tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post2021849492510311868..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Why was Brooks Newmark appointed as a Conservative minister in the first place? Pretty stupid politics. Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-5517288449438994752014-10-06T15:21:10.965+01:002014-10-06T15:21:10.965+01:00One of my chums down here in Glos was driving his ...One of my chums down here in Glos was driving his own son and young Cameron both (aged about 14) back to Eton after an exeat.<br /> 'Well' said my chum, ' What are you career plans Cameron?'<br />'Actually, sir, I want to be Prime Minister.'<br />Some people want to be astronauts or Olympic athletes...but our Dave......<br />I agree with you about his view of the other ranks but he has led such a privileged existence and married into the gentry that he could never have had nor ever will experience the life of the common man as did Mrs Thatcher - the grocer's daughter. Indeed, any attempts by him to rub shoulders with the man on the Clapham omnibus would be ridiculed.<br />Farage, a Dulwich Old Boy, from a stockbroker family at least worked for some while outside the rarefied world of politics and he plays the part of the bloke down the pub with huge vigour, obvious enjoyment and candour - the secret of his success? QEDRileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191599030795096843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-10741150317916383292014-10-06T13:29:26.985+01:002014-10-06T13:29:26.985+01:00I actually think he's intellectually pretty br...I actually think he's intellectually pretty bright - but he evidently feels a mild upper-middle class contempt for unenlightened middle and lower-middle class people who he sees as perpetually stuck in life's loser lane. They're the very people Mrs.Thatcher respected, and who in return voted for her in droves. I'm convinced it's Cameron's attitiude - as much as Europe and immigration - that has led to the rapid rise of support for UKIP. Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-30051689835316299502014-09-30T10:08:55.996+01:002014-09-30T10:08:55.996+01:00Why? In a word, stupidity. Oxbridge notwithstandin...Why? In a word, stupidity. Oxbridge notwithstanding, I have come to he conclusion that Cameron is a deeply stupid man. GCoopernoreply@blogger.com