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Exactly this. I worry the general public have been frog-boiled into accepting post-truth populism. Any rational politician with sensible, actionable ideas just gets lost in the noise or called boring.
On the plus side, he’s completely wrecked the Tory party and they’re kind of tearing themselves apart with culture war bullshit now.
Well_is_it-
I worry the general public have been frog-boiled into accepting post-truth populism
This is a better way of expressing what I was trying to say. I think the media bears a little responsibility for this by constantly taking the bait / mini-scandal dangled in each news cycle, which distracts from more serious issues.
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On the plus side, he’s completely wrecked the Tory party and they’re kind of tearing themselves apart with culture war bullshit now.
Which would be much better viewing if they weren't meant to be running the place
NickCJ
Sumo
We appear to have different perspectives. It has come to the point where big and little lies have passed by the general public. It just feels to me to be useful to be continually aware of them and at some point a little one may be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
A bit like with Boris losing his position, it was the drip drip drip that finally did him in. He did so much wrong that would have caused anyone with an ounce of shame to resign, and it took forever for his party to finally decide it was unacceptable.