Re: Andrew Mitchell MP - Meltdown ? : Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:07 pm  

I know, how has he even got into his position without knowing those irrelevant pieces of trivia?

Re: Andrew Mitchell MP - Meltdown ? : Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:00 pm  

wigan_rlfc wrote:

I know, how has he even got into his position without knowing those irrelevant pieces of trivia?

He got into his position through being born into a very rich family who could send him to incredibly expensive private schools and used connections made through their wealth to get him internships and jobs.

Re: Andrew Mitchell MP - Meltdown ? : Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:20 pm  

Him wrote:

He got into his position through being born into a very rich family who could send him to incredibly expensive private schools and used connections made through their wealth to get him internships and jobs.

But is a basic grasp of Latin and knowing who wrote a song 260 years ago essential in a prime minister or is it irrelevant?

Re: Andrew Mitchell MP - Meltdown ? : Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:21 pm  

wigan_rlfc wrote:

But is a basic grasp of Latin and knowing who wrote a song 260 years ago essential in a prime minister or is it irrelevant?

Considering that he is head of a government that continues to support a UK citizenship test for immigrants that consists of similar questions then surely it is relevant.

Re: Andrew Mitchell MP - Meltdown ? : Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:34 pm  

wigan_rlfc wrote:

But is a basic grasp of Latin and knowing who wrote a song 260 years ago essential in a prime minister or is it irrelevant?

Probably not, but then that wasn't what happened or what has been said on this thread. I said its a bit worrying that a £370,000 "elite" education doesn't teach such basics that I was taught at state school.
It's also nothing to do with a basic grasp of Latin, it's to do with not knowing a basic fact regarding an incredibly important foundation of our democracy. Considering he is the head of our democracy that is a tad worrying. Also, as pointed out they are questions from a citizenship test his government require those nasty foreigners have to pass before they can be considered "one of us".

One has to question quite why Cameron was on the show in the first place.

Re: Andrew Mitchell MP - Meltdown ? : Fri Sep 28, 2012 4:30 pm  

Him wrote:

One has to question quite why Cameron was on the show in the first place.

Because Boris was on not that long ago...

Re: Andrew Mitchell MP - Meltdown ? : Fri Sep 28, 2012 7:53 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

Because Boris was on not that long ago...

Well quite. But at least Boris can be self deprecating and funny at times. Cameron just comes across as a pompous wealthy Brit.

Re: Andrew Mitchell MP - Meltdown ? : Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:13 pm  

Him wrote: Well quite. But at least Boris can be self deprecating and funny at times. Cameron just comes across as a pompous wealthy Brit. According to you maybe. The Americans I saw interviewed afterwards said they thought he came across well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19739486 "Intelligent", "Well spoken", "Sharp", "Bright", "Fabulous"

Him wrote: Well quite. But at least Boris can be self deprecating and funny at times. Cameron just comes across as a pompous wealthy Brit. According to you maybe. The Americans I saw interviewed afterwards said they thought he came across well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19739486 "Intelligent", "Well spoken", "Sharp", "Bright", "Fabulous"

Re: Andrew Mitchell MP - Meltdown ? : Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:18 pm  

wigan_rlfc wrote:

But is a basic grasp of Latin and knowing who wrote a song 260 years ago essential in a prime minister or is it irrelevant?

I bet if he had of known all his latin he would have been derided for being a snob who went to a posh school and is out of touch with the general population because he knows latin.

Re: Andrew Mitchell MP - Meltdown ? : Fri Sep 28, 2012 11:56 pm  

Ajw71 wrote: According to you maybe. The Americans I saw interviewed afterwards said they thought he came across well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19739486 "Intelligent", "Well spoken", "Sharp", "Bright", "Fabulous" Compared to Mitt Romney he's a bloody genius, be fair when compared to US politicians quite a few of our lot would run rings around them.

Ajw71 wrote: According to you maybe. The Americans I saw interviewed afterwards said they thought he came across well. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19739486 "Intelligent", "Well spoken", "Sharp", "Bright", "Fabulous" Compared to Mitt Romney he's a bloody genius, be fair when compared to US politicians quite a few of our lot would run rings around them.