Yesterday’s mobbing is being put down the Savile comment made by Boris Johnson and the Guardian continues with this meme.
Words matter. They are all you have as a politician. They are your only weapon of choice. We wage war and we broker peace with words. We inflame or we calm. That is why it is so important to deploy them carefully and responsibly.
Unfortunately, a cynic knows how to cast aspersions, make an insinuation and whisper sweet nastiness in the public ear – preferably without anyone noticing. But it’s a dangerous business. The poison you pour in the well may be intended for your enemy, but it can all too easily poison your friends and all around you too.
This is my problem with Boris Johnson’s foul slurs against Keir Starmer.
Johnson knew precisely what he was doing when he falsely claimed Starmer failed to prosecute Savile when he was director of public prosecutions. He had discussed it with his advisers beforehand. He knew he was up against the wall, and he desperately wanted a distraction. He was advised against it, in the strongest terms. He was told it was irresponsible and dangerous. He was leaching off the conspiracy theories of the very hard-right in the UK and the US and giving dangerous elements in society succour. It would provide an authoritative platform for the very nastiest characters in the body politic.
It was bound to inflame feelings – and yesterday we saw precisely what it could do, when an angry mob lambasted Starmer as he returned to parliament from the Ministry of Defence.
Chris Bryant is the vile little man who represents Rhondda. And of course, what he is claiming here is a lie.
Videos on social media showed Sir Keir being escorted into a police car on Victoria Embankment shortly after 17:00 GMT, close to Portcullis House – an office building used by MPs.
Protesters could be heard repeatedly shouting “traitor”, while criticising the Labour leader for supporting Covid vaccinations and not “opposing the government” or protecting the working man.
Some protesters were seen holding signs opposing mandatory vaccinations and restrictions to curb the spread of Covid.
While there were some shouting about Savile, the primary protest was about covid restrictions, so Bryant is lying here – the protest wasn’t about Johnson’s comments and he didn’t incite it.
And the Guardian is happy to publish such lies. Well, I never.
The mob is question is Piers Corbyn’s chums. I very much doubt they take their cues from Boris!
Some people work on the basis that ‘the ends justify the means’ – this rarely ends well.
It’s not even as if getting rid of Boris is worthwhile. His downfall would not immediately result in a new General Election. If he is that awful, leave him in place to hobble the Conservatives. Or, of course, perhaps it is just mischief.
Well, yes, wouldn’t it be in Labour’s interests for the mop-headed twerp to remain as PM? If he is that bad, wouldn’t he be a liability for the “Conservatives” at the next election? Replacing him with a stronger PM would hamper Labour’s chances of winning the next election.
See also BBC and ITV “News”…as they like to call themselves, despite evidence to the contrary.
It wasn’t a false claim. Starmer at the time publicly apologised about letting Savile off. About time this came back and bit him. The mob of idiots were anti-vaxxers, anarchists and allegedly whipped up by Piers Corbyn. Nothing to do with BoJo.