Thread: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Old 03-12-2018, 09:38   #1753
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Re: Government & Post Election Discussion
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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
There are many policies l disagree with as the Conservatives are in government currently and its up to them to come out with coherent well thought out policies but thus so far they have been too deeply obsessed with Brexit and not much else and that is not good enough for many voters.

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...
Yes, but when it comes to the vote, you have to make a decision about the performance of parties in government, don't you?

It's no good voting for Labour because you think the Conservatives could have done more for the NHS when it is obvious that Labour would do less, based on their record.

That is why I make the comparison.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
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.)
It's not, Andrew. You can complain as much as you like about the current government, but when you compare them with the last Labour government and the state of the Corbyn Labour Party now, it puts matters in context.

Of course, the diehards don't like such comparisons because it shows their party in a bad light. That's why they don't want to engage in such arguments.
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