In a WhatsApp’d invitation from Anne Jenkin a party during lockdown was described as “joint birthday drinks“. It was both Virginia Crosbie’s 54th and Anne Jenkin’s 65th birthdays on December 8, 2020. Why let a little thing like lockdown get in the way of having a party?
Today Guido learnt that the Standards Commissioner will report he has “insufficient evidence” that the event was a lockdown rule breaching party. In this Guido Talks podcast we cast our minds back to what we know about the birthday bash and tell the story behind the story. Co-conspirators can decide for themselves whether they think they broke the rules…
In a Guido Talks podcast special we bring you all the allegations against Angela Rayner. Including those that lobby hacks have missed…
Here are some of the questions:
- Did Rayner unlawfully avoid capital gains tax by declaring her house as her primary residence when she was actually living with her husband?
- Did Rayner violate the terms of her Right to Buy purchase by letting her house to her brother prior to the 5 year probationary period’s end?
- Did Rayner fraudulently obtain a mortgage on her house before letting it to her brother?
- If as the landlady she charged her brother rent, did she declare the income to the taxman?
Questions that need answering.
This week, the Guardian finally apologised for its historical links to the slave trade, and announced it would pay £10 million in reparations over the next ten years. Listen to Guido’s Editor Paul Staines explain why this matters and tell Jacob Rees Mogg why £10 million isn’t nearly enough…
See also: Campaign Victory: Guardian Editor Apologises for Founders’ Links to Slavery
This week, Adam and Paul discuss top mandarin Sue Gray’s resignation from the Civil Service, and her appointment as… Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff. Who saw that coming?
See also:
- The Times Should Protect Their Partygate Sources
- Media Hysteria About Political Neutrality of Sue Gray’s Report is Skewed
- Sue Gray’s Partygate QC Adviser is Brexit-Bashing, Card-Carrying Labour Activist
- Times: “For confab with Gray on timing, read cancel”
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This experiment shows there’s a lot of artificial intelligence in Chatting With Chatbots. All the voices are 100% artificial (the advances in that field are truly astonishing).
Even the voice of the presenter – the voice of Simon Carr – is artificially generated.
The presenter’s script was written by Carr, with the contributions from the Chatbots – that is, all the Americans – are entirely from the AI programmes that are either ChatGPT or its descendants (yes, it is metastasising).
It is a little appreciated fact that Chatbots are still idiotic – however idiotic in a recognisably human way.
Will they take over professional jobs? Radio 4 presenters, newscasters, advertising copywriters, energy policy formulators?
They’re not there yet – though they’re certainly on the way.
This week, Christian and Paul discuss the fallout from Nadhim Zahawi’s sacking, Labour’s Rosie Duffield problem, and more…
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