Thread: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Old 03-12-2018, 06:23   #1752
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
We are not talking about Labour as that seems to be your usual default position when a forum member questions the government of the day as the Conservatives are in government , They are in charge of government policies so the buck stops with them end of...
That form of non-debate has an official name "Whataboutism". It was popularised by the Trump campaign who suggested the use of "What about her emails?" when faced with difficult questions. (Her being Hillary Clinton.)
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