Balanced Question Time panel tonight - of course not! VOL 2
Discussion
Fittster said:
What knowledge should a minister have to have to hold a brief? For example should the defence secretary have served in the armed services?
Might not be essential.But an understanding of how troops at battlefield level are effected by government level decisions, surely can only be beneficial.
Fittster said:
What knowledge should a minister have to have to hold a brief? For example should the defence secretary have served in the armed services?
I'd like them to have at least a brain capable of thoughtYes I know that's a problem with a lot of MP's but hey ho them's the ones that stand for election.
My local MP is E.Truss so I have the same conflict when I have to vote for her.
Fittster said:
What knowledge should a minister have to have to hold a brief? For example should the defence secretary have served in the armed services?
They should have ideally had industry experience in the brief they hold. So for example the education secretary ideally would have worked in education for a part of their lives. Similarly defence, chancellor, health secretary.davepoth said:
Fittster said:
What knowledge should a minister have to have to hold a brief? For example should the defence secretary have served in the armed services?
Not sure about defence, but more generally speaking a proven ability to read and write would be helpful. Shadow Minister for Education. FFS.
Fittster said:
bomb said:
Ganglandboss said:
She is the MP for the neighbouring constituency to the one where I live. I posted a detailed rant about her in the Jeremy Corbyn thread.
A brief summary:
That is very worrying indeed. How anybody can think she has sufficient knowledge to hold that position, is beyond me. God help us.A brief summary:
- Flunked her GCSEs and was knocked-up when she left school.
- Got a part time job in a care home.
- Council decides to outsource care provision, so the staff all join unison and push her forward as shop steward.
- Becomes poster-girl for Unison and is made a full time official.
- Nominated as the 2015 parliamentary candidate for Ashton-under-Lyne, a town full of dole-bludgers who would vote for a donkey if you paraded it through the flea-market with a red rosette.
- Corbyn makes her shadow minister for women and equalities.
- Pat Glass resigns from the shadow education secretary post during the exodus of shadow ministers.
- Rayner votes confidence in Comrade Corbyn, so she is rewarded with Pat Glass's old job (so now we have a shadow education secretary who failed her f**king GCSEs! )
Rayner is not in that position because of her ability for the role; she is there because Corbyn thinks he is being trendy and right-on by putting a young woman from a rough estate in the shadow cabinet, and because every MP with a modicum of aptitude for the post had resigned or voted no confidence in the idiot.
JawKnee said:
don4l said:
Conrad Black just said
"You British are one of the greatest nations on Earth".
Why on Earth can people like JawKnee and Zod not see that this is true?
I get lambasted when I use the term "traitors".
Go figure!
We are one of the greatest countries on earth. Unfortunately loons like you have significantly weakened our position for decades to come with your petty racism against Europeans."You British are one of the greatest nations on Earth".
Why on Earth can people like JawKnee and Zod not see that this is true?
I get lambasted when I use the term "traitors".
Go figure!
You should be tried for treason.
TankRizzo said:
Fittster said:
What knowledge should a minister have to have to hold a brief? For example should the defence secretary have served in the armed services?
They should have ideally had industry experience in the brief they hold. So for example the education secretary ideally would have worked in education for a part of their lives. Similarly defence, chancellor, health secretary.Half the problems in government are caused by cabinet reshuffles; just as the incumbent gets a handle on the brief and the measure of Sir Humphrey the bungee drags them out the door and propels them into the department of Ag and Fish, or the HoL if they've made too many courageous decisions.
Edited by hidetheelephants on Saturday 22 October 10:19
don4l said:
JawKnee said:
don4l said:
Conrad Black just said
"You British are one of the greatest nations on Earth".
Why on Earth can people like JawKnee and Zod not see that this is true?
I get lambasted when I use the term "traitors".
Go figure!
We are one of the greatest countries on earth. Unfortunately loons like you have significantly weakened our position for decades to come with your petty racism against Europeans."You British are one of the greatest nations on Earth".
Why on Earth can people like JawKnee and Zod not see that this is true?
I get lambasted when I use the term "traitors".
Go figure!
You should be tried for treason.
It's a std contribution for JawKnee (I'm still struggling with finding myself agreeing with him the other day - it's just an example to me that even polar opposites can sometimes find compromise) see note
Note - Hopes EU and UK can find same compromise in the situation both are in
hidetheelephants said:
Half the problems in government are caused by cabinet reshuffles; just as the incumbent gets a handle on the brief and the measure of Sir Humphrey the bungee drags them out the door and propels them into the department of Ag and Fish, or the HoL if they've made too many couragious decisions.
The other half of the problems are simply that gubbermint has gotten too large.And the third half is dealing with people.
That's correct - it's a problem that's at least 50% too big.
I thought Conrad Black was enlightening in sharing his view of Clinton/Trump. Whether it's true I know not.
I'm wondering why the BBC are struggling to find a balanced audience recently. When Brexit is discussed, at least two thirds of the audience are firm Leavers.
When the referendum was held, I had a feeling that lots of fake votes were cast for the Remain side, however they underestimated the size of the Leave vote.
When the referendum was held, I had a feeling that lots of fake votes were cast for the Remain side, however they underestimated the size of the Leave vote.
MiniMan64 said:
I haven't watche QT in a while but have done the last 2 weeks only to witness how truly out of touch politicans (of both colours) are with the views of the British public
It has entertainment value.Those candidates on The Apprentice aren't really there for their business acumen either.
It's entertainment
jmorgan said:
I think it is down to the people that want to go on the show. You might be angered enough to get on as a Mr or Mrs Shouty as a remainder feeling done over however the leave might be a bit meh, job done.
I think you have misread the above. I too have noticed that the audiences seem to have more leavers. I think that was also the case for QT prior to June 23. I enjoyed last night's. I have never had a high opinion of Varoufakis but thought he really shone. Best programme for a while.
don4l said:
I'm wondering why the BBC are struggling to find a balanced audience recently. When Brexit is discussed, at least two thirds of the audience are firm Leavers.
When the referendum was held, I had a feeling that lots of fake votes were cast for the Remain side, however they underestimated the size of the Leave vote.
Have they had one in Scotland, NI or London recently?When the referendum was held, I had a feeling that lots of fake votes were cast for the Remain side, however they underestimated the size of the Leave vote.
I genuinely don't know.
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