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Originally Posted by Mr K
People voting for 'personalties' and 'charisma' is where it all went wrong. Blame politicians all you want, the buck stops with the electorate. They were warned, but chose to vote for the current muppets.
(True you can't blame them for Dizzy Lizzy as they didn't get a say, such is our 'democracy', but she's just a symptom of where we've ended up of folks not doing 'thinking' when they vote).
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The media takes its share of the blame for being complicit in cultivating these personalities. Softball interviews after softball interviews.
Compare and contrast with BBC Local Radio skewering Truss the other week. They still remember what journalism is. In SW1 they’re commentators, like in the WWE they’re just part of the show.