sat, 9 May 2020,
Recliner remarked:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:46:48 on Sat, 9 May 2020,
Recliner remarked:

We clearly were testing far too few people, not even front-line NHS
staff or elderly people turned out of hospitals into care homes. So
Matt Hancock rashly promises to be testing 100,000 a day by the end of
April, which was a dreamed-up and, as it turns out, unachievable, target.

But he changed the definition of 'testing' just before the target date, so
he could claim to have met it. But it was a lie: the actual number of
*tests* being conducted by then (which is itself a higher number than the
number of people being tested) was actually about 80,000 per day.

The actual number of *people* being tested per day is around 60-70k. That's
certainly a very big improvement, but he's lost a lot of his already weak
credibility by first dreaming up an impossible target, then missing it,
then lying about supposedly achieving it. Why should anyone believe him the
next time?

I don't think many people did believe him. Apart from anything else from
the start - when he took over from Jeremy Hunt - he's been completely
out of his depth.

Yes, very much so. And when the media want to interview a Tory politician
who can speak sense on health issues, it's still Hunt they turn to. Hancock
is one of the most obvious examples of over-promotion, though of course
no-one knew at the time how he would later be tested.

Daily Mail reporting today that he's "on borrowed time" as far as his
cabinet colleagues are concerned.

Yes, that's been the word for a while. But they'll let him carry the can
during the crisis.


Apparently he's now claiming that Boris forced him to make the claim
about getting 100,000 tests by the end of April.

--
Graeme Wall
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