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Jennifer Bassett's avatar

You paint a grim and terrifying picture of the four years ahead, and I find it hard to disagree with any of your dark prognostications. And yet, and yet . . . could we not allow a scintilla of sympathy for our beleaguered government? Could we not see David Lammy's words, not as craven and subservient capitulation to a newly crowned tyrant, but just realpolitik through grimly gritted teeth? Robust statements of moral principles are satisfying to make, but if they incur the tyrant's vengeance, with subsequent swingeing trade tariffs and economic pain, would the government not incur shrill criticism from every quarter? Obsequious flattery, however distasteful, is a known method of managing a monster ego that wields enormous power.

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Robin Mulvihill's avatar

There’s too many rewards to be had to play on the far-right.

Give a person power and they will show you what they are - those who aspire to it and support it are greedy, craven and willing to torch whatever reputation they had.

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