Mark Benney

Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback. No longer obviously not a golfer. Following does not mean agreement.

[Mark Benney @MarkBenney1]

@carla_denyer I posted this several hours before hearing that you are taking leave of absence. I hope you feel better very soon.

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@Feargal_Sharkey what do you think of the fact that yesterday Ministers confirmed the appointment of Dame Helen Ghosh as Chair of the Office for Environmental Protection? Until 2010 she was Permanent Secretary at Defra. In 2016 @herdyshepherd1 accused her of “Mafia” tactics🤷‍♂️

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Carla Denyer is apparently perfectly comfortable with all this.

[Mark Benney @MarkBenney1]

@MichaelLCrick Apart from the late night specialist shows (eg The President’s Path) it’s become very superficial. Not to mention the ads for iPlayer shows repeated ad nauseam every 15 minutes for literally months on end - Gillian Anderson, Philip Pullman, The Real Strictly🤷‍♂️😩

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@FarmersGuide Including @carla_denyer of @TheGreenParty 🤷‍♂️, who does not appear to have dissented.

[Mark Benney @MarkBenney1]

@FarmersGuide Independence? No problem for this former Cabinet Office civil servant and Defra and Home Office Permanent Secretary. She was “headhunted” by Defra and the application deadline was extended. Salary - £56k a year for “up to two days a week”. MPs say, “it’s all fine”.

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@DailyMail Even the Chair of the EFRA Committee commented it was all a bit #YesMinister - said she’d have to work hard to demonstrate the necessary independence🤷‍♂️. @carla_denyer apparently perfectly happy with the whole arrangement. @PrivateEyeNews @PippaCrerar @GuidoFawkes

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In her evidence to Parliament on Tuesday @herdyshepherd1, Dame Helen Ghosh, hoping to secure a new job as Chair of the Office for Environmental Protection (£56k a year for two days a week) said (not on oath!) you've changed your position on your 2016 disagreement. Is that true?

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@DailyMail And within 24 hours the EFRA and Environmental Audit Committees rubber-stamped it! Apparently Defra invited her to apply and the deadline was extended. One wonders what other candidates thought of that? “Defra appoints former Defra Perm Sec to plum job.”

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@jdpoc He’s telling the train to f*ck off back where it came from.

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@BethRigby @PippaCrerar @justinesmithUK

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@FDAGenSec I guess you find it shocking that #Robbins was sacked but Ghosh got off scot-free. But wait, wasn’t she one of your members too when she was HO Perm Sec? Will she rejoin when she becomes Chair of the Office for Protection of the Environment at £56k for 2 days a week?

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@PolitlcsUK @cabinetofficeuk @Gus_ODonnell @CommonsForeign @BethRigby @CommonsEFRA @CommonsEAC @PippaCrerar @justinesmithUK

[Mark Benney @MarkBenney1]

@PolitlcsUK The woman who for years has ignored evidence that Helen Ghosh misled Francis Maude, @cabinetofficeuk & @Gus_ODonnell about race discrimination in Defra. Ghosh is about to be appointed Chair of the Office for Protection of the Environment @CommonsForeign @BethRigby @CommonsEFRA

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@PippaCrerar Now Ghosh to be appointed Chair of Office for Protection of the Environment, £56k a year for two days a week, unless Efracom stops her. Someone make it make sense.

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@PippaCrerar Ghosh - withholds research on race discrimination from O’Donnell, Kerslake and Maude, leading to discrimination against 100,000 low paid civil servants, and financial loss: no consequences.

Robins - withholds information because he thinks he must - sacked.

[Mark Benney @MarkBenney1]

@PolitlcsUK @guardian Well, @clittle010 for years deftly ignored evidence that Dame Helen Ghosh had misled @Gus_ODonnell, @cabinetofficeuk, Francis Maude MP and others about race discrimination at @DefraGovUK, so why are we surprised? Let me know if you want her email address.