Charlie Goldsmith
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Founded CGA Technologies, now at Abyrint and Windracers. Cash, education, data, systems, church, music, model railways, UAVs. Africa 2006-. charliegoldsmith1@gmail.com.
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Key points: Met police say investigation into other politicians is ongoing. Gill sought to recruit multiple MEPs including 4 British ones.
The judge gave strongest possible quotes about the gravity of the crime and the damage done to public trust.
The judge gave strongest possible quotes about the gravity of the crime and the damage done to public trust.
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Key points: Met police say investigation into other politicians is ongoing. Gill sought to recruit multiple MEPs including 4 British ones.
The judge gave strongest possible quotes about the gravity of the crime and the damage done to public trust.
The judge gave strongest possible quotes about the gravity of the crime and the damage done to public trust.
But not successfully, since the bill is not a government bill.
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
But not successfully, since the bill is not a government bill.
I assume they here are in fact Sir Robbie Gibb, and he intends to get himself appointed (perpetual) interim DG.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I assume they here are in fact Sir Robbie Gibb, and he intends to get himself appointed (perpetual) interim DG.
The ability to read and internalise emails feels like a useful, if low, hurdle for not inviting people on a panel.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The ability to read and internalise emails feels like a useful, if low, hurdle for not inviting people on a panel.
Huh: I thought more hospitals were moving to having seniors on 'take'/triage (but handing off less serious cases very quickly), which matches the national Modern General Practice approach where GP triages the demand (which is basically more structured than triage-by-receptionist-vibes).
October 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Huh: I thought more hospitals were moving to having seniors on 'take'/triage (but handing off less serious cases very quickly), which matches the national Modern General Practice approach where GP triages the demand (which is basically more structured than triage-by-receptionist-vibes).
...if they are also, @lgilbert.co, nurses or midwives, so much the better: charliegoldsmith.substack.com/p/internatio...
International Nurses' Day (just about) 2025: in praise of Howie
Belated greetings for Monday’s International Nurses’ Day 2025 from Lusaka, Zambia.
charliegoldsmith.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
...if they are also, @lgilbert.co, nurses or midwives, so much the better: charliegoldsmith.substack.com/p/internatio...
A points-based immigration system that prioritises tenors...
September 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A points-based immigration system that prioritises tenors...
"Connex South Eastern" was there for the taking.
September 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
"Connex South Eastern" was there for the taking.
The University of Connex South Eastern
September 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The University of Connex South Eastern
Yep - bc it's Heaney, not Fat Tim...
September 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Yep - bc it's Heaney, not Fat Tim...
Yep, but Seamus Heaney's, not fat Tim's...
September 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Yep, but Seamus Heaney's, not fat Tim's...
Shippers is not very bright, which is why he managed to libel Baroness Chapman, costing his employers $$$$...
September 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Shippers is not very bright, which is why he managed to libel Baroness Chapman, costing his employers $$$$...
In that context, it would seem reasonable, not to say desireable, that her most recent piece of work for government - the report on Aid commissioned by SoS Lammy - be released.
September 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
In that context, it would seem reasonable, not to say desireable, that her most recent piece of work for government - the report on Aid commissioned by SoS Lammy - be released.
He had spent the preceding decade moving remarkably fast from job to job.
June 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
He had spent the preceding decade moving remarkably fast from job to job.
[PS thank you for your lovely column - it reminded me, in Lusaka far away, of culturally-Irish West London parish where I grew up...]
June 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
[PS thank you for your lovely column - it reminded me, in Lusaka far away, of culturally-Irish West London parish where I grew up...]
1 Samuel 25:22 has the same style of aggression-through-circumlocution - "So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall".
June 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
1 Samuel 25:22 has the same style of aggression-through-circumlocution - "So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall".
[not strictly age-related, but Jubilee 2000/Drop the Debt seemed like a moment when the energies of people then in their 60s and 70s were pretty engagingly harnessed]
May 20, 2025 at 7:07 AM
[not strictly age-related, but Jubilee 2000/Drop the Debt seemed like a moment when the energies of people then in their 60s and 70s were pretty engagingly harnessed]