In Politics, women in particular talking fast and non stop

Does anyone remember Margaret Thatcher , on being interviewed told the interviewer "That's not the question. The question is --" ? I don't remember the question but I certainly remember the tactic

MayBee70

I think MP’s are fed up with being constantly interrupted when they’re trying to give an answer to the question they’ve been asked.

And I’m fed up with not being able to hear the answer from a politician as I bet, are most people.

I think MP’s are fed up with being constantly interrupted when they’re trying to give an answer to the question they’ve been asked.

This is not confined to female politicians or any politician. Also Have you listened to Amol Rahjan ,journalist who's everywhere at the moment?

nanna8

On several of the the political things I watch from the Uk the commentators seem to interrupt and talk across people to the extent I switch off and change channels. They are so rude, hopefully in real life they have better manners. It doesn’t seem to happen like that here, people wait their turn to speak ( though sometimes what they say can be very rude, admittedly).

Yes, I agree nanna8. It seems especially so if the commentator isn’t hearing the answer they want to hear. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a politician they are interrupting, either. It makes me cross, it’s such bad manners.

The worst politician that I’ve seen when being interviewed by a news presenter ( Victoria Derbyshire ), was Sebastian Gorka, from Trump’s administration. He talked over her constantly in a very over assertive and sneering manner. I don’t know how she managed to stay calm.

LaCrepescule

Women putting down other women in this way is depressing.

Indeed.
The majority of politicians are good at not answering a question directly, whatever their sex.

The past master of the art was the late King Hussein of Jordan!

On several of the the political things I watch from the Uk the commentators seem to interrupt and talk across people to the extent I switch off and change channels. They are so rude, hopefully in real life they have better manners. It doesn’t seem to happen like that here, people wait their turn to speak ( though sometimes what they say can be very rude, admittedly).

Here is a comment from one of the finance traders

“Markets have been digesting recent UK data and the view remains negative. There are concerns that the UK economy is slowing down and perennial fears over its sustainability of public finances.
Earlier this week, the Budget of Responsibility released its latest risk report, and it was evidently clear that the UK’s finances are unsustainable.
The government’s answer to clearing part of the deficit would be to impose a wealth tax on the country’s richest people, although unlikely to work. The other options, ramp up taxes on the middle class. All in all, it looks ominous as always for the UK.”

That fits with my thinking, we can expect some form of wealth tax mostly for idealogical reasons I really dont see it raising much revenue. The taxation really needed to balance the budget will have to come from the middle classes

Granmarderby10

I think Rachel Reeves speaks like a meloncholic robot😒

That’s not surprising because she is being forced to do what she doesn’t want to do - raise taxes while leaving the inefficient wasteful benefits untouched. She will stay for now but I really don’t see a long term future if she is not getting support from her own party.

M0nica

The only time I have turned off the radio off because a politician was talking too fast and in a monotone - and it was recently - the person concerned was a man.

This is not a surprise, and true in my experience too. A woman nearly always speaks with a bit more sense of emotional intonation, than men do.
There are notable exceptions , just as RR is an exception too.

Oh, forgot appropriate smiley 👍 Go Rachel.

I think she is thinking very hard indeed about exactly the right way to phrase things, which is praiseworthy as whatever we think of her, it is said with clarity.

that hard thinking whilst speaking reminds me of some men I know who do the same, its actually occurs less from women

if a man had said exactly the same thing things in the same way I get it would be regarded as clear and done with thought and admired

Just consider that for a moment, I think there is a real danger in the last post... of "biased thinking"?

I think Rachel Reeves speaks like a meloncholic robot😒

Allsorts it seems to me that everyone on TV is talking fast rabbiting away to make sure they aren't pinned to down to answer the questions that has been asked but one they would prefer to answer.

The only time I have turned off the radio off because a politician was talking too fast and in a monotone - and it was recently - the person concerned was a man.

LaCrepescule

Women putting down other women in this way is depressing.

Why? Someone is not right or special just because of their sex.

If I was interviewing an incompetent and stupid politician, I would put them down whether it was a man or women.

John Prescott was the one who comes to mind - he’d just keep going like a bulldozer, hardly seeming to stop to draw breath!

Wyllow3

Allira

That's an anecdote, David49!! Not valid research.

Speaking anecdotally, I have found that baby girls tend to start talking earlier than boys but could that be because girls actually listen to what is being said to them then can repeat it?

Yes. DGD is a good example compared with her brothers.

Its why girls are often out-performing boys at school these days.

Which, I would guess, is because some boys and some girls are taught only the skills that would once, in distant societies, have helped them.

She isn't a politician but Fiona Bruce is like this. She spoils Question Time for me. Asks someone a question but rarely has the manners to let them reply.

Yes, that did happen in politics when I was young - 1960's, imaround. In fact, sometimes actually ignored. Much much less now tho there is plenty of misogyny lurking and sometimes explicit.

I was in a great mood"gang" when I was 10. We went off tree climbing and other derring do's. Until the day we were discussing who should be the leader in this or that sub gang.

I was told very firmly by 2 or 3 (the others were silent) that girls could not be leaders although I was the best swimmer by a very long way, having swum my mile badge at 9. I went out in tears but just one boy came out, he didn't say so, but he clearly didnt agree.

I wonder if women do it more than men because it is a learned survival skill for women, so to speak. Especially women in positions of power. They need to get in as much information as possible in the shortest amount of time possible because someone is always waiting in the wings to cut them off, mansplain, talk over them and any other various disrespectful actions.

I'm sure politicians practice this technique in order to make viewers think they are answering questions but in reality are not. It is the old dazzle them with BS trick, but also do it so quickly that they don't know which end is up when it is over. It stops the hard questions from being asked.

Wyllow3

Allira

That's an anecdote, David49!! Not valid research.

Speaking anecdotally, I have found that baby girls tend to start talking earlier than boys but could that be because girls actually listen to what is being said to them then can repeat it?

Yes. DGD is a good example compared with her brothers.

Its why girls are often out-performing boys at school these days.

Although DS was very late in talking compared to his sisters but then spoke in sentences. He was obviously listening and taking it all in before he attempted to speak.

If only politicians did the same 😀

Allira

That's an anecdote, David49!! Not valid research.

Speaking anecdotally, I have found that baby girls tend to start talking earlier than boys but could that be because girls actually listen to what is being said to them then can repeat it?

Yes. DGD is a good example compared with her brothers.

Its why girls are often out-performing boys at school these days.