He was indeed - it would never have happened without his very active sponsorship
History fades worryingly fast, but faint traces still remain (and this post is a reminder than in its initial incarnation, the academy course was a very substantial endeavour)
Happy 1st Birthday, Digital Academy! It’s been a year since we opened the doors of the first Digital Academy in Fulham Jobcentre. Back then, we ran an 8-week course, turning out the first cohort of 12...
But DWP had had a very distinct history, including having created the digital academy, so that reaction may have been less unreasonable that it first appears.
A small gratuity to the driver ensured that it went where I needed it to.
Not a share in the boat - as you might reasonably think, but a share in the catch. Though if you happen to own the boat, that gets you a share too.
Hope it went well and that the days to come will be even better - you'll be great, because you are.
And @ames.world lives by the wrong bit of sea - they are almost all on the east coast of Scotland, if I remember right (which I may not do, it was a long time ago that they were my slightly bizarre specialist subject)
Share fishermen, almost uniquely, were self employed but could claim unemployment benefits. That was a sweet deal, so others wanted in - which long ago led to my becoming oddly expert in the working practices of behind the camera workers...
The constituent's brother by contrast had been in and out of work his entire life and had accumulated far longer on benefits. What, the MP demanded, did the Secretary of State make of that. The Secretary of State reflected, then said 'I don't think your constituent likes his brother very much.'The constituent's brother by contrast had been in and out of work his entire life and had accumulated far longer on benefits. What, the MP demanded, did the Secretary of State make of that. The Secretary of State reflected, then said 'I don't think your constituent likes his brother very much.'
I am reminded of a long ago select committee hearing, where an MP told the story of one of his constituents who had had a long working life paying NI, had become unemployed but only with very limited benefit entitlement.I am reminded of a long ago select committee hearing, where an MP told the story of one of his constituents who had had a long working life paying NI, had become unemployed but only with very limited benefit entitlement.