Dining across the divide: ‘I thought I was going to meet an awful Tory – but it was wonderful, we swapped numbers’
Two middle class gen xers find out their class position is more relatable than their “politics”.
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I started reading that but it was painful, I swear that stuff is driven by how awful the people are, it’s like up-market Jeremy Kyle
I preferred the Guardian when it was full of spelling mistakes and at least made an effort to write about important issues.
Lack of headgear for it to be a real debate. Surely the Guardian can get hold of a top hat and a beret from somewhere?
Yes but, YASSS QUEEN
The pirouette from shrieking Tory scammer to the country's moral compass is very much a tale for the now. She is piss and always will be.
They may have more fluff than they used to, presumably to try to survive in a word where the Mail on Line is dominant, but they still do lots of investigative journalism. One of the few who still do here in Australia.
Stupidly I read that. I'm never getting those wasted minutes of my life back.
It’s truly one of their most awful articles.
What makes this one even worse, is that the Evening Standard leaked an email from a water boss last week showing they were liasing with starmer's labour to find a way to present the water companies to the public that will avoid nationalization.
And hutton here was advising the water companies.
Hes 'literally' a lobbyist for them, completely undeclared in this piece.
Pretty much. I’m guessing this article was put out because of the leaked email. He at best hints at it
But makes his role sound like it was that of a therapist/counselor. It’s crazy.
Sick of this Conservative government? That shouldn’t stop you having Tory friends
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...nt-that-shouldnt-stop-you-having-tory-friends
This has to be some sort of awful kink for Guardian writers.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...nt-that-shouldnt-stop-you-having-tory-friends
This has to be some sort of awful kink for Guardian writers.
Pardon me for being slighty puzzled, im half british but havnt lived there and im not a UK citizen so i dont have same strong feelings about uk politics that some of its residents do, but do you think the article is completely unessary or that people who lean left shouldn't actually have tory friends?
Mostly that it’s unnecessary. The idea of going to a pub with a mate and seriously debating politics to sharping your ideas sounds god awful and odd. To write it in an article for everyone to see has to be a form of self humiliation.
I know people who have voted Tory and if the conversation goes to politics then it’s normally them saying Labour are commies trying to destroy the country, that the EU made bananas the wrong shape and the next election will be decided on the moon patterns. For better and for worse the average conservative voter is politically insane.
Aren’t you Irish? How do you know any Tory voters? I lived in London for a long time and know a few people who would have voted for them. Usually for basic, selfish reasons like wanting lower tax. None of them expressed the sort of stereotypical conservative lunacy you’re describing there. I don’t even think any of them voted Brexit.
There's definitely a certain strain of London liberal who thinks having a conversation about politics with a dickhead in a pub and still being friends with them afterward is the modern equivalent to being Socrates at an Athenian dinner party.
I am a contributor to Guardian Sport on football matters
Love the paper's openness to new contributors, though I cannot say I agree with its political editorial line much. For sports it is one of the best outlets there is.
Love the paper's openness to new contributors, though I cannot say I agree with its political editorial line much. For sports it is one of the best outlets there is.
Mostly Irish(Born in Dublin)and a bit Scottish. Been living in England for well over a decade now so I’ve met the lunacy.
The banana one was the craziest as it came from a well traveled lawyer who had been all over the world. Checked every stereotype of a remain voter we see in the media yet voted leave to get rid of the red tape controlling “British”bananas.
Brilliant.
Interesting. I guess I did live in London. It probably gets easier to tick more Tory stereotype boxes once you get outside the M25.
Succinctly put.
Yeah I’m currently living about an hour away from London in a Tory suburb(Pretty sure my local Labour Party is the smallest in the country) and it’s all sorts of strange.
Migrant mural painted over, defended; homelessness at all time high, slouches. Match point to Tory? Journalists viewing it, society, as a game is in no small way part of the problem. Politics is played as a game by politicians and many journalists but the point, if you are a serious journalist, is to expose the very mechanics of the game and lay the structure bare (going beyond the bullshit).
It's largely a social thing for these journalists (politics and the consequenes). Therefore, access to this group, that person, this official, becomes the "game" and you get journalism that isn't worth shit.
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I know a fair few parents who share this viewpoint
Content of the article looks fine. Her name is a bit annoying though.
The use of a hyphen instead of an en dash is criminal there
I know a fair few parents who share this viewpoint
If they’re honest, I’d say the majority of parents have felt that at least once. Once a day
I'm sure a few mods on here do as wellI know a fair few parents who share this viewpoint
Isn't he the 'slightly right wing/diversity of opinion' quota The Guardian uses? His views always do seem a bit mad.
That sub line is arguably the most accurate thing the Guardian has ever typed.
If someone said to me, "Have you heard of Tegan Bennett Daylight?", I'd have assumed they're referring to some abstract scientific theory they came across somewhere. Not a person.
It's a great name!
Teagan Bennet, any relation to Gordon?
"Pumpkin spice latte misogyny" might be the most Guardian phrase that has ever been written down. That's impressive.