Gott was made an honorary Fellow at the University of London!
Richard Gott - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Double vodkas all round!
You do know they started off as the Manchester Guardian?It’s a good read, the Xmas party, your a transphobic etc was the boy Jones.
The Guardian has changed tack with our a doubt, older liberal readers forsaken for the young woke, as to circulation it has dropped but they claim online support is up.
However they are losing the provinces and becoming more Londoncentric in my view. Not good for a national newspaper.
You and at least one other beat me to it.You do know they started off as the Manchester Guardian?
I loved the spiel in the petition.
"The Guardian Newspaper was founded by John Edward Taylor from the profits of Cotton Plantation Slavery and therefore should be shut down. "
Woke lefty tossers trying to close down the woke lefty tosser's champion newspaper 'because "slavery"'.
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Many moons ago I left University and took up regular employment with the Army. It was amusing to come to mess at lunchtime and find the pre-ordered newspapers laid out. 20 odd copies of The Times, any number of Daily Telegraphs and one solitary Guardian. Earliest known example, to me, of filter bubbles.You do know they started off as the Manchester Guardian?
You and at least one other beat me to it.
That said, Manchester is Woke Capital of the rest of the UK outside London.
He's the sort of guy who'd offer his services to the KGB for free. If anything, they'd probably try to downplay the link to not seem so obvious.Let’s face it, if Seamus Milne was not earning from the KGB it’s a travesty.
It's a long un' therefore for those that didn't read it she was sacked following an article in which she asserted that men who had 'transitioned' to women were still actually men. Hardly a radical position and not very liberal of the famously liberal organ.
However this paragraph struck me -
The only people who were nice to me were Will Hutton and Richard Gott, who I was very fond of, although it turned out he had taken “red gold” from the KGB and he had to resign.
It seems that Richard Gott whilst working at the newspaper as an editor was a paid informant for the KGB and resigned after being outed by Oleg Gordievsky.
How was such treachery punished?
Gott was made an honorary Fellow at the University of London!
Richard Gott - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Double vodkas all round!
A real shame the meme generator had to be taken down. There were some absolute gems.
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In my first unit my main morning job was to take The Sun, in a folder to my System Engineer, who past it around puzzle palaceMany moons ago I left University and took up regular employment with the Army. It was amusing to come to mess at lunchtime and find the pre-ordered newspapers laid out. 20 odd copies of The Times, any number of Daily Telegraphs and one solitary Guardian. Earliest known example, to me, of filter bubbles.
Changed its name about 1959 and moved to London; the start of a long decline into myopic obscurantism.
In my first unit my main morning job was to take The Sun, in a folder to my System Engineer, who past it around puzzle palace
Long but well worth the read, whatever our political views. Well, I thought so.
Actually, I may be wrong but the Guardian is one of only two UK papers that are just about surviving the online transition, the other one being the Daily Mail and both the Graun and Mail have successfully (up to a point) made the transition by becoming international brands while remaining free to view.It’s a good read, the Xmas party, your a transphobic etc was the boy Jones.
The Guardian has changed tack with our a doubt, older liberal readers forsaken for the young woke, as to circulation it has dropped but they claim online support is up.
However they are losing the provinces and becoming more Londoncentric in my view. Not good for a national newspaper.
Actually, I may be wrong but the Guardian is one of only two UK papers that are just about surviving the online transition, the other one being the Daily Mail and both the Graun and Mail have successfully (up to a point) made the transition by becoming international brands while remaining free to view.
Thus if you are in Australia or the US the version of both papers will be somewhat different from the one you will read in the UK, it has proven to be quite successful but of course not as remunerative as the old print edition chock full of paid-for ads. But no newspaper in the world is enjoying that today.
The UK national market cannot sustain the number of daily newspapers it currently has, several of them will go to the wall soon, but I would bet that the Guardian will survive longer than many. Love it or loathe it the paper has a definite message that resonates with its readers, and most importantly it's free.
I am currently subscribing to the Daily Telegraph, it will be up for renewal soon, will I renew? Honestly probably not, there is nothing there which forces me to read it.
Next year I can see myself getting by on the free Guardian and Daily Mail, and one or two specialised regional newspapers, along with the BBC and SKY, also free, to read on my phone. Who needs any of the rest of the news"papers" these days? It's sad but it's a fact of life.
That's why I added "up to a point" in parentheses, it isn't making a profit, you're right, but it's surviving and holding its own.The Guardian itself isn't profitable
The Guardian is only surviving financially because it is being proper up by the Guardian Media Group, who in turn only really survive through their offshore tax avoidance strategy, and a few canny buyouts and investments over the years
I'm sure the Guardian and Indy will run out of money soon as the EU stops sending them "grants" for research purposes.
The Guardian itself isn't profitable
The Guardian is only surviving financially because it is being propped up by the Guardian Media Group, who in turn only really survive through their offshore tax avoidance strategy, and a few canny buyouts and investments over the years
Well I'm not too keen on the DT especially since it is owned by the Barclays. What I am currently using is an FT mixed subscription, i.e. Internet access all the time and a paper copy of the Weekend FT. Suits me very well as the FT has widened its view a lot in the last few years. A bit like the old Manchester Guardian.I am currently subscribing to the Daily Telegraph, it will be up for renewal soon, will I renew? Honestly probably not, there is nothing there which forces me to read it.