Between Tuesday 13.11.12 Tuesday boom and bust The business disaster that shook India’s economy By Jason Burke 54 days Aditya Chakrabortty Paralympic inspiration Michele Hanson Town Called Malice The shortest-serving club Fiscal cliff explained By Mike Brearley I love the BBC How we made 12A Shortcuts Careers Br ian Clough Entwistle should remember that, George Entwistle sometimes, short tenures can lead to immortality. Clough’s notorious and the Shortest 44-day reign as Leeds manager in Serving Club 1974 might have been embarrass- ing, but they ended up making a fi lm about it . lthough it might appear Michael O’Neill A that George Entwistle In April 1999, O’Neill became the didn’t achieve very much new head of Barclays. Then, dur- in his 54 days as BBC director gen- ing his fi rst day, he became the eral – other than getting bellowed William Pulteney 2 days William Henry Harrison 30 days shortest-serving head of Barclays at by John Humphrys – the oppo- ever, after failing a medical. He site is probably true. For instance, suff ered from an arrhythmic Total Wipeout was on TV before heartbeat that was exacerbated he took the job. Now it isn’t. That with stress. At least getting and alone is probably cause for some losing a high-profi le job on the sort of footnote. Isn’t it? Entwistle same day isn’t too stressful. has also qualifi ed to join one of the most elite groups in history: Pope Urban VII the Shortest-Serving Club. The fi gurehead of the Shortest- Serving Club is undoubtedly William Pulteney Pope Urban VII, the shortest- William Pulteney, the fi rst Earl of serving pope . Yes, he only Bath, became prime minister on 10 managed to hold his job for 13 February 1746 and then resigned days in 1590, before passing two days later because nobody Brian Clough 44 days Pope Urban VII 13 days away from malaria ahead of his wanted to be in his cabinet. offi cial coronation, but in that Boris Yeltsin Sweyn Forkbeard time he still managed to pull off William Henry Harrison Entwistle kept his job for much Entwistle has also edged out the world’s fi rst smoking ban. Harrison was the ninth president longer than Boris Yeltsin. In 1998, Sweyn Forkbeard, who was Proof that it’s not the time you’re of the United States. As a show during his presidency, Yeltsin the king of England for a mere given that matters, but what of bravado, he took the oath of sacked his prime minister and fi ve weeks between 1013 and you do with it. Entwistle will do offi ce in a rainstorm on 4 March cabinet and declared that he was 1014. Sweyn did, however, well to remember this. 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Suck com. on that, the Olympics. 2 The Guardian 13.11.12 An image from Dronestagram showing the site of a US drone attack Military studies Pass notes The website No 3,280 that reveals the Stepping US drone war aside he military is normally Age: Pending. T only too pleased to herald Appearance: More of a disappearance, really. its successes, and to This is where James Bridle Sorry, you seem confused. I’m trying to explain a praise the courage of those who comes in. Using what little infor- new offi ce craze called “stepping aside”, in which put their lives on the line for their mation there is, Bridle, creator IN NUMBERS BBC executives temporarily leave their jobs. country. Perhaps it is the link (or of the New Aesthetic micro-blog, Oh right. Like taking a sabbatical? A bit like that, lack of it) between these two that has set up Dronestagram . By yes. Only you do it after something embarrassing encourages them to talk-up cer- marrying images from Google and $21m has happened. Payment by Apple tain missions, and come over all target details from the BIJ, he has Wait a minute … This is just posh talk for to license the Swiss sheepish when it comes to drones. started to show the places hit in Federal Railways a “suspension”, isn’t it? Not in the least! Being Unmanned Aerial Vehicles UAV attacks. clock design, suspended is when you’re told not to come to (UAVs) have been the one On his blog, booktwo.org , according to a report work while they decide whether to fi re you. unqualifi ed triumph of the war in Bridle argues that “ drone strikes in Tages Anzeiger. “Stepping aside” is removing yourself from the Afghanistan. That is, if “success” are the consequence of invisible, The company was offi ce for the duration of an inquiry. comes in an equation where lots distancing technologies, and a accused of copying Completely diff erent. I see. It began with the of people get killed, at next to no technologically disengaged me- it for a screen icon Newsnight editor Peter Rippon, who “stepped when iOS 6 was risk, at an aff ordable price. dia and society... ” The images on aside with immediate eff ect” on 22 October , released According to the Bureau of Dronestagram may be just “ foreign in September pending the outcome of the Pollard review into Investigative Journalism , which landscapes”, but he hopes their his cancellation of an exposé of child abuse compiles fi gures on drone strikes, immediacy will add to the demand by Jimmy Savile. the US has killed up to 3,378 people for transparency. Earlier this year, This is on full pay, presumably? Presumably. in 350 drone strikes in the past eight Apple rejected an App that did So to “step aside” is to announce that you are years. And that’s just in Pakistan. much the same thing , apparently going to stop doing any work while continuing The US also orchestrates drone on the grounds that many people to get the money? I suppose so. strikes in Yemen and Somalia from would fi nd the content objection- No wonder it’s caught on. Not everybody is a fan, a base in the tiny African state of able. Not, presumably, the relatives though. The BBC’s head of news, Helen Boaden Djibouti ( which nobody is supposed of the civilians who are often inevi- (above), and her deputy Stephen Mitchell both to know about). But does the White tably killed in drone strikes, how- had to be “asked to ‘step aside’” from their jobs House want to talk about this? Not ever carefully targeted the attacks. on Monday morning. unless it has to. And not even then. Nick Hopkins “Asked to”? Not “told to”? That’s what BBC News says . Hang on. Is this the BBC News that’s being 4 Bye bye bye. Remember See: Backstreet Boys’ reported on, or the BBC News that’s doing the the member least excited Greatest Hits: Chapter reporting? “Step aside” is a quote attributed to to be wearing that Santa One, which pre-empted the former. The latter reports that the pair were hat? Well he’s off . Doing Kevin’s departure. “asked to”. Look, I will admit I’m quite confused. A Robbie only works if People should just resign, like that nice George you happen to be Robbie 6 The split. Unfortunately, Entwistle. He didn’t resign. What he actually said Williams (right). the rumours are true, and from on Saturday was that he would “step down” . See: Bryan “Brian” McFadden, last today there’s no more … Down? And that means he won’t come back and spotted apologising for 2011 date See: All of the above. he won’t get paid? Oh, he’s being paid all right.