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Priti Patel

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MintChocAddict · 24/07/2019 18:52

Anyone else think that was possibly the smuggest walk into Downing Street ever?

Was I alone in praying she would trip up?

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HorridHenrysNits · 25/07/2019 12:11

If you find the Erasmus point hilarious derxa, that really says more about you than it does about the people who've pointed out that Brexit removes opportunities from lower income people that the rich will retain.

The80sweregreat · 25/07/2019 12:16

I'm confused about this Dominic Cummings person ; I've just read on here his anti the ERG but he is willing to work with them to push through a no deal Brexit? Is this right?
I hadn't heard of him before now.

sionnachbeag · 25/07/2019 12:21

Have u been living under a rock?

I also love that the truth about his past hasnt come out. On wikipedia they say his father was a oil rig engineer. In reality he owned the local seedy nightclub in Durham, and had a reputation for liking under age girls.

Alsohuman · 25/07/2019 12:21

@The80sweregreat, he masterminded the Leave campaign for the referendum. He’s a devious, unfortunately intellectually brilliant, strategist who wouldn’t recognise honesty, integrity or decency if he fell over them.

Xenia · 25/07/2019 12:23

Anyting is better than Corbyn in power. Also the more women in the cabinet the better so good for BJ for appointing a reasonable numbe rof women.

Keep Corbyn out. Vote Conservative.

PerkingFaintly · 25/07/2019 12:27

Yep, this Dominic Cummings.

Dominic Cummings: Vote Leave chief found in contempt of parliament over refusal to give evidence to 'fake news' inquiry
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dominic-cummings-vote-leave-contempt-parliament-brexit-inquiry-fake-news-a8841731.html

And this:
Brexit: The Uncivil War showed us how the EU Referendum was won with Data Science
towardsdatascience.com/brexit-the-uncivil-war-showed-us-how-the-eu-referendum-was-won-with-data-science-3d727ee03fc0

What Dominic Cummings points out to all the critics is that he wasn’t deciding the messages, he let the data decide.
[...]
It was found that during the referendum, they served over 1 billion Facebook adverts, with various pro-leave messages. For example, segments of less “racist” voters may have received pictures of Boris Johnson stating, “I’m pro-immigration, but above all, I’m pro-controlled immigration”. While others received messages such as “TURKEY HAS A POPULATION OF 76 MILLION. TURKEY IS JOINING THE EU. GOOD IDEA??”.

Alsohuman · 25/07/2019 12:29

No @Xenia, everything isn’t better than Corbyn in power, as I suspect we’re about to find out.

Myteachersaid · 25/07/2019 12:41

And brexit is for ever portrayed as the poor voting against the well off. Brexit was always a hard right movement and the poor are about to be well and truly shafted.

The underclass don't normally vote. So they didn't vote for Brexit. The Tory voting 'just managing' working and lower middle classes on the other hand work hard (or think they do), have little disposable income (or think they do) and experience services (NHS, education, pension prospects) dwindling. Whilst happy to part take in mindless consumerism, they compete for these resources and feel that it's unfair they have to work hard whilst others e.g. 'undeserving' underclass and EU citizens who moved here to steal our jobs just get things handed over to them allegedly. They voted brexit due to social envy.

The middle class and upper middle class Brexiters are mainly xenophobic. They have no cash flow issues and may don't compete for theses resources in the same way (private health insurance, private schools) but they feel betrayed by how things have turned out and that life does not match with their romanticised view on what the UK used to be like.

What Brexiters have in common is shared ignorance. With Brexit we are facing a right wing revolution.

I spoke to a friend yesterday who is a radio producer and who found himself at a reception with all sort of human rights campaigners. One woman was saying that she had now finally given up on "David". Apparently David Cameron had told this woman during a shared holiday that he hadn't thought the referendum would cause such a mess. It was a bit like saying "whoopsy daisy, who'd have thought".

Many in the conservative party are NOT happy about any of this.

PerkingFaintly · 25/07/2019 12:58

(Turkey is of course NOT likely to join the EU. But I saw at least one poster on here trembling that she was about to be overrun with Turkish people.Hmm She wasn't one of the usual crowd of obvious astroturfers and her terror seemed genuine –I just couldn't work out where it was coming from. Now I know.)

Myteachersaid · 25/07/2019 13:08

Also the more women in the cabinet the better so good for BJ for appointing a reasonable numbe rof women.
Not a number of reasonable women though. Sad

TheBigBallOfOil · 25/07/2019 13:31

Lovely, sion. You keep right in with that. You and your corbynite buddies. Be as vocal as possible. You’re doing just great.

sionnachbeag · 25/07/2019 13:34

BigBall, you think this government are going to win an election? Ha.

Best thing that could ever happen was Boris getting elected leader.

TheBigBallOfOil · 25/07/2019 13:40

I didn’t say that, but never mind.
Can’t they find room for you in mr corbyns next party broadcast? I think that should happen. That is a thing that needs to happen. You and that bald geezer who looks like a Nazi who they had to finally chuck out under duress. Fab look.

Fibbke · 25/07/2019 13:43

I do think boris will win. He seems focussed and determined and has surrounded himself with supporters. I think voters are fed up with the shilly shallying and are looking forward to getting in with it.

I wish it wasnt happening, i wish Labour had a better leadership, but there we are.

billysboy · 25/07/2019 13:45

shes quite cute I think

sionnachbeag · 25/07/2019 13:48

Ha ha BigBall, another fabulously well thought out post.

sweeneytoddsrazor · 25/07/2019 14:09

The government should be made up of intelligent competent individuals that are actually good at their job and are also trustworthy and honest and prepared to stand or fall by their beliefs. It should make no difference what gender, race, age, sexual orientation, religion or anything else happens to be.

PeggySuehadababy · 25/07/2019 14:27

She's a horrible woman. Racism has got nothing to do with criticism towards her, my husband is Asian and I cannot think of anyone in his family who actually thinks she's good. She's terribly racist herself, if anything, has appalling views on poor and disabled people and has no track record of anything good at all.

And the fact that she's a woman doesn't make her immune to criticism, there are other valuable women who could have taken her place.

Gooigi · 25/07/2019 19:25

Keep Corbyn out. Vote Conservative. You keep saying that like someone is going to cast their vote a certaon way because some anonymous random keeps telling them to on the internet. We're not even in an election. Are you being paid by the Tory party?

bellinisurge · 25/07/2019 19:27

I'm going to keep Corbyn out by not voting Labour. Doesn't mean I'm voting Tory or Brexit Party.

ssd · 25/07/2019 21:21

God some of you are terrified of Corbyn.

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Iggly · 25/07/2019 21:46

Why are people so scared of Corbyn?

If people want to vote him in, that’s democracy innit 🤷🏻‍♀️

What specific policies of his are “scary”,

LadyRannaldini · 25/07/2019 21:56

I don't care if the men are any good. They're men - that's all that matters

A stupid statement which for many people will prove what they think of women ie incapable of coherent thought.

FishCanFly · 25/07/2019 22:01

She is vile. As a feminist, I'm not amused when poisonous characters get in power.