Thread by @garius

Political production ahead of imminent elections:

Don't expect to see Labour doing any better for a long, long time.

When decent people make bad choices (Brexit etc) they double down on it first before changing their minds.

Johnson is thriving on encouraging this.

There's no point trying to lecture people into changing their minds. Didn't work for Corbyn. Wouldn't work for Starmer.

All you can do is keep patiently advocating good, decent things while making sure things like corruption don't get brushed under the carpet.

You can't shock or gotcha people into changing their minds on a decision they have made an emotional investment in that had real world consequences.

You just have to make the barriers to them having their own, unprompted "Hans" moment as low as possible.

And then, when they do start seeing that MAYBE Johnson is a corrupt piece of shit bleeding this country dry and destroying our culture and international image, you just have to go:

"Yeah. I agree."

Not:

"I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO"

Because NOBODY likes that person who says "I told you so" and that kind of shit just created MORE barriers to creating a better country again together.

Bite your lip. It's fucking HARD. I know this. Am having to do it with my dad. But you have to.

But anyway. We're many, many years away from that.

Until then, it's about minimising the impact of Johnson's craptocracy on those it affects most, and making sure there's a coherent, caring alternative in place for when people are ready to listen.

Because I hate to be the guy to break it to you, but baring Johnson SOMEHOW bringing himself down (which would take an INSANE level of shittery as the tolerance for his brand of personal awfulness is so high) he's winning the next two General Elections.