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Post by Bentley on Sept 19, 2024 18:06:09 GMT
“Rachel Reeves has announced plans to replace every painting in the lavish state room at No 11 Downing Street with artworks of or by women. Speaking at a reception for female business leaders on Wednesday evening, the chancellor said she wanted to mark the lives of the “amazing women who have gone before us”. Addressing the all-female gathering, she said: “This is King James behind me, but next week the artwork in this room is going to change. “Every picture in this room is either going to be of a woman or by a woman – and we’re also going to have a statue in this room of Millicent Fawcett, who did so much for the rights of women.” www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/18/rachel-reeves-to-replace-no-11-paintings-with-art-by-women?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherMore college bar politics from Labour . |
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Post by Hutchyns on Sept 19, 2024 19:22:43 GMT
Bentley
Too true, but also exactly the sort of stuff that was oh so predictable if we voted them into power, and they haven't even got onto the serious stuff yet, such as turning Britain into a fully fledged Digital Police State ...... give it two or three years and the thought of freezing to death over Winter won't seem quite as unappealing as it currently does.
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Post by Pacifico on Sept 19, 2024 21:12:09 GMT
Kier Starmer has painting of a women that he doesn't want...
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Post by Ripley on Sept 19, 2024 22:32:18 GMT
I don't see a problem here. Do you want Britain to look like Turkey, where it's hard to find female images in public? It's as if Turkish women don't exist.
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Post by Bentley on Sept 19, 2024 22:35:52 GMT
I don't see a problem here. Do you want Britain to look like Turkey, where it's hard to find female images in public? It's as if Turkish women don't exist. Have you bothered to read the OP? She is replacing ALL of the paintings with pictures of women or by women . |
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Post by Ripley on Sept 19, 2024 22:36:47 GMT
I don't see a problem here. Do you want Britain to look like Turkey, where it's hard to find female images in public? It's as if Turkish women don't exist. Have you bothered to read the OP? She is replacing ALL of the paintings with pictures of women or by women . Yes, I bothered to read the OP. I also bothered to read "Ministers can choose which works from the extensive collection to put on display." It is her prerogative to select the pieces she wants from the government's art collection, just as it has been the prerogative of all her predecessors to select the pieces they wanted. |
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Post by Bentley on Sept 19, 2024 22:39:39 GMT
Have you bothered to read the OP? She is replacing ALL of the paintings with pictures of women or by women . Yes, I bothered to read the OP. So how would pointing out the ‘ student political gesture ‘ by a senior politician equate to wanting Britain to be like Turkey ? |
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Post by Ripley on Sept 19, 2024 22:45:27 GMT
Yes, I bothered to read the OP. So how would pointing out the ‘ student political gesture ‘ by a senior politician equate to wanting Britain to be like Turkey ? It is her prerogative to select the pieces she wants from the government's art collection, just as it has been the prerogative of all her predecessors to select the pieces they wanted. If she wants art depicting only women or produced only by women, why not? Women exist in and contribute to society and they deserve recognition, don't you think? |
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Post by Bentley on Sept 19, 2024 22:47:37 GMT
So how would pointing out the ‘ student political gesture ‘ by a senior politician equate to wanting Britain to be like Turkey ? It is her prerogative to select the pieces she wants from the government's art collection, just as it has been the prerogative of all her predecessors to select the pieces they wanted. If she wants art depicting only women or produced only by women, why not? Women exist in and contribute to society and they deserve recognition, don't you think? So how would pointing out the ‘ student political gesture ‘ by a senior politician equate to not wanting women to have ‘ recognition’? |
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Post by piglet on Sept 20, 2024 9:43:11 GMT
If it was me id comission an artist to do new paintings of my favourite scenes from you porn, in celebration of women.
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Post by Vinny on Sept 20, 2024 11:53:58 GMT
Tories - Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May, Liz Truss...
How many female Prime Ministers have Labour provided so far? None. So, if she wants to put paintings of inspirational female leaders up they'll all be foreign as she hates the Tories.
So let me guess, Jacinda Ardern, Golda Meir, Indira Ghandi, Winnie Mandela, Helen Clark, Julia Gillard, people like that.
And yes, we all know what a scumbag Winnie was. So I could be wrong there, I hope I am wrong there.
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Post by Ripley on Sept 20, 2024 14:34:52 GMT
If it was me id comission an artist to do new paintings of my favourite scenes from you porn, in celebration of women. I think the ministers are only allowed to choose art from the government collection. |
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Post by Red Rackham on Sept 23, 2024 12:03:54 GMT
I notice Rachel Reeves at her first Labour conference as Chancellor was heckled, which was nice to see.  |
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Post by jonksy on Sept 23, 2024 12:41:15 GMT
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Post by Red Rackham on Sept 23, 2024 12:58:45 GMT
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