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Jacob Rees-Mogg says that women who seek abortion after rape are committing a “second wrong” – @zoe_beaty https://t.co/MI1uVvpCUX pic.twitter.com/piinX3n3fN
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As things are obviously bonkers in general then this is the logical next step.
If he gets to the membership I suspect it will be a walk over.
I don't see him being PM. I do though see him, in time, being widely recognised as one of the finest holders of one of the great offices of state of the current generation of politicians.
Expecting revelations this weekend maybe
His real problem would simply be the fact that he's repeatedly denied he wants the job. If he went for it his campaign would be dogged by that from day one.
Do I agree with him? Absolutely not. Is his position consistent? Yes. What will it do to his chances of leading the Cons at some point? Neutral to positive.
I have little to add. No father (never mind a father of six) who won't change a nappy will ever be elected PM.
As Corbyn has shown views seen as out of the mainstream are no automatic barrier to progress in that role.
I think I got that from xkcd, but can't immediately track it down.
Jezza trying to get some credit for Steel's Bill.
And he does seem to get on well with people from other political parties - Exhibit A:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3079359/mhairi-black-britains-youngest-mp-jacob-rees-mogg/
On the other hand the family have excellent choice in baby names. Granted, in the event of the mother’s life being threatened, but in the absence of such a life threatening harm scenario I’m not sure if there’s another logical extrapolation from his view?
I also wonder would someone ask the same questions of a Muslim candidate for high office?
Nomination for understatement of the Millenium ..so far
https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/923857034222690304
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4847612/Tory-voters-d-better-Boris-leader.html
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2017/10/15/the-popes-remarks-on-capital-punishment-need-to-be-clarified/
Besides, it seems to me that nearly all the talk of JRM as leader is coming from *outside* the Tory party from people who want to think that it, and its members, are loopy.
a) demonstrate that they can separate their private morality from a public morality that has very different values and credibly embody and shape the public morality; or
b) explain why they think public morality is wrong, accepting that their very different moral views are a legitimate subject for public debate.
Jacob Rees-Mogg is entitled to his views. He is not entitled to force them on a nation that does not share them at all.
LOL. He really is a f'wit.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/21/jacob-rees-mogg-have-six-children-have-never-changed-nappy/
68% - Go ahead
22% - Seek to reverse.
The trend is your friend.
https://youtu.be/ZAxA-9D4X3o
Even as a atheist liberal in such matters I have some sympathy fo the scorn merely for holding such view gets - but it does depend on the circumstances and context. Well we’ve not really ironed out the issues from that one yet, either! You can argue it, and that public ratification needs to be more than just 50% event, but there’s no consensus as to that.
The story of the flood is really a tale of the folly of attempting to wipe out evil by wiping out evil individuals. Barely was the world dry before the same problems reinvented themselves.
Your language lets you down
http://www.electionpolling.co.uk/battleground/targets/labour
I’d sooner TPD Mark Reckless led the Tory party than JRM.
The most recent Yougov poll now has 45% wishing the government to continue with Brexit, 10% preferring a soft Brexit, 17% wanting a second referendum and 14% wanting to abandon Brexit,
http://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/4y1e1sdlwa/InternalResults_171024_VI.pdf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41774817
Openly joint ticketing with a liberal PM candidate (Ideally Davidson if she’s an MP at the time of the contest) would neutralise both of their negatives with a majority of both mp’s & members.
He can get to the top from there.
IMO JRM is fully entitled to hold and argue for his views, and fully entitled to be criticised for them.
His views are not shared by the majority of the voters, but frequently, voters will give kudos to people who argue a minority viewpoint with conviction and politely, as he does.
Something doesn't compute....
One criticism I don't have much time for is "imposing your opinions on others." Every legislator imposes his or her opinions on people that don't agree with them. All that we are entitled to expect is that they should play by the rules of the game i.e. act peacefully, and uphold the democratic process.
The next Tory leader will also almost certainly be a Leaver.
There was certainly opposition to whether the vote should be held but not to whether if the question should be put, it should be put in a referendum.
Whether you are successful or not is neither here nor there.
Presumably all Catholics, Protestants, Muslims all think we should all be of their religion. But that is not what the British state should be doing.
I say this despite finding abortion morally abhorrent personally. The reason I say it is because I respect the right of others to have different views, particularly women who carry the child. I am not sure what JRM's position is on that. If his view is entirely personal I really don't have a problem. If it impinges on his public persona and votes that is a problem.
It's hardly a one-off. Never mind his implacable hostility to gay rights, he's voted repeatedly to repeal the Human Rights Act. That goes far beyond voting in a free vote.