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If ever there was a more unlikely appointment that would result in triumph, it would be Bingham. She is the wife of an MP who is a staunch supporter of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, so her appointment could arguably (and was arguably!) a short step away from nepotism.
Bingham is just about as toff as they come in the UK: she schooled at St Paul’s, went to Oxford, natch, then she got a Harvard business degree. She does have a biochemistry degree from Oxford but, when she was appointed, she was criticised for not being an “actual expert” in vaccines.
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The 2021/22 national budget reminds me a bit of that old Doors blues song 'been down so long it looks like up to me'; a kind of meta take on the perspective from which you view things. The budget is a huge improvement on what we were expecting in September last year, so in that sense, its a rel.
When I was editor of Business Day, we had a weekly management meeting that I dreaded. The meeting discussed the nitty-gritty of the newspaper’s finances and performance, including the circulation.