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To think Nadine Dorries should never have been made Culture Secretary

87 replies

JackieWeaverHandforthCouncil · 04/04/2022 19:32

Privatising Channel 4 is a terrible idea. I hope it doesn’t work out.

www.theguardian.com/media/2022/apr/04/nadine-dorries-to-press-ahead-with-plan-to-privatise-channel-4

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brightenmynorthernsky1 · 04/04/2022 22:16

YANBU. They will sell to one of their billionaire cronies and create another Tory mouthpiece. Destroying British culture and freedom of information it’s utterly depressing. :(

Dailyfailcanfeckoff · 04/04/2022 22:21

Yanbu.
But bj needed his chef cheerleader in cabinet somewhere. Could be worse.

Rafaisthekingofclay · 04/04/2022 22:26

YANBU Nadine Dorries should never have been given any position of responsibility anywhere.

eddiemairswife · 04/04/2022 22:28

She should have stuck to being a nurse

WeasilyPleased · 04/04/2022 22:55

She's a ridiculous woman. She shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the Cabinet.

TotalRhubarb · 04/04/2022 22:58

She shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near any sort of power. She’s an absolute fool of an ideologue.

Channel 4 will be ‘freed up’ indeed. She must think we’re all idiots.

GreenLunchBox · 04/04/2022 22:59

@eddiemairswife

She should have stuck to being a nurse
Offensive to nurses

She should have stuck to being a shit novelist
www.indy100.com/politics/nadine-dorries-books-best-extracts

TheNestedIf · 04/04/2022 22:59

Stupid, ignorant and does a better impression of being permanently very, very drunk than Paul Whitehouse as Sir Rowley Birkin. She shouldn't even be in charge of the crisps at a buffet, the fucking cultural vandal.

longwayoff · 04/04/2022 23:01

YANBU. Words cannot express my contempt for this woman. She's a female Michael Fabricant.

ddl1 · 04/04/2022 23:02

Being a nurse is an important and responsible job. I wouldn't wish her on any patients!!!!

Menomadness · 04/04/2022 23:12

I love channel 4 as it is. Nadine Dorries is not fit to tie Jon snows ( rather fabulous) ties and never mind his shoelaces. Long live Krish, Cathy & co. ❤️
Nadine is an absolute disgrace- she shouldn't be in charge of a bag of carrots never mind anything else!! Hmm

GreenLunchBox · 04/04/2022 23:15

I was shocked to find out today that C4 was government controlled!They at least pretend to try to hold the government to account. More than can be said for the biased BBC!

RafaIstheKingofClay · 04/04/2022 23:20

Unfortunately I think holding the government to account is why they are in this position.

What’s the betting that the £1billion the government make from the sale is invested into small companies with no history of making TV programmes and is never seen again?

GCAcademic · 04/04/2022 23:25

@longwayoff

YANBU. Words cannot express my contempt for this woman. She's a female Michael Fabricant.
I think of her as a pound shop Marine Le Pen.
watcherintherye · 04/04/2022 23:29

Yanbu. Culture Secretary is a post which should only ever be held by someone whose surname is Hunt.

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 04/04/2022 23:32

She is the yardstick by which all future Culture Secretaries will be held. At least they're not as bad as Dorries.

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 04/04/2022 23:33

She would hold the ministerial yardstick, but Chris Grayling

WillSmithsRightHook · 05/04/2022 00:24

Yanbu!! Dreadful woman!

Wheniruletheworld · 05/04/2022 06:56

@eddiemairswife

She should have stuck to being a nurse
She was a nurse for about 5 minutes post qualifying, yet pontificates on all things nursing like a pro with 30 years experience... Can't stand the woman
ShouldersBackChestOutChinUp · 05/04/2022 07:18

This woman is such an inadequate. She's not at all bright and there's a viciousness to her that is alarming.

Plus have you read any of her writing? Hilariously bad.

ExcaliburBaby · 05/04/2022 07:25

She is a cringe-worthy disaster zone as a Culture Secretary. And to think we thought Oliver Dowden was rubbish....

Polyanthus2 · 05/04/2022 08:03

Theses bloody woman upstarts - how dare they have a senior post - we need to get a man in toute de suite.

Really women need to! accept they aren't up to these kinds of jobs. And a former nurse - pfffft

DGRossetti · 05/04/2022 08:07

Given the history of the deep south of the US, I'm not sure this was appropriate, but the fact Nadine Dorries did speaks for itself. She's a nasty piece of work

To think Nadine Dorries should never have been made Culture Secretary
ilovesooty · 05/04/2022 08:10

@Polyanthus2

Theses bloody woman upstarts - how dare they have a senior post - we need to get a man in toute de suite.

Really women need to! accept they aren't up to these kinds of jobs. And a former nurse - pfffft

Ridiculous.

Nothing to do with her being a woman.

mellongoose · 05/04/2022 08:11

@Polyanthus2

Theses bloody woman upstarts - how dare they have a senior post - we need to get a man in toute de suite.

Really women need to! accept they aren't up to these kinds of jobs. And a former nurse - pfffft

Quite. God forbid they also have....opinions!
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