Gordon ignores Bank of England

[Mich the Tester]

My apologies then for misreading your post.

The really sad thing is that the only one I could find that has a degree in anything science or engineering related is Margaret Beckett, who has a degree in metallurgy from UMIST. Small wonder successive muppets have decimated our manufacturing industry.

It's a sad day when scientists and engineers from reputable universities have to degrade themselves by going into politics. She could be gainfully employed making new advanced alloys for lightweight transport, superfast ships and designer cutlery, all of which could be exported to pay off Mr Brown's debts!

[PM-Junkie]

What about my old pal Dr Liam Fox ? Dont you value a degree in medicine ?

Ah, good point.

Degree in medicine, so they make him shadow minister of defence. Well, it's not like he'd know anything about health, is it? Much more sensible for Andrew Lansley to be shadow secretary of state for health - after all he has a degree in politics.

I fink I am startig to see why things are gowing wong

[minestrone]

Excellent point...so I did a little research on the qualifications of the principle players of the two main parties:

David Cameron - philosophy, politics & economics (Oxford)
William Hague – philosophy, politics & economics (Oxford)
George Osborne – Modern History (Oxford)
Alan Duncan – philosophy, politics & economics (Oxford) then winner of the Kennedy Scholarship (Harvard), economics
Chris Grayling; History (Cambridge)
Ken Clark; Law, (Cambridge)

Gordon Brown – History (Edinburgh); PhD- History of the Scottish Labour Party (Edinburgh)
Harriet Harman – Politics (York)
David Miliband - philosophy, politics & economics (Oxford)
Alistair Darling - Law (Aberdeen)
Jacqui Smith – philosophy, politics & economics (Oxford)
Peter Mandelson - philosophy, politics & economics (Oxford)

Interesting stuff.

One of the reasons I backed Major was because he was not from that bunch, I though a Conservative PM who was 'self educated' with a state school education understood more about the country than Labour Blair who came from Fettes ( rich private school in Edinburgh ) .

[Mich the Tester]

A science graduate is hardly likely to know the first thing about running a business.

Most German and Japanese manufacturering businesses are run by engineers and scientists. You will not get into the boardroom of Daimler Benz, Bayer or Bosch or most other succesful German industrial corporations without an degree in Industrial Engineering or a related science, such as physics, pharmacology, chemistry or metallurgy. Now figure out why those companies have been so succesful down the years.

Bayer's actually a surprising exception though; the CEO worked his way up through the company having started as a junior salesman, but the other directors are all biologists, pharmacists, chemists and so on.

[minestrone]

Degree in medicine, so they make him shadow minister of defence. Well, it's not like he'd know anything about health, is it? Much more sensible for Andrew Lansley to be shadow secretary of state for health - after all he has a degree in politics.

Gf has a degree in medicine, she voted for the Scottish Socialist Party in the last election. She pulls in 130,000 a year and voted for a party who want to cap earnings at 40,000.

*head pounding off table noise*

[sasguru]

A science graduate is hardly likely to know the first thing about running a business.

What a complete and utter moron you are. I'm guessing you haven't got a degree, not even a Media Studies one from a poly.

[PM-Junkie]

Gf has a degree in medicine, she voted for the Scottish Socialist Party in the last election. She pulls in 130,000 a year and voted for a party who want to cap earnings at 40,000.

*head pounding of table noise*

You have a GF who earns 130k a year?

Now how can I put this....


MARRY HER!!!!!

[Mich the Tester]

What a complete and utter moron you are. I'm guessing you haven't got a degree, not even a Media Studies one from a poly.

An Internet Diploma Mill

Nothing wrong with Polys; they should have been kept as institutions for higher vocational studies. Works well enough in the rest of Europe.

[sasguru]

An Internet Diploma Mill

Nothing wrong with Polys; they should have been kept as institutions for higher vocational studies. Works well enough in the rest of Europe.

Indeed they served a role and the better ones were technically quite excellent. It's just that when they became "unis" they invented all manner of crappy "degrees" instead of sticking to their core competencies.

[minestrone]

A science graduate is hardly likely to know the first thing about running a business.

So what is your degree in? If you have been through a science degree you would know how much it involves, you have clearly not went through a politics degree.

Who owns this sockpuppet?