{"id":124140,"date":"2022-01-08T00:59:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pity-lord-geidt-his-is-a-thankless-job-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2022-01-08T02:04:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T19:04:59","slug":"pity-lord-geidt-his-is-a-thankless-job-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pity-lord-geidt-his-is-a-thankless-job-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Pity Lord Geidt \u2013 his is a thankless job | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nBoris Johnson\u2019s ethics adviser | Millennium mixup | Lemon blooms | Misheard lyricsI can\u2019t help but feel sympathy for Lord Geidt (Boris Johnson accused of corruption after \u2018great exhibition\u2019 text emerges, 6 January). \u201cEthics adviser to Boris Johnson\u201d must be an even more thankless job description than \u201chonesty adviser to Richard Nixon\u201d.Tony GreenIpswich, Suffolk\u2022 Jake Wallman says he was born in a different millennium to his twin (31 December). But of course he wasn\u2019t: 31 December 1999 and 1 January 2000 are both safely within the second millennium CE, which ended at midnight on 31 December 2000. No doubt there are unsung twins for whom the quoted words are true!Hedley StoneSoutham, Warwickshire Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2022\/jan\/07\/pity-lord-geidt-his-is-a-thankless-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pity Lord Geidt \u2013 his is a thankless job | Brief letters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Boris Johnson\u2019s ethics adviser | Millennium mixup | Lemon blooms | Misheard lyricsI can\u2019t help&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-wig","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":127478,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/expand-congestion-zones-and-tolls-to-force-drivers-out-of-cars-says-boris-johnson-adviser\/","url_meta":{"origin":124140,"position":0},"title":"Expand congestion zones and tolls to force drivers out of cars, says Boris Johnson adviser","date":"June 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Expand congestion zones and tolls to force drivers out of cars, says Boris Johnson adviser","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131333,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/if-matt-hancocks-getting-punished-for-going-awol-why-didnt-boris-johnson-brief-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":124140,"position":1},"title":"If Matt Hancock\u2019s getting punished for going awol, why didn\u2019t Boris Johnson? | Brief letters","date":"November 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r I\u2019m a Celebrity | Love Island | Tories on BBC local radio | A tricky question for the teacher | Beautiful Zimbabwean homesOdd that the Conservative whips should be so concerned about Matt Hancock\u2019s absence during the sitting of parliament (Matt Hancock loses Tory whip after agreeing to appear\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":114230,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/holding-out-hope-for-the-windy-symbol-brief-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":124140,"position":2},"title":"Holding out hope for the windy symbol | Brief letters","date":"February 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Mansion tax | Boris Johnson | Nietzsche | Weather | MarmaladeIn attributing the \u00a32bn mansion tax to Ed Miliband, and therefore Labour (The Tories say they are for the left-behind: we\u2019ll soon see, 11 February), Polly Toynbee does us Liberal Democrats a disservice. 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