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Michael Ginsburg's avatar

As usual, it's the eyes.

It's ALWAYS the eyes!

She’s only been a spook (officially at least) since 1999 and her formal education was in anthropology.

Why would someone like that be put as “responsible for technology and innovation at the service"?

"Blaise Metreweli, 47, a Cambridge University graduate of social anthropology, has been running department Q in MI6. Her appointment to the top job, where she will be expected to write only in the traditional green ink of the chief, will involve steering its use of radical new technology.

As Q, the title adopted by MI6 in homage to the fictional Q in James Bond movies, she presided over the development of gadgets, secret communications, bugs, weapons and disguises. But also artificial intelligence and the wider digital race for dominance."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/blaise-metreweli-mi6-putin-trump-israel-b2770874.html

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St Stephen's avatar

Yes, in this photo at least, she has the dead eyes of a robot.

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Greg Dimiczky's avatar

Ok but does she like walnut chicken?

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Bert's avatar

Her mother's surname was Borkowska and she appears to have a twin with the interesting name Thor

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Sopo Japaridze's avatar

Interesting, that coupled with Dobrowolski as potentially the real last name of her father might indicate that Metreweli is more of a Polish spelling than German!

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Bert's avatar

If you search youtube for "1997 women's boat race" there are some good close ups of Blaise in all her youthful vigour.

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Richard V's avatar

Superb research! Thank you!

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zachariah's avatar

Of course this change has nothing to do with the last head having presided over the catastrophic proxy war in Ukraine and the on going Genocide in Palestine. Lies Trust anyone?

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Solaris M.S.'s avatar

Looks like the Western imperialism has run out of suitable men. In such a dire state, any woman would do. After all, women in power have proven to be more daring, bold, unscrupulous, and crueler than the men who appoint them.

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George Falkirk's avatar

Dear Comments Section, the UK is a rogue terrorist state, willing fellator of the USA and committed shekel-whore. Who gives a fuck who is charge of the Foreign Murder Department ? Currently sinking into irrelevance (and recession), trying to start a war with Russia, enabling and assisting Genocide and generally being a cunt everywhere it can. You can only lead MI6 if you’re an evil shit, I’ll bet you a kidney this evil shit is an evil shit.

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Billy Masterson's avatar

I love the internet more and more for what can be turned up from searching open sources on a good day, it's better than the porn, far more varied (and the information is even REAL sometimes).

Now, that FIRST name? Who were her parents thinking of.

Blaise? Merlin's guardian/tutor/chronicler/exorcist?

Or Blaes, one of the three 'Just Knights' of Arthur's court, dedicated to preserving justice through "earthly Law" in contrast to his fellow knights, who followed the Law of the Church and the Law of Arms?

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Marcus's avatar

🤷‍♀️ just so obvious the intent

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charles leone's avatar

Lesbian lover of Victoria Nuland.

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Billy Masterson's avatar

@charles leone

Got any evidence?

And have you heard about the young Vicky Nudelman's unfortunate three weeks or so in a summer internship at the Komsomol Molodaya Gvardiya youth camp near Odessa back in 1982?

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Evelyn K. Brunswick's avatar

I'm also betting that, despite her name, modesty isn't in her dictionary. Except in public, perhaps. One wouldn't get to sit in the Chief's chair otherwise.

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