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Originally Posted by Soldier Boy
I think politicians find this especially difficult to answer because, being politicians, their compulsion is to give an answer that won't offend anyone even if that means selective non-answering. But the simple fact is that on this issue... you can't. You can't take a stance of not offending anyone. Taking a simplistically firm stance in one direction will offend a large group of people, not answering will piss everyone off, and trying to divide the issue up and take a nuanced stance will clearly also piss off large numbers of people on all sides  . There's no diplomatic voter-pleasing stance to take here so politicians need to just make a decision. Wee Nic ultimately ended up trying to walk a tightrope on the issue, tied herself in knots, and ended her decades-long career in a week. |
Rishi Sunak was asked that question the other week. He answered it as any rational adult would and guess what.. nowt happened
As did Wes Streeting and again - he is still alive and well.
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