Civil servants at Whitehall’s wokest agency have launched a monthly hour-long LGBT film discussion club. To meet in – you guessed it – working hours…
A round robin message went out from the Care Quality Commission’s LGBT+ Network to CQC staff including its deputy director advertising the sessions, which take place from 1530 to 1630 on Wednesdays. The message said:
“Hey folks,
We’re keen to keep the Film Club rolling, so we’re putting a hold in calendars for future monthly sessions via Microsoft Teams.
We’ll share a film selection closer to each session but would love your input! If you’ve got a film you’d like to see featured, please let us know! Hope to see you (and your popcorn) there!
Don’t forget to watch the movie ahead of the call, or just come along if you fancy a chat (with spoilers)!”
This week’s discussion was about Australian cult film Priscilla Queen of the Desert. In case co-conspirators forgot the plot:
“When drag queen Anthony agrees to take his act on the road, he invites fellow cross-dresser Adam and transsexual Bernadette to come along. In their colorful bus, named Priscilla, the three performers travel across the Australian desert performing for enthusiastic crowds and homophobic locals.”
A report last year found seven in ten community social care services either have no CQC rating or one that’s out of date. Thank God the session is available on Teams – otherwise the pen-pushers would have to come in for it…
Speaking about the Metropolitan Police, Nigel Farage told a press conference in London:
“Giuliani didn’t abolish the NYPD. He changed the leadership. He put those into positions of authority that shared his vision of the broken windows theory of dealing with crime from the bottom up. That’s what you have to do. So, I would suggest that rather than scrapping it, we need to find the right people in the right position.”