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That's a very odd article. Not least because "it's" means "it is" - not "belonging to it." For those outside the UK, it is important to note that the Evening S
by edent 11y ago
That's a very odd article. Not least because "it's" means "it is" - not "belonging to it."
For those outside the UK, it is important to note that the Evening Standard is ideologically opposed to the Labour party - to the point where their election coverage is discredited to the point of parody.
No idea who "Corbin Frank" is meant to be. The audio clearly says "Gordon Brown."
I'm proud to live in a country where someone can rise from humble beginnings to high office. I'm just sad he's the exception rather than the norm.
Oh, an most people couldn't give a toss which religion he is. Despite having an official state religion, we're far less fussed with religious acceptability that the (supposedly secular) US.
- pidg 11y ago> I'm just sad he's the exception rather than the norm. Margaret Thatcher was the daughter of a grocer, worked as a scientist and became PM, despite huge party opposition at the time because she was middle class. Gordon Brown went to a comprehensive. John Major didn't even go to university...
- edent 11y agoOh, aye, it happens. But look at the current cabinet and try to find a bloke who didn't go to school with the PM...
- alexbilbie 11y agoOf the 14 male Cabinet ministers (excluding the PM) only 3 went to Oxford; of whom only Gove and Osbourne attended at the same time as Cameron.
- edent 11y agoI never let the facts get in the way of my prejudices.
- carsongross 11y agoIs the rhetorical technique of declaring some online content "odd" or "strange" a UK mannerism? I see it frequently here on HN but I rarely see it in other contexts.