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Yeah that's weak. I didn't hear him say it was necessary but he did say he wasn't going to repeal it. I don't really see why. If he'd justified it in a slightly different way - something like 'the problem with the law is not the law but with Suella Braverman directing the police to use their powers for govt priorities not for what the law itself allows for' we'd at least have seen a different approach, but the 'bedding in' defence is just beige weak 'wait and see' nothing.
Again I'm with you, I know he's being electorally pragmatic - he doesn't want to allow Sunak the ability to say 'he's on the side of the protesters' - but at some point he has to have the courage of his convictions. If he truly believes the Tories picked the wrong horse by going for the culture war dollar, and everything he's said recently seems to point in that direction, then he needs to start winning the arguments OUTSIDE the culture war.
Just backing down from every fight is going to be as counterproductive as stepping on every rake the Tories put out there.
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he doesn't want to allow Sunak the ability to say 'he's on the side of the protesters'
He needs to say that he is on the side of the democratic right of people in the UK to protest as a repost to any claim Sunak may make that he is on the side of protesters.
He could also say that he s on the side of nurses, teachers etc right to ask for a fair wage
skydancer
https://twitter.com/ITVNewsPolitics/status/1655970444351086592?s=19
Yes I know he's being pragmatic but the saying it's needed because of just stop oil but really annoyed me