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AND HERE WE GO - THE 2019 GENERAL ELECTION THREAD

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SwingsitlikeHogan said:
I do not doubt - but I'd have thought that for anyone looking to be an MP - a bit of Shakespeare and such as The Merchant of Venice would be General Knowledge. That said I suspect that many who profess such a knowledge will believe Shakespeare to be responsible for 'Oh what a tangled web we weave...'
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Snobbish - I'd rather they studied Economics, Finance, Engineering, Computing etc instead of Latin and Classics, etc which philistine that I am, I consider as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
 
Well - and there was me thinking that knowing Shylock was a Shakespearean Jewish money lender character would have been general knowledge. Ah well.

Though if he didn’t know of the Shylock character and that Shylock was Jewish how can he have been deemed to be anti-Semitic?
 
pauldj42 said:
I’m sure the classics will go down a storm with the people of Hartlepool once Richard Tice starts quoting them to them.(y)
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Dont know what it's like at Seaham but each time I'm up at Seaton I hear very old 'Shakespeareian' references to the immigrant friends that, in Leeds, are pretty good mates of mine. Language that was acceptable some 30 or 40 years ago but that I'd just not hear in Leeds anymore.... well very, very rarely & certainly not in a Golf Club.
"Tis, sadly, very clear to me how the area voted Brexit.
 
ColchesterFC said:
And now the Tories jump back into the lead with their candidate for the Broadland seat in Norfolk no longer standing after comments he made in 2014 about rape where he suggested that women should "keep their knickers on". I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry that this is the calibre of people that the main parties think should represent the public.
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So it seems that today Labour have told the Tories to "hold my pint" while they get back into the fight with two potential candidates having to stand down due to opinions that could be considered anti-Semitic and a third due to comments that meant he was accused of being a misogynist. It really is becoming an election of trying to find the least worst rather than the best party.
 
2blue said:
Dont know what it's like at Seaham but each time I'm up at Seaton I hear very old 'Shakespeareian' references to the immigrant friends that, in Leeds, are pretty good mates of mine. Language that was acceptable some 30 or 40 years ago but that I'd just not hear in Leeds anymore.... well very, very rarely & certainly not in a Golf Club.
"Tis, sadly, very clear to me how the area voted Brexit.
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Townies mate, very strange breed!
They deserve what they get!
Don’t forget they hung the monkey because they thought it was French!
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
Well - and there was me thinking that knowing Shylock was a Shakespearean Jewish money lender character would have been general knowledge. Ah well.

Though if he didn’t know of the Shylock character and that Shylock was Jewish how can he have been deemed to be anti-Semitic?
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I had no idea who Shylock was
 
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Can someone explain just how Corbin is going to be able to negotiate a better deal with Europe.

Extended use of the word “Non” springs to mind
 
PhilTheFragger said:
Can someone explain just how Corbin is going to be able to negotiate a better deal with Europe.

Extended use of the word “Non” springs to mind
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It'll basically be membership of the EU without any voting rights, from what I understand, so worse than remain, which I guess is the whole point.
 
PhilTheFragger said:
Can someone explain just how Corbin is going to be able to negotiate a better deal with Europe.

Extended use of the word “Non” springs to mind
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Probably in the same way some of us believed when we were told boris had no chance.
 
pauldj42 said:
Of course it’s a joke it’s printed on toilet paper!
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Problem is that, no matter what is printed, published or posted, we just don't know what is and what isn't factual.
This is almost certainly garbage but some will believe it
Next there will be something rubbishing the Tories or the LibDems or SNP or whoever
And we won't know for sure if it's fake or fact.
How the hell is anyone supposed to make an informed decision when theres so much crap being thrown about in-between the truths...
 
Imurg said:
Problem is that, no matter what is printed, published or posted, we just don't know what is and what isn't factual.
This is almost certainly garbage but some will believe it
Next there will be something rubbishing the Tories or the LibDems or SNP or whoever
And we won't know for sure if it's fake or fact.
How the hell is anyone supposed to make an informed decision when theres so much crap being thrown about in-between the truths...
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But it’s the sun, I wouldn’t even believe the date in that rag.:)
 
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