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Nickbat

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This Miliband comment made me chuckle
« on: 16 November 2009, 11:51:36 »

From the BBC's James Reynolds:

"So, what was this country to make of a visiting climate change minister from Britain who was just 39 and who wasn't even a scientist? This point clearly intrigued the audience listening to Ed Miliband on Monday morning at Peking University.

After he delivered a speech on climate change, Mr Miliband was twice asked about the fact that he wasn't a scientist or even an environmental expert - he studied politics, philosophy and economics at university.

His answer to the students: "Your basic point about me - that I'm not a scientist - maybe that is one aspect of politics in Britain, which is that people get appointed to jobs where they don't necessarily have expertise. But what do I hope to try and bring to this?... I hope that the skill politicians have - the only skill maybe - is the ability to try and persuade people."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/jamesreynolds/2009/05/right_qualifications.html

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Re: This Miliband comment made me chuckle
« Reply #1 on: 16 November 2009, 11:55:41 »

The child was being unusually candid for a change ;D ;D

What a waste of bloody space >:(
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Re: This Miliband comment made me chuckle
« Reply #2 on: 16 November 2009, 12:04:00 »

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From the BBC's James Reynolds:

"So, what was this country to make of a visiting climate change minister from Britain who was just 39 and who wasn't even a scientist? This point clearly intrigued the audience listening to Ed Miliband on Monday morning at Peking University.

After he delivered a speech on climate change, Mr Miliband was twice asked about the fact that he wasn't a scientist or even an environmental expert - he studied politics, philosophy and economics at university.

His answer to the students: "Your basic point about me - that I'm not a scientist - maybe that is one aspect of politics in Britain, which is that people get appointed to jobs where they don't necessarily have expertise.  But what do I hope to try and bring to this?... I hope that the skill politicians have - the only skill maybe - is the ability to try and persuade people."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/jamesreynolds/2009/05/right_qualifications.html

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the only skill maybe - is the ability to try and persuade people


 ...by dissembling, obfuscation, threats, bare-faced manipulation, exploitation, taxation and levy to name but a few well practised methods.

Way to go, something to be proud of :y :y

Still a waste of bloody space >:(
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Re: This Miliband comment made me chuckle
« Reply #3 on: 16 November 2009, 18:23:37 »

He should have stuck to acting  in Everybody Loves Raymond,he was quite funny in that. :y :D ;D
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