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Time for a basic knowledge test before running for election as an MP

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Confusedmumannoyedson · 12/06/2023 23:50

AIBU? Prospective candidates should sit a test to check for basic intelligence.

Kirsty Blackman thinks she has XY chromosomes yet gave birth.

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AutumnCrow · 13/06/2023 06:40

In case anyone doesn’t believe that Kirsty Blackman MP is really that dim, it’s in Hansard. And I heard her say it myself on live TV, as did a large audience. Jo Cherry MP puts her head in her hands.

Blackman is trying to deny she said it but it was televised!

There’s also a fun battle going on with her wiki page.

PermanentTemporary · 13/06/2023 06:39

No not really - KB was deeply embarrassing but I quite like having a range of people in parliament, more like the voters.

Without wanting to sound a thousand years old it is a shame that local political meetings aren't really a thing any more. Candidates used to have to stand up and give their views in detail in front of big audiences for weeks on end during a campaign, and now they don't get scrutinised in the same way. I can't say I'd be that likely to go to the meetings either so im part of the problem.

pussycatinfluffyslippers · 13/06/2023 06:33

Also important to know a little geography - so maybe where Dover is in relation to Calais...

tt9 · 13/06/2023 03:04

tbh I am for basic materials relating to campaign issues and then a simple mcq for all voters before they are allowed to vote. something like this would have avoided the brexit disaster. mps "knowing stuff"/being "intelligent" doesn't stop some of them from greedy lying b words. I am definitely for them having a cap on their earnings after they leave the job to stop them from getting lucrative positions in exchange for underhand business.

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Confusedmumannoyedson · 12/06/2023 23:54

Some great replies to this. "Well I've never seen my chromosomes but every time I look downwards in the shower I see my gentleman's apparatus.
That's always a good reminder when I wonder what sex I am."

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Confusedmumannoyedson · 12/06/2023 23:53

In case you don't have twitter "Kirsty Blackman, Zoomer of the Week nominee, says she can't define what a woman is because: 'I have no idea what my chromosomes are. I have an assumption that they are probably XY but I don't know! Not got a clue what my chromosomes are!'"

Amongst a lot of other nonsense

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