Bye Bye Sunak..

[Simon]

Care to elaborate?

[Broccers]

Care to elaborate?

He's a flip flopper of the finest order. Having watched many of his weak performances at pmqs he will make a rotten leader altho we will find out soon enough.

[drcarlos]

Care to elaborate?

Have you watched him trying to define a woman?

[Simon]

He's not perfect - no politician is - but he got a lot of points from me by saying he'd resign over curry gate if the police found he was guilty of breaking the rules at the time.

Of course he could _also_ say that as he knew he didn't break the rules, because he's not a twat.

And as I say we're quite far apart politically but the Tories need a term or two in opposition to teach them some humility and the chance for the crackpots to either be kicked out or literally die out.

And I say all this as someone who's never voted anyone but blue in a general election (although I spoilt my paper last time).

[Broccers]

He's a kneeler too

I voted green last time and all I got was local roads closed in favour of cycle lanes. Better the devil you know unfortunately but a sharp reminder that it could actually be worse will be the next step.

[John]

How to show the whole world that you are totally out of touch with reality. Who advises these people?

[Beany]

Context:


Cringe warning - your skin will crawl off your upper back and neck and try to strangle you to death upon watching this.

[dinny_g]

It is really bizarre, even for a Tory

[Jobbo]

[Broccers]

Yep he is terrible.

[Broccers]

Yep he is terrible.

Absolutely shocking.

[mik]

Depending on your work, possibly NSFW

[scotta]

Depending on your work, possibly NSFW

I mean, he has a point. After 25 odd years in IT I’ve needed very little maths beyond knowledge of how binary works.

[dinny_g]

Or, on the other hand, fuck off back up your ivory tower you twat!

[Swervin_Mervin]

Bit of both from me. He both has a point and is also a bit of a tiresome twat these days.

[Simon]

So is he a Tory voter or not? Hard to tell from the vid.

[MikeHunt]

So is he a Tory voter or not? Hard to tell from the vid.

Is this similar to that time when Joe Lycett came out (as a tory)?

[teacherboy]

Maths until 18 is a stupid fucking idea - I say this as a full-time teacher where part of my timetable is teaching maths.

Now changing the maths syllabus to include functional maths skills such as budgeting wages, saving for a big purchase, understanding debt and interest rates - kinda shit you wish someone had taught you when you get to that stage of life that it becomes necessary to have an understanding.

[Simon]

Yup, totally bonkers idea.

The only way he can redeem this is to say they'll keep re-teaching maths to 18 for those who didn't get a C at GCSE, so that everyone has the basics.

[dinny_g]

I think it's the logistics of this which make it bonkers - my son's mate did his GCSE's and is now doing an Electrician's Apprenticeship and is out on site and working away - how's he going to learn Maths for another 2 years??

In general however, I studied a lot of Maths in my time - to final State Exam level at the higher level and then in to University in parallel with Civil Engineering, earning a Degree in Mathematics, Statistics and Numerical Methods.

Now I'm not going to lie - I've never needed to use Laplace or Fourier Transforms in my day to day life but I know the analytical and problem solving elements that maths gave me in my youth are in use every day.

I think teacherboy has, not surprisingly, hit the nail on the head - a form of Applied Mathematics taken to GCSE is the answer.