TOM EATON | Toothless opposition is why inept leaders stay in power
If the opposition weren’t so weak and directionless, we wouldn’t be stuck with ineffective, rudderless governments
07 July 2022 - 22:11
Boris Johnson — liar, hypocrite and zealous proponent of British cadre deployment — has been hoist by his own buffoonish petard. The Tories, having hitched their wagon to his shabby star, are in total disarray. And yet Labour, the official opposition, is nowhere; bleating in the distance about how terrible Johnson was while offering nothing but platitudes as an alternative...
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