Indian state leader removes personal astrologer from key government role after backlash
Rationalist critics and opposition leaders had argued that such an appointment would promote superstition over scientific thinking
The newly elected chief minister of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has revoked the appointment of his longtime astrologer to a key government role following backlash.
Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, an actor-turned-politician who scored a stunning victory on his electoral debut earlier this month, had picked Rickey Randhan Pandit Vettrivel, an astrologer and numerologist with no administrative experience, to advise him in office.
Rachel Reeves could do with a numerologist...
Oh hang on, numerology is just superstitious twaddle.
Ed's the man for that.
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The cleverest chap who ever lived dabbled in numerology and alchemy.
dearieme - yes he did, I never understood that. Curiosity and different times perhaps.
Rackety Random Pundit Wetdrivel, numerologist and astrologer
Millibrain - the master of delusion!
"Haruspicy, also known as extispicy or hepatoscopy, is the ancient practice of divination by inspecting the entrails, particularly the liver, of sacrificed animals to discern the will of the gods and predict future events."
Larry the Cat should sleep with one eye open.
djc - ha ha, very good. The BBC probably has a few of his relatives.
Scrobs - yes, Tommy Cooper without the laughs.
DJ - oh dear, that's a good point, maybe there is such a thing as Meeowspicy.
DJ, that sends a shiver down my spine...
There might be a problem finding any entrails in the present cabinet though!
Scrobs - a few lily livers perhaps.
Definitely a lack of guts - and possibly some very black hearts too.
On a less corporeal note, do you think any of them have souls? Starmer, at least, appears to have sold his to Lord Alli for some designer glasses and a new wardrobe.
Sorry, that last one was me (flummoxed by a novel comment screen)
Macheath - I don't think any of them have souls, not souls Old Nick would be interested in because he knows he's getting them anyway.
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