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Post by Red Rackham on Jul 6, 2024 20:27:39 GMT
Sam Carling is Labour MP for North West Cambridgeshire, he is 22 years old. This kid has no experience of anything yet he now represents 74,000 people. He has no life experience and no business experience, yet as an MP he will be expected to meet senior business figures as well as meet and empathise with ordinary constituents. I've spoken to a few MP's over he years and although we didn't always agree I never considered any of them inexperienced, but then I've never spoken to a 22 year old MP. If I walked into my local MP's surgery I would not be filled with confidence to see a 22 year old sitting on the other side of the desk. 22 is too young to be an MP. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13604489/britain-youngest-mp-sam-carling-elected-labour.html |
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Post by Hutchyns on Jul 6, 2024 22:52:40 GMT
Red Rackham
A very fair point Red, and it's clear that experience is an important factor to you, and had you been one of the North West Cambridgeshire electorate, you would not have voted for Sam Carling based on the 'lack of experience' factor alone, irrespective of other considerations.
His victory on Thursday is conclusive proof that 'experience' obviously can't have been a primary consideration for many of those voting in this Constituency, and the fact that he won the contest to represent it, and will soon take his seat in the Commons, shows us that 22 isn't too young to represent North West Cambridgeshire. Of course if he does a lousy job and forgets to attend debates because he's too immersed in computer games etc, they'll chuck him out when the opportunity arises, and probably favour someone of more advanced years next time.
Young Sam might be 'inexperienced' but that might be something Angela can correct for him within the privacy of the Deputy Prime Minister's Office, and after all he'll only be a humble backbencher, and if young Sam misses a few votes because he's watching Netflix, it won't derail any Socialist legislation, such is the size of Labour's majority. Pitt the Younger on the other hand, with the responsibilities of the nation rather than just North West Cambridgeshire on his 24 year old shoulders, now that was another story.
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Post by Red Rackham on Jul 7, 2024 11:58:21 GMT
A very fair point Red, and it's clear that experience is an important factor to you, and had you been one of the North West Cambridgeshire electorate, you would not have voted for Sam Carling based on the 'lack of experience' factor alone, irrespective of other considerations. His victory on Thursday is conclusive proof that 'experience' obviously can't have been a primary consideration for many of those voting in this Constituency, and the fact that he won the contest to represent it, and will soon take his seat in the Commons, shows us that 22 isn't too young to represent North West Cambridgeshire. Of course if he does a lousy job and forgets to attend debates because he's too immersed in computer games etc, they'll chuck him out when the opportunity arises, and probably favour someone of more advanced years next time. Young Sam might be 'inexperienced' but that might be something Angela can correct for him within the privacy of the Deputy Prime Minister's Office, and after all he'll only be a humble backbencher, and if young Sam misses a few votes because he's watching Netflix, it won't derail any Socialist legislation, such is the size of Labour's majority. Pitt the Younger on the other hand, with the responsibilities of the nation rather than just North West Cambridgeshire on his 24 year old shoulders, now that was another story. I think this is probably a case of people voting for party rather than personality. I suspect many Labour voters in NW Cambridgeshire would have preferred a more experienced MP. Voters were faced with the choice of voting for the party they wanted with a candidate they didn't particularly like, or voting for a different party. Actually, I suspect many people probably didn't know or even care who the candidate was, they're so pissed off with the Tories they just wanted to vote Labour regardless of candidate. |
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Post by patman post on Jul 7, 2024 17:27:09 GMT
William Pitt The Younger was just 24 when he became PM. I doubt that will happen again, but 18 is still the lowest age for a parliamentary candidate...
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