I keep saying that if the opposition parties are going to make headway against the Tories, they have to work together.
The lobbying scandal provides a good challenge - one which they seem to be failing. Short thread. 1/7
The lobbying scandal provides a good challenge - one which they seem to be failing. Short thread. 1/7
Sleaze, cronyism and corruption are back. It isn't just Greensill - it is also PPE/NHS contracts, housing, the ministerial code etc etc.
It is part of an unprecedented, and very dangerous, attack on the constitution and public institutions. 2/7
blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2020/02…
It is part of an unprecedented, and very dangerous, attack on the constitution and public institutions. 2/7
blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2020/02…
The Govt's defence is two-fold.
First, to have a pliant enquiry, and to feign that this issue is taken *very* seriously.
And, second, to seek to draw all politicians (and, better civil servants too) into the mire, and further reduce trust not in them, but in politics. 3/7
First, to have a pliant enquiry, and to feign that this issue is taken *very* seriously.
And, second, to seek to draw all politicians (and, better civil servants too) into the mire, and further reduce trust not in them, but in politics. 3/7
Opposition politicians want to revel in the Govt's discomfort.
The challenge they face (it, imv, shouldn't be difficult) is to explain that the corruption surrounding this Govt is on a different scale to what we have seen before. 4/7
The challenge they face (it, imv, shouldn't be difficult) is to explain that the corruption surrounding this Govt is on a different scale to what we have seen before. 4/7
What, imv, they absolutely should not do, is be drawn into criticising each other. Criticising each other (obviously...) strengthens the narrative that the problem isn't the Govt but 'politics'. 5/7
But, it is, it seems, too difficult to resist the appeal of scoring points against Lab, LDs, Greens and the SNP.
Narrow tribalism wins out, and the Govt's task is made all the easier. 6/7
Narrow tribalism wins out, and the Govt's task is made all the easier. 6/7
We see this time and again, over a range of issues.
Unless the opposition parties focus their fire on the Govt and not on each other they are not going to make any headway. 7/7
Unless the opposition parties focus their fire on the Govt and not on each other they are not going to make any headway. 7/7
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