he really hasn't earned iconography like this having never gifted us a leather trousers or an "attack dog PM flanked by uniformed police" moment. nobody cares how much more he can TAKE because he's never GIVEN!
I didn’t even have Teletext #PoorEllie
It would be quite funny and, in a WAY, welcome - there's the potential for the right to just splinter at this election and find themselves unable to stitch something by back together that is electorally viable for several years. The centre/very soft right may look to the Lib Dems because of the coalition, despite them really being a soft left party at this stage plus they're giving some disaffected Labour voters somewhere to go.genuinely starting to wonder if the lib dems will indeed get more seats than the Tories now![]()
Like is he STUPID!?
He must have done a million test questions about “how can you relate to the British people?” and the best him AND they could come up with is he went without Sky!?
I’d have more respect if he said “you know what, I fucking can’t but I’m out there listening to my constituents day in day out”
Well quite.Will they EXIST in 2029?
Why is 'I was extremely fortunate, I was brought up in a financially secure home, and I want every child to experience the same' so difficult?This is it. The answer isn't really the issue because it's all relative. I'm sure there are plenty of people who would've perceived "going without" as a kid to mean luxuries rather than fundamentals (sidenote: still salty that I didn't get the Deluxe Megazord for Christmas in 1993). Rishi's problem is that he/his advisers have never worked out how to square the circle of his wealth and privilege in a way that doesn't make him seem out of touch. It's rather alarming (if not at all surprising) that falling back on the 'he's a man of the people' angle has evidently been deemed the less damaging approach than trying to project empathy or understanding.
Why is 'I was extremely fortunate, I was brought up in a financially secure home, and I want every child to experience the same' so difficult?
Presumably because you don't give a shit, but plenty of others would be able to pretend with a modicum of believability.
Love that this was palpable nonsense when she published it but has only become funnier and funnier in the subsequent two weeks
Because someone might bring up his not-insignificant role in the Horizon Post Office scandal while he served in the coalition government. Why face scrutiny when he can send Daisy Cooper to do the debates and spend six weeks playing the harmless buffoon instead?Why is Ed Davey pretending to be above these please? It isn't like he is getting on the leaders debates, and Swinney has been doing the Scottish debates.
Do you think he wants us to know that he's put country first party second?