On Phillips and Nandy, the approach on Twitter is quite clear. Take the most contentious aside they've made, interpret it in the most unfavourable possible light, and then try to define them on the basis of it.
In both cases they've made comments or allusions that were probably unwise. Everyone messes up a bit. It happens.
But of course this is Twitter, so Nandy wants to beat up and arrest Scottish independence supports and Phillips hates ethnic minorities and trans people.
Because it's so much easier to create a pantomime villain than it is to treat people as capable of sensible thoughts and errors at the same time.
