• meejle@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    “Some of the rhetoric we’re hearing – racist rhetoric, divisive rhetoric – that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago is returning to politics and it makes people feel very scared,” he said.

    “We have to stand up to that racism, that division, and we have to proudly say that to be British is to have concern for others, is to be reasonable, is to be tolerant and compassionate, and we’re proud of that.”

    I totally agree, but why haven’t you been doing any of those things until now? Is this meant to be a “do as I say, not as I do” thing?

  • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netM
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    26 days ago

    It’s notable how much more comfortable he looks doing this compared with when he’s doing the nonsense pandering.