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His appointment was greeted with delight by Lord Jim Bethell, a former health minister who worked with Sir Chris during the Covid pandemic.

"Scotland badly needs to change direction," said the Scottish Liberal Democrats' campaign chairman Lord Jim Wallace, a former deputy first minister.

The Beyond Ofsted inquiry, chaired by former schools minister Lord Jim Knight and funded by the National Education Union, called for a "transformational" alteration to school inspections.

In their letter to Mr Harper, the vice chairs of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, Mr Maier, and crossbench peer Lord Jim O'Neill, said the situation was already "wreaking havoc on the northern economy".

As Sentro beds down on the slow boat to nowhere, a copy of “Lord Jim,” Joseph Conrad’s classic seafaring tale, on her nightstand, one might assume “Water Memory” and its aged, impaired protagonist have taken a sharp detour into geezer noir.