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Red Ed to get nose op to fix his whiny voice

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longfingernails · 22/04/2011 09:29

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/04/22/ed-miliband-set-for-adenoids-operation-to-cure-bunged-up-voice-115875-23078297/

I do hope it isn't on the NHS. It is exactly the sort of elective surgery which should certainly be private. That said, he is a Labour leader - squandering other people's hard earned tax money without a second thought should come naturally to him.

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DarthNiqabi · 22/04/2011 17:14

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bucaneve · 22/04/2011 14:16

To be fair to Ed tho, if his adenoids are so bad that they affect the way he speaks he probably should get them done on the NHS.

I had constant trouble with mine as a kid, e.g. recurring sinus infections, constant sore throat because I only breathed with my mouth, etc. So i got them taken out. However, my voice had always sounded perfectly normal so I reckon Ed's probably cause him even more probs than mine do

(stupid things have grown back tho, grr.)

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longfingernails · 22/04/2011 13:58

Of course I'm not suggesting that people with speech impediments should be barred from politics.

Anyway, the story comes from the Mirror.

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jackstarb · 22/04/2011 13:55

To be fair - I don't think LFN is suggesting that people with "speech impairments" [to quote Darth] shouldn't go into politics.

My uderstanding was that is Ed M's supporters who suggested the op.

aliceliddell · 22/04/2011 13:46

Liking 'far Left' LFN. Suppose he is if you start at Genghis Khan.

aliceliddell · 22/04/2011 13:44

Agree with Darth.

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longfingernails · 22/04/2011 13:39

SouthGoingZax I think you must have missed my dozens of posts complaining about David Cameron.

DarthNiqabi I am merely stating facts. For someone who follows politics quite closely, like me, his voice isn't the issue - his ridiculous pseudo-communist musings are. However, floating voters won't even give him the time of day - not while he looks, sounds and acts like a dweeb instead of a potential Prime Minister.

Basically, everything he does reinforces the student politician image. He hasn't made a single policy choice which goes beyond his far-left comfort zone.

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DarthNiqabi · 22/04/2011 13:25

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aliceliddell · 22/04/2011 13:02

Loving the way 'Red' Ed is now accepted description of a man who believes cuts are 'necessary' if done a bit slower. Tax the banks! Does he plan to repeal anti-trade union legislation? But anyway...the Labour leadership contest left a clear stage for weasel Gideon Osborne and his Eton pals to spread the debt/deficit "the sky is falling" nonsense for weeks on end. Hopefully Ed will have his NHS operation (since we don't have means tested Poor Laws yet, LFN) when Cameron et al are taking their faux pauvre camping hols in Dorset so they won't be selling the beach from under our arses to make up for their epic fail with the forests while Ed's in hossy. Yes, the voice is distracting, but mainly because it expresses Tory-lite nonsense. We pay your wages, Miliband. Represent us!

Panzee · 22/04/2011 12:29

LFN does have a point about the Guardian though. :o

moondog · 22/04/2011 12:29

Do you?
I see her as a refreshing and amusing breath of clean air, blowing in through the right on holier than thou corridors of MN full of dozing women.

Whatever he has done, he'll still be an utter prick.

SouthGoingZax · 22/04/2011 12:25

longfingernails I think you are working for the Conservative party, probably from one of their Westminster offices.

I see you as the wicked witch from Disney's Snow White, tapping your horribly long fingernails on your keys.

dotnet · 22/04/2011 12:20

My advice to Ed M would be to go private and make it very publicly known that the reason he chose to do so was because the op was decided upon out of 'vanity'; he DIDN'T want to be a burden on the NHS in this case, being as his adenoid problem wasn't a serious issue, only bothersome as he needs a good voice for all that speaking out in public.

I've found it odd, ever since I first heard his voice, by how very very much like Tony Blair he sounds; does anyone else think so, and if so, why would that be?

Absolutelyfabulous · 22/04/2011 12:03

Jackstarb Grin

PonceyMcPonce · 22/04/2011 11:38

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longfingernails · 22/04/2011 11:31

I don't think it would be an issue. The Islington set is perfectly happy with cognitive dissonance.

A good example is the Guardian. It rants and raves against perfectly legal and tax avoidance, even though the Guardian Media Group itself avoids stupendous amounts of tax through an intricate network shady Cayman Island companies.

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jackstarb · 22/04/2011 11:18

It is a bit of a dilemma for Ed. If he's goes private then he's validating private health as an option. Plus, he's emphasising his relative wealth and ability to pay for something that most of us would have to go without.....

It'll be interesting to see how Labour spin this one!

ChocolateCoveredlissielou · 22/04/2011 10:36

LFN, I refuse to get drawn into an argument with you. I disagree with you on every level and am fed up of your lefty bashing threads.

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longfingernails · 22/04/2011 10:31

ChocolateCoveredlissielou Fixing the economy helps everyone. Quangocrats, benefit scroungers and vested interests will squeal. I am not hugely bothered - the cuts are very minor, merely taking public spending back to 2007 levels or so. If anything, they should be far deeper and faster - it is outrageous that people will still be able to get £400 a week in housing benefit.

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ChocolateCoveredlissielou · 22/04/2011 10:28

and you think that DC is guilty of pandering to the left? really?

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaha

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longfingernails · 22/04/2011 10:28

Absolutelyfabulous [bugrin]

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ChocolateCoveredlissielou · 22/04/2011 10:28

Add message | Report | Message poster longfingernails Fri 22-Apr-11 10:15:29
GO has made himself far more appealing to voters in the last year. This time last year, he was being written off. Now, he is seen as our economic saviour.

who by? certainly not by the people who genuinely need saving.

Absolutelyfabulous · 22/04/2011 10:22

Shame they can't fix the crap that comes out of it at the same time Grin

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longfingernails · 22/04/2011 10:22

It might be disgusting, but it is true. Focus group after focus group of voters say that his voice puts them off.

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