I’m was pleased to discover today that Secondary Heads Association did indeed divest all their holdings in Hill Samuel. They were one of the earlier trade unions and professional associations to boycott South Africa.

who are one of the Bankers who provide capital support for the SA Gov. and hence for the apartheid system and that our decision be made public as part of the non violent pressure which is an alternative to violent revolution as a strategy for removing apartheid.” /3

There was agreement with A.B. Daniel in that the resolution should now be raised at newly formed Secondary Heads Association Council.
It was therefore RESOLVED that “as an indication of our repugnance for the system of apartheid, that SHA sell their holding of shares in Hill Samuel /2

A Hollerith machine.

Described as overseeing “the first brute force codebreaking attacks in history,” her team systematically tested hypotheses by “grinding groups out of the hat machine,” breaking approximately 13,000 code groups by 1918. /3 #LeadingFromHistory #LanguagesMatter #HiddenHistory

During World War I, Margaret contributed significantly to cryptanalysis efforts in Room 40, the British Admiralty’s codebreaking unit. She managed a group of women in the Political Section, housed in Room 229, who operated punched card sorters—likely Hollerith machines—to process code groups. /2

He can sit in the bishops bench. They have arm rests so he won’t fall off the end!

Some seem to think its almost an automatic elevation from a crown appointment but only 1 former HMCI, since the creation of ofsted, has been made a peer, and he was enobled 7 years later, after other contributions to puiblic life. This was a choice!

It was really disappointing today to hear him paint a narrative that positioned anyone skeptical of the new framework as somehow the enemies of promise. Those people may exist but they weren’t in that room during his speech. Tone deaf speech unfortunately.