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Ah, I see Sunak is going for the incompetence defence.
"I appointed Williamson because I have no clue what I'm doing and so I didn't know there was anything dodgy about him."
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@statsguy Now updated to "Yeah, okay, someone mentioned that he was a bit dodgy, but I didn't know any details."
Basically, he needed to be told an incompetent piece of work twice sacked from cabinet was bad news, and considered this information so important that he somehow didn't get round to asking what the issue was.
Not sure how long Sunak's ratings can defy gravity if he carries on like this.
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@statsguy Indeed. I'm not naive enough to believe that politics is ever squeaky clean, and clearly, like Braverman, there's a tit-for-tat arrangement here dating back to the leadership contest.
It's both and astonishing and depressing how poor the explanations are, and how easily they expose Sunak's projected self-image.
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@Spinybadger I believe the phrase "wilful blindness" is probably appropriate here