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Does "conservative-aligned" still mean anything at all in the UK, except an ad-hominem jab on a more liberally-oriented website like HN? There's basically no m
by tomp 5y ago
Does "conservative-aligned" still mean anything at all in the UK, except an ad-hominem jab on a more liberally-oriented website like HN?
There's basically no more serious non-conservative political parties in the UK (Labour is mired in one scandal after another and can't elect a proper leader), whereas the COVID lockdowns (lasting roughly 8 months) were enacted by a conservative leader.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y ago> Does "conservative-aligned" still mean anything at all in the UK When it comes to UK newspapers of course it does. > There's basically no more serious non-conservative political parties in the UK That's certainly an opinion, but one that is not relevant to talking about newspapers. > whereas the COVID lockdowns (lasting roughly 8 months) were enacted by a conservative leader. UK lockdowns were consistently too late, because the Conservative government did not want too admit the necessity. That's why the lockdowns had to be so long and repeated. Pressure like this article exits because the UK Government is know to be susceptible to it. Because they don't have their own serious plans for COVID, or actually for anything else either.
- guerrilla 5y agoI don't understand your argument. You seem to be saying that since there aren't any viable non-conservatives the Conservatives are not conservatives and that this newspaper isn't conservative.