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Thread #160168   Message #3797969
Posted By: DMcG
27-Jun-16 - 05:03 PM
Thread Name: BS: Demise of the Labour Party
Subject: RE: BS: Demise of the Labour Party
Jeremy has a problem that I can't see an easy way around. He always responds to questions with considered and nuanced answers. That's the best thing to do in a rational world, but it is awful television/media. So they extract a few words, and leave out all the complexity. He could of course give them what they want, but only by omitting the thought and saying something he knows wouldn't work because it is too simple. How this circle is squared is a difficult problem. And actually it is a problem for all the other labour MPs, since he won't give the soundbite policies for them to parrot: they are obliged to give considered answers as well, which is not how they are used to working