Just heard your trip up the Elizabeth Tower/Big Ben @MattChorley - recalled this Blue Peter clip from back in the "good old days". Peter Duncan's contract needs checking! and that's after 300+ step walk up too.
https://t.co/bPrm6S5UVF
@JamesWhitey20@BlackpoolFC@EmiratesFACup@IpswichTown Don't think it's been too bad in Ipswich, although travel from the NW could be affected. We're driving up from the SE so will keep an eye on the travel news. Early warnings would be appreciated ๐ฅถ๐
There will be people who think this is deeply unfair, but it canโt 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 doesnโt work and it hasnโt worked for a long time.
The career-ending thing isnโt saying โI broke that promise and Iโm sorry, but hereโs why I really think itโs the right thing to doโฆโ It is repeatedly saying you did it without holding up your hands; in the process treating your audience like theyโre 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 canโt 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 theyโll listen even when you admit mistakes - maybe even more then, because it is human.