Housing minsiter Esther McVey went on hilarious ramble about '3D architects' at Tory Party conference | indy100 | indy100

If you thought knowing something about how houses are built would be something of a requirement for a housing minister... well you may want to sit down for this next bit.

Speaking at the Tory Party conference today, Esther McVey has baffled most of the internet in a bizarre ramble about construction.

If we have this new way of doing it... 3D architects, 3D visionaries... doing it... with it on a computer... doing it... there's a whole new raft of jobs!

Nope, us neither.

As many pointed out, when it comes to architecture, computers aren't exactly "new".

Esther McVey is telling Tory conference about “3D architects” who are “doing it on a computer”. I don’t know much a… https://t.co/Te5It407Tr
— Isabel Hardman (@Isabel Hardman) 1569839672

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@OnnyPonny @IsabelHardman I'm 72, I retired 7 years ago having worked with AutoCAD, MapInfo and ArcInfo for most of my working life.
— Boosted John Support the RNLI (@Boosted John Support the RNLI) 1569848680

@IsabelHardman For at least 20 years...wait till she hears about this internet thingy.
— 🇪🇺 Jack of Diamonds 💚 (@🇪🇺 Jack of Diamonds 💚) 1569841403

And building three-dimensional houses is kind of crucial.

@IsabelHardman Personally, I grew out of those 2D buildings a long time ago - they were kind of cramped! 3D homes are so much better...
— James Pargeter (@James Pargeter) 1569841235

@IsabelHardman Don't tell the Flat Earth Society that architects have moved into 3D now!
— The Life Dramatic (@The Life Dramatic) 1569841560

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On a serious(ish) note, her lack of tech understanding seemed... troubling.

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@IsabelHardman Is she also talking about the "internets" and showing a small box with a blinking red light on it?
— Nick Tesco (@Nick Tesco) 1569840935

@indeox @SheRa_Marley On a computer?! Surely impossible! That's insane.
— Gareth Williams (@Gareth Williams) 1569848902

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