[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

He is an idiot. Pure foolishness to think otherwise.

Originally Posted by Marsh.

"You aint seen nothing"

No, and we won't do you blithering idiot.

You must have memory issues ..


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[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

You should move to North Korea if you dont like criticising politicians.

Why do they know the difference between criticism and name calling there?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

to have a go at a guy who has been mayor of London and PM in terms of drive and intelligence is madness - both positions are democratically elected

i mean come on

We don't elect our PMs remember.

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Yeah bc what we need now is someone who read Ovid or Homer in original

The ability to do so needs a certain level of intelligence and mental agility, and perhaps you've heard the term "transferable skills"?

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Zizu

You must have memory issues ..


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The point you're trying to make is?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

The point you're trying to make is?

cant you remember?

[jet]

Originally Posted by Zizu

Its not the ‘degree’ as such in itself- it is simply the fact that he was able to pass one of THE most difficult subjects available which ironically seems to be lost on a few around here ..all the more impressive considering given he also gave a great deal of time and energy to the student union and student journalism



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Impressive indeed! Intelligence and the ability to work very hard aren't qualities some people can relate to if they don't have those qualities themselves. Too much effort maybe?

[Marsh.]

Have no response so resort to personal insults. Not surprised.

I love how the word "idiot" has people clamouring for his qualifications. It takes more than a classics degree to make a leader.

[user104658]

Boris is a very intelligent man but that doesn't mean he isn't going to completely **** the country - he's set for life either way and probably sees it all as "a great bit of sport". I'm not even saying he WANTS to wreck the country... just that he'll be A) reckless and experimental and B) uncaring to those with the least, who will suffer first.

[Marsh.]

Exactly. Treats it like a sport like the idiot he is.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

We don't elect our PMs remember.



The ability to do so needs a certain level of intelligence and mental agility, and perhaps you've heard the term "transferable skills"?

Not really. Languages are picked up easily by all children. He learned Latin and Greek at Eton.
And went there bc daddy could afford it. Nothing to do with intelligence Ollie

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Not really. Languages are picked up easily by all children. He learned Latin and Greek at Eton.
And went there bc daddy could afford it. Nothing to do with intelligence Ollie

And then he applied the skills he learned, and got a degree. In Oxford.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

And then he applied the skills he learned, and got a degree. In Oxford.

And then became a hack. And got sacked twice for lying.

Spare me

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

And then became a hack. And got sacked twice for lying.

Spare me

He's a person who's lost some jobs ... Who also happens to have a brilliant degree

Why are you trying to take that away from him, plenty of people i don't like are highly educated, who cares

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

He's a person who's lost some jobs ... Who also happens to have a brilliant degree

Why are you trying to take that away from him, plenty of people i don't like are highly educated, who cares

I love education. But also know its limitations. Education and intelligence are only loosely connected.

Why you trying to make out he is something he is not

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

I love education. But also know its limitations. Education and intelligence are only loosely connected.

Why you trying to make out he is something he is not

I love education

Is there anyone who doesn't?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

I love education. But also know its limitations. Education and intelligence are only loosely connected.

Why you trying to make out he is something he is not

They're loosely connected when it comes to rubbish like Gender Studies, but not heady stuff like Classics at Oxford.

I'm not trying to make make out he's anything, but to act like his degreeis meaningless is just churlish.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

I love education

Is there anyone who doesn't?

Idk. Ask every human on earth and find out

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

He's a person who's lost some jobs ... Who also happens to have a brilliant degree

Why are you trying to take that away from him, plenty of people i don't like are highly educated, who cares

Why are you bleating on about his degree anyway?

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

They're loosely connected when it comes to rubbish like Gender Studies, but not heady stuff like Classics at Oxford.

I'm not trying to make make out he's anything, but to act like his degreeis meaningless is just churlish.

It's not meaningless, it's a degree
Nothing more and nothing less.

I have one and know from experience it means not a lot as an indicator of "intelligence"

Idgi why you're in awe of a degree. Some sort of snobism?

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

It's not meaningless, it's a degree
Nothing more and nothing less.

I have one and know from experience it means not a lot as an indicator of "intelligence"

Idgi why you're in awe of a degree. Some sort of snobism?

I have a degree too, and what separated the wheat from the chaffe wasn't intelligence but how we fared in the placements. So i agree with you there.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I have a degree too, and what separated the wheat from the chaffe wasn't intelligence but how we fared in the placements. So i agree with you there.

Some of my former colleagues studying medicine are now actual doctors treating people. That thought chills my blood, I can tell you.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Some of my former colleagues studying medicine are now actual doctors treating people. That thought chills my blood, I can tell you.

Ha! Nearly everyone from my course who i didn't think should be near a classroom gradually disappeared over the years, and none ended up in my chosen speciality (SEN) so I'm not too worried.I

That said, I'm sure one thing we can agree on is how we appear when facing patients or pupils isn't exactly how we are in daily life, so they might be better than we think

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

Some of my former colleagues studying medicine are now actual doctors treating people. That thought chills my blood, I can tell you.

Indeed; there are people I knew at University who are now doctors and it's just terrifying.

There's also a guy from my high school who now drives tanks and I... I just... I mean... ****.

[jet]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

They're loosely connected when it comes to rubbish like Gender Studies, but not heady stuff like Classics at Oxford.

I'm not trying to make make out he's anything, but to act like his degreeis meaningless is just churlish.

All this mocking is because he has a great degree, and old Steptoe hasn't got one, even though he was sent to posh grammar schools. He was a university drop out, the lazy sod. You have to laugh.