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The Clamp

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Jan 11, 2016
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I’m simply glad it didn’t fall to Boris Johnson to deliver that speech. He would have revelled in it. And no doubt mentioned the vaccine.
 




Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
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The one whose parents came as immigrants from Ghana, who got a scholarship to Eton and a Double First at Cambridge?

Attack his policies all you like, and boy, do some of them need attacking, but just because someone has done well for themselves that shouldn't be one of them

Just stinks of envy.

I would argue that the Tories in parliament banished the racist tag with Johnson's last High Office team.

It's important to isolate the signal from the noise. The signal was, and is, protecting the wealthy by making the electorate think that voting Tory is aspirational. Objective, strategy, tactics.....and if you're One Of Us you're in. Racism in the tory elite is sooo 30 years ago....more a private hobby for the oddballs, now.
 






Kinky Gerbil

Im The Scatman
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Jul 16, 2003
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Well the huge debt of the public purse is largely avoidable, targeted help and making fossil fuel companies contribute would be a start.

But this is a burn and drill government as we are seeing, Truss's campaign received its large donation from the wife of a former BP exec.

You don't need to look very deep, its disappointing but not surprising at all she used to work for Shell.

Are you seriously criticising the public debt after championing lockdowns and In some cases harder and more of it?

Health v wealth wasn’t it ?
 


Hugo Rune

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On this occasion, between her robot voice or her pork markets face, I think she chose wisely. Just a shame that’s all she’s got.

Justin Trudeau’s response was heartfelt and honest. He wasn’t trying to be the Iron Lady. A response for the 21st century, not 1984.
 




vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,290
Justin Trudeau’s response was heartfelt and honest. He wasn’t trying to be the Iron Lady. A response for the 21st century, not 1984.

Barack Obama has been fulsome in his praise of his time spent with Her Majesty on several occasions, Donald Trump has posted a lovely tribute "In his statement released Thursday, Trump wrote that he and his wife would "always cherish our time together with the Queen, and never forget Her Majesty's generous friendship, great wisdom, and wonderful sense of humor."

"What a grand and beautiful lady she was—there was nobody like her!" Trump wrote. "Our thoughts and prayers will remain with the great people of the United Kingdom as you honor her most meaningful life and exceptional service to the people. May God bless the Queen, may she reign forever in our hearts, and may God hold her and Prince Philip in abiding care."
 










A1X

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Sep 1, 2017
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Speaking of Truss, who signed off the plan for her to travel the UK with Charles this coming week?

One, it turns what should be a largely symbolic and ceremonial duty into something overtly political and likely to be deemed as an electoral boost. Two, shouldn’t she have other more important things to be getting on with? Or have all the other problems in the world miraculously solved themselves this weekend?
 


BLOCK F

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Feb 26, 2009
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Not diverse if 74% of the cabinet are from private schools and have absolutely no idea how the real world operates is it?

I went to private school and have a pretty good understanding how the real world operates. I have had to live in the real world, as you call it, in both my personal and professional life.
I am afraid your stereotype of ex private school people is way off beam and out of date in this ‘real world’ you talk about.
 






T.G

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Mar 30, 2011
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I went to private school and have a pretty good understanding how the real world operates. I have had to live in the real world, as you call it, in both my personal and professional life.
I am afraid your stereotype of ex private school people is way off beam and out of date in this ‘real world’ you talk about.
The point still remains that it’s not particularly diverse if they all have a very similar background.
 


Randy McNob

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Jun 13, 2020
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I went to private school and have a pretty good understanding how the real world operates. I have had to live in the real world, as you call it, in both my personal and professional life.
I am afraid your stereotype of ex private school people is way off beam and out of date in this ‘real world’ you talk about.

He probably meant public school
 






BLOCK F

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Feb 26, 2009
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The point still remains that it’s not particularly diverse if they all have a very similar background.

The point I objected to was the automatic assumption that those who went to private/public school,’have absolutely no idea how the real world operates.’
I do agree with the point re 74% though. That is a bit surprising, as is the lack of ‘ pale male and stale men’(I think the expression goes)’ in the top jobs.On a more general point, it must be a nightmare for businesses and political parties, these days, to tick all the aspirational diversity boxes for cabinet and board posts from the pool of suitably qualified candidates they have to choose from.
 


Wrong-Direction

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Mar 10, 2013
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Anyway a new King and a new nasty piece of work in charge

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