Quote: Mild Rover "I think this demonstrates one of my biggest fears about this government. That the new poop gets stirred in with the old poop and then normalised as all ‘just poop’. That the degradation and corruption of our already imperfect politics becomes permanent or even that merely reverting to only the old failings looks like progress. There is an urgent need for Johnson’s style of politics and method of government to fail and be seen to fail, to borrow a phrase he has himself been using.'"
I worry about the perception of politics in this country, and the effort that goes into us all abandoning any sense of hope or optimism for any decency. For example, the sinister lie that has been sold to the masses is "they are all as bad as each other". Its a deliberate ploy to cover up appalling behaviour and its swallowed by millions in this country. It's an absolute fiction and really quite cunning. It does one of two things. Firstly you can shut down a debate or derail it by saying the line. Its meaningless and fictional but it's fantastic at stopping a conversation that isn't going how you'd like. Secondly it leads to widespread apathy about attempting change. After all, why bother seeking change when x, y and z parties are "just as bad".