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Post by macliam » Sat Oct 16 2021 4:36pm

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What a shame that the UN then withdrew its job offer :oops:
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Post by macliam » Sat Oct 16 2021 4:37pm

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Post by Chadwick » Sat Oct 16 2021 5:16pm

Loving the dig in the last line.
The Guardian wrote:In a statement, Hancock said: [...] “The UN have written to me to explain that a technical UN rule has subsequently come to light which states that sitting members of parliament cannot also be UN special representatives."
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Gordon Brown was appointed as a UN special envoy on education by former secretary-general Ban Ki-moon in 2012, two years before he stood down as an MP.
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Post by macliam » Sat Oct 16 2021 10:42pm

Chadwick wrote: ↑
Sat Oct 16 2021 5:16pm
 Loving the dig in the last line.
The Guardian wrote:In a statement, Hancock said: [...] “The UN have written to me to explain that a technical UN rule has subsequently come to light which states that sitting members of parliament cannot also be UN special representatives."
[...]
Gordon Brown was appointed as a UN special envoy on education by former secretary-general Ban Ki-moon in 2012, two years before he stood down as an MP.
Hancock is plainly not as experienced as his leader in bending reality.
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Post by Sarah » Sun Oct 17 2021 11:14am

It's a crying shame.

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Nick Dearden wrote:Matt Hancock blocked international efforts to allow low and middle-income countries to produce their own Covid-19 vaccines, leading to millions of deaths in the global south. The audacity of this man claiming to help African nations and promote sustainable development is sickening.
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