Dog-whistle politics from Bojo, straight out of the Trump playbook to unite the far/alt right, racists and Billy Britains from all walks of life behind him and make them think he's one of their own...that they can trust him....that (and this is the important bit) their vote is safe with him.
What Boris actually thinks is completely irrelevant, but he knows, just as Trump does, just how powerful the dog-whistle is in an age where populism is king. Pied pipers for the modern age! . . . Just look at his recent and frankly ridiculous frothing over the proms....he knows how to work his audience I guess!
But Boris isn't necessarily the worst thing in the recent history of British politics....I think Corbyn just about edges it in the the race to be the shittest leader. They do have a lot in common though in that both have managed to hollow out their respective political parties and fill them with sycophantic, fanatical and quite often pretty angry and vindictive yes men/women. Labour are currently redressing this (hence all the froth about "civil war") whereas the Tories are still continuing their journey into the abyss at pace. If I were a betting man, I would predict it will not end well for Bojo, Dommy or any of their current cohort. The fact that they are the government of the day means that quite a lot of us little, normal, not rich, not important folk will end up as collateral damage if the Tory descent isn't slowed by the likes of Sunak. They're also busy changing the rules of engagement within public sector, where it is now the heads of quangos and other NGOs who fall on their swords and take the blame, rather then the government and it's incompetent ministers, allowing them to appoint yet more sycophantic yes people to those establishments too (plenty parachuted into various departments already - competence not required, but being on-message is). It's like Night of the Long Knives for the modern age, but slower and less violent (maybe Year of the Utter Pricks?)
Anyway, this is the Trump thread, so maybe back to his Orangeness for a moment - What a freak show the RNC is turning out to be. If he loses the election, it is rigged because postal voting is riven with fraud, even though there is no evidence to back that up AND Trump himself votes by post!
Very few notable senior republicans coming out in support of SCROTUS at their conference (In fact I think almost as many Republicans spoke at the DNC in favour of Biden- lol!) - his family members and other nepotistic hangers on are left to do that and they don't care about facts or accuracy - much of what they rant about (Kimberly Guilfoyle, anyone?) is neither factual or accurate....but it plays to their core who appear cocooned in some alternate reality. Theres' also the small matter that using offices of state to promote a party political line contravenes the Hatch Act, but guess what...that is exactly what the Trump organisation and GOP have done.
Someone compared this Presidential race to the recent Champions League final. The result will have nothing to do with who is perceived as technically the best footballing team and everything to do with who wants it the most and the lengths and depths they will go to to win it, by fair means or foul.
