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Toby Young

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Agerbilatemycardigan · 09/01/2018 10:13

Toby Young has quit as University Regulator

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-42617922

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AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 09/01/2018 10:54

After the coalition government's bonfire of the quangos in 2010, quango became a dirty word and the remaining ones were degraded "non departmental government bodies" and "executive agencies" so that nobody could accuse the Tories of allowing a quango to continue. The OfS was set up by the Tories as a new NDPB, so it's interesting that they are now referring to it dismissively as a quango. I don't think anyone is fooled are they?

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Agerbilatemycardigan · 09/01/2018 10:49

Quango

noun BRITISH derogatory

A semi-public administrative body outside the civil service but receiving financial support from the government, which makes senior appointments to it.

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IrkThePurist · 09/01/2018 10:48

''A Tory MP begged ministers to rethink the appointment of Toby Young, citing the education advisor’s “dark and very dangerous” views on disabilities and working class people.''

[Toby] ''once referred to children with learning difficulties as “illiterate troglodytes” and complained about “ghastly” political correctness which meant schools being forced to have wheelchair ramps.''

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/toby-young-robert-halfon_uk_5a539edbe4b003133ecac98b

Toby Young is in favour of using eugenics, but only on working class people.

EsmesRedPetticoat · 09/01/2018 10:46

Um... what’s a quango?

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Agerbilatemycardigan · 09/01/2018 10:35

Reverse ferret 😅

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Snowdrop18 · 09/01/2018 10:35

he's complaining about being correctly represented. OMFG.

I must admit, apart from the Tweets, I heard something about him whining about wheelchair accessibility in schools....but no one is going to whine about that surely?!

nauticant · 09/01/2018 10:32

Every single Tory MP, grandee, media rep etc who went to bat for Toadface Young is now universally referring to the job he's resigned from as being for a 'quango'.

Did anyone hear that old fraud Anthony Seldon saying on Radio 4's Today programme how unacceptable it was that Toby Young have ever been appointed? Well, have a look at this tweet:

twitter.com/jgro_the/status/950658257563078656

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Agerbilatemycardigan · 09/01/2018 10:30

Apparently Theresa May was 'unaware' of the thousands of offensive tweets that he'd made Confused

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SaskiaRembrandtWasFramed · 09/01/2018 10:26

Just noticed he's complaining about being caricatured. Well, Toby, if you didn't present yourself as a vile homophobic, misogynistic, disablist elitist people wouldn't treat you like one.

nauticant · 09/01/2018 10:26

The words "Toby Young" and "good news" can now be used in the same sentence. ("Now" will probably be very short).

Wonders will never cease.

IrkThePurist · 09/01/2018 10:25

I think you'll like this one Grin
The change.org petition calling for his sacking got nearly a quarter of a million signatures!

www.change.org/p/theresa-may-mp-sack-toby-young-from-university-watchdog-post

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Agerbilatemycardigan · 09/01/2018 10:24

Thank Irk Links aren't my strong point Grin

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paddlingwhenIshouldbeworking · 09/01/2018 10:23

Thank fuck. It was so briefly in the mainstream headlines that I was worried this was going to be one of those scandals where there's outrage for the day and then the media moves on so everyone feels helpless.

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Agerbilatemycardigan · 09/01/2018 10:21

Made my day that did. Odious little shit.

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IrkThePurist · 09/01/2018 10:21

Thats good news.

clicky link;
www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-42617922

ALunerExplorer · 09/01/2018 10:20

Every single Tory MP, grandee, media rep etc who went to bat for Toadface Young is now universally referring to the job he's resigned from as being for a 'quango'.

I'm just noting that, because I couldn't be happier about this. He is such an odious little arsehole.

SaskiaRembrandtWasFramed · 09/01/2018 10:20

Good riddance.

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