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"We must not fetishise debate"

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RoyalCorgi · 24/07/2020 09:57

A line from an article by Nadia Whittome, MP. She was so pleased with it that she also tweeted it.

t.co/cr8b8QfOn0?amp=1

When did our MPs become this stupid?

"We must not fetishise debate"
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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 24/07/2020 10:22

A foot in the door for DOUBT? Like doubt itself is terribly dangerous?
Anyone would think we were talking about a religion here...oh wait.

Oblahdeeoblahdoe · 24/07/2020 10:22

There are plenty disagreeing with her view, thank goodness. I applaud them for deciphering the load of claptrap in the first place!

ThatsHowWeRowl · 24/07/2020 10:20

Good to see she is a getting a lovely ratio on that tweet.

It literally (lol) reads like something out of 1984.

TinselAngel · 24/07/2020 10:20

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KaronAVyrus · 24/07/2020 10:18

Aren’t MPs supposed to debate stuff? Why is she talking herself out of a job?

ChattyLion · 24/07/2020 10:18

Jesus. I’ll leave aside the irony in the ‘fetish’ analogy because I don’t want to get deleted, but talk about luxury beliefs.

How can we move forward- on any political issue whatsoever- with MPs with this level of Orwellian rightthink?

Why the fuck did she want to get elected as an MP, a relentless job if you do it properly? Does she not attend Commons chamber because she doesn’t like debate? Does she not read the news or consituents’ letters or take part in select committee work because she might come across something new? Was she born knowing everything and with her mind already made up correctly on every issue? What do her party think about their MPs behaving so complacently?!

BovaryX · 24/07/2020 10:17

@NonnyMouse1337

Should there be some sort of examination that people need to pass before they can qualify to become an MP? Like a basic grasp of democratic principles, values of liberty and critical thinking? Confused
Debate, freedom of speech, any challenge to prevailing orthodoxy are anathema to the Robespierre faction. Every day this becomes clearer.
ThatsHowWeRowl · 24/07/2020 10:14

I just don't get it. Labour have recently had one of their worst election losses ever, and that is with an absolute shit show as their opposition? What are these MPs thinking, coming out with stuff like this?

Michelleoftheresistance · 24/07/2020 10:13

Should there be some sort of examination that people need to pass before they can qualify to become an MP? Like a basic grasp of democratic principles, values of liberty and critical thinking?

Yes. Plus a psychological screening for fitness and capacity, and to serve the electorate rather than misuse their post to indulge personal obsessions.

Jeeeez · 24/07/2020 10:12

She's getting a right drumming in the Twittersphere....hahahaha

NonnyMouse1337 · 24/07/2020 10:10

Should there be some sort of examination that people need to pass before they can qualify to become an MP? Like a basic grasp of democratic principles, values of liberty and critical thinking? Confused

ThatsHowWeRowl · 24/07/2020 10:08

She is a frigging Member of Parliament for our country and she comes out with shit like this?

What is happening?!

Floisme · 24/07/2020 10:08

I think she means that because she doesn't know how to debate properly then nobody else can either. Oh and be nice.

Apollo440 · 24/07/2020 10:07

Dodgy hate stats - check
Dodgy stats that women support this - check
No evidence that it will be abused - check
And so on.....

ARoombaOfOnesOwn · 24/07/2020 10:06

She went back to work in a care home (she used to work in the sector before becoming an MP) at the beginning of lockdown. In theory she should be bringing so much to the table as an MP and yet...

Michelleoftheresistance · 24/07/2020 10:04

What does that trendy word salad even mean? Confused

It used to be considered bad practice, a sign of poor communication skills, arrogance and unprofessionality in local government to release anything that wasn't in plain, accessible English that any person in the street could understand. Mostly as it was a sign that you'd disappeared into an elitist bubble with jargon and lost touch with your basic responsibilities and who they were to.

Imnobody4 · 24/07/2020 10:02

She really is a complete idiot.

Apollo440 · 24/07/2020 10:01

Women shut up.