cerifowler.bsky.social
CD Fellow in Comparative Politics, St Hilda’s College, Oxford. Gender, elections & public opinion. Also fiction, cake, cycling, women in sport, Everton, indie/rock/alt music.
👤 Joined on 20 September 2023
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@cerif.bsky.social@cerif.bsky.social → @cerifowler.bsky.socialWhat a heartless, cruel thing for an elected representative to say.
Show PostI think it is very good that the PM is being so publicly vulnerable about grieving his father. That is also a form of leadership
Show PostMost striking of all is that this is explicitly a very *pro-politics* speech, a direct rebuttal to the anti-politics that is so widespread. And rightly so: politics can change things, it is an admirable thing to choose to engage in and a duty for us all to step forward and pursue.
Show PostI realise the speech was otherwise good but I believe Andy Burnham could have addressed BBC weather being liars, who routinely betray the great British public with nothing but hatred in their cold, dark hearts
Show Post“I will tell you things no leader has been brave enough to say before…” “Thatcher was bad, 1945 govt was good, Tories are bad.” (*wild applause*)
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