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Originally Posted by Damien
Sorry, but how do you know this? We don't know the guy's motivations or personality. For all we know he is a decent man, who (imo) is simply not cut out to be PM. 
I don't understand the trend to have a personal dislike of every politician. This country is obsessed with getting personal about these people when I think in most cases they are not the Machiavellian devils they are portrayed to be  |
Because people see he is causing a lot of damage at current, borrowing to try and win votes and making big mistakes.
Although I agree he came into power at a unlucky time but lets not forget many of the problems stem down from his time as chancellor and he is reacting in a bad way to them as PM.
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Originally Posted by Damien
To be honest, Alistair Darling tried a more "honest" approach the other week when he admitted the economical was in serious trouble (although I disagree with his dire assessment). Look where that got him.
I thinking the spin is not unique to Labour, Britain, or even politics. I think its a symptom of a society which is too tolerant of lies and not tolerant enough about mistakes.
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to be fair you have a point, I felt the media reacted badly to that, they were essentially telling him they would have preffered he lied so people are misled into thinking the economy is better for confidence reasons.