news & politics:discussion

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, lost said:

I think she was equalities minister in the last one though doesn’t seem to think trans women are women 

One for the third wave feminists to get behind.

and the TERFs

[steviewevie]

Rees-Mogg and Patel going to enter too? Kin'ell. What a circus of shit.

[gary1979666]

It's ridiculous - do some of these people not have any self awareness- they'd be way above what they are capable and would be obliterated in a national poll, whenever that may be. The right of the party are going to split their vote - and whilst that is good for the more sensible candidates, it's self defeating.

[fraybentos1]

21 minutes ago, gary1979666 said:

It's ridiculous - do some of these people not have any self awareness- they'd be way above what they are capable and would be obliterated in a national poll, whenever that may be. The right of the party are going to split their vote - and whilst that is good for the more sensible candidates, it's self defeating.

They can't really split the vote. Lowest ones will be eliminated and their votes will go elsewhere in the next round. Presumably those votes would go to other further right candidates.

[steviewevie]

33 minutes ago, gary1979666 said:

It's ridiculous - do some of these people not have any self awareness- they'd be way above what they are capable and would be obliterated in a national poll, whenever that may be. The right of the party are going to split their vote - and whilst that is good for the more sensible candidates, it's self defeating.

it is stupid. I guess a lot of them just want to be noticed and get a big ministerial job. Should get whittled down to a handful by next week.

[steviewevie]

 

 

[steviewevie]

Good thread about the ethnic minority candidates..which led from another thread he did about Cameron making Tories more diverse...

 

[Guest]

Wow!

[philipsteak]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

 

 

 

On a scale of 1-10, how much am I going to regret watching this?

[steviewevie]

12 minutes ago, philipsteak said:

 

On a scale of 1-10, how much am I going to regret watching this?

10. Life changing. Liz for leader.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

2 hours ago, steviewevie said:

Good thread about the ethnic minority candidates..which led from another thread he did about Cameron making Tories more diverse...

 

I have not read the full thread as I don't do Twitter but I would be interested to know about their education and how many are Oxbridge 

[steviewevie]

14 minutes ago, Rufus Gwertigan said:

I have not read the full thread as I don't do Twitter but I would be interested to know about their education and how many are Oxbridge 

doesn't say...some went to private schools, some to state schools...Sunak went to one of the real top private schools...but apparently his parents were migrants,  a GP and a pharamacist...

Edited July 11, 2022 by steviewevie

[steviewevie]

 

[Rufus Gwertigan]

2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

doesn't say...some went to private schools, some to state schools...Sunak went to one of the real top private schools...but apparently his parents were migrants,  a GP and a pharamacist...

Not exactly living on a sink estate while your parents scrub toilets (don't have a problem with that btw)

[steviewevie]

Just now, Rufus Gwertigan said:

Not exactly living on a sink estate while your parents scrub toilets (don't have a problem with that btw)

No, but not born into privilege either, that was his point.

To be honest I'm not that bothered about people's background...it's what they say and do that matters.

[Neil]

11 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

doesn't say...some went to private schools, some to state schools...Sunak went to one of the real top private schools...but apparently his parents were migrants,  a GP and a pharamacist...

Two well paid public sector jobs. 

[steviewevie]

any ethnic minorities standing must be poor otherwise they don't count.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Just now, steviewevie said:

No, but not born into privilege either, that was his point.

To be honest I'm not that bothered about people's background...it's what they say and do that matters.

I start a separate thread on this but what is privileged. AGP and a pharmacist are not going to earn pennies. You can live in a better area with better schooling and afford to send your child to private school I think that's privilege

 

 

 

 

 

[steviewevie]

2 minutes ago, Rufus Gwertigan said:

I start a separate thread on this but what is privileged. AGP and a pharmacist are not going to earn pennies. You can live in a better area with better schooling and afford to send your child to private school I think that's privilege

 

 

 

 

 

yeah, I guess. I don't know. Maybe I'm privileged compared to some cause my mum was a teacher.  How much do pharmacists and GPs make anyway? 

[steviewevie]

plus he has working class friends....oh..no he doesn't...

 

[steviewevie]

watching news...most pundits seem to think it will be Sunak vs someone...and if the someone is doing the usual tax cuts, small state, anti woke, hard brexit, send the lot of them to rwanda thing then they may well win with Tory members who love all that.

[Neil]

10 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

yeah, I guess. I don't know. Maybe I'm privileged compared to some cause my mum was a teacher.  How much do pharmacists and GPs make anyway? 

Prolly £60k+each.

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

Just now, Neil said:

Prolly £60k+each.

is that enough to afford WInchester school fees (or wherever he went). Maybe they were doing some private stuff on the side.

[steviewevie]

1922 lot have ruled they will need support from 20 MPs to get on ballot...so a few will drop out I guess.