Manx Bean Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago Please do tell me that there wasn’t any taxpayers money involved?… https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/bbc-presenter-apologises-for-not-declaring-earnings-from-iom-event/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago It is a charity, but "more than £10,000" for chairing these meetings seems a bit high - no doubt someone thinks it was value for money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQavmxRWEHI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5xkfDQmaPI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago (edited) That's funny. I was only wondering yesterday how they had acquired him to chair the event. Presumed it was personal contact of Ralph Peake. But worth it to hear him say, 'But you still haven't built a bloody wind farm!' Edited 14 hours ago by Moghrey Mie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago 20 minutes ago, Two-lane said: It is a charity, but "more than £10,000" for chairing these meetings seems a bit high - no doubt someone thinks it was value for money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQavmxRWEHI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5xkfDQmaPI Who funds the charity though? Paying 10k for a one off speaker seems extravagant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago https://www.energysustainabilitycentre.im/sponsors 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago 51 minutes ago, cissolt said: Who funds the charity though? Paying 10k for a one off speaker seems extravagant It’s the going rate. You’d be astonished what TV ‘personalities’ earn for appearing at such events, or after dinner speaking. Even C-listers command frankly eye-watering sums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago 25 minutes ago, Vaaish said: It’s the going rate. You’d be astonished what TV ‘personalities’ earn for appearing at such events, or after dinner speaking. Even C-listers command frankly eye-watering sums. He was not a speaker - he was chairing the meeting. No doubt there are people on this forum who are capable of chairing a meeting of that level. So is it being suggested that the organisers paid for a "celebrity" to chair the meeting in the hope that it would attract a larger audience? Until now I had not heard of this fellow - but I do live in Ramsey. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted 14 hours ago Share Posted 14 hours ago 3 minutes ago, Two-lane said: He was not a speaker - he was chairing the meeting. No doubt there are people on this forum who are capable of chairing a meeting of that level. So is it being suggested that the organisers paid for a "celebrity" to chair the meeting in the hope that it would attract a larger audience? Until now I had not heard of this fellow - but I do live in Ramsey. Regardless of the motive for using Mr Myrie, or the suitability of local individuals to chair the event, the sum paid to him isn’t surprising. Clive Myrie is a presenter of the BBC TV news, is the ‘host’/question master on ‘Mastermind’, and (I think) presented the BBC coverage of the recent UK General Election. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago 30 minutes ago, Vaaish said: Regardless of the motive for using Mr Myrie, or the suitability of local individuals to chair the event, the sum paid to him isn’t surprising. Clive Myrie is a presenter of the BBC TV news, is the ‘host’/question master on ‘Mastermind’, and (I think) presented the BBC coverage of the recent UK General Election. He's on £310,000-£315,000 a year. Probably doesn't need the extra £10,000 for a day's work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago 1 minute ago, Moghrey Mie said: He's on £310,000-£315,000 a year. Probably doesn't need the extra £10,000 for a day's work. But whoever turned down £10,000 they ‘didn’t need’? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0w4xqlwr1ro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago 45 minutes ago, Two-lane said: Until now I had not heard of this fellow Ok…if you say so… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted 13 hours ago Share Posted 13 hours ago 1 hour ago, Vaaish said: It’s the going rate. You’d be astonished what TV ‘personalities’ earn for appearing at such events, or after dinner speaking. Even C-listers command frankly eye-watering sums. If people are stupid enough to pay then they'll come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Part of the ecologically efficient way of doing things should be to also minimise unnecessary energy use - and also unnecessary use of finances (which should be spent of necessary things). So they fly someone over here just to chair a low-level meeting and pay him oodles to do so. So you then respond with "Well, the aircraft was going that way, anyway...", and "It's a statement we had to make...". But there is also the theory that people in a position to set a good example, should set a god example. Of course, cash overrides everything. And rubbing shoulders with famous people. Anyone get any selfies with him? So he is famous because he reads the news on BBC...? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaaish Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago 1 hour ago, Passing Time said: If people are stupid enough to pay then they'll come... Indeed. And it would appear people are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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