Brexit and the waning days of the United Kingdom

[mongers]

I honestly don't care about that shit.  I know journalists love it.  When a competitor gets the story, they all whine about protecting the private life and how their mandate as card carrying journalists forbids them from revealing stuff like that, but as soon as they get a chance, they do it, try to spin it on their own angle to justfiy their own morrally corrupt behavior.

Anyway.  Private is private.  A married guy sucking dicks in an airport is of no concern to me, that's between him and his wife.  If it contradicts his public policies, sure, I want to hear about it.  Otherwise, don't give a damn.  Even if I'd learnt that Stephen Harper was a regular at an Hull strip club I wouldn't have cared.  I don't get all this interest in other people's private life just because they're public figures.  Closet gays abound in the "real world".  Men (or women) cheating on their spouse abound.  Prostitutes are found everywhere because there's demand.  I trace the line at drugs, personally.  Doing drugs should disqualify you from office immediatly.

Somewhat arbitrary, no?

What about alcoholism , gambling, sex addiction?

Everyone has their moral bugaboos.  I'd disqualify anyone who voluntarily watches anime.

Now that I could get behind.

[Sheilbh]

Apparently Greening is our first education Secretary to have gone to a comp. Which surely can't be true?!

[Grey Fox]

What's a comp?

[celedhring]

What's a comp?

Public British middle school, I believe.

[Sheilbh]

Comprehensive School. A non-selective state school. What, I don't know, 80-90% of the country attended.

[Grey Fox]

So a regular school. Thank you.

[Agelastus]

Comprehensive School. A non-selective state school. What, I don't know, 80-90% of the country attended.

I didn't...

Anyway, I prefer to call them "Education to the lowest common denominator facilities".

More established under my supposed hero/ine Margaret Thatcher than under any other Education Secretary.

[mongers]

What's a comp?

Public British middle school, I believe.

No a state senior school, typically for age 11-16 year olds. Very few are still explicitly called comprehensive schools, most renamed; educating all children together in only modest amounts of streaming when out of fashion.

[Duque de Bragança]

Everyone has their moral bugaboos.  I'd disqualify anyone who voluntarily watches anime.

Now that I could get behind.

Ok Ségolène.

[mongers]

Well this amused me, plus it's somewhat political and very slightly related to today's events.

https://mobile.twitter.com/PPEinPPE?p=i

[fromtia]

Well this amused me, plus it's somewhat political and very slightly related to today's events.

https://mobile.twitter.com/PPEinPPE?p=i

[Admiral Yi]

What's the deal with all the various Oxford colleges?

[derspiess]

Yeah and why do you guys drive on the wrong side of the road?

[Agelastus]

Yeah and why do you guys drive on the wrong side of the road?

Why did you gradually change to driving on the wrong side of the road from 1792 onwards?

[Valmy]

Don't the Ivy League schools also do the many colleges thing?