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Tyke.Because he got Brexit done. He was their man against the bas**rd foreigners and the Elite. He took back control.Like I keep telling you, this isn't old style normal politics, where policies and reasoned arguments matter. It's a Culture War. If you don't get that, you'll never understand Johnson or his supporters in here or outside.
Thing is, everyone in their right mind knows that this partying inquest has blown over any form of reasonable proportion simply for political reasons, and it has been amplified for the simple reason that the opposition has absolutely nothing going for it and can only raise its own popularity by lowering the oppositions.Put it this way, how many of you Labour lot would have condemned a Labour government so vehemently for doing the same thing?
Quote from: Bentley Bullet on January 29, 2022, 12:08:27 pmThing is, everyone in their right mind knows that this partying inquest has blown over any form of reasonable proportion simply for political reasons, and it has been amplified for the simple reason that the opposition has absolutely nothing going for it and can only raise its own popularity by lowering the oppositions.Put it this way, how many of you Labour lot would have condemned a Labour government so vehemently for doing the same thing? My guess none, but watch them Come on here and say otherwise
Quote from: glosterred on January 28, 2022, 09:43:31 pmAll this talk over a party in June 2020, when it was first reported in June of that year no one gave a shit, why now?https://order-order.com/2022/01/28/burns-claims-boris-denies-birthday-cake/Ever heard of Marie Antoinette?Entitlement and arrogance in the face of real hardship. That's what's coming.
All this talk over a party in June 2020, when it was first reported in June of that year no one gave a shit, why now?https://order-order.com/2022/01/28/burns-claims-boris-denies-birthday-cake/
Well here we are in politics 2022.The likes of BB and his clique are so closed off to the concept of normal behaviour in politics that they are certain, just certain that folk on the other side would accept without criticism a leader who:1) Chose the side of the referendum campaign to support based purely on how it would suit his career.2) Lied repeatedly in the referendum campaign that followed.3) Voted against the Brexit deal in order to bring down the PM, replaced her then signed an near identical Brexit deal.4) Illegally prorogues Parliament and lied to the Queen.5) Lied about the deal he'd signed repeatedly during the Election campaign.6) Vanished for a month after the Election to sort out his divorce while COVID got hold.7) Returned making stupid boasts about shaking hands on COVID wards as we started on a wave that killed nearly 70,000 people in a couple of months.8) Delayed action on the second lockdown, leading to maybe 40,000 avoidable deaths and a far longer lockdown with much greater economic damage when it finally did come.9) Regularly held social events at work during all this, while the rest of us were sticking to the spirit and the letter of the law.10) Lied about this repeatedly in Parliament when faced with what he'd done.You do have to wonder about the soul of someone who not only cannot find it in them to mumble a word of criticism about that, but assumes that everyone else is as morally bankrupt as them, and wouldn't criticise someone closer to their political stance who acted like that. Must be a barren, parched landscape.
On the matter of class war or culture war, the answer is surely that it is both.The Tories have always pursued policies that favour the wealthy.In doing so, the gains that come to to those who have resources, be it property or other assets, are at the cost to those without resources.That is class war.The political strategy is to disguise it from those who are exploited to make it happen.This is where culture wars come in....as a means to that end.The marketing of regressive political policies is hidden (and justified) by use of cultural dog whistles. Blaming all sorts of social issues on immigration without evidence is a great example of this in action.Twas ever thus, but the means to exploit these divisions has changed, with social media giving a booster platform....Q'anon anyone!
Christopher Chope an MP with integrity.