"I've never seen anything like it!"

I liked you post Terri, says it all !!

Celebrities who threaten to live abroad if certain laws come into being get up my goat (as our Phoenix would say!).

Prince Charles said as much years ago if fox hunting were to be banned - he's still around

If petulant, self-important celebrities announce that they are going to leave Britain, they can hardly be surprised if some people are happy to cheer them on their way. I'm sure the country will somehow survive without them.

I was under the impression that it was Emily Thornberry who said that Mylene Klass should leave the UK if she didn't agree with the so-called mansion tax, Eloethan.

Meanwhile, there is apparently a petition calling for Ms Klass to be sacked as the face of Littlewoods because she 'obviously doesn't understand the plight of those who have to pay by instalments'.

I'm not a fan of hers, but does she really deserve all this stick just because she challenged a Labour policy?

That s why I supported Terri s post !!

Prince Charles actually said he was going to go abroad to live?!

Best of luck to him, hope he and Camilla will be very happy!
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Eloethan possibly Myleene Klass's comments about hardly being able to buy a garage for 2 million in London was somewhat flippant, other than that I think she made perfectly salient points about the proposed mansion tax and she is perfectly entitled to her opinion. MPs should think before they tweet stupid ripostes to people who disagree with them, such as "perhaps you would like to emigrate", it's rude and unnecessary.

Emily Thornberry exemplifies one of the sneering London elite she let the mask slip and no amount of backtracking will undo the damage she has done to her party. I feel the same about ex Tory MP Matthew Parris, I was the one who started the thread about his insulting comments which I found unbelievably snotty and dismissive towards a section of society he thinks are not worth bothering with. Although I'm more shocked when these attitudes emanate from the left as they are supposed to represent the aspirations of the less well off.

Like many, it's this cliquey, out of touch London elite that have alienated so many of today's voters, I'm sure I'm not alone when I say I'm sick of them.

Jeremy Clarkson is a buffoon, I think his recent showing off in Argentina was appalling, I was in Buenos Aires last year the people there are lovely. They are touchy about the Falklands/Malvinas, most British people there know it's a subject to steer clear of. His boorish, insensitive antics opened up old wounds. The BBC should sack him he certainly didn't do Britain any favours.

Just like to say that Emily Thornberry is my daughter's M.P. and whilst they are not of the same political persuasion by any means, my daughter and son in law think she is an excellent, committed constituency M.P. who has integrity. And Islington isn't all expensive houses - some of the estates in Islington are lived in by people on really low incomes. Presumably she, like many others, bought her home some years ago, when it certainly wasn't worth 2-3 million. It's not her fault that the housing market in London is obscene.

She may have integrity, but she appears to lack a number of other important qualities for her job.

My thoughts exactly, soontobe!

Of course MK is entitled to her opinion but anyone who wants to give her stick for it is equally entitled to so do. She has no special protected status and in fact exploited her celeb status to be able to air her political views so deserves any criticisms anyone wants to make of those views. As for ET, words fail me as to how she has been so stupid. My guess is that she won't stand in the next election. And fwiw I would be appalled to have a neighbour who leaves flags up months after the World Cup has finished - ( during is quite different) and says he intends to leave them up until they fall down and will then replace them.

I agree it's ridiculous that there should be a petition for Myleene Klass to lose her work on the Littlewoods advert.

Am I the only person who has no idea who Marlene Klass is?

No - who is she?

Classically trained pianist who joined a pop group and now has ranges of baby clothes in Mothercare. Astute businesswoman!

I'm throwing myself onto the fire here but I have to say that the Emily Thornberry 'gaff' 'has caused such a stir because it shows a left wing, socialist elite attitude of snobbery and total lack of understanding how thousands of people live.

Have some of you never observed how some people live? Homes and estates where St George Flags, satellite dishes abound. In some places a flag is more normal than washing on a line. They are all eligeable to vote and Thornberry in her crass fashion has took the p--s out of working class people. Labour MP's like Thornberry are so out of touch with their supposed core voter it's untrue.

I'm utterly amazed how some people are so shielded from reality but when a supposed Labour MP has no idea, well words fail me.

Then again I think Thornberry was just trying to be a smart ass and it's backfired big time.

Does anyone think that the london elite protect Jeremy Clarkson?

I used to think he was an ok bloke[yeah I know]. I didnt realise until recently that he actually meant a lot of what he said.

On another forum, it is being suggested that the london elite have infiltrated labour. That the labour party is far from what it used to be.
I dont know what to make of that.

Actually, scrub my last post. That is going to be a step too far for most people, maybe even myself.

Good job we've got the likes of George and Dave and Nick who have a total understanding of how thousands of their fellow citizens live isn't it?

Well interposed, grannytwice.

I fully expect amongst MPs, as amongst the general population, for there to be some who are very snobbish ( and racist/homophobic/ misogynist etc etc). However, what I do expect from MPs and others in public life, is for them to be astute enough to realise how they should behave. ET's behaviour was unacceptable and she's paid the price. But I think some of the comments on the issue are getting somewhat hysterical in tone. It's absolutely ridiculous to conclude that she is somehow typical of the ' left wing socialist elite' whatever that is who have no understanding of how thousands of people live.

It just seems to be taking an awfully long time for some people who should know better, to realise that anything they put on Twitter is going to be seen by the world and his wife, and you might live by the Tweet but you die by the Tweet too.

Emily Thornberry's sin wasn't snobbishness, so much as gross stupidity.
And from the Shadow Attorney General too.

If I were leader of a political,party, I would want to ban all my MPs and candidates from being on Twitter at all. I agree janea about the sin being that of stupidity. Im not sure that I really understand what people are meaning when they talk about snobbishness - I don't mean just in this context but in general. Perhaps we need a thread on this?

I think snobbishness means judging someone by their background, rather than on their personal qualities.