From: Steve Shaw - PM Date: 04 Oct 17 - 10:14 AM Cameron disrespected the whole country by calling a referendum that was all about seeing off his own hardliners and UKIP. May disrespected the whole country by calling an election which was entirely about her own party's interests and nothing to do with the country's interests. During her campaign she disrespected Corbyn time and time again. To her cost, I'm delighted to say. You don't "deserve" courtesy. You earn it, or at least you don't forfeit the right to it. She has not earned it and she has it coming as far as I'm concerned. I can think of far stronger names than Mayflower I'd like to call her. Don't you ever look at political cartoons, Nigel? And, while you're castigating Jim for that peccadillo, how about castigating those on your side of the argument who consistently refuse to address us by the names we choose to use here? You seem to have have missed the whole point with your argument. I am not supporting those who miss-use Jim's given name. I'm pointing out that Jim, or yourself, should conduct yourselves in the way you expect others to conduct themselves. I do not address comments to "Jom" or "Carroll" and I can understand why he gets annoyed with those who do. But he can hardly complain about it if he does the same for the names of others. (Such as calling Theresa May "Mayflower"). I was pointing out his double standards in this respect. As to "deserving" courtesy, it is not the same as 'respect' in that it needs to be earned. If you treat someone with a lack of courtesy, it reflects not upon that person, but on you. If you were a teacher, you may have expected a class to greet you with "Good morning, sir." That does not show that you have earned their respect (as it is expected of every class even before they get to know the teacher) it is a sign that they are being taught to act courteously.
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