George Osborne

It sounds like the commons are going to have to change the rules because they did not envisage anything like this. The committee on standards does not see how being an editor can be classed as a second job.

Yes I heard that dj wonder which he'll opt for, my bet would be the editorship. He can serve revenge so much better from that post rather than the back benches.

Also Tatton will probably disappear when the boundaries are changed.
Can't imagine the residents being pleased to have a part time MP until 2020, though.

I suppose if May calls an early election, that will get rid of his problem, won't it? His pay as an MP must be the least of all his jobs. He doesn't get paid for Northern Powerhouse job, but he'll give that up as well. How can he do that and represent London?

There is a register of interests for journalists in the commons. I wonder if Osborne will have to list his conflict of interests as being an MP.

Peter Preston putting Osborne in his place.
www.theguardian.com/media/2017/mar/19/george-osborne-not-fake-news-just-fake-editor-evening-standard

It shows how little Osborne and Lebedev know about editing a newspaper.

"The fundamental job of any free press is to hold power to account. This recruitment blows that idea out of the water. How will the London Evening Standard scrutinise a government when it’s run by a man who less than a year ago was its de facto number two – and who remains an MP for the ruling party? In the financial capital of the world, how much credibility will the Standard’s City pages command when their ultimate editor is in the pay of a giant fund manager? And how is journalism ever going to become an industry that represents its audience if one of its plum jobs can be lobbed by the son of a Russian oligarch into the lap of a public schoolboy who has never subbed, reported or edited? "

167,000+ signatures now.

Zoe Williams' view of Osborne's appointment:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/19/george-osborne-brexit-chancellor-evening-standard-metropolitan-elite

I think she could be right. Osborne isnb't doing the job for the money, but for the influence.

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Lebedev (Junior) is a strange character. He has actually done some serious journalism. He also allows his editors to have considerable freedom. The Evening Standard's journalism is no longer what it once was, but it has done some serious campaigning on London's homelessness. Lebedev also owns the Independent.

However, he does invite some interesting people to his garden parties.

Zoe Williams was right about Blair, too. I was so confused at the end, I had no idea what he was supposed to be supporting.

Didn't Murdoch sit in on that interview between Gove and trump, too?

Did you clock Farage's shoes in DD's photo?

Very interesting article by Zoe Williams, especially in the hundred's of comments following it. Amused by one which said, How's George going to manage it all with Strictly coming up?

Have said before on GN that Blair speaks sense to me. I'm just saying that I'm not going to chuck out the message because of who's delivering it. In my view it should be Corbyn, but hey ho, he's not going to.

What confused me is that Blair seems to be setting up a company to research into himself.

Ginny Yes, I did. I've forgotten who made them, but one paper claimed they cost £295. Mmmm...classy (not). Lebedev's shoes are a bit strange too. Murdoch is the only one with normal shoes.

Hope they are not Doc Marten's. I'll never be able to buy them for my granddaughters again!

Arsenal might need a new manager soon, too, unless Paul Nuttall gets the job.

He's as qualified for it as Osborne.
Lebedev has done a brilliant job of upsetting journalists everywhere. Trump should take some lessons from him.

Quirky footwear is a sign of individuality, Lebedev and Farage are demonstrating that they don't need to fit in with the crowd.

DD1 used to wear bright blue Doc Martens when a rebellious teenager.....but I liked them, so she soon reverted to normal footwear.

Umm! DMs are normal footwear in our family

Mhairi Black is a star. She is a huge supporter of WASPI and talks a lot of sense.

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