tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post4552816501985721295..comments2023-09-13T09:59:36.013+01:00Comments on snowflake5: The Toff Businesssnowflake5http://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-68928751694426724192008-05-25T10:04:00.000+01:002008-05-25T10:04:00.000+01:00"the number of yobs is the same as it always was."..."the number of yobs is the same as it always was."<BR/><BR/>Disagree, but it wasn't the point I was making. The point is saying that Labour "reflects" Britain because of the more similar proportion of public/state school attendees is a bit simplistic to say the least. <BR/><BR/>Boris was always being called a toff, hence the points he would wheel out about his ancestry in response. It was more Political Umpirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025804183639479675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-54662382706584269692008-05-23T18:27:00.000+01:002008-05-23T18:27:00.000+01:00Political Umpire - the number of yobs is the same ...Political Umpire - the number of yobs is the same as it always was. It's just people now have 24hr news to make them think that some yob behaviour on the other side of the country is about to manifest itself on their street!<BR/><BR/>As for Boris Johnson's ancestry - if it had no effect, why did he make so much of it/ First about his grandfather's origins. Then his great-grandmother's origins. snowflake5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-34309793184815021462008-05-23T11:57:00.000+01:002008-05-23T11:57:00.000+01:00But Britain also includes an ever increasing amoun...But Britain also includes an ever increasing amount of criminals, yobs, hoodies and bankrupts - should the parties be trying to reflect any of that? <BR/><BR/>I think what the election results show is that the old fashioned obsessions of class and state/public education matter a good deal less nowadays. I very much doubt that Boris Johnson's election was due in any large part to his Turkish Political Umpirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05025804183639479675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-62370594327428983052008-05-22T15:13:00.000+01:002008-05-22T15:13:00.000+01:00But being a toff is about privilege not just about...But being a toff is about privilege not just about where you went to school. In this election, the privileged candidate was not the Tory but Labour's hereditary candidate, Tamsin Dunwoody. She was selected because she was the daughter of the deceased MP. She was selected because of who she is, who she knows and not how good she is. This is why the campaign is so downright stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-43608564940072973462008-05-22T14:26:00.000+01:002008-05-22T14:26:00.000+01:00Snowflake5, that's very kind of you. I don't think...Snowflake5, that's very kind of you. I don't think that the site proper will be ready for real until after the Summer recess, but it can't hurt being read before then.<BR/><BR/>Straight after I wrote my editorial, I checked the press and discovered that Matthew Paris and some bloke on the Independent (I think) had written similar sentiments.<BR/><BR/>I have taken a leaf out of your book today tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-69096998985930374142008-05-22T00:16:00.000+01:002008-05-22T00:16:00.000+01:00Labour matters, thanks for the kind words. I've po...Labour matters, thanks for the kind words. I've popped a link to your new site on my sidebar. Good luck with the venturesnowflake5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14700425293614182769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-17082362208001065632008-05-21T23:36:00.000+01:002008-05-21T23:36:00.000+01:00We really don't need any preaching from Jonathan F...We really don't need any preaching from Jonathan Freedland and the Guardian,as revealed on Guido's blog there doesn't seem to be anyone on their editorial staff that hasn't been public school educated.<BR/>The clear Labour message from C&N is wev'e got nothing to say to you so we will play the man not the ball.<BR/>Jim<BR/>Jim<BR/>First this nonesense fails with Boris now Timpson when will theseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29618513.post-80561727124508910032008-05-21T21:46:00.000+01:002008-05-21T21:46:00.000+01:00I read your spirited defence of Labour in the comm...I read your spirited defence of Labour in the comments of that article and thought "damn, why didn't I put these stats together. Better yet, why hasn't the Labour Party?"<BR/><BR/>Then I happened along here to see that you've posted about it too (and having only found your blog yesterday this also confirmed that you're one and the same person). <BR/><BR/>Hats off to you then. If only we could Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com