I received a scam text and a scam email this morning, so nothing unusual from our digital world.
To my mind the main digital world headache isn’t so much the scams, but what seems like an increasing morass of pap and clickbait infesting the media instead of material which might possibly be worth a bit of attention. For example, political pap inserted into mainstream news creates a kind of pap fog where features of Keir Starmer’s long reign…
…hang on - er - he hasn’t been PM for that long has he?
Correction indicated, but that’s the issue with political pap, it becomes more difficult to look back on brighter days. Partly because they weren’t much brighter and partly because of pap fog obscuring the perspective.
But Starmer’s long, long reign must surely end eventually…
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Ah! But the scams, pap, and clickbait are distractions - for no modern politician wants to commit to anything concrete for fear of appearing unsuccessful later.
I don't see Starmer lasting indefinitely because too many of his acolytes are finding out that his leadership wanders all over the place. How are you going to get credit for toeing the Party Line if it's not clear where it lies?
DJ - maybe the political situation is so dire and restrictive that modern political leaders find they have to wander all over the place. It may indicate that Starmer's team is unable to counter the wandering, but Labour may have nothing better as a support team.
As somebody said, all political careers end in failure (Stalin's may have been an exception). TTK's leadership career has started in failure. Let's hope it ends soon.
Peter - good point, his career has started in failure, let's hope it ends soon. Tomorrow would do.
Look at his eyes when he is in the presence of The Donald. They are frozen like those of a lemur, while the gears of his brain whizz round trying to answer the question " Wtf am I doing here? " All the time knowing that The Don, thanks to his Secret Service, knows all his shady doings.
As for poor Victoria. Just look at her eyes as the trio stand at the door of Turnberry.
Doohamer - his body language too, he looks like a job applicant with a dodgy CV being shown round by the CEO.
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