Boris Johnson

[Khandro]

I have supported him for a long time, but am beginning to wonder, my question now is; Is he a jerk?

[emmie]

Khandro if you are awake, alive, going, you have over 100 posts, and counting, if you have changed your mind on the leadership let us know who you would rather be running the country, i would be interested to know

[Khandro]

Jesse Norman

[emmie]

i had to look him up, a bit of a dark horse wouldn't you say

[emmie]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Norman

[diddlydo]

Emmie - perhaps you could explain to me why you think Eton is a "good school"? To me a good school doesn't rely on the wealth of its pupils' parents, it doesn't inculcate a feeling of superiority in its pupils, it doesn't smack of privilege, it sees every pupil as having talents whatever their IQ etc etc. I could go on and on......

[Khandro]

e. //a bit of a dark horse wouldn't you say//
The chief advantage of having Jesse Norman as PM would be, apart from his proven abilities, is that as I've known him since he was in short pants, if he got it wrong, I could give him a good boll ock ing :o)

[emmie]

no to that then.

[emmie]

you have to have some one who we have heard of, not just you

[diddlydo]

Emmie - I take it that you can't answer the question that was directly asked of you?

[emmie]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8622933.stm

[emmie]

perhaps you call it eliteist, perhaps it is, but it produces more leaders than almost any other school. John Major seems to be the exception

[emmie]

why don't you look at Labour candidates and where they went tos schools, not all comprehensive there many have been privately educated.

[diddlydo]

Emmie - even your dear Margaret Thatcher didn't go to an independent school. Keir Starmer went to a state school.

[gulliver1]

Diddly 15.53, why did you have to mention Thatcher.?
I had forgotten all about her since Halloween.

[theshedman]

"Emmie - I take it that you can't answer the question that was directly asked of you?" Diddly this is something you and a couple of others have been doing for years on here. The times you have been asked something then either leave the thread or refuse to answer. Then you have the cheek to complain about someone else.

[emmie]

i did answer if you care to look, diddly, and SKS went to a good school, a Grammar school i believe, he didn't get to his elevated position by going to a bog standard school

[diddlydo]

Emmie - you did not answer my question re what constitutes a good school. You mention that Keir went to a "good school". He went to a Grammar School which may or may not have been good as there are some pretty poor Grammar Schools around. However, there are also many excellent Comprehensives. So how to you define "a bog standard school"?

[emmie]

one that seems to permeate our society, SKSdid get a decent education and went onto UNI.

[emmie]

he got there by his own merits so good for him.
There are failing schools all over, but if it suits your agenda that Eton isn't a good school then fine.

[emmie]

would you prefer we didn;t have school like Eton, Harrow,