Leo
Well-known member
It's a bit grim that being boring is somehow seen as worse than everything wrong with Boris Johnson, mind you.
people value entertainment over legislating.
It's a bit grim that being boring is somehow seen as worse than everything wrong with Boris Johnson, mind you.
It's a bit grim that being boring is somehow seen as worse than everything wrong with Boris Johnson, mind you.
obviously the ECHR stepping in at the last minute to stop the deportations is probably what they want as well. pretty good for a certain section of the electorate.It's a trap though. They want him to say something so they can start laying into him as Mr Human Rights Lefty Lawyer. Bit of conspiracy thinking for you but it almost feels like the whole thing is set up so they have a way to employ a wedge issue against him. I'm sure that was a part of the rationale in the first place, or at least an attractive benefit. That's why he's not being drawn. Others like Yvette Cooper (Shad home at the minute I think?) have said what a disgrace it is.
You can say it's fucking stupid to run for the highest office in the country and be frightened to let people know your opinions and I might agree with you but that's electoral politics in a time of culture wars for you.
Exactly. Another group of faceless Euro bureaucrats to get angry at. Brexit Mk 2.obviously the ECHR stepping in at the last minute to stop the deportations is probably what they want as well. pretty good for a certain section of the electorate.
i can't figure out if this thing where generating symbolism like this is one of the main electoral battlegrounds is a new thing, or if it's always been pretty much like thisExactly. Another group of faceless Euro bureaucrats to get angry at. Brexit Mk 2.
I think it's unlikely they thought the plane would ever get off the ground but it ignites the culture war so well and good.
He has criticised it but I couldn't find a quote where he just says "We would not do this."I don't want to defend him too much. Maybe he genuinely has a shit comms teams around him. Would be good if could articulate a position on this somehow that didn't just draw him into the same back and forth.
You can say it's fucking stupid to run for the highest office in the country and be frightened to let people know your opinions and I might agree with you but that's electoral politics in a time of culture wars for you.
I don't want to defend him too much. Maybe he genuinely has a shit comms teams around him. Would be good if could articulate a position on this somehow that didn't just draw him into the same back and forth.
They're losing their shit. Claiming conspiracy and angry that he said he'd resigned even though at first it was what they wanted.Aaaaand he's in the clear over Beergate.
Thoughts and prayers to all the swivel-eyed Tory true-believers who'd been clinging to the prospect of Starmer getting busted like a security blanket.