Questions to Which the Answer is No
No TB hasn't turned into John Rentoul but he is laughing his head off about one of the most arrogant press releases he has ever received:
"Is this Braintree's next MP?It is well worth reading the rest of the cringe-worthily self -congratulating tripe
A 16 year old teenager from Braintree is fast cementing his place among Britain's political elite. Stephen Canning who is studying A levels at Colchester Sixth Form College has been billed as the next potential MP of Braintree or even Prime minister. As founder of the Braintree Youth Council and then Chairman of the Braintree Conservative Future, Stephen Canning quickly rose in the political ranks. But then he got bored. He wanted a bigger challenge. Much bigger. So he asked himself: What are the three largest, most largest, most important, most difficult challenges facing young people? The answer: health, education and crime - then he tried to tackle all three at once.
Braintree, Essex (BCF) June 22, 2010 -- Stephen Canning, a 17 year old student from Braintree has been given a position on the Youth Crime Stakeholder Advisory Group, directly advising the new coalition government on crime policy and implementation, and as an officer of the All Party Parliamentary Children's Group."
here
. So is he 16 or 17?Press releasing from an email address at thetoryboy.com doesn't help either. Talk about making yourself a target.
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This is hilarious. I might stand against him somewhere to make it look like a political Bugsy Malone.
I think after all this, he is going to struggle becoming PM. many people think Hague giving his speech when he wa 16 was great but it damaged him in later life as it made him look like just another political robot, magnified when he was up against blair's charm.
However, this is about 100x more precocious. Silly idiot.
just read the whole thing - has to be a spoof...
"The answer: health, education and crime - then he tried to tackle all three at once."
...and then he fails to say what he was doing on any of them.
Can I give him some advice? He cannot stand as a councilor at 16/17, but he will be able to stand as an elected Foundation Trust governor at 16. I see that Mid Essex Hospital Services is applying for FT status, so there is his opportunity to fill the "health" brief in his list.
I bet he doesn't try since he will get very disappointed (and probably throw a tantrum) when he does not get elected.
What fun, he lives in my town
I have taken the opportunity to read the blog that gets referenced at the end of the press release
https://thetoryboy.com/
Its better then London Spin :-) :-)
He should shack up with ABB. She will show him how to have a dynamic career trajectory.
You 'orrible bastards - 'eel remember you!
I say give the kid a break. Would he really send out the same press release at 21 or 25?
what a dick head
Symbolizes everything that is wrong with CF.
This has to be a spoof, doesn't it?!
This isn't the only cringeworthy thing he has done. A little Google-ing brought up this little baby: https://wikibin.org/articles/stephen-canning.html If you needed more proof he is up his own bottom. Oh and TB, his FaceBook profile is entirely open so you could have fun with his pictures...his Twitter is @stephencanning.
Fave bit of that Wiki thing for me is the bit about him being a "lover of champagne", he seems to have gone from champagne lover to working class hero in no time at all!
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My god, was he trained by Ben Howlett?
Cut him some slack guys!!! Bloody hell come on. He's obnoxious - so what?! So's half the bloomin parliament!!! If you ask me he seems pretty damn good.
Oh dear.
Could at least have run a spell check. Does he realise that all his "titles" likely mean and affect nothing and that we've all had them... and they don't equate to a job.
Also, his blog makes me laugh. The "leading independent Tory blog"... think TB will have something to say about that.
He happens to live in my town abd although a dickheaf he has raised huge amounts for charity. He's not all bad - ha. Play nice guys. Encourage him don't dissuade him.
Dear All
I once met someone similar who said that they wanted to be Prime Minster of Scotland.
There is no position.
Every party has these wannabe politician types who don't do any work but who feel they have a sense of entitlement to public office.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
odds on that it was canning himself who wrote "cut him some slack guys!!!" This is almost painful to read. And I'm being deadly serious.
Here he tries to present himself as being some sort of working class hero then on the link in comments above he writes about himself saying "Canning has gained a reputation as being a fan of the fine dining and 'schmoozing' lifestyle. A regular of exclusive and high class restaurants such as The Cinnamon Club and the Gaucho Grill. Many say it is his regular attendance at a number of events.. This has been levied as a criticism by some of his opponents who especially take a dislike at his love of champagne at almost any meeting or event."
I can't fucking believe it. Papers would have a circle jerk if this guy gets near power.
thetoryboy.com has won't load up for me, has it been taken down...?
One would have hoped that when writing such self congratulatory clap-trap, Canning would have endeavoured to write with grammatical accuracy. I will refrain from being pedantic and listing every mistake but I find the use of "most largest" particularly irritating. Perhaps he has be tutored in political oratory by John Precscott? Still if Prescott can reach the office of Deputy Prime Minister then Canning's lofty ambitions might not be so ridiculous after all.
The irony of Tory Bear accusing someone else of being a precocious, cocky, bumptious, arrogant and over confident young man with ideas above his years and station in life is not lost on us..
What a self-serving and sniviling cunt that kid is. He is one reason why a large majority of the electorate hate the political class and the reams of know nothing, arrogant, delusions of grandeur hacks (especially young ones) that are getting 'bigged' up by foolish members of the media and political elite. I hope this guy never, ever gets elected to anything in his whole life.