February 27, 201411 yr I would have no problem with a 25-27 year old MP if they had set up a business from scratch and it was going great, the problem is most 25-27 year olds who get into politics join a party head office from uni and work as a researcher or special adviser and get fast tracked into parliament without any real world experience When will you understand that there is more to life experience than setting up a business? How many businesses did your heroine set up? I'm sure she would have made just as bad a job of being PM if she had set up a string of businesses. Besides, the record of MPs who did set up businesses isn't exactly stellar when you consider they include the likes of Robert Maxwell and Jeffrey Archer. You also seem to lose sight of the fact that many MPs will never be ministers and most will never sit in the Cabinet. That will be for a variety of reasons ranging from their party not being in government through to not being considered good enough by the PM of the day or simply not wanting to be a minister. Many MPs are perfectly content to serve their constituents, i.e. do the job they were elected to do.
February 27, 201411 yr When will you understand that there is more to life experience than setting up a business? How many businesses did your heroine set up? I'm sure she would have made just as bad a job of being PM if she had set up a string of businesses. Besides, the record of MPs who did set up businesses isn't exactly stellar when you consider they include the likes of Robert Maxwell and Jeffrey Archer. You also seem to lose sight of the fact that many MPs will never be ministers and most will never sit in the Cabinet. That will be for a variety of reasons ranging from their party not being in government through to not being considered good enough by the PM of the day or simply not wanting to be a minister. Many MPs are perfectly content to serve their constituents, i.e. do the job they were elected to do. Maggie wasn't in her 20's when she ran for parliament so she is a bad example Maggie was a research scientist and bio chemist before entering politics, by any stretch of the imagination she was a highly qualified professional woman, indeed she personally invented the formula for Angel Delight, if one saw her experience on her advertising through the letterbox it would definitely have given her credibility But a 25-27 year old standing for parliament is going to typically be Leave university with a 2:1 in media or politics, go and deliver leaflets for candidates, get a job as a researcher at head office, become a special adviser to a department or to an MP and then stand for parliament, their entire career spent in the bubble of politics with no real outside career experience. Running a business is not the be all and end all no, but with someone in their 20's it helps give them credibility if they want to be taken seriously as a parliamentary candidate
February 27, 201411 yr Maggie wasn't in her 20's when she ran for parliament so she is a bad example Maggie was a research scientist and bio chemist before entering politics, by any stretch of the imagination she was a highly qualified professional woman, indeed she personally invented the formula for Angel Delight, if one saw her experience on her advertising through the letterbox it would definitely have given her credibility But a 25-27 year old standing for parliament is going to typically be Leave university with a 2:1 in media or politics, go and deliver leaflets for candidates, get a job as a researcher at head office, become a special adviser to a department or to an MP and then stand for parliament, their entire career spent in the bubble of politics with no real outside career experience. Running a business is not the be all and end all no, but with someone in their 20's it helps give them credibility if they want to be taken seriously as a parliamentary candidate Wrong again. She was a research scientist but she did not "personally invent" the formula for Angel Delight. The very fact that a Google search on "Thatcher Angel Delight" brings up a Buzzjack story on the first page should be enough to discredit that myth.
February 27, 201411 yr I was wrong about angel delight but she was part of the team that invented the Mr Whippy ice cream that is bought out of vans Yes it is the Daily Mail but they do get things right now and then Before entering politics, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher put her Oxford chemistry degree to good use with a research job at food manufacturer J. Lyons and Co. Tasked with whipping more air into ice cream, she produced a type of ‘soft-scoop’ cream which could be pumped through a machine. It heralded Mr Whippy vans and the ‘99’ cone. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-20...l#ixzz2uXJRlYTL
February 27, 201411 yr I was wrong about angel delight but she was part of the team that invented the Mr Whippy ice cream that is bought out of vans Yes it is the Daily Mail but they do get things right now and then Before entering politics, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher put her Oxford chemistry degree to good use with a research job at food manufacturer J. Lyons and Co. Tasked with whipping more air into ice cream, she produced a type of ‘soft-scoop’ cream which could be pumped through a machine. It heralded Mr Whippy vans and the ‘99’ cone. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-20...l#ixzz2uXJRlYTL No, I'm afraid that is wrong as well. The technique was pioneered in the US ten years before it was introduced here. I have no doubt that she was a well-qualified scientist. However, that is no reason for trying to credit her with something she didn't do.
February 27, 201411 yr The Daily Mail right? It has not happened in almost 118 years of daily publication of bile/hatred/racism for middle class women. Edited February 27, 201411 yr by Doctor Blind
February 27, 201411 yr I think the apathy could be destroyed with appearing of young 25-27 y.o. politics who will turn the politics into a "cool" and "fashionable" thing. Few youngsters are going to listen to 40+ y.o. politics who don't get how does the young generation live, at all. Are you joking? :lol: People do not care if a politician is young or not, people care about whether or not their politicians are shit. Give people politicians they can have faith in and they'll be inclined to vote, being "cool" doesn't come into it.
February 27, 201411 yr Yeah, my MP is so old he used to commute to work on a dinosaur. However he's done a superb job of standing up for our community and our beliefs. Age doesn't matter anywhere near as much as someone who you can trust and will fight for their constituency.
February 27, 201411 yr Yeah, I really don't think age of the politicians is a factor at all. Politicians on average used to be MUCH older than they are now, back when turnout and interest in politics was far higher.
March 1, 201411 yr Author When will you understand that there is more to life experience than setting up a business? How many businesses did your heroine set up? Have to agree with this Craig. Some people just do not have the business acumen and would just end up with a failing business. As a matter of interest do you own your own business or is it someone else's?
March 1, 201411 yr Have to agree with this Craig. Some people just do not have the business acumen and would just end up with a failing business. As a matter of interest do you own your own business or is it someone else's? Both I work as a sales manager for an exhibitions company but also have an online retail business starting up very soon which i have high hopes for to one day be able to live off the money that makes alone
March 3, 201411 yr Are you joking? :lol: People do not care if a politician is young or not, people care about whether or not their politicians are shit. Give people politicians they can have faith in and they'll be inclined to vote, being "cool" doesn't come into it. You should be right in the ideal world but realistically young people will listen more to young people than old. If a young popular person makes politics as a "cool" thing - at least some youngsters will follow him. That happened in Russia with Navalny actually.
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