Will you vote Tory next time?

At least we have got to the bottom of it. It means 'common and loud'
Chippy women then

Germanshepherdsmum

I wouldn’t describe Mo Mowlem or Anne Widdicombe as gobby. Far from it. It isn’t having something useful to say and saying it that makes you gobby. Gobby = common and loud mouthed in my book.

Hmmm ... I have a feeling that kind of subjective interpretation wouldn't stand up in court.

Wasn't Mowlem famously potty mouthed and loud?

But she didn't wear cardigans. That's the important difference. ✔️

I wouldn’t describe Mo Mowlem or Anne Widdicombe as gobby. Far from it. It isn’t having something useful to say and saying it that makes you gobby. Gobby = common and loud mouthed in my book.

susytish

Here in Manchester there is a lot of anger towards Andy Burnham because of CAZ (Clean Air Zone). A lot of folk saying they will not vote Labour because of the mess it has caused here, but not sure they want the Tories either!
Would be interested in how other places are dealing with the CAZ.

Maybe a DAZ (Dirty Air Zone) candidate would win some votes.

Fennel

Maybe you have to be gobby to be a "successful" politician.
It seems to be what the media like (sells more papers etc) and this seems to be where most people get their information from.

Or have a good personal photographer for PR shots. Both Sunak and Truss have them.

Mo Mowlem was gobby too and so is Anne Widecombe and Ann off the chase

GrannyGravy13

One thing is for sure in the coming local elections I shall vote for the best candidate, if they are standing again I will look at their last achievements.

I will not adopt the anyone but a Conservative mindset just to oust what could be a perfectly good and honest councillor just because they are sporting a blue rosette.

I didn't realise there are upcoming local elections in Essex. There aren't any here.

She was indeed. The sort of person that made her party a force to be reckoned with. Unlike today’s bunch.

Barbara Castle was awesome. If only we had the likes of her now......

No, Barbara Castle was not gobby.

Anna Firth, Penny Mourdant, neither could be described as gobby

Barbara Castle could probably be described as gobby

I'm sure she had very nice cardigans too.

and she wears a cardigan
and I know she has a calculator as it was the only thing on her bookcase

nadine dorries is gobby though

Fennel

Maybe you have to be gobby to be a "successful" politician.
It seems to be what the media like (sells more papers etc) and this seems to be where most people get their information from.

Margaret Thatcher? Theresa May? Yvette Cooper? All successful and none of them gobby.

Farzanah

I’m a gobby woman and have been known on occasion to wear a cardigan. Doesn’t make my political opinion less valid. Why aren’t men described as “gobby” I wonder?

Same reason little boys are never described as bossy ! But little girls are.

Maybe you have to be gobby to be a "successful" politician.
It seems to be what the media like (sells more papers etc) and this seems to be where most people get their information from.

I've always liked Yvette Cooper. Not one of the gobby brigade. Pity she can't be cloned.

I don't think the way I vote makes me anything Paddy, any more than household appliances do. I am who I am and I vote as I wish.

Maizie its because they think voting conservative makes them " A better class of person" ,heard from a woman I went to college with in the 80's who believed she was "middle class" because she had a washing machine and a fridge freezer ?
Its that simple and that stupid ,tory voters think tories work for them ....they dont they only work for the mega rich ,because then they get great cashflow,in their own pockets .As witnessed by this circus of clowns and robbers

MaizieD

Germanshepherdsmum

I remember the days when Labour consisted of credible men in suits (Blair, Brown, Darling etc). Now my overriding impression is of gobby women in cardigans.

Rapidly coming to the conclusion that this is a parody account.

Never thought of Yvette Cooper in that way before although she does wear cardigans I think….

Here in Manchester there is a lot of anger towards Andy Burnham because of CAZ (Clean Air Zone). A lot of folk saying they will not vote Labour because of the mess it has caused here, but not sure they want the Tories either!
Would be interested in how other places are dealing with the CAZ.

Rosie51

I have long said that the ballot paper should include a box for "none of the above" then at the declaration the total votes for "none of the above" would be registered. As it stands a 'spoilt' ballot paper can be for a number of reasons, not necessarily a register of discontent with the parties standing for election.

Completely agree.

That's very unfortunate Coastpath. I would have to do the same.

Germanshepherdsmum

I remember the days when Labour consisted of credible men in suits (Blair, Brown, Darling etc). Now my overriding impression is of gobby women in cardigans.

Rapidly coming to the conclusion that this is a parody account.