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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."'

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'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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WickedSerious · 02/01/2024 19:39

TheClogLady · 02/01/2024 14:54

Song title caption contest?

Aunty Mary Had A Canary.

TheClogLady · 02/01/2024 19:28

Yes, I hope that we can all agree that even the fudd-iest of all barely adult politicians does not deserve threats of violence or nasty emails or insults relating to anything irrelevant to her politics or general rubbishness at the job she was elected to do.

Luckily this is the SNP so we still have lots of on topic jokes about motorhomes, patios, pink leggings, recyclable bottles and invisible ferries.

(and rising child poverty and puberty blockers, but it’s hard to make humour out of those)

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ArabellaScott · 02/01/2024 18:49

I liked Mhairi Black when she first hit Parliament. She had seemed a breath of fresh air. But she seemed to turn her passion into zealotry at some point. I recall her at the special debate prompted by the petition, just talking absolute havers; no regard for accuracy or fact-checking, it seemed.

Anyway - I'm very sorry she has been exposed to all of the abuse she details here.

And it really seems she has had a terrible time at WM. She talks about panic buttons, a bomb bag over the letterbox, threats and abuse.

No excuse for any of that.

Mhairi Black Is The First MP to use the C-Word In Parliament | Metro.co.uk

Mhairi Black is the first MP to use the C-word in ParliamentOriginal Story:http://metro.co.uk/video/video-mhairi-black-mp-use-c-word-parliament-1643196/SNP's...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9lc2kkj9WA

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Waitwhat23 · 02/01/2024 18:39

GrandmaMazur · 02/01/2024 17:46

But isn’t it Scotland that increased the age of (I don’t know what it’s called but I’m going to say) responsibility to 25 so that a vicious rapist avoided prison because he was younger than that?

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It is, yes -

www.scotsman.com/news/politics/snp-urged-to-review-sentencing-guidelines-as-scottish-rapist-of-13-year-old-teen-avoids-jail-as-kc-labels-sentence-extraordinary-4092183

terryleather · 02/01/2024 18:34

Baldieheid · 02/01/2024 15:09

She's a foul mouthed playground bully who is just trying to run run run as fast as she can away from the tide that's now coming in to droon them aw. She was out of her depth in the rock pools, despite the early promise handclapping the press gave her. Vapid, vacuous and naive as fuck.

I wouldn't put her in charge of a till in asda.

Indeed. She's a fudd.

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ArabellaScott · 02/01/2024 18:15

Yes, it's led to some appalling leniency in sentencing. However, they are now revisiting, I believe, as it's not supposed to apply for rape/murder/serious crime.

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Froodwithatowel · 02/01/2024 18:06

Yes. Scotland. Where politicians believe that a murderer under 25 should be treated with care and caution because of not being fully of age and development to be responsible for their actions, but believes that children can consent to being sterilised.

GrandmaMazur · 02/01/2024 17:46

ArabellaScott · 02/01/2024 16:17

'The age of candidacy for Parliament was lowered from 21 to 18 by the Electoral Administration Act 2006.'

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

But isn’t it Scotland that increased the age of (I don’t know what it’s called but I’m going to say) responsibility to 25 so that a vicious rapist avoided prison because he was younger than that?

IcakethereforeIam · 02/01/2024 17:34

🎶 And fuck you all
🎶 South of Hadrian's Wa-a-all

DialSquare · 02/01/2024 17:17

TheClogLady · 02/01/2024 14:54

Song title caption contest?

Slap my bitch up?

BettyFilous · 02/01/2024 17:13

TheClogLady · 02/01/2024 14:54

Song title caption contest?

🎶🎶🎶
And I'm free
Free fallin'
Yeah, I'm free
Free fallin'
🎶🎶🎶

ResisterRex · 02/01/2024 16:58

IcakethereforeIam · 02/01/2024 14:45

Mhairi Flowers or a cup of tea and a....biscuit(?)

A Kit Kat?

IcakethereforeIam · 02/01/2024 16:42

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

derxa · 02/01/2024 16:33

She’s a pure dead walloper.

CantDealwithChristmas · 02/01/2024 16:28

Ancient Athenian citizens couldn't partake in the democratic policy making and voting process until they were 35. THIRTY-FIVE. People were thought to be insufficiently politically mature before that. That's where the Americans got the idea of 35 being the minimum age for being President.

Pretty crazy when you think about the difference in average life expectancy between then and now. And the fact that ancient Athenians were pretty much always at war. You were likely to die for the demos before you got the chance to vote in it.

Not saying that's an example to uphold. Athenian women couldn't vote either. But I think it's an interesting reminder that the idea of political competency has changed a lot throughout the ages.

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ArabellaScott · 02/01/2024 16:17

'The age of candidacy for Parliament was lowered from 21 to 18 by the Electoral Administration Act 2006.'

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

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vivariumvivariumsvivaria · 02/01/2024 15:40

She didn't have an ironed tablecloth at her wedding, but did have blue fizz.

I judged.

x.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1536262655102550016?s=20

TheClogLady · 02/01/2024 15:28

I seem to remember MB having a good friendship with old Labour’s Dennis Skinner (the Beast of Bolsover)?

Although perhaps that was just Father of the House keeping an eye on Baby of the House?

TheClogLady · 02/01/2024 15:24

A very sensible 20 year old could serve on the parish council or as a ward cllr (especially in a ward with more than one) but I agree, not as a Westminster MP.

I think my local labour council leader was probably first elected at 21 ish (after joining the party at 14!) but it’s then taken him 20 years of committees and ward surgeries to get to council leader (along with working in the MPs constituency office part time for a few years).

CantDealwithChristmas · 02/01/2024 15:13

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.

I agree with this. I feel strongly that 20 is too young to be an elected representative. Being an elected representative in a representative democratic system ideally requires an analytic, calm, cool mind that is able to see the bigger picture beyond one's own singular passions or ideologies, with a sound understanding of economics and political ethics.

There are very few people in their 20s who fit this criteria.

MB was portrayed as a bit of a social media rockstar for a while and it must have felt like a lot of pressure. Not conducive to doing the job at hand.

Baldieheid · 02/01/2024 15:09

She's a foul mouthed playground bully who is just trying to run run run as fast as she can away from the tide that's now coming in to droon them aw. She was out of her depth in the rock pools, despite the early promise handclapping the press gave her. Vapid, vacuous and naive as fuck.

I wouldn't put her in charge of a till in asda.

RealFeminist · 02/01/2024 15:02

WELL I WOULD TWERK FIVE HUNRDED TIMES

TheClogLady · 02/01/2024 14:54

Song title caption contest?

ET TU MHAIRI BLACK
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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.

Exclusive interview with Mhairi Black

Exclusive interview with the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South

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

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