Emily Thornberry
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Milk Tray Man
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Re: Argie
David Johnson wrote:
> Why do you have such an inferiority complex? She failed her 11
> plus but managed to get to Oxford. Well done her. Typical
> Tory/UKIPPER, you are. Working people ought to know their
> place and stay in it to provide semi-slave labour for Tory
> party corporate donors.
University of Kent to study law actually David, not Oxford. But let's not split hairs.
you could though argue that the fact she has a 'council estate' background only makes her gaffe even worse, as this incident clearly shows how out of touch with her roots she actually is. And that now she's a well-heeled member of the Islington dinner party set and has been caught sneering down at White Van Man, it's clear that she's forgotten where she came from.
If she'd been a Tory it would have been less of a surprise, because at least you kind of expect this kind of stuff from them. but not from a senior figure in a party that was originally founded as and still likes to pretend that it's the party of the 'working class'.
> Why do you have such an inferiority complex? She failed her 11
> plus but managed to get to Oxford. Well done her. Typical
> Tory/UKIPPER, you are. Working people ought to know their
> place and stay in it to provide semi-slave labour for Tory
> party corporate donors.
University of Kent to study law actually David, not Oxford. But let's not split hairs.
you could though argue that the fact she has a 'council estate' background only makes her gaffe even worse, as this incident clearly shows how out of touch with her roots she actually is. And that now she's a well-heeled member of the Islington dinner party set and has been caught sneering down at White Van Man, it's clear that she's forgotten where she came from.
If she'd been a Tory it would have been less of a surprise, because at least you kind of expect this kind of stuff from them. but not from a senior figure in a party that was originally founded as and still likes to pretend that it's the party of the 'working class'.
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David Johnson
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Milk Tray Man
You are correct about her university.
I am not defending Thornberry as my first post on this thread makes that very clear.
I am merely suggesting in my reply to Argie that "she cannot engage with anyone earning under ?150K" is an exaggeration.
I am not defending Thornberry as my first post on this thread makes that very clear.
I am merely suggesting in my reply to Argie that "she cannot engage with anyone earning under ?150K" is an exaggeration.
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Milk Tray Man
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David J
I get that you weren't definding her David.
my comments were meant more as a general observation than as a counter to what you wrote.
my comments were meant more as a general observation than as a counter to what you wrote.