1/ Five reasons I think the Christmas Party scandal is so damaging:
Because they denied the (many many) parties happened at all, every new detail released is breaking news, and the potential sources for @PippaCrerar, @Annaisaac et al are legion.
The news cycle just won't end.
Because they denied the (many many) parties happened at all, every new detail released is breaking news, and the potential sources for @PippaCrerar, @Annaisaac et al are legion.
The news cycle just won't end.
2/ It plays into not only the one narrative that has ever actually hurt the government (rules hypocrisy), but the one they were actively embattled in thanks to launching the world's dumbest attempt to rescue Owen Patterson from the consequences of his own actions.
3/ It is fundamentally a lockdowns thing occurring right as lockdowns are once again foremost in people's minds.
It doesn't feel like ancient history because Omicron has made this Christmas feel a lot like the one they partied through.
It doesn't feel like ancient history because Omicron has made this Christmas feel a lot like the one they partied through.
4/ There's no clear Brexit angle, or obvious way to credibly position scrutiny on this issue as threatening Brexit either practically or reputationally.
They hit their always previously reliable culture war drum and no troops worth mentioning came running.
They hit their always previously reliable culture war drum and no troops worth mentioning came running.
5/ They were never actually the communications geniuses they convinced themselves they are.
They just had a popular product (Johnson), a weak & fractured opposition, and the spectre of Remain and Corbyn to frighten older voters.
Without them, they are lost and flailing.
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They just had a popular product (Johnson), a weak & fractured opposition, and the spectre of Remain and Corbyn to frighten older voters.
Without them, they are lost and flailing.
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