The Tories’ supermajority scaremongering could backfire
The IndependentThe Tories’ latest wheeze in scaremongering is to raise fears of a Labour supermajority. Especially as it’s a loathing of the Tories – not a fear of Labour – that seems to be the persuading factor in how floating voters intend to vote. Tony Baker North Yorkshire A lease deal to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict Nigel Farage’s recent comments about the Russian invasion of Ukraine have reminded me of a piece by Mary Dejevsky published in The Independent in 2022, titled “The West is attempting to goad Russia into a war it doesn’t want”. It’s a sad reflection on British society that a significant number of people, even if a minority, seem to think that Farage could become leader of the Conservative Party, or even prime minister. Why aren’t his opponents playing the easily available video clips from a couple of years ago of his selling greetings and messages on a video messaging site for a few quid – especially the clip where he was fooled into saying “Up the Ra”?
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