Snollygoster
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Originally Posted by brendanhall
The vast majority of our politicians are mad or snollygosters.
(snol·ly·gos·ter (snŏl′ē-gŏs′tər) ->noun Slang ->One, especially a politician, who is guided by personal advantage rather than by consistent, respectable principles.
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Good catch!
A very fine noun to describe the two politicians who turned up on the BBC Question Time programme last night - two politicos to speak for remaining in the EU and 3 non-politicians who spoke for leaving.
The two politicos could scarcely put together a coherent argument in favour of their side of the case in reply to the questions from the audience.
One was besoted with the official position of her governing party (and it became increasingly difficult for her to show that she actually believes that line) while the other is too engrossed in the lack of any real discussion within her own party which is totally disappearing from any discourse other than their own machinations about their current leader.
Quite apart from the other panel members who had something to say on the matter, it was the audience who really took apart the two politicians.
Ultimately, one member of the public summed up both of them as "second rate" but the snollygoster noun would have worked just fine.
The BBC has come up with a good format for these discussions over the next 17 weeks; some politicos will be there, alternating "for and agin", with a balance of non-politicos with the opposing view.
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Dave
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