# Tories: Institutionally stupid?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tories-institutionally-stupid/421491>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 4, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tories-institutionally-stupid/421491 "2007-10-04T14:25:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tories-institutionally-stupid/421491/1 "2007-10-04T14:25:06Z")

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[Nurses’ anger at MPs saucy snaps](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/sussex/7026708.stm)

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> A calendar showing Conservative MPs from Sussex posing with models dressed as saucy nurses has offended the people it was meant to be supporting.
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> MPs Peter Bottomley and Tim Laughton appear in the calendar to support a campaign to stop the downgrading of Worthing and Southlands hospitals.
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> But it offended nurses at Worthing Hospital who complained to Unison which has now called for it to be scrapped.
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> Mr Laughton said it was not meant to offend and was a piece of harmless fun.

I’m quite looking forward to their “Aid for Africa” calendar which no doubt they’ll do blacked up.

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**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tories-institutionally-stupid/421491/2 "2007-10-04T15:34:12Z")

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I may be harping on this theme a lot lately, but can \*anyone \* use the words “Tories” and “credible party of government” in the same sentence while keeping a straight face?

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tories-institutionally-stupid/421491/3 "2007-10-05T01:31:27Z")

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“Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservative.”

- John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

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**Author:** ![tirial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@tirial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tirial)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tories-institutionally-stupid/421491/4 "2007-10-05T07:20:33Z")

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[QUOTE=amrussell]  
I may be harping on this theme a lot lately, but can \*anyone \* use the words “Tories” and “credible party of government” in the same sentence while keeping a straight face?  
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Not me - just tried it. Doesn’t work. (On the other hand, thanks for the laugh.)

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tories-institutionally-stupid/421491/5 "2007-10-05T10:24:37Z")

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[QUOTE=amrussell]  
I may be harping on this theme a lot lately, but can \*anyone \* use the words “Tories” and “credible party of government” in the same sentence while keeping a straight face?  
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Cameron gives a good speech, but he’s all mouth and no trousers. As for the rest of them… I’m sorry, I’m too busy laughing.