tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post116005389890523141..comments2024-02-24T09:14:44.403+00:00Comments on The Poor Mouth: Jacob Rees-Mogg: Man of the People!jams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1160156789195671252006-10-06T18:46:00.000+01:002006-10-06T18:46:00.000+01:00Add Osborne and Boris Johnson to the pot and you h...Add Osborne and Boris Johnson to the pot and you have a triumvirate of tossersjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1160153157683476882006-10-06T17:45:00.000+01:002006-10-06T17:45:00.000+01:00I quite agree that the way he chose to respond to ...I quite agree that the way he chose to respond to the question did make him sound like the traditional arrogant posh Tory wanker. Not exactly helpful for the rebranding Cameron is trying to do...tucolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10827511231214951620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1160142277614450152006-10-06T14:44:00.000+01:002006-10-06T14:44:00.000+01:00Well I am of course a potted plant myself.. Thanks...Well I am of course a potted plant myself.. Thanks for spotting my error I have corrected it!<BR/><BR/>Okay even if it is all a bit overplayed, Rees Mogg deserved a bit of a kicking for his sheer arrogancejams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1160140015284623352006-10-06T14:06:00.000+01:002006-10-06T14:06:00.000+01:00Shouldn't that "Jonathan" tag be "Jacob"? You see ...Shouldn't that "Jonathan" tag be "Jacob"? You see you just can't go around making mistakes like that if you are going to write articulate letters to the social services on behalf of constituents: they wouldn't know which constituent you were on about. :-)<BR/><BR/>In all seriousness, isn't this just a media attempt to find another "Tory politician makes gaffe" story? Nowhere is Rees-Mogg saying that all non-Oxbridge/public school people are potted plants. The way I read it, he's saying that he disagrees with the suggestion that posh Oxbridge graduates should be excluded and replaced with less qualified people purely on the grounds of diversity quotas.<BR/><BR/>Which is less controversial, although still open to debate.<BR/><BR/>Admittedly, in the current climate of gaffe-hunting, he should have had the good sense to avoid the crass and inflammatory language he has used to make this point.tucolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10827511231214951620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1160074113513192312006-10-05T19:48:00.000+01:002006-10-05T19:48:00.000+01:00Well if by Rees-Mogg's logic I am one then I can't...Well if by Rees-Mogg's logic I am one then I can't be a self-hating potted plant now can I?jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1160054959778244002006-10-05T14:29:00.000+01:002006-10-05T14:29:00.000+01:00You seem to have a fondness for potted plants.You seem to have a fondness for potted plants.beakerkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088967209404588378noreply@blogger.com