The fall of the Tory party

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c00ps in reply to @yoshy

I feel like there's a lot of "government is considering..." stuff happening. Put an idea out there, make loads of positive or culture war headlines, then quietly shelve it once the media cycle has moved on.

This has been the MO for years - leak policy to media, see if it passes the public sniff test, say it wasn't the policy if it gets slated...

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Fishfabs in reply to @c00ps

I feel like there's a lot of "government is considering..." stuff happening. Put an idea out there, make loads of positive or culture war headlines, then quietly shelve it once the media cycle has moved on.

This has been the MO for years - leak policy to media, see if it passes the public sniff test, say it wasn't the policy if it gets slated...

Totally agree with this. Cynical politics

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