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ET TU MHAIRI BLACK

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ArabellaScott · 02/01/2024 13:26

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24022335.mhairi-black-nicola-sturgeon-cult-personality/?ref=rss

'She told Mr Chorley the 24-hour nature of the House of Commons, alongside the backstage skullduggery of Westminster, made those who become involved "not normal anymore".
She added: “You start losing touch with reality and with what everyday people are experiencing and living through and what they think."'

DO YE AYE

'Who?': Mhairi Black shares thoughts on Nicola Sturgeon and a 'cult of personality'

Mhairi Black has said she has "not missed" Nicola Sturgeon since her resignation as First Minister despite her former boss being a…

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24022335.mhairi-black-nicola-sturgeon-cult-personality?ref=rss

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SinnerBoy · 09/01/2024 12:07

terryleather · Today 10:02

That's not "imposter syndrome" hen, that's a description of reality...

Delusions of adequacy, as someone cleverer than me once said!

Baldieheid · 09/01/2024 11:25

I hope the door skelps her on her arse as she leaves the building. Nasty, yapping, Jack Russell of a woman with a massive chip on her shoulder despite her cushy upbringing. Or perhaps, because of it. Poor wee Mhairi wanted to be downtrodden and a victim. Now she is, cos she's leaving Westminster cos of all the meanies. Yay! Mhairi is finally the "victim" of the piece, not a Jeremy Hunt.

terryleather · 09/01/2024 10:02

"She has also recently spoken to the BBCC_ of her struggles with imposter syndrome, the term given for a psychological state where people doubt their skills and accomplishments and have a fear of being seen as a fraud."

That's not "imposter syndrome" hen, that's a description of reality...

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ArabellaScott · 05/01/2024 13:54

Being diplomatic, I'm going to say that the SNP has fostered an atmosphere where this type of politics is pushed forward as desirable - superficially impressive posturing, fronting an absolute vaccuum of skill, ability, and integrity. So in a way it's perhaps not entirely Black's fault - she is a product of a certain type of politics.

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ArabellaScott · 05/01/2024 13:53

That's a very perceptive article. Thanks.

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MrsOvertonsWindow · 05/01/2024 12:50

IcakethereforeIam · 05/01/2024 12:11

I wish Joanna Williams would stop beating around the bush and just say what she thinks 😁

https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/01/05/the-unbearable-egotism-of-mhairi-black/

😂Williams nailed it didn't she?

TheClogLady · 05/01/2024 12:23

🤣

SinnerBoy · 03/01/2024 12:17

So they get washed twice a year, phew!

I've got band T-shirts from the 90s, but not as many as a couple of years ago, as my evil wife chucked a load of them when I was at sea. I mean sure, the logos had worn off and they were more hole than fabric....

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ArabellaScott · 03/01/2024 11:54

SinnerBoy · 03/01/2024 06:22

ArabellaScott · Yesterday 16:17

Bloody hell!! 18?! I've got socks older'n that.

You've been wearing the same pair of socks for 19 years?!!?

😃

Well. I take them off for baths and other special occasions.

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Chersfrozenface · 03/01/2024 11:52

PronounssheRa · 02/01/2024 13:50

I particularly liked this bit

Ms Black, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, said, of the "cult of personality" around Nicola Sturgeon: "It always made me quite uncomfortable.

"uncomfortable".

That:s an unusual way of spelling 'envious'. Is it a dialect thing?

DifficultBloodyWoman · 03/01/2024 09:46

I think she is using an irregular verb.

I am justified.
You are bullying.
They are toxic.

RoyalCorgi · 03/01/2024 09:44

Pitt the Younger was 24 when he became prime minister. So being young doesn't necessarily mean being foolish.

Abhannmor · 03/01/2024 09:22

How far will she reverse? Perhaps we will see her on the Orange Parade with Arlene.

' I was never comfortable with all this. As a foetus I was a devout royalist.'

stealtheatingtunnocks · 03/01/2024 09:21

I’ve got a 24 year old lipstick, got it for my wedding and I’m keeping it for “best”.

I worry a bit that the next pandemic is growing in it.

SinnerBoy · 03/01/2024 06:22

ArabellaScott · Yesterday 16:17

Bloody hell!! 18?! I've got socks older'n that.

You've been wearing the same pair of socks for 19 years?!!?

😃

ArcaneWireless · 02/01/2024 21:57

Reverse ferret?

Terref

Get it up ye 😉

ArcaneWireless · 02/01/2024 21:55

TheClogLady · 02/01/2024 14:54

Song title caption contest?

Man, they feel like a woman. (Because they just have to say so after all thanks in part to Nippy and Gobby there)

I confess I saw blue fizz, read blue fuzz and went down a very wrong road of thinking about collars and cuffs and it being a very speshul summat blue for the wedding).

SidewaysOtter · 02/01/2024 21:39

REVERSE FERRET!!

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ArabellaScott · 02/01/2024 20:46

stealtheatingtunnocks · 02/01/2024 20:01

a cocktail of cava and blue wkd, apparently.

no maraschino cherry. I assume that was a dig against Joanna Cherry.

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Really? What a waste!

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NotBadConsidering · 02/01/2024 20:25

TheClogLady · 02/01/2024 14:54

Song title caption contest?

NS: 🎶 Well I would walk 500 miles…🎶

MB: 🎶 And a drag queen I would try to host🎶

Together: 🎶 Just to BE the one who gave nae fucks about those women’s rights the most 🎶

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stealtheatingtunnocks · 02/01/2024 20:01

IcakethereforeIam · 02/01/2024 16:42

'blue fizz'!? I'm going to assume that's a drink.

a cocktail of cava and blue wkd, apparently.

no maraschino cherry. I assume that was a dig against Joanna Cherry.

donquixotedelamancha · 02/01/2024 19:40

ArabellaScott · 02/01/2024 14:46

https://www.holyrood.com/inside-politics/view,exclusive-interview-with-mhairi-black_8083.htm

I'd assumed Black was uber SNP all the way, but I've just read this and in fact she doesn't seem to be that supportive of Sturgeon even back in 2017. So perhaps I've misjudged that aspect of her.

She also attributes her very poor attendance record at WM to bad health in this article.

Overall, I am left feeling somewhat sorry for her - perhaps being elected as a 20 year old and coaxed into being a foul mouthed 'mad fer it' renegade by older people who should know better is at least part of the reason for some of her bad decisions.

She expresses cynicism about the broad church united around independence that the SNP was under Alex Salmond but she was a cheerleader of the social-policy focused, less tolerant, centralised Sturgeon regime.

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