7-Way Debate Tonight

Oh, why should Igranma suggest to her boys that they go into politics?! You are making too much of what she actually said.

Sorry, did not mean to suggest that girls were any less capable of being politicians than boys. In fact my MP is a woman, and a good MP, too. However, it was you, Igranma, who only mentioned your boys in your post.
It's not for you to decide, but you can suggest, as you think people like them should represent us.
In fact many MPs in the North East are from families just like mine. I do not presume to know what your family is like.

We all choose our own paths, it's not for me to decide the way they go.

I don't only have boys, proud of them all!

So why do you not suggest it to your boys, Igranma?

I'm proud of my boys, like many people they went to university & have good careers although not in the cutthroat business of politics. They are close & would stand together as a family, as been proven in the past.

I feel EM got the unions on his side by a lie, he said if they went on strike he would be with them, if he was, he must have been at least five miles behind because no one could see him.

Perhaps politics would be better if more ordinary upstanding people like our sons & daughters were representing us.

Where did she say that?

Well igranma are you telling us you have two sons who would have been capable of standing for the leadership of a major political party? Well done you!

Power!! They say its like a drug, & EM did stab his brother in the back!.
My boys would never do a thing like that.

I am quite old!!

rosequartz your right,it was Pete Seeger! I bow to your superior knowledge.
As Soutra said I am a young Igranma.

Blimey! that is a bit tenuous isn't it?

Do you think EM got married because he hopes to win the election?.

Whether they do or don't use their children - it doesn't seem to be in very good taste somehow.

Igranma

I suppose you make a valid point and I agree there are plenty of photos doing the round to prove your point.

I just don't think they use harrowing personal stories to score political points as some do.

Surely it was the late great Pete Seeger?

Soutra,just remembered where I'd "heard when will they ever learn" it's from where have all the flowers gone, by Chris De Burgh.

They show off children to make us feel we're all the same, families with expenses, schooling problems ect.

So in a way they do " use" them.

Anniebach

I don't want to argue about such an emotional subject other than saying I have heard for myself what I posted.

I posted yesterday after seeing posts that mentioned David Cameron and all I did was try to balance the comments made by mentioning Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband ' in context'.

For clarity I posted this:-

"Can I just say with regards to Cameron and his family I agree it can be a annoying but Ed Miliband also used the birth of his children during the debate last night and Gordon Brown often spoke of his loss of his child too. I don't think any of them 'use' their children for self promotion nor playing the sympathy card as some eluded to. I just think they are trying to say, look I do have first hand knowledge of what the NHS means to the voter."

I did not nor do not use my words to imply crass behaviour or subject a grieving person to the bile some people do and if my words are taken that way I whole heartedly apologise, not least because it appears to give carte blanche for an open season by those who do find it fair game to attack an individual in such a manner.

The one you couldn't see if it was under a bucket - but such modesty in hiding your sense of humour is not something you have to worry about, jings The bucket wouldn't extinguish yours.

That doesn't make any sense. What light?

Soutra you took the words out of my mouth!

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"Hide not your light under a bushel."

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Less of the old, young lgranma!!

Let it go jingl
Don't be like Tam O'Shanter's missis while he is at the pub -

"Gathering her brows like gathering storm
Nursing her wrath to keep it warm"

Not worth it.

Go on say it!
I'm also new to Gn, I am really enjoying it,all these opinionated old grannies.
Keep it up ladies.