Today I learned that Number 10 has/had a Director of Communications.

[christineburns@mastodon.green]

Today I learned that Number 10 has/had a Director of Communications.

Who knew?!!

Seriously… Who could possibly have guessed that?

[o_o@dice.camp]

@christineburns
Apparently they have had 4 since the election.

Maybe they have all had trouble communicating.

[thejessiekirk@ohai.social]

@christineburns Ssssh... they "fell asleep" in a club in St. James 15 years ago and nobody has noticed yet.

[harriettmb@toot.wales]

@christineburns They dropped a ‘MIS’…….. oops, he’s now gone. Hasty departure by an invisible man.

[cstross@wandering.shop]

@christineburns Given his track record he should probably have been titled "Director of Sloppy Sharts".

[noodlemaz@mstdn.games]

@christineburns I bet they make 4x what our team of charity/medical research-funding scicommers makes too... At least 😑

[etchedpixels@mastodon.social]

@christineburns Larry the cat

[fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk]

@christineburns i could believe 'director of "communications" '

[cmdrsprocket@mathstodon.xyz]

@christineburns question is whom the communication is actually being directed to.

[ceemage@hachyderm.io]

@christineburns As with a lot of back-room jobs (and not just in politics) - once you become part of the story, it's never a good thing.

[john_loader@ohai.social]

@christineburns Telephone operator?

[ndevenish@mas.to]

@christineburns Malcom Tucker would not be impressed

[christineburns@mastodon.green]

@o_o Must’ve been an own label value pack.

[hicksy2@mastodon.green]

@o_o @christineburns I could have bottled a fart and it would have done a better job than anyone who has been director of communications for Number 10 since Starmer was elected.

[bashstkid@mastodon.online]

@christineburns Unfortunately throwing Tim Allen out leaves the Cabinet Office *permanent* Director for Government Communications David Dinsmore ruling the whole roost.

Dinsmore was the unpleasant Sun editor during phone hacking, who helped promote Katie Hopkins with her talk of shooting migrants.
Let’s not pretend he wouldn’t welcome Farage in as his boss.

[christineburns@mastodon.green]

@BashStKid Arghh! Looking at this through a trans lens, I don’t think we discuss nearly enough that a lot of the anti-trans animus in the British press comes from the evidence that one of our number had the temerity to give to the Leveson enquiry. So, any history with the right-leaning press in government communications is a red flag.