MPs: We don't want a bad Tory Brexit deal.
Boris Johnson: Parliament doesn't want Brexit.
Jo Swinson: I won't back a Corbyn-led Labour government.
Corbyn supporters: LibDems won't back Labour.
Same "false generalisation from the specific" fallacy, just from different angles.
Boris Johnson: Parliament doesn't want Brexit.
Jo Swinson: I won't back a Corbyn-led Labour government.
Corbyn supporters: LibDems won't back Labour.
Same "false generalisation from the specific" fallacy, just from different angles.
In Parliament's case, it might yet back a different better Brexit deal, just not the rubbish ones they have been offered so far.
In LDs case, they might yet back Labour led by a different better leader, just not the rubbish one they have been offered so far.
In LDs case, they might yet back Labour led by a different better leader, just not the rubbish one they have been offered so far.
But by resorting to attacking under false premises, those leaping to incorrect generalisations make a compromise outcome less likely.
The instinctive reaction to being attacked is to dig your heels in.
And then we're stuck.
The instinctive reaction to being attacked is to dig your heels in.
And then we're stuck.
