Via Hak I learn that Madeleine Bunting is resigning as Director of Demos because “her vision for Demos is incompatible with that of the trustees”. Apparently “[Bunting] has decided to focus on her interests as a writer and a thinker”.
Since my vision for the Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research proved incompatible with that of the Medical Research Council I have been focusing on my interests as a cross-country skier and women’s lingerie model.
women’s lingerie?
There’s another kind these days?
Yup. And that’s me modelling the “boxer briefs” in the photo.
“boxer briefs”?
Wasn’t that a ska based hit in about 1983?
Moschino, the name of one of the designers on that page, sounds like Moshiko, a diminutive form of the Hebrew name Moshe, which means Moses.
While “Look at the men’s lingerie little Moschino has designed” might sound funny only to me (but oh how funny it _does_ sound to me), I hereby declare that “Look at the men’s lingerie Moses [whether little or big] has designed” MUST sound funny to EVERYONE.
Underwear by Moses. Regular or unleavened.
[…] Following the Madeleine Bunting farce, Demos is very keen to emphasise the academic credentials of her replacement. Accordingly Demos’s press release announcing her appointment makes more references to her PhD than if it had been written by the cover designer of a self-help book. It also quotes her reaction to getting the job. Here are her words in full: We are witnessing the beginnings of the next global shift, with domestic political change compounded by global forces. This will impact on the organisation, aims and terrain of domestic politics and policy making. The challenge for Demos will be to point the way towards negotiating these changes and I look forward to leading the organisation in doing this. […]