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Politics is on the nose for youngsters

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nanna8 Fri 07-Nov-25 12:18:51

I was listening to a radio talk back show where they were commenting that the young school leavers were no longer interested in studying politics or wishing to become politicians because of perceived dishonesty and just sheer incompetence amongst our current lot. It is no longer seen as a worthwhile job. I thought this was quite concerning. We used to kind of respect them , even if we disagreed with them. Is social media to blame or is it the politicians themselves who seem to have a lot of internal issues - at least here they do.

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silverlining48 Mon 10-Nov-25 07:50:35

I understand the term ‘ on the nose’ to mean precisely exactly correctly

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Witzend Mon 10-Nov-25 08:12:38

One of my dds studied politics as part of her degree. She worked for a while for our local MP (LD) and was put under a lot of pressure to stand for the local council, since apparently they were very short of anyone who was both presentable and not the sort who writes letters in green or purple ink to their MP.

By then, however, dd had decided that a political career was not for her, and made it very clear that she wasn’t going to stand for the council.
They then said, ‘Well, how about your mum or dad?’

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Ashcombe Mon 10-Nov-25 09:06:19

My DGS2 is in his GCSE year (Y11) and is making choices about A Level courses for Sixth Form. He is giving the idea of studying Politics serious consideration which I’m pleased to hear. Our youngsters are fortunate to have such a range of subjects available to them nowadays.

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RosieandherMaw Mon 10-Nov-25 09:33:49

silverlining48

I understand the term ‘ on the nose’ to mean precisely exactly correctly

That’s how we would use it here, I agree, hence my confusion (easily confused!)

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