Keir Starmer is not blameless when it comes to Brexit, but he is moving in the right direction. Even the Tories attacking him know that, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Do you agree that Brexit has been “a pointless waste of time, money and effort”?
They only do that because people are lying to them. If you limit the lies told to them by people with special interests that don’t include reality, you get people that don’t go against their own self interests.
Someone has to talk another person into hammering their big toe repeatedly. People figure it out on their own pretty quick. Unless they are constantly being bombarded by lies.
The biggest flaw of living in society is just how easily people are swayed to go against their own self interest.
Nothing new, the ancient Greeks and the Romans had their fill of demagogues.
They only do that because people are lying to them. If you limit the lies told to them by people with special interests that don’t include reality, you get people that don’t go against their own self interests.
Someone has to talk another person into hammering their big toe repeatedly. People figure it out on their own pretty quick. Unless they are constantly being bombarded by lies.