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02-23-2020 , 05:08 PM

#1451

Husker

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Originally Posted by Hoopie1

"Completely charmless and very divisive" is almost everyone from the SNP, surely?

That's true but she's even further along that scale than some of the others.

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02-26-2020 , 07:53 PM

#1452

chezlaw

Limey Bastard

Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 47,863

Those horrified at Corbyn's name being used may rejoice

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Burgon proposes ‘Tony Benn University of Political Education’

https://labourlist.org/2020/02/exclu...cal-education/

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02-26-2020 , 07:54 PM

#1453

PartyGirlUK

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Benn is good as hard-lefters go.

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02-26-2020 , 08:05 PM

#1454

chezlaw

Limey Bastard

Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 47,863

I do like Benn.

How about the Atlee, Benn, Corbyn university of political education.

ABC ...

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02-26-2020 , 08:13 PM

#1455

diebitter

Grotesquely Handsome

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 65,993

Would the Corbyn building run the Advanced Terrorist Sympathising courses?

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02-26-2020 , 08:59 PM

#1456

chezlaw

Limey Bastard

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That's in the jaw jaw not war war annex

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02-27-2020 , 04:05 AM

#1457

Hoopie1

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Can I suggest Professor Bitter to teach anti-EU studies?

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02-27-2020 , 04:20 AM

#1458

sixfour

should be called sevenfour

Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 75,201

must resist diane abbott school of mathematics joke

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02-27-2020 , 04:38 AM

#1459

chezlaw

Limey Bastard

Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 47,863

I thought someone might suggest an ABC of Abbott, Benn and Costello

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02-29-2020 , 02:32 PM

#1460

SiMor29

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 4,985

Didn't realise the beej starting banging symonds when he was 48 and she was 22... Fair play, he's gone up ever so slightly in my estimation.

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03-03-2020 , 03:16 PM

#1461

Husker

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RLB and Starmer are being interviewed on the Andrew Neil show tomorrow.

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03-04-2020 , 01:39 AM

#1462

Elrazor

losing momentum

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 14,054

Watching the RLB slo-mo car crash should be compelling viewing.

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03-04-2020 , 07:45 AM

#1463

PartyGirlUK

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Home Secretary Priti Patel has been accused of bullying staff at a third government department, BBC Newsnight has learned.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51731753

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03-04-2020 , 07:53 AM

#1464

diebitter

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She's a right dick.

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03-04-2020 , 08:12 AM

#1465

Hoopie1

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HOF:

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03-05-2020 , 06:16 AM

#1466

jalfrezi

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Even her husband (who used to work for her, lucky chap) refers to her as a piranha.

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03-05-2020 , 07:39 AM

#1467

chezlaw

Limey Bastard

Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 47,863

It's a startling change in attitudes from not so long ago when Malcolm Tucker was a caricature to recent complaints about bullying.

Sounds like Priti Patel is probably bad and I hate her politics but I bet as a non-white women she has had to endure a phenomenal amount of condescension, being patronised and worse. It will have been extremely hard for her to have made it to the top and be heard.

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03-05-2020 , 07:42 AM

#1468

chezlaw

Limey Bastard

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In the second of my attempts to warm up to Starmer, his believing the victim stance was excellent (as seen on the Neil interview last night)

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03-05-2020 , 08:18 AM

#1469

Hoopie1

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Originally Posted by chezlaw

I know someone that worked with her at Diageo and said she was massively underwhelming.

Also:

Also it is good to see my MP appearing from whatever hole she has been in since December to defend Boris Johnson's racism on TV. It takes a special individual to lose an argument to Dawn Butler.

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03-05-2020 , 08:30 AM

#1470

chezlaw

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A lot of people in top jobs or management or PR or ... are extremely underwhelming. Even so someone like chris grayling is going to have it far easier than someone like priti.

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03-05-2020 , 09:28 AM

#1471

Hoopie1

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Originally Posted by chezlaw

A lot of people in top jobs or management or PR or ... are extremely underwhelming. Even so someone like chris grayling is going to have it far easier than someone like priti.

Which makes them poorly suited for senior political positions. Your point on Failing is a fair one though.

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03-05-2020 , 10:06 AM

#1472

chezlaw

Limey Bastard

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Sure but if we removed all the people from high office who weren't suitable for high office then ...

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03-05-2020 , 10:29 AM

#1473

Hoopie1

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... you could replace them with people that were competent? Corbyn's front bench were almost all **** and only there because they would toe the line as necessary. Similarly, Johnson has removed anyone that is prepared to tell him that his Brexit ideas are terrible.

Example: Jeremy Hunt has done a decent impression of a Health Secretary in recent days. Sadly, we have Reek Hancock instead.