Talk:Yvette Cooper

message: Listening to her questions to Theresa May this afternoon, regarding the NOTW scandal and alleged Met Police Force corruption, one wonders whether she actually writes her own questions, or has them written for her?  Does anyone know if her office employs bright, literate graduates for such work?  Or even not-so -bright graduates?  Cooper criticised the Home Secretary, yet it is clear that Labour were warned on many occasions of the unhealthy relationships between the Met and the Press,yet Labour took no action.  Surely a Shadow Home Secretary should have some form of memory?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.70.232.130 (talk) 14:56, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Script Writer ? 

message: I'm dont understand why they list her time as minister for housing starting in June 2007, when the guardian lists her starting in May 2005?
and she signs letters as the minister of state on 13 April 2006?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.32.180.38 (talk) 23:41, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: It is worth noting that despite being married to Ed Balls, Yvette has chosen not take Balls as a last name. Who would?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.110.224.129 (talk) 22:53, 18 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Balls

message: I don't know who put her religion as Christianity but I'm pretty sure that she's an atheist, so I've changed it.
When she took her seat in Parliament she didn't take the Oath of Allegiance (which involves phrases like "so help me God") and instead took the Affirmation (which does not mention God and was put in place for those who don't believe in God).
Here's the link to the Labour Shadow Cabinet taking their affirmations + oaths, Yvette Cooper is about 1min50 in. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVzIe-q-YRw
--Omarraii (talk) 15:03, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Taking the godless oath is not a reliable reason to add atheist to the article, if the Christianity is uncited we can remove that. Also that youtube source is not a reliable source either.Off2riorob (talk) 15:07, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

text: The source isn't reliable as it requires our own interpretation. In addition there may be other reasons she wishes not to take the other type of oath; random example I know a local politician who is Christian but asked to use the non-religious oath at the local council due to his strong belief in a secular state. Unless she, or a reliable source, has commented on religious affiliation we do not know --Errant Tmorton166(Talk) 15:20, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes there are many reason you would not take the religious oath, perhaps she is a Buddhist or whatever, I really dislike asserting such affiliations with weak claims or even worse, no citation at all. I dislike all of this attempting to stuff people into little boxes, the wikipedia seems flooding with this over categorization. Off2riorob (talk) 15:26, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Nothing grinds my teeth so much as when I tell someone I have no interest in religion/god beyond a passing academic one they go "ooh, your an atheist" bah :P --Errant Tmorton166(Talk) 15:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religion 

message: The first two lines of the Early Life sub-heading presently read:
:Born in Inverness, her father is Tony Cooper, former General Secretary of the Union Prospect, a member of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and a former Chairman of the British Nuclear Industry Forum. He was appointed to the government's Energy Advisory Panel by the Conservatives and has been described by the Nuclear Industry Association as an "articulate, persuasive and well-informed advocate of nuclear power".
I propose that the second sentence be deleted as it appears to the casual observer that this article is more about her father than the subject herself. Somewhat sad if we have to proceed in this world bench-marked against the achievements of our parents, even when they don't even rate an article--Calabraxthis (talk)  20:36, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Father's Daughter ? - reduce references 

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message: Awful and years out of date. Surely there must be a better one? 83.193.151.28 (talk) 21:39, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main picture 

message: I've taken out the reference to Ed Balls from the lead, and moved most of the information to the personal life section. If editors feel it is relevant in its own right and deserves a place in the lead, by all means move it back. SocialDem (talk) 20:30, 4 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree with that.  I have readded a one-sentence mention of him in the lead, because important information like that belongs in the lead.   If a politician is married to somebody notable enough for his or her own wikipedia article, that is almost always mentioned in the lead.  Also, we don't have to be concerned about lead length; the lead doesn't become too long if Balls is mentioned. pbp 15:36, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ed Balls 

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message: I was surprised to see that her 20 years as an MP was summarized in just 4 lines,mentioning only her maiden speech and naming one committee she has served on. 
Being interested in foreign affairs, I added her foreign policy record writing: 
"Yvette Cooper voted for the war in Iraq, and later against its investigation. She further, consistently voted for military interventions abroad, such as in Afghanistan, Libya and Syria." adding what I think is a credible source: https://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpid=41902&dmp=6688. 
This edit was undone with the following comment: "Obvious POV pushing". While I understand the comment, I am convinced that only mentioning her maiden speech and one committee she has served on in 20 years time is an obvious lie by omission and therefore a POV pushing. 
I think that the rest of her record should be highlighted as well, I just don't have the time and the knowledge myself.
Any advise on this?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaetan6371 (talk • contribs) 09:23, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Member of parliament  

message: This has just removed all her shadow portfolios.--86.182.186.188 (talk) 22:29, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opposition