bungleboy69 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 7 hours ago, prince al said: Paul Mason gets my vote. Me too 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak4 Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 On 28/10/2022 at 20:43, hackey lad said: I thought it was an all women shortlist . Can anyone verify this ? I can confirm it's not the case, though some, who seem accidentally misinformed, and others who are direct liars would have you believe otherwise. Labour Drops All Women Shortlists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, peak4 said: I can confirm it's not the case, though some, who seem accidentally misinformed, and others who are direct liars would have you believe otherwise. Labour Drops All Women Shortlists Edited October 30, 2022 by hackey lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GritGit Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 There's a lot of 'he/she' 'her/him' going on in this thread (along with quite a lot of trans-bashing and 'you're the gender which I choose to assign you' rubbish). I'd just like to point out that it's very easy to avoid this altogether by using 'they/them'. Got into the habit of it working with a lot of international students when I wasn't sure from their name what their gender would be. Good luck to Eddie - I'm sure they will do a good job. And can you blame labour? If the recent political past has proven anything, it's that people will vote for a character rather than a party or what they stand for (Boris, Donald, etc.). At least Eddie has a shred of decency, empathy and honesty; something that someone cut from the Eton political cloth has often been found lacking. And they're bloody smart as well. Intelligent and decent and yet people are criticizing them? Can't help thinking that's more to do with them choosing to wear a dress and how that makes you uncomfortable rather than whether they will do a decent job or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloke Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, GritGit said: There's a lot of 'he/she' 'her/him' going on in this thread (along with quite a lot of trans-bashing and 'you're the gender which I choose to assign you' rubbish). I'd just like to point out that it's very easy to avoid this altogether by using 'they/them'. Got into the habit of it working with a lot of international students when I wasn't sure from their name what their gender would be. Good luck to Eddie - I'm sure they will do a good job. And can you blame labour? If the recent political past has proven anything, it's that people will vote for a character rather than a party or what they stand for (Boris, Donald, etc.). At least Eddie has a shred of decency, empathy and honesty; something that someone cut from the Eton political cloth has often been found lacking. And they're bloody smart as well. Intelligent and decent and yet people are criticizing them? Can't help thinking that's more to do with them choosing to wear a dress and how that makes you uncomfortable rather than whether they will do a decent job or not. Hmmm... The bloke dropped out of a Sheffield University Accountancy course after one year. Please enlighten us with any other connection he has with Sheffield... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) Is "an association with a certain area" really that important? Not really sure why some people are getting so hung up about it. People are parachuted into areas all of the time to contest elections. Winston Churchill represented numerous areas during his time, as far north as Dundee and as far south as Essex, and long before he became PM too. But then again he didn't wear a dress so people probably didnt give a toss. Lest we forget Izzard might not even win the local vote to stand for the party in Sheffield Central, so pages of outrage may even be for nothing.... Edited October 31, 2022 by HeHasRisen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloke Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 5 minutes ago, HeHasRisen said: Is "an association with a certain area" really that important? Not really sure why some people are getting so hung up about it. People are parachuted into areas all of the time to contest elections. Winston Churchill represented numerous areas during his time, as far north as Dundee and as far south as Essex, and long before he became PM too. But then again he didn't wear a dress so people probably didnt give a toss. Lest we forget Izzard might not even win the local vote to stand for the party in Sheffield Central, so pages of outrage may even be for nothing.... Indeed... ... he's being used just as the warm-up act! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GritGit Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 27 minutes ago, Mr Bloke said: Hmmm... The bloke dropped out of a Sheffield University Accountancy course after one year. Please enlighten us with any other connection he has with Sheffield... Of course, I forgot you can only be good at a job if it's in the town you were born in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloke Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 5 minutes ago, GritGit said: Of course, I forgot you can only be good at a job if it's in the town you were born in. Hmmm... Well IF he's that good... ... he wouldn't NEED to be contesting a SAFE Labour seat, would he? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Mr Bloke said: Hmmm... Well IF he's that good... ... he wouldn't NEED to be contesting a SAFE Labour seat, would he? What was Winston Churchills excuse then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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