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Old 07-12-2016, 21:16
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Really, why is she despicable? Or are you just insulting someone from behind the safety of your keyboard?
Every time she appears on QT she inevitably ends up talking over people or shouting at them, she stooped to new depths the last time she was on when screeching about Labour and in particular Corbyn and his supporters for being 'nasty people who try to intimidate others' in order to get their way, She interrupted John McDonnell in order to hurl unprovoked abuse at him by calling him "a nasty piece of work" on national TV,

Something which appears to have been perfectly acceptable behavior towards another panelist as Dimbleby allowed her to get away with it without censure.

However I agree with her on this particular occasion.
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Old 07-12-2016, 21:19
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She is having calls from her constituency to be deselected. There is so much anger from those she is meant to be representing because they voted overwhelmingly to leave and they see their MP as not working for their interests but her own.
Has anybody ever actually asked Soubry how she squares this position to herself?

Unfit to be an MP, her hysterical behaviour in the days after the lawfully held democratic referendum because the result didn't suit her views was unbecoming an elected representative in the House Of Commons. She should go back to gracing bland daytime TV like she used to do.
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Old 07-12-2016, 21:33
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Soubry is clearly in the wrong party, she should defect to the Lib Dems and seek re-election. Not that she will of course, she enjoys the trappings power and likes the sound of her own voice too much banging the Remoaner drum.
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Old 07-12-2016, 22:48
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Well in that interview she did say she will vote for Article 50 when the times comes

Interesting that she does not think that immigration levels will not go done after we leave the EU and that there will be a constitutional crisis if the Scottish Parliament blocks Article 50. She may be right.

She's a very liberal tory, therefore I like her
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Old 07-12-2016, 23:11
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And Kate Hoey's constituents voted overwhelmingly to Remain and they see their MP not working for their interests but her own.
Along with most remain MPs Hoey didn't support the side her constituents voted for. But she didn't go around afterwards insulting them for doing so - unlike Anna Soubry!

Presumably you think the same of the 250 plus remain voting MPs representing seats which voted Leave? Or is it just double standards?
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Old 07-12-2016, 23:21
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Anna Soubry is an MP for one reason and it is not to serve her constituents.
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Old 08-12-2016, 00:57
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Anna Soubry is a lightweight politician and someone who's used to getting her own way, hence the cry-baby tears she publicly displayed on 24th June.

She used to be a member of the SDP before becoming a Tory. How can she represent her constituency when the majority of it voted LEAVE?

She might well lose her seat at the next election. She deserves to.

Perhaps she could team up with Kenneth Clarke and form a new party. They could call it the "Silence Democracy Party".
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Old 08-12-2016, 01:57
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Sounds like she's not afraid to stand out from the crowd. No Groupthink here
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Old 08-12-2016, 02:02
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I prefer her to Kate Hoey. Another unrepresentative MP, she is also far better than the unrepresentative David Mundell, who must be one of the worst MP's at Westminster (despite the Herald voting him Scottish MP of the year).
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Old 08-12-2016, 02:05
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Every time she appears on QT she inevitably ends up talking over people or shouting at them, she stooped to new depths the last time she was on when screeching about Labour and in particular Corbyn and his supporters for being 'nasty people who try to intimidate others' in order to get their way, She interrupted John McDonnell in order to hurl unprovoked abuse at him by calling him "a nasty piece of work" on national TV,

Something which appears to have been perfectly acceptable behavior towards another panelist as Dimbleby allowed her to get away with it without censure.

However I agree with her on this particular occasion.
Ah yes I remember that now. I'm no fan of McDonnell but she really did go over the line and got personal on that occasion.
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Old 08-12-2016, 02:10
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Ah yes I remember that now. I'm no fan of McDonnell but she really did go over the line and got personal on that occasion.
She doesn't get on with Salmond either. Although I do think it's a bit love/hate with them. They are just rude to each other.
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Old 08-12-2016, 02:13
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Anna Soubry is a lightweight politician and someone who's used to getting her own way, hence the cry-baby tears she publicly displayed on 24th June.

She used to be a member of the SDP before becoming a Tory. How can she represent her constituency when the majority of it voted LEAVE?

She might well lose her seat at the next election. She deserves to.

Perhaps she could team up with Kenneth Clarke and form a new party. They could call it the "Silence Democracy Party".
I don't quite get the criteria here. She should disregard her own feelings and be a mere mouthpiece for the (just over) half her constituents who voted Leave, yes?

Why then, when I said about my MP (who is a remainer in a remain constituency) that I expect him to vote down Article 50, the line trotted out then was not 'the will of the constituents' but that he should heed the 'voice of the peeeepul nationwide' for Brexit and vote for it.

I hold the whole referendum, its acrimony and lies, in contempt anyway, so perhaps that has something to do with it.
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Old 08-12-2016, 02:46
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She's going to lose her seat in the next election.

Brexit movement has made her come across very un-democratic.
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Old 08-12-2016, 03:00
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She's going to lose her seat in the next election.

Brexit movement has made her come across very un-democratic.
That all depends how cohesive the leave vote will be.
Where will it coalesce? Around UKIP?

I simply don't see the same zeal (on either side) as you do, among the general populace.
My area went for Remain but with a 45% for Leave. At work and in other places I don't see much passion, and nowhere near as much passion as on here.
Many seemed to have decided on the day, even in the ballot kiosk.

And when it comes to an election the usual tribalism will kick in, together with the usual staple concerns about health and education etc.
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Old 08-12-2016, 03:29
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That all depends how cohesive the leave vote will be.
Where will it coalesce? Around UKIP?

I simply don't see the same zeal (on either side) as you do, among the general populace.
My area went for Remain but with a 45% for Leave. At work and in other places I don't see much passion, and nowhere near as much passion as on here.
Many seemed to have decided on the day, even in the ballot kiosk.

And when it comes to an election the usual tribalism will kick in, together with the usual staple concerns about health and education etc.
True, many seem to think nothing will change, politicians are all bad etc.. but I think this is the last chance many have given the government. That's why the turnout was very big and people that never voted did this time..
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Old 08-12-2016, 07:53
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I am a life long Labour voter, but have a great deal of respect for Anna Soubry. Sometimes, it fells like Anna is the only MP willing to be vocal about how ridiculous Brexit is. Only wish we had more MPs like her, who are willing to speak sense & argue for the greater good (even if the majority of their constituents disagree)
Agreed. One of the few Tories I have alot of time for.
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Old 08-12-2016, 16:45
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I would far rather the UK hadn't voted for Brexit but it did and the view of the majority of those that voted should be implemented.

I've little doubt that Soubry would be more than happy subverting democracy given half a chance. I've always found her tone deeply patronising and she's another prime example of a Blairite/Cameronian self important, deeply out of touch 'bubble' politician.
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Old 08-12-2016, 17:03
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Old 08-12-2016, 17:05
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I would far rather the UK hadn't voted for Brexit but it did and the view of the majority of those that voted should be implemented.

I've little doubt that Soubry would be more than happy subverting democracy given half a chance. I've always found her tone deeply patronising and she's another prime example of a Blairite/Cameronian self important, deeply out of touch 'bubble' politician.
This. A relic that needs to go.

I'm not a massive Ed Miliband fan, but he has much more charm and class in his little toe than this sour-faced Anna does.. he accepts democracy
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Old 08-12-2016, 17:07
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So pathetic. She disagrees with your ilk and she's suddenly 'self-important, hideous, a hag, a steaming turd.'
And to top it off some faintly misogynistic stuff about a 'bitchfest'.

She's rattled your collective cages quite evidently, which is most gratifying.

I don't think she was sacked either. She resigned as I recall.
Wrong - she was sacked!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7136186.html
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Old 08-12-2016, 19:32
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She is having calls from her constituency to be deselected. There is so much anger from those she is meant to be representing because they voted overwhelmingly to leave and they see their MP as not working for their interests but her own.
How inconsiderate of her constituents
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