It’s a mix of getting the opportunities and running with them thou but his rewards for working hard are unlikely to be reproduced by Joe Public.
Not as rare as you'd think. Only 20% of undergraduates at Cambridge went to private schools.
MrsMC and I are slightly below average earners in the public sector. MCJnr went to the normal village primary, a failing secondary academy and a reasonable 6th form college. Went on the Oxbridge programme there, is just finishing his finals at Cambridge this month. Talent and hard work, with the right support from schools and family can succeed.
We, as a society, need to make sure all young people get the opportunities and support to achieve their potential, whether that's Oxbridge or to be the best burger flipper McDonald's has.
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We, as a society, need to make sure all young people get the opportunities and support to achieve their potential, whether that’s Oxbridge or to be the best burger flipper McDonald’s has.
Don't disagree, apart from it sounding a bit American dream, but really can't see that happening in a country where it has never happened due to all sorts of reasons.
If you are lucky enough to be good at the school system and it's form of measurement then you can easily go to a good university. 90% of my A level Chemistry class were making the choice between Oxford or Cambridge with their 9 As at O level and predicted 4 A's at A level. This was a Grammar school so full of middle class kids who had been there from 12 years old so certainly no Winchester but full of kids lucky enough to have parents who pushed them.
I went to a Midlands secondary mod, no-one got to Oxbridge but 4 of us got A levels that got us into uni. Facebook tells me that several more got to uni in their 40s or 50s, one in Australia. They had the ability but got sent out to work by their parents at 16.
Junior on the other hand has one of the two profiles for Oxbridge or comparable entry, his parents aren't rich but they're teachers.
Not as rare as you’d think. Only 20% of undergraduates at Cambridge went to private schools.
Given around what 6% of kids go to fee paying schools.....
I cast my mind back to Theresa May’s abysmal campaign, her shallow slogans, robotic delivery and zero personal skills and think: could Sunak measure down to that standard?
He’s made a great start! You could see by his blank expression that when asked the painfully obvious (to everyone else) sinking ship question, he didn’t even get the reference. He then did what he always does… ignored the question completely and repeated his same soundbites like a malfunctioning droid
Has everyone also noticed that it’s all about him too? ‘I’ did this, ‘I’ did that. It’s never ‘we’ or ‘the government’ or even ‘my government’ it’s always ‘me, me, ME’. He can’t help himself. I think he’s actually an even more extreme narcissist than Johnson
Jenrick, Braverman, Badenoch & all the other culture warriors have suddenly gone uncharacteristicly quiet
Distancing themselves from the clownshow of an election with eyes on being the next leader (of the opposition)
Also can I get odds on Sunak quitting b4 the GE?
Ahh well - he’s taken a day off today to recharge his batteries, perhaps he’ll learn from his recent errors, listen to good professional advice, take an interest in those around him going through hard times, start to build some kind of cohesive campaign message…….nah just writing his standing down speech. The little cowardly shitehawk.
I hope he goes to the play off final, to pretend that he "supports" Southampton.
He will get absolute pelters.
I'm still convinced he has "sleepers" in his comms team, no-one can be that stupid and unaware.
I’m still convinced he has “sleepers” in his comms team, no-one can be that stupid and unaware.
Oh I've said it before, I'm convinced his Comms Team are on some sort of wild ongoing dare as to how stupid they can make the PM look without him realising it. I reckon it's been one long game since the days of Boris Johnson but BJ managed to carry off looking stupid as a personality trait.
May was just awkward while trying to be cool, Truss was far too thick to ever realise anything and now Sunak is trying his best to go with what they're suggesting because he cannot relate to anyone outside of the uber-wealthy - meanwhile the advisors are in the pub every night screaming with laughter at their latest gag.
"So - get this - we took him to the TITANIC Museum! Oh the sinking ship gags, the complete lack of understanding, wow you should have seen it!"
"What a great result, everyone buy John a round of drinks for that gag. Right, who's got another great idea?"
You know who he reminds me of?
The Prince Regent from Blackadder. In fact I reckon his advisors have taken some ideas from the two actors who are called in to help him with his public speaking.
Now your true hero stands thus
/power stance
A stadium full of actual fans singing Things Can Only Get Better…. would absolutely finish him off
Given that it’ll be thousands of Leeds fans I suspect they might have a somewhat fruitier repertoire awaiting the little fella
Here’s to a repeat of that beautiful moment at the Olympics ceremony where George Osbournes face drops as he realised just how despised he actually is…
This is an actual press photo from his flight back from NI.
2 exit signs!
Has everyone also noticed that it’s all about him too? ‘I’ did this, ‘I’ did that. It’s never ‘we’ or ‘the government’ or even ‘my government’ it’s always ‘me, me, ME’. He can’t help himself
He has always been that way. Back in the good old days when he was chancellor there were complaints from some tories that some of the pandemic relief stuff was being branded as "Rishi" rather than the tory party.
“And I’m guessing he won’t be presenting any legislation as promised for infected blood victims compensation.”
AFAIAA, this was passed yesterday, and is now Law:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/infected-blood-compensation-body-and-victims-and-prisoners-bill-become-law
Bringing back national service. Another lame attempt to appease the Daily Mail reading gammons. It’s gone past pathetic now.
At this point he can promise he’s going to fire a refugee into the sun with a steam catapult every 60 seconds, because he knows he’ll never have to implement it as he’ll be in California, staring lovingly up at Elon
I’ve seen it suggested that some within the Conservative Party possibly want a campaign that puts Rishi front-and-centre and is heavy with nonsense policies. They know they’re going to lose anyway, and want to get as quickly as possible to a point where they can ditch an unpopular leader and pretend that the loss is because of his bad leadership and a poor campaign, and not because of 14 years of presiding over unprecedented decline in living standards and opportunity for the electorate.
Blimey that aeroplane image looks like painting-by-numbers. Maybe they're trying to emphasise exiting.
That has finished his career as an MP, let alone PM
https://twitter.com/iainmartin1/status/1798977946574782737?t=L7mmwlIVQARuexGfHNWYHQ&s=19
I think his parliamentary seat is quite safe.
Hadn't it got a lot of army barracks?
Richmond and the surrounding area has a large military presence.
He's a dead man walking now
Imagine being an elderly Tory voter who had family killed or injured in WW2? They might be reconsidering who to vote for
He got 64% of the vote last general election, Labour got 16% !
I know things look bad for the Tories but let's not get carried away!
Must admit I'm enjoying watching the car crash that is Sunak trying to play at being a politician. He's terrible at it, unbelievably so!
Catterick Garrison is in his constituency. Can't imagine it'll go down well there.
So the apology is issued on Twitter.
Classy.
So in a few days he has managed to draw most of Conservatives into joining in a lie about £2k tax.
Now has offended most of Europe by not realising that one of the privileges of office is to remember and respect those who served.
What does the weekend hold in store?
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What does the weekend hold in store?
Molesting a goat?
I am more hoping for a toddler like meltdown from the spoiled brat who thinks he knows more, followed by a storming off and hailing a plane ride to California.... Ideally live on TV.
There was bit too much unfounded swooning with Sunak when he came to power - just 'cos he did an average job handing some money out (which every major economy did during the pandemic.)
Remember the crappy BBC superman gfx plate?
The Tories have thrived on failure for too long.
The weird thing is that at the height of a general election campaign you would expect Sunak to be totally surrounded by advisors telling him exactly what he should do including what tie he should wear.
Have they really let him loose to do whatever he fancies?
Or is it just a reflection of how deep the Tory disconnection with voters is?
He's toast as PM, his seat is probably safe but he'll take a beating via a vastly reduced turn-out and a much smaller majority.
He won't sit in the Parliament - he'll walk when the results roll in
hoping for a toddler like meltdown from the spoiled brat who thinks he knows more
Close, he’s now snippily accusing those criticising him as ‘politicising D-Day’
Why is he even standing?
You can hear those words in his voice far too easily
he’s now snippily accusing those criticising him as ‘politicising D-Day’
Snippily accusing those who're criticising him is his standard behaviour. He really doesn't like it does he.
TBH he does sound like Will from The Inbetweeners 🙂
Running away from D-Day does seem to be like dropping a massive bollock.
I know that anything to do with the EU has to be seen to shunned or snubbed but that was a stellar miscalculation.
We already knew he was bad at politics but wowsers.
MoreCashThanDash
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He must be trying to lose his seat so he doesn’t have to quit on 5th July to go to California.
It's a complete mess isn't it? I think it's just down to terrible morale within his party and general incompetence as anyone with that was pushed out/ left ages ago.
That pic above should have had him sitting on a trunki!
He's not tall enough to ride a Trunki
He must be trying to lose his seat so he doesn’t have to quit on 5th July to go to California.
After the last 2 days if I was the prospective Californian employer I'd be on the phone to HR asking how easily we can withdraw the offer
After the last 2 days if I was the prospective Californian employer I’d be on the phone to HR asking how easily we can withdraw the offer
Strangely, former MPs never seem to have any trouble with this. Remember when Chris Grayling wandered off to some (very well paid) consultancy role?
At no point did anyone think - hang on, this is the guy who tried to run a ferry company without any ferries, who forgot that if you're building a train line you need some stations with it, why are we employing this clueless moron...?
Nope - straight in there on £100,000/yr for 8hrs work a month.
The giggle is that itv will air that most important interview he ran off for on Wednesday to defend his lying about the labours £2000 tax rise.
Alledgedly it appears he was trying to not go to the D-Day commemorations all along so another storm of merde may well be heading towards the fan.
The stories seem too consistent to be untrue as well. All are saying he was going to have Grant Shapps stand in for him, but on being told how bad this would look agreed to go and show his face. The bare minimum required
What’s that old saying? When someone shows you who they really are, believe them.
Wouldn’t it be hilarious if the first by-election of the new parliament were to be Richi’s seat?
That assumes he stays long enough to see the election through
After the last 2 days if I was the prospective Californian employer I’d be on the phone to HR asking how easily we can withdraw the offer
TBH I can’t ever see the arrogant RS ever being a mere employee after being a leader of the U.K.
The only reason they would cosy up to him is access to the FIL.
Another good little Vid about our illustrious leader
Just checking in again to see if he is still a HUGE c**t
Re the Jon Richardson vid & Rishis involvement in ABN AMRO shorting, I was working at Barclays at the time.
They had put the first bid in then RBS came in with a higher offer. Barclays considered upping their bid but the value RBS put on it didn’t make commercial sense.
I get the impression that Rishi has taken up a job offer and he can't be arsed to to work his notice.
dudeofdoom
Full Member
The giggle is that itv will air that most important interview he ran off for on Wednesday to defend his lying about the labours £2000 tax rise.
The Times article posted in the other thread reports that his advisors are not happy about that video... it doesn't go well for him apparently... and not just about the 2k tax fib.👍😁
I wonder if Sunaks reached the point that locking himself in a fridge for the rest of the election campaign will do less damage than him campaigning 🙂
dudeofdoom
Full Member
I wonder if Sunaks reached the point that locking himself in a fridge for the rest of the election campaign will do less damage than him campaigning 🙂
I think The Fall memes are probably in good context at this point! 😁
Vampire vibes
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-man-among-15-charged-31419973
I bet he doesn't feel quite as smug now as he looks in the photo
Christ, those photos are superb! I’m struggling to believe they’re real, and not a product of the latest AI creative efforts! Especially the MP, I really want to hit him in the face with a cast iron skillet, in classic Tom and Jerry fashion.
And the Sunak/Meloni one is begging for a bunch of speech balloons.
Bit of a necro-thread?
Anyway, you'd think someone with that much money could afford a decent dentist... it looks like he's had the teeth, and jaw of a goat transplanted into his face... what is going on there? inbreeding would be my guess.
He does indeed look like you’d asked AI to generate an image of a stereotypical Tory MP representing a rural seat.
Channel 4 news showed some footage of them doorstepping him in his constituency at the time and he was wearing a pair of red jeans, a gingham shirt and a gilet. Of course he was. He also appeared to be the same shape as a tellytubby.
As they ran through photos of the rogues gallery of all those charged, Mrs Binners commented ‘Christ, just look at them… there isn’t a single chin between the lot of them’
Malcolm Tucker put it best, as always, with his description of them as ‘six-toed pony-****ers’
He does indeed look like you’d asked AI to generate an image of a stereotypical Tory MP representing a rural seat.
I suspect that he perfected the smug superior look by studying Alan B'stard in reruns of The New Statesman.
Imagine being so stupid that you think an insider bet with a bookie (where they actually monitor and act on suspicious patterns) is a good idea. 🤣
Especially when, only a year or two earlier, some members of your party/government did an insider trade by tanking an entire G7 economy. The activity patterns around that are also traceable, but unsurprisingly not acted upon. 🤔