samster wrote: ↑July 16, 2022, 10:19 am
tamada wrote: ↑July 16, 2022, 7:11 am
Earnest wrote: ↑July 16, 2022, 12:39 am
It's when all the grassroot, rabid, dribbling pensioners vote for someone who's white, wealthy and middle-aged to run the country.
Really? Oh dear, poor* Rishi.
*Poor as in unfortunate and not as in impoverished.
No. They would like to see a dark chap in charge as long as hes not too dark. It gives them a sense of superiority over someone in authority. My elderly rabid, dribbling parents refer to their Asian doctor as being "nice" with the implied "for one of them".
They see Rishi as the same. If he wore a turban or his missus a burka, things would be different.
Really? Oh dear, poor Kemi. She's not quite
'one of milk, two of cocoa' as my uncle would describe the indigenous after his first tour in Borneo.
Got to agree with you on the sentiments of our forebears though. My mum and dad found the young chap, the son of the Pakistani owner of the local convenience store to be 'nice' and 'helpful' (which indeed he was) whereas the father was somehow 'unfriendly' just because he spoke very little English and didn't smile much. His wife, who was seen angrily scowling on her very few sightings outside the store room at the back was described as 'threatening'. I put that down to their culture with the womenfolk traditionally kept subservient and in the background. Maybe she was 'angrily scowling' at her husband who wouldn't let her stock shelves until after they'd closed. After suggesting that to my mum, she would always make a point to smile when she caught her eye or say hello when passing in the aisles. She never expected or got an answer or a response but maybe my mum understood the woman's loneliness? Peshawar to Mintlaw must have been a jolt. It was shock enough for me just flitting there from Elgin.
Back on topic. As various media has pointed out, the debate was apparently pretty dull and formulaic until they got all in a tizzy over tax cuts and the inconsequential "if and when" bun fight. There wasn't much interest in the likes of "When can I expect to see my GP?" or "Are you going to intercede with these rail strikes?" or "Why have company profits continually outpaced people's wages?"
It's unreal (but not unexpected) that the rather parochial Tory plebiscite is so jarringly different to that of the struggling British electorate. They are (all still) on a different planet.