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I think Starmer had an astonishingly easy ride from the media in opposition.
Really? My memory is they kept everything totally buttoned down, and even the slightest whif of a story got air - whether that be beer-gate or SNP Traps.
I think they were niave on this and slow to react. But ultimately they would have come into this thinking that having followed the rules would be sufficient. If anything Imo at this point the whole thing is more indicative of the Tory sugar rush the press have been buzzing off for the past 10yrs, and now journos need to fill column inches with a derivation of the same story.
It's being pitched as those these are constant revolutions being exposed, but it's not. It's just some lazy hacks and editors pasting from the disclosure list each day to avoid doing meaningful work.
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If I offer you a suite at the Dorchester, it's not like I give you the money, it's just that they have a spare suite and I offer it's use. Hmm....
The stuff about Johnson is whataboutery. Ignoring that, he was likely the most venal politician of his generation, so he's probably not someone you'd want to be measured against.
Starmer's key campaign messages, were a return to steady, technocratic government, fairness and removing the grift from politics. I can see why people would bristle - the fact his personal ratings are below Sunak's tend to suggest people do care about the appearances.
I think Starmer had an astonishingly easy ride from the media in opposition. His team are disastrously complacent if they expected that to carry over into office.