Think his type always are.
The saying āit takes money to make moneyā could well describe JRM and his ilk, coming from his background and with the career connections heās made it would be difficult not to accumulate the wealth that he now has, factor in the marriage to an heiress and the guy canāt fail. He is unique though and I like him for that despite his thirst for Brexit, anyone who stands as a Tory candidate in a Scottish constituency in the year Blair swept to power deserves some respect whatever you think of him.
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I doubt that āGorbals Mickā saw it that way 
He is a twat, I was at Oxford with him. Twat. End of.
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He speaks very highly of you though Cat.
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They donāt give you a safe seat straght away.
You have to establish some street cred.
Absolutely Cat and repeal The Act of Settlement too.
Of all the current MPās I canāt believe JRM is bothered about āstreet credā.
No, but you have to establish that with Central Office so that you are kept on the official list of candidates.
I did see Farage rather amusingly described as the turd that cannot be flushed.
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The main thing I canāt understand about JRM is his devotion to Catholicism whilst Brexit is very much like a second Reformation. He is prepared to entrust his spiritual life, surely much more important to him than his temporal existence, to the oldest multinational organisation of all.
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Thatās a very telling point indeed, Tom, and original too. Has anyone else made reference to this apparent intellectual inconsistency, or are you itās only author?
Depends on the sort of āstreetā I suppose? Canāt see too many of the current crop doing much āon the groundā but then again the old āforelock tuggingā doesnāt seem to have left the English psyche does it?
'eās a Toff inne? still seems well and truly in place.
Spot on Mandy! A classic example is this guy Ghosn ex-Renault chief. Massive (and deservedly so in my opinion for what he did with Renault and Datsun) of what? ā¬15 MILLION a year? Still fiddles his expenses?
Beggars belief really doesnāt it - but I suppose at that level its just a uestion f how many noughts you add to the claims? The Rich really ARE different yāknow.
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Talking about the rich ā¦
Is this such a big deal though, as much of the land couldnāt be used by the general population for anything than recreation?
Mogg has the kind of face , supercilious voice and attitude that makes me want to punch him and keep on punching him until my arm drops off. You say heās not bothered about making more money ? HA!! At a conservative (!) estimate, heās made Ā£7M since the vote. And no, Iām not a cloth-cap wearing communist but I absolutely loathe the man. When asked how he would leave the EU, he said āsend them a letter and then just leaveā which shows just how much he understands (or cares) just how much the UK and the EU have become intertwined in the last 47 years. I dislike Corbyn, but as a person he is far preferable to Mogg.
Disappointing Catherine. I thought the Forum discouraged personal abuse. There are other and better ways to post an opinion.
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If youāre going to tell someone off maybe try getting their name right!
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Personal abuse of network membersā¦
Last time I looked JRM hadnāt signed up.
If you are still ādisappointed ā please do feel free to express yourself elsewhere.
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