Keir Starmer is actually going to sack his own front bench rather than make a diplomatic plea so mild and uncontroversial that it’s already been made by a whole bunch of Tories; Emmanuel Macron; and Macklemore.
One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.
The week in Tory MPs so far: one convicted of molesting a minor, another having to apologise for defending said paedophile, PM and chancellor convicted of breaking the COVID laws they wrote. And it’s only Fucking Tuesday.
Me: Hi, I'm here for the Lingering job. I think I'd be perfect.
Shop assistant: It's a Lingerie job. Not Lingering.
Me: oh haha, bugger.
Shop assistant 5 minutes later: Is there anything else?
If you take away the undeserved luxuries of being an MP (the endless expenses, the second jobs, the cash flow from sitting on boards, the ability to employ your children) the role will attract people who actually want to help, rather than those only do it for those reasons