Toby Young.

[BlackLabel]

Do his social media comments make him unsuitable to hold a high-profile government position? It’s all very Jared O' Mara-esq.

Did no one think to do a bit of research before offering him the role?

Pressure grew today for Toby Young to be removed from a new universities watchdog after critics unearthed further crude and sexist writing from his past

Toby Young Says He's Facing 'Confected Outrage' Over Universities Watchdog Appointment Because He's For Brexit. It might be something to do with all those tweets he's deleted though.

Edited by BlackLabel on Friday 5th January 15:06

[p1stonhead]

I thought it was down to good old fashioned nepotism?

[richie99]

He’s a bit of a liberal for my liking but I can see why he might look like Atilla to the usual lefty quangocrats.

[Tankrizzo]

I don't really hold with expecting people to be whiter than white in politics, I think the whole morality thing is just daft and not a reflection that people are human beings with their own prejudices and thinking.

That said, I think if you level the criticisms at O'Mara then you also have to apply them to Young.

[Dindoit]

Only on PH could Toby Young be called a liberal.

[turbobloke]

No noise around his other role?

https://www.newschoolsnetwork.org/about-us/our-tea...

[voyds9]

How long and how often should anybody be vilified for internet posts.

[Russian Troll Bot]

Wait a second, a man watched some porn films!? Starring consenting adults!!!? He must be removed from his post immediately and never hold public office again!

[Eddie Strohacker]

It's pure culture wars guff. Having said that, A man caught between adulthood & perpetual teenage priapism has no place in this job, no matter how well his free school that's gone through four head masters in six years is doing...






I left the one about his dick jammed up someone's arse out.

[Jonesy23]

BlackLabel said:

Do his social media comments make him unsuitable to hold a high-profile government position?

"Non-executive member of the board for the new Office for Students" (one of 15 I think?) isn't exactly a high profile government position is it?

And I can't think that anything Toby Young has done in the last 20 years is exactly a secret. They even made a film!

It's a political attack jumping on minor stuff no one complained about at the time despite it all being very public.

[Too Drunk to Funk]

Dindoit said:

Only on PH could Toby Young be called a liberal.

Indeed.

[V8 Fettler]

Evening Standard article said:

In a 1,000-word response to critics Mr Young says he is a “supporter of women’s rights” and asked not to be judged on previous postings.

No chance.

[Lucas CAV]

He might be slightly more palatable if he didn't come across as a colossal, arrogant tool in interviews.

[Randy Winkman]

Russian Troll Bot said:

Wait a second, a man watched some porn films!? Starring consenting adults!!!? He must be removed from his post immediately and never hold public office again!

Do you really think that's all it's about?

[Funkycoldribena]

Get rid of everybody, its the only way forward.
This is all getting silly now,we need a cull of the mortally offended.

[mx5nut]

The usual perpetual victims will come out to defend him.

Because if some lefties don't like what he's said, he simply must be a poor misunderstood wordsmith, no matter what he's actually said.

[Funkycoldribena]

mx5nut said:

The usual perpetual victims will come out to defend him.

Because if some lefties don't like what he's said, he simply must be a poor misunderstood wordsmith, no matter what he's actually said.

This should help you through the day.

[Randy Winkman]

As with many of these cases it's not an issue of people being offended it's the clear lack of judgement by the person in question. Isn't good judgement a prerequisite of the position he's in?

[Tryke3]

Eddie Strohacker said:

It's pure culture wars guff. Having said that, A man caught between adulthood & perpetual teenage priapism has no place in this job, no matter how well his free school that's gone through four head masters in six years is doing...






I left the one about his dick jammed up someone's arse out.

Why would anyone want to tweet stuff like that, he clearly has a bit of the mental

[rover 623gsi]

Putting aside his Twitter comments, Toby Young is a complete fking bellend and whoever thought it was a good idea to appoint him is mental