Quote Originally Posted by SmiffyPie View Post
The European Trump bumbles again and like all career politicians Priti apologises after the event and sails on into her sunset.
Unfortunately, calling Johnson "The European Trump" is frighteningly accurate in my opinion, because his government seems to be copying the strategy used by Trump. Whatever the circumstances, defend your supporters at all costs. We've even seen blatant lies where failures are actually portrayed as triumphs in the hope that a lot won't notice. Trump did it with Covid, where he insisted his actions had saved many lives when it was quite clear that his inaction had cost many lives. The Tories are doing the same with test, track and trace. It's clear that their system has been an abject failure from day one (if horsesh!t wants to prove me wrong then feel free), but Matt Hancock goes on TV and insists it is working well and all his "audacious" targets are being met. If this is just lefty propaganda, please could someone put me right?

Regarding Patel, I don't see how this is a left v right issue. Surely it's right v wrong? If bullying has taken place (and the report says it has) then the bully should pay the consequences. Not under this government it seems, a grudging "I didn't mean it" is perfectly acceptable.