I’ve always found the ‘czar’ thing to be a bit strange… but it seems even more so that someone would be called a ‘czar’ in 1942, less than 25 years after the last czar had been done away with
It does seem that Mr Henderson was called a czar at the time:
“Leon Henderson, head of the Price Stabilization Division, was appointed as administrator and quickly dubbed in the media as the “Price Czar.” " www.encyclopedia.com/history/u…
#TodayILearned that governments appointing ‘czars’ to control specific things goes back to at least 1942
Jeepers
Thinking about how I can do the @OfficialBigHalf again and ask for sponsorship.
Given I’ve done it before, I’d need to do something different to be able to ask for money
I’m thinking of doing it either:
- dressed as Harry Potter, or Elvis or someone
- in a Tottenham shirt
Eek!
There’s a bit here about why he’s been replaced screenrant.com/shang-chi…
#TodayILearned that although he was created much earlier, Fu Man Chu appeared in the Marvel Universe, as someone’s dad www.bbc.co.uk/programme…
“As Hunt outlined the biggest U-turn in modern political history to the Commons, Truss flanked him, wearing that sad, faraway smile of a Tory wife standing next to her husband explaining why he’s resigning over a sex scandal”
#LizTrussMetaphorOfTheDay 🥇
My word of the day today is ‘wreak’.
Is she in a fridge?
#LizTrussPM
#LizTrussMetaphorOfTheDay 🥇
Faisal Islam @faisalislam I think I’ve settled on “an articulated lorry trying to do a handbrake turn”….
My word of the day today is ‘slouching’.
….which although lovely, isn’t quite as impressive as Napier Crescent, where I grew up
The race started and finished close to the magnificent Royal Crescent
Seamus was pleased with his new medal
The room had Sky TV
(If you zoom in there was a screen in the pub garden)
I could follow what was going on but Tottenham were winning so I didn’t bother
🎶It was fun to stay at the …..🎶
Very much enjoyed the @bathhalf yesterday
Thank you to the organizers and marshalls!
I’ve been having some odd dreams recently….and I wasn’t sure whether this mad idea for a book was something I’d seen in a dream
VAR looks really quick and efficient on #MotD