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How the Tories managed to turn a row about tax plans into a row about their own integrity (dividinglines.substack.com)

submitted 5 months ago by frankPodmore@slrpnk.net to c/uk_politics

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I was pretty furious about Sunak lying, and I still am, but it's interesting and a little bit reassuring to hear a perspective suggesting it will only hurt his campaign.

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[–] scrchngwsl 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I really hope this is what is happening, but I worry that Tom Hamilton is too much of a Labour insider to see this objectively. I know he cites some neutral (BBC) and right wing (Fraser Nelson / The Spectator) pick up of the lies, but I won't feel comfortable until I see someone like Iain Dale talking about it on LBC.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago

I think most of the cooler heads are saying similar things, including, as you say, people like Fraser Nelson who are not inclined to be sympathetic towards Labour!