J R-M - pernickity pedant?

Isn't Sixtus, paradoxically number 7?

He will never get rid of the nanny,

He's two (just)

I thought there was a relatively new Mogg Annie? (number 6).

Anyway with a £150 million fortune, several properties and shares in hedge fund companies I can't see him having to get rid of nanny just yet.

The children are a little old for nappies, I am sure his wife is
capable of seeing to the needs of the two year old

Well I have worked in Engineering for almost 30 years and in his defence (yikes!) I still get DH to translate everything back into imperial. One of my infamous quotes was (in front of the lads) " Mr Gillybob, show me 150 milli's in inches" . There was a stunned silence and then everyone bust out laughing leaving DH very

Well JRM famously quoted that he had never changed a nappy in his life so with nanny gone the poor little Mogs will have sore bum bums.

The problem with going imperial is that we have a generation of youngsters who have only been taught the metric system, particularly in maths and science. My lot have no idea what a foot or an inch is.

Stupid man.

Heaven's no - who will look after the children if Nanny goes?

Mrs Rees-Mogg has been informed of the cutbacks and she's packing her own bags as I type.

SirChenjin Does that mean Nanny will have to go?

SirChenjin

A state pension? But surely one has other assets and offshore investments one can call on to top that up? Really, it's simply a case of reviewing one's outgoings and cutting back a little on staff and wine.

So poor JR-M has lost several million then? My heart bleeds for him, perhaps he could get some perspective on what it is like to live on a state pension?

Not to mention opening a branch in Ireland to take full advantage of Brexit

Perhaps God spoke to him and told him he wanted him to become a hedge fund manager?

he thinks it's o.k for his family to be worth about £100million

Apparently he was worth £150 million in 2016 Loislovesstewie But hey what's £50 million between friends ?

I'm not sure how being a hedge fund manager fits in with his apparent devout religious leanings.

I prefer the style of speaking adopted by the politicians occupying the vast middle ground, rather than the either/or option of JRM or JM. I imagine most people do.

Same for me Callistemon

If we're talking about types of speech I much prefer the pernickety style of Jacob Rees-Mogg to the foul-mouthed rants of John McDonnell.

I don't particularly like the politics of either - just commenting on their style of speaking.

trisher you are excusing a shadow chancellor and possibly a future PM for calling fellow labour MP’s f*****g losers.

It cannot be excused

Annie you either don't get irony or you don't know about JRM. He thinks state educated people are "potted plants"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/state-school-pupils-are-potted-plants-says-tory-418767.html

We were always told never to use got when writing essays at school.

It is useful, though!

Speaking as a pedant, I wish that JRM would stop misusing the words 'in terms of' to mean 'regarding' or 'about'. I heard him do it twice in one sentence the other day. It's lazy usage and very often indicates that the sentence should be recast completely into plain and simple English.

I don't see what's wrong with 'got'. It has a long and unbroken history and is very useful. Would he rather we said 'Do you have....?' (American-influenced usage) or 'Have you got....?'?

Regarding imperial versus metric units, it's far too late to change the educational habits of several decades. My daughters say 'metres' rather than 'yards' (but still use 'miles' rather than 'kilometres'). US units are not always identical to British and metric units are used internationally, especially by scientists.

MaisieD (and sorry if someone has already pointed this out), the USA has different sizes for our imperial measures. I lived there for a while and at first it was really confusing. For example, a British Pint is larger than an American Pint, and the same is true for gallons.

Really trisher his equals? Does MacDonald always speak to his equals ! using the f word ?