Common sense Tsar

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julian987R

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6,840 posts

65 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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There is such a thing? there is now....

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/24724219/es...

Monkeylegend

27,091 posts

237 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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Makes sense to me, about time.

dvs_dave

9,000 posts

231 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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Makes sense.

dimots

3,240 posts

96 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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‘Common sense’ is a synonym for out-dated and small-minded opinions.

julian987R

Original Poster:

6,840 posts

65 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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dimots said:
‘Common sense’ is a synonym for out-dated and small-minded opinions.
The thread was going so well.

robscot

2,506 posts

196 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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Bloody wokey dokey box-tick made up jobs.

Right wingers wont be happy, what next, basket weaving degrees?!

julian987R

Original Poster:

6,840 posts

65 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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robscot said:
Bloody wokey dokey box-tick made up jobs.

Right wingers wont be happy, what next, basket weaving degrees?!
Hang on? isn't the role to prevent things like 'basket weaving degrees'. Therefore you have argued yourself into agreement for a Common sense Tsar.

eharding

14,099 posts

290 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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Rishi's first meeting of the new Cabinet:

[Sunak] : "As as we finish going round the table, I'd like to hear a few words from the new Minister without Portfolio and Anti-Woke Tsar"

[McVey] : "Well, I'd like to start by saying what a great honour it...."

[Sunak] : "Excellent! really appreciate your input, we'll be fully taking those contributions on board. Now if we could move on to the presentation by the new Minister For Tiddlywinks".

Given a meaningless job as a sop to the ERG head-banger brigade, allowed to do a lot of public harrumphing about woke this that and the other for the Daily Mail brigade, and apart from that completely ignored by the PM and the rest of the Cabinet.




GroundEffect

13,864 posts

162 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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Imagine the world's oldest running democracy having a minister for common sense.

PlywoodPascal

5,124 posts

27 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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dimots said:
‘Common sense’ is a synonym for out-dated and small-minded opinions.
Exactly, its anti-intellectual nonsense.

Ian974

2,988 posts

205 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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GroundEffect said:


Imagine the world's oldest running democracy having a minister for common sense.
roflclap

Edited by Ian974 on Monday 13th November 21:07

Randy Winkman

17,269 posts

195 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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I despair. I was saying only yesterday in the Suella B thread regarding the mention of the Common Sense Group of MPs that anyone that claims to be speaking up for "common sense" will be guaranteed to be doing nothing of the sort. Can this government sink any lower?

PlywoodPascal

5,124 posts

27 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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Thomas Paine said:
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.
And…

said:
Could the straggling thoughts of individuals be collected, they would frequently form materials for wise and able men to improve into useful matter.
(5pts if you make the connection)

robscot

2,506 posts

196 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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julian987R said:
Hang on? isn't the role to prevent things like 'basket weaving degrees'. Therefore you have argued yourself into agreement for a Common sense Tsar.
Able to pop up a link to such a full degree course at a uni in the UK? I will do it if you can smile

PlywoodPascal

5,124 posts

27 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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The first and last act of the common sense tsar will be to abolish their own position

valiant

11,165 posts

166 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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It’s just a sop to the hard right of the party.

Gotta have at least one loon on board but I imagine she’ll be told to just turn up to cabinet but keep her mouth shut and to toe the party line on messaging.

But yeah, hard right moan about diversity managers and other non-jobs and then a leading loon gets a non-job but this one is different…

frisbee

5,120 posts

116 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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You've misunderstood.

Her job is to explain to Rishi things that commoners do: such as filling a car with petrol, paying for said petrol, buying trousers the correct length, paying taxes etc..

julian987R

Original Poster:

6,840 posts

65 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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robscot said:
julian987R said:
Hang on? isn't the role to prevent things like 'basket weaving degrees'. Therefore you have argued yourself into agreement for a Common sense Tsar.
Able to pop up a link to such a full degree course at a uni in the UK? I will do it if you can smile
go on then.

MC Bodge

22,469 posts

181 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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PlywoodPascal said:
dimots said:
‘Common sense’ is a synonym for out-dated and small-minded opinions.
Exactly, its anti-intellectual nonsense.
Perfect for these times

MC Bodge

22,469 posts

181 months

Monday 13th November 2023
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Randy Winkman said:
I despair. I was saying only yesterday in the Suella B thread regarding the mention of the Common Sense Group of MPs that anyone that claims to be speaking up for "common sense" will be guaranteed to be doing nothing of the sort. Can this government sink any lower?
I do wonder how much longer they can limp on and how far down they can take the credibility of the UK.