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Originally Posted by Jack_

My housemate and I were talking politics a couple of weeks ago and he came up with what I thought was a great metaphor for the electorates perception of the Tories - that they have an 'invisibility cloak'.

That is, most Labour leaders with the exception of he-who-shall-not-be-named are berated, mocked and torn apart by a hostile mainstream media and their perceived failures in office are cited as criticisms even ten years after the fact. Meanwhile, the Tories can consistently miss targets like the one in the OP, be investigated for electoral fraud, make u-turns on manifesto pledges, run a campaign centred solely around (empty) message discipline and stage managed events, have their leaders consistently make a fuss about TV debates, oversee the creeping decimation of public services (including the flawed academisation of schools, something I and my community have experienced and criticised...yet the Tories took control of the council) and what's the response? "Labour bankrupts the country", "they spend too much", "Corbyn's a bit of a weak leader", "I don't think he'd press the button", "he's a terrorist sympathiser", "Brexit means Brexit", "strong and stable", "there's no money left", "he can't eat a bacon sandwich haha", "we're too full", the list goes on. Essentially, no matter what they do - and even if people criticise them for it - there's always an excuse, and/or they'll always get away with it. It's a ****ing joke.

One of your absolute finest of posts.

All true and and a great read.
You are brilliant.