Westminster sex scandal

[hilleluk]

I'm sticking with Theresa May, there is no one I can think of that is capable of being Prime Minister.
The Leadsom woman is just a chancer.
I am not usually one for conspiracy theories, but there is an ulterior motive behind this scandal, and that is to bring the Government down, an election called, and every chance it will result in a Labour Government. if this happens everything changes with Brexit, and our Great Country will never be the same again

[Margaret Pilkington]

Well...I accept that 75% would be good...but I can't see anybody who comes close to that.
I am very disillusioned with the whole thing and I am getting a tad tired of waiting for some action on the Brexit front.(and this furore make me think that somewhere there is some double dealing/skullduggery and that the current hullabaloo is to cover that up. Yes, I know...cynical...that's definitely me)
It is clear that there will be no meaningful deal and Mrs May said that she would walk away rather than accept a poor deal.
So let's get our boots on and show the EU a clean pair of heels.

[Barrie Yates]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

probably because we like our egos massaged.

That is the first time I have seen or heard that description

[Margaret Pilkington]

Barrie...you must've led a sheltered life

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Barrie...you must've led a sheltered life

Doubt that very much, more likely through living abroad!

[Barrie Yates]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Barrie...you must've led a sheltered life

Very sheltered, a little innocent lad

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes Barrie...and I am Marilyn Monroe.

[RainbowSix]

Ooohhh, sing happy birthday to me please.....
I like it when you do that Marilyn.

The media these days is all about sex scandals, be it underage sex, non sex touched my hip or said something that could in a roundabout way be construed as a sexist comment. Makes no difference whichever it is, anything for a storyline, saves having to make stuff up again.

We even have someone committing suicide because of it.

I may as well turn the TV off when the news is on else ill think the world is full of sex mad perverts. Oh hang on, it is isn't it?

[Margaret Pilkington]

Well, it might be...but I haven't noticed it much amongst my social circle.

I really don't think anyone would try it on with me....they know what they wouldn't get...and could be surprised at what they did get.

'Put it away lad, ahve seen more meight on a nasty fork'

[RainbowSix]

Not even a hug?


I can see the headlines now "Sex scandal as minister hugs aid"...

[Margaret Pilkington]

Some people get hugs...but not people I do not know.
During my working life I met lots and lots of people. Helped many of them to have their babies...and yes, when we meet up we do exchange a hug.
This is not a sexual thing, it is a reassuringly human interaction, a mark of genuine care and respect and I believe that life would be much poorer without this kind of contact.

People who take offence at comments or innocent actions choose to be offended.
I think much of that choice has been driven by politically correct brainwashing.
They will strive for 'likes' and 'friends' on Facebook, but shun real contact and friends in real life.
There has to be something wrong with that.

[monkey hanger]

People who take offence at comments or innocent actions choose to be offended.
I think much of that choice has been driven by politically correct brainwashing.


agree margaret. remember when i was a lot younger and there used to be conductors on the buses. me and a number of my mates used to try to chat up any decent looking young conductress that started. if they said no then that was that no harm done to any party but nowadays we would be classed as sex pests.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by RainbowSix

Not even a hug?


I can see the headlines now "Sex scandal as minister hugs aid"...

I also think it very much depends on your relationship with your colleagues...and also the circumstances where the hug is given.
Hugs do not constitute a sexual abuse if it is done to congratulate or to comfort someone.
Most hugs given by most people are harmless and innocent.
You can read the signals to whether a hug will be accepted or rebuffed.
I think it is a very sad day for humanity when a hug is classed as sexual harassment...we will have lost a useful chunk of non verbal communication that is better than a million words andcannot be replaced by words.

Just my personal opinion.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I also think it very much depends on your relationship with your colleagues...and also the circumstances where the hug is given.
Hugs do not constitute a sexual abuse if it is done to congratulate or to comfort someone.
Most hugs given by most people are harmless and innocent.
You can read the signals to whether a hug will be accepted or rebuffed.
I think it is a very sad day for humanity when a hug is classed as sexual harassment...we will have lost a useful chunk of non verbal communication that is better than a million words andcannot be replaced by words.

Just my personal opinion.

Only a complete idiot would regard a hug as a sexual advance. imho.

[taddy]

Originally Posted by cashman

Only a complete idiot would regard a hug as a sexual advance. imho.

Ten or more year's ago my oldest daughter,spent four or five years and a lot of money, (1,000s) in order to pursue her dream of being an interfaith, (don't ask),
Minister.
At her inauguration,which my wife and I attended at the Monastary in a district of Mancester, we were invited on to the stage where our daughter was being presented with her certification.

As I held out my hand to other member's of the congregation, which has always been my way, I was surrounded with hugs.

Handshakes were, shall I say brushed to one side.
The feelings of friendship that my wife and I experienced that day will stay in my mind for the rest of my life.

So where does a hug constitute sexual harasssment? By the way, I have never been nor still am, I God Botherer.

Your's, a none god bothering, cantakerous old Huncoter,
Taddy