tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post3009076920294451088..comments2023-08-10T12:55:23.427+01:00Comments on SUBROSA: Common Purposesubrosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-13125821369017757982015-02-16T23:39:39.300+00:002015-02-16T23:39:39.300+00:00They have been active North of Edinburgh. A coupl...They have been active North of Edinburgh. A couple of years ago a senior director of a local Aberdeen organisation boasted to me that he had been approached by CP along with some others. <br /><br />I stopped dealing with him a short time later. He was very keen on trying to encourage people to also join CP. It wasn't for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-30971760330129422402015-02-16T17:31:42.393+00:002015-02-16T17:31:42.393+00:00Grannie liked to tell us to avoid associating with...Grannie liked to tell us to avoid associating with Common people. She seems to have been ahead of her time.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-86402266232062800952015-02-16T11:22:12.863+00:002015-02-16T11:22:12.863+00:006K? Even allowing for cheaper courses for under-18...6K? Even allowing for cheaper courses for under-18s, that suggests rather too much of the education budget going on enlisting schoolchildren as 'future leaders' - of the 2,000-odd listed 'graduates' sponsored by schools, the vast majority are pupils (most of the rest are Heads and Deputies).<br /><br />Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116690042850060767.post-91758335181616286922015-02-16T10:52:43.842+00:002015-02-16T10:52:43.842+00:00‘Common Purpose’ has all the appearance of being a...‘Common Purpose’ has all the appearance of being a poor cousin to such secret societies as the Bilderberg Group; The Illuminati; Opus Dei, or even the humble(?) Bullingdon Club.<br /><br />Malevolent? - probably not, but they do have an unpleasant and unhealthy attitude which promotes a heighten sense of ‘them and us’.<br />This very same elitist and unwelcome ‘them and us’ attitude is manifest in virtually every aspect of our modern society; be it politics, finance, education or whatever.<br /><br />On a couple of specific points –<br />- I note that ‘CP’ never ventured further north than Edinburgh. Perhaps we woad painted, plaid wearing natives are beyond their consideration.<br />- It is very apparent that by far the greatest number of attendees to ‘CP’ was drawn from publicly funded institutions. At a cost of £6k per person – that’s a lot of our money.JRBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864418763227369458noreply@blogger.com