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[โ€“] julietOscarEcho 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It pisses me off that this getting coverage when it contains no actual new information and is so obviously a conservative communications strategy.

Rishi is not accepting the rejection of his ideas at all. He's conjuring the spectre of hung parliament as a rallying cry to disaffected tory voters. Maria Caulfield quote about the differences between local and govt elections really hammers this home and every media outfit is blithely repeating it all like they're tory sock puppets.

[โ€“] julietOscarEcho 1 points 7 months ago

Best I've seen so far is the independent and, while they add some sensible context, even they are quoting sunak as if he's speaking in good faith.