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13 Nov 16
17:34
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Repeatedly warned members of parliament not to publicly disrespect either of the American presidential candidates, presciently wise words indeed.
JRM probably has more common sense and intelligence than any other MP and would make an excellent prime minister.
JRM probably has more common sense and intelligence than any other MP and would make an excellent prime minister.
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Jacob Rees-Mogg: My nanny made me the man I am
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has the no 1 priority to be pm went to eton, but does seem to talk sense,but i fear he,d have people on benefits begging for their bowl of groul
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And if they can't spell gruel, they ain't getting any.
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An Eton education is to be admired in my view, despite the snide and jealous attitude towards it taken by certain quarters of the media.
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Theresa May's comments regarding Donald Trump were not only wrong, they displayed extremely poor judgement. Hopefully it's an error for which she can quickly make amends in the coming months.
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JRM probably has more common sense and intelligence than any other MP and would make an excellent prime minister.
Couldn't agree more...how that aging Goth snook into Number 10 is beyond me. |
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@casement,"My nanny made me the man I am"...
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Him and his father a pair of horrible tory Barstewards
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J.R.Mogg time traveller from HG Wells' time.
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Nothing wrong with insulting foreign politicians. What's the worst that can happen?
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In the House of Commons, Rees-Mogg has gained a reputation for his humorous speeches and ability to filibuster.
The ConservativeHome blog rates Rees-Mogg as one of the Conservatives' most rebellious MPs. |
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Must agree with Poker.
JRM is a man of judgement. Common sense personified. Most probably far too wise to seek high office though. Those in power should seek his counsel and have ears to hear.. |
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In a bid to be the general overseer of 60+ million people, I'd rate the bloke as understanding less (and having in common) less about them than possibly anyone else in the entire Westminster bubble.
He is a man of politics and very little else. |
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He knew the price of a pint of milk, loaf of bread and a first class stamp when questioned. Common knowledge that appears to have escaped many members of parliament whatever their political affiliation.
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Ahh the old 'he didn't go to some crummy comprehensive so he has nothing in common with me' line.
I couldn't give a toss about schooling. I look for judgement. JRM warned about Osbourne's rhetoric and was right. Ozzie sacked. He warned about Brexit. Cameron resigns. He called for neutrality regarding the American election. He was spot on. |
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Jacob Rees Mogg is a man of rare integrity within Westminster.
Despite his upbringing he does have the common touch in my view. I'm as common as they come and his beliefs resonate with me, a fine politician amongst mediocrity. |
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Who can forget Ed Miliband estimating an average family's weekly grocery bill at £70 or Nick Clegg guessing the state pension to be £30?
Men of the people (or potentially good leaders) they are not. |
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Me. I can forget apparently.
Therefore I stand (marginally) corrected. There's loads of them, not just JRM. btw Where did anybody bemoan his lack of comprehensive schooling? I must have missed a post. |
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I'm as common as they come and his beliefs resonate with me, a fine politician amongst mediocrity.
I would never have thought it about you being 'common' Pokermonster You origins may be common but to me you have always seemed to be 'posh'. You are polite, erudite and polite to all on here. |
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Ooops, one too many 'polite'
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two too many
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Well thank you, Annie! Much obliged, ma'am. :)
I can't honestly claim to have always remained polite on Chit Chat, but it always struck me that those who lose their cool, resorting to invective or abusive name-calling, tend to come across as childish. |
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Not too bad tonight, STUDYFORM, I have only had about two glassed of red wine. But hey the night is young
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Jacob Rees Mogg is certainly a breath of fresh air.
His polite roasting of Mark Carney at the Treasury Committee regarding the doomsday Brexit predictions fro Carney, was simply a masterclass. He would make a sublime PM. |
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Amazing how the left react to someone who is posh and eloquent, strange behaviour. It means they are reacting to his race rather than his output.
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He's a multi millionaire who may as well be on a different planet as far as the majority of the people in this country are concerned.
.....His career as an investor began early; indeed, one might say he was something of a prodigy. At the age when most boys are playing cricket or football, Rees-Mogg was playing the stock market. ‘I was left £50 when I was ten by a fairly distant cousin, which my father invested in GEC shares on my behalf,’ he says. ‘I became interested in the market and was given some more shares by my father, which is when I began looking to see how the shares were performing and learning how to read company reports, balance sheets and so on in order to gauge that.’ That’s unusual enough, but what happened next was truly remarkable. ‘I had these GEC shares and went to a shareholders’ meeting,’ he says. ‘I’d been looking over the company report and thought the dividend was too low, so I voted against it. Then I went to the Lonhro AGM when it was going to buy the Observer. I thought this was a bad idea, so asked a question at the end.’ He was 12 at the time. It is was as a result of this intervention that Rees-Mogg was photographed at home reading the Financial Times, a typewriter in front of him and a teddy bear behind. ..... This is all you need to know really. Yeh this chinless, silver spoon fed freak absolutely has the CV to be a Tory PM. |
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He is a magnificent fellow.
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The post by Facts, above, requires no criticism. The content alone is a damning enough indictment of its author.
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I find it telling that Facts ridicules Jacob Rees Mogg's early career as a precocious teenager playing the stock market, resorting to the childish abuse of calling him a "chinless, silver spoon-fed freak" amongst other things, yet applauds the actions of shadow chancellor, John McDonnell.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't ever recall a young Jacob advocating the murder of British citizens, honouring those who actually committed such heinous acts of brutality, or contending those in parliament only heeded to "bullets and bombs." |
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Facts is typical of libmorons ...
Shout out anybody who's not one of them. No analysis, just bile. And are you still wondering how the Brexit vote happened, how Trump won? My advice - take off the blinkers, listen, analyse. Then draw conclusions. HTH |
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Yes that is all very well but you must have sympathy for Facts - he has many refugee mouths to feed - it must be very stressful
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The content alone is a damning enough indictment of its author.
Any post driven by spite and anger will do that. Yet spite and anger is what political commentators on the left are all about. Take that from them and they wouldn't know where to start. |
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Jacob Rees Mogg is English,hardly surprising that Facts hates him.
Facts is consistent in his contempt for the English,his idea of ideal citizens are those gentlemen in Calais masquerading as children. |
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I don't agree with his ideas so to Facts he is a FREAK - funny old debating style. What what? Old chap. Toodle Pip.
If he wants to check out freaky he needs to look at some of the people on the same side of the fence as him(Facts that is) check out one of his 'tribe' - monisha - and what she wishes on america 'freaks' |
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He backed trump
dumped trump now backing him again Like Chamberlain Eden and Cameron before him...We don't want another aloof public schoolboy with the events overtaking him, my dear boy. |
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JRM uses the longest ever word (29 letters) in a parliamentary debate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmXQOJhd0_0 |