There will be people who think this is deeply unfair, but it can’t be avoided anymore. You cannot do politics like this now - going on the radio or TV and using a clever form of words to avoid saying the thing you think will end your career. It doesn’t work and it hasn’t worked for a long time.
The career-ending thing isn’t saying “I broke that promise and I’m sorry, but here’s why I really think it’s the right thing to do…” It is repeatedly saying you did it without holding up your hands; in the process treating your audience like they’re daft and eroding trust so much that nobody listens to your actual argument. Why would you get a hearing for what you believe is right if you can’t show enough respect to admit your choice broke a promise?
No parent would accept that kind of apology from a child; why do some of our politicians still think voters should accept it from them? Trust people to give you a hearing and they’ll listen even when you admit mistakes - maybe even more then, because it is human.
Dust down your CVs! I hear a vacancy in accounts in Downing Street will be advertised on Monday. Are you an economist at the Bank of England or for a regional building society? No worries. GSCE maths or an HND in book keeping will do.
IT'S OFFICIAL: There was no "£20billion black hole".
It was a lie.
Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer repeated this lie in the Commons, at PMQs, to the press, the markets, and directly to the British public.
To say this is *incredibly serious* would be an understatement.
Let me get this straight, someone on ave. salary £35k a year, WORKING, will now be £1,400 worse off after the budget
BUT someone with 5 kids on benefits NOT working will be £10,000 better off
This is becoming a disgrace. Rewarded for not working, PUNISHED for working
A man rushes to help a newborn foal that wasn’t breathing and moments later, it comes back to life. The foal’s pure joy feels like it can freeze time and make the whole world beautiful again. 🐴
This is what clean energy looks like. A massive diesel powered train taking “Biomass” (wood) to Drax power station from Liverpool where it arrived on oil guzzling tankers from Brazil and USA. And yet we are sitting on coal gas and cities like Aberdeen and industry are dying
‘Harry has 'regrets' and wants a 'reset' with his family and UK.’
I can only speak for myself, but…
No thank you, not a chance in hell, you lying, nasty, vengeful, viscous, spiteful, arrogant little traitor! 👋 🥾 🚪 🖕 https://t.co/DRdOVKoNBN