Mhairi Black Calls For Parliamentary Shake Up.

[Zacs-Master]

She does have some good points but needs to work on her oratorical skills a little:
"It's the same with a lot of these silly traditions. Quite often, we challenge them because we're oblivious to them"
Probably need to look up the word 'oblivious'.
Mhairi Black criticises Westminster's 'silly traditions'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-33664317

[sandyRoe]

Isn't there a top hat held at the ready in the chamber for some arcane purpose?

[naomi24]

Worrying really.

[Zacs-Master]

I've no idea Sandy.

[THECORBYLOON]

What do you take the word "oblivious" to mean?

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1434455.html

[sandyRoe]

Apparently there was but it may have been consigned to the dressing-up box of history. A pity, traditions shouldn't be so easily discarded.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/106977.stm

[Zacs-Master]

Good point Corby.

[joggerjayne]

So does she mean we "don't" challenge them because we're oblivious to them?

[Zacs-Master]

Who knows JJ. Makes no sense.

[jno]

if she looked up the OED online this is what she'd find

Definition of oblivious in English:
adjective
Not aware of or concerned about what is happening around one: she became absorbed, oblivious to the passage of time

Sounds okay to me. She obviously omitted the word "don't", but minor slips of the tongue aren't really a big deal any more than typos are on AB.

[Zacs-Master]

Minor slips of the tongue for a politician can be costly.

[Zacs-Master]

I suppose Bill Clinton should have taken the word 'not' out of his most famous sentence.

[THECORBYLOON]

If you take her to mean they challenge the procedures by transgressing rules they are not aware of, they would be oblivious to those rules.

[THECORBYLOON]

It's a form of the Gaelic name Màiri meaning Mary which can also mean rebelliousness or beloved.

[sandyRoe]

Is she acting in this role, "An ambassador is an honest gentlewoman sent to lie abroad for the good of her country."?

[jno]

what country is she hoping China will trade with, I wonder?

[Pete65]

What are Goebells?
Nicola Sturgeon is First Minister of Scotland, I am pleased to say!

[sandyRoe]

If the Chinese middle class developed a taste for Scotch Whisky the distillers wouldn't be able to keep up with demand.

[THECORBYLOON]

OLDBOBASUSUAL, do you have memory problems? http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1434455.html#answer-9866368