treborchew

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treborchew

treborchew

@treborchew10

Midlands Katılım Mayıs 2012
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Richard Parker
Richard Parker@RichParkerLab·
Today is a great day for Birmingham as passengers ride on the Camp Hill line for the first time in 80 years. When I took over, the project was heavily delayed and over budget. We got a grip, and the fantastic team worked around the clock to get delivered.
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Ameer Kotecha
Ameer Kotecha@Ameer_Kotecha·
I’ll try to answer this with an example: a minister (who I won’t name) said all British embassy bathrooms should be stocked with Molton Brown products to fly the flag 🇬🇧. Officials could have ignored the specifics of the brand but implemented the spirit of the ministerial ask: using embassies as shop windows for UK Plc - as they should be. Instead the blob didn’t like it and kicked the whole idea into the long grass. My point being: it’s true @FUDdaily that officials sometimes have to aim off a little with ministerial suggestions, and absolutely they should challenge them where there is good reason to. There is also undoubted value in stability and not change for change’s sake. But the problem is when that crosses over into outright blocking or foot dragging of ministerial directives
Pete North@FUDdaily

The letters page of The Telegraph is full of reactions to Ameer Kotecha's expose on the civil service. One comment that leapt from the page... "occasional interactions with civil servants made me realise that their primary ambition was what they saw as maintaining stability, and what I saw as the preservation of the status quo." My first thought is... Good. That is indeed part of their remit. If and when change is to be made, a good case should be made for it, it should be properly planned and diligently executed. Many of our woes arise from half-arsed "reforms" which do more harm than good. The civil service is the thin beige line. If civil servants did everything as ministers instructed then nothing would work at all. telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2026/0…

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Peaky Blinders
Peaky Blinders@ThePeakyBlinder·
The king is back. PEAKY BLINDERS: THE IMMORTAL MAN is now playing on Netflix!
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sᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴠ
sᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴠ@superTV247·
🚨 THREE people may be hosting #Strictly, with 2 of the following: Emma Willis Zoe Ball Alison Hammond Alex Jones Fleur East Angela Scanlon Mel Giedroyc AND 1 of: Rylan Bradley Walsh Johannes Radebe reportedly being combined to form a trio! Screen tests start in April.
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treborchew
treborchew@treborchew10·
@EnglandRugby That was a proper game. No shame in that. Just wish we'd played as well all championship
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.@BrummieGerryM·
Go on, I dare you, I’ve got time I ain’t moving. If you are going to drive on the wrong side of the road into oncoming buses & through a bus gate, you have to risk being filmed. If there’s no enforcement, someone is going to be killed. @WMPolice @SmallHeathWMP @Bradford_St_Bhm
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treborchew@treborchew10·
@MattChorley yawn item on Zack...not a green party policy as far can be told...@bbc5live Far more important stories to be dealing with
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treborchew@treborchew10·
@David4BKH A complete shambles on the part of Highways and the current temp provisions are inadequate and continually ignored/vandalised
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Councillor David Barker
Councillor David Barker@David4BKH·
I am acutely aware I won an election 4 years ago on a platform to see this project through. I want to add how sorry I am that it's still unresolved. As Chair of the transport scrutiny committee, I am holding a meeting next week to investigate the systemic failures to deliver here
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Councillor David Barker
Councillor David Barker@David4BKH·
The Cabinet report for the Moseley and Kings Heath LTN is out now. As you can read in it, I have serious concerns about their data, ability to deliver, and the lack of clarity around what the next phase will even look like. You can read more here: birmingham.gov.uk/info/50347/nei…
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treborchew@treborchew10·
@TomJenkns Better than some of the kits we've had. 2 is too man city though. Like 3.
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Mark Billingham
Mark Billingham@MarkBillingham·
So, one week from today, this little beauty will be out in paperback. That's March 12th, people! Soft covers and hard shocks. #WhatTheNightBrings
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treborchew@treborchew10·
Would have liked to have seen what who did the intricate pencil drawings would have made of the wheel #LAOTY
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treborchew@treborchew10·
Just watched #ISwear. All the emotions. Robert Aramayo fully deserving of the #Bafta. The whole cast superb. Scott Ellis Watson as young John also brilliant.
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