It's a straw-man argument because if journalists looked for these "trivial" mistakes in non-leftwing politicians they'd regularly find them. It's a regular tactic for delegitimising the left. Next week it will be something even more trivial.
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yes, this in a nutshell. 'trivial but telling' is a key way of overreading and overinterpreting progressive candidates. The opposite, for conservatives is 'he doesn't actually have any ideas or mean any of it don't worry!' where we are asked to underread what they literally say
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What’s Johnson’s answer to the question: “how many children do you have?”?
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Any word on when the report on Russian interference is due ?
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Reminds me of another past Labour leader.... https://www.ft.com/content/345ce55a-bf44-11de-a696-00144feab49a?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6 …
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If I listed 1000 things that I might take into account judging the candidates this still wouldn't make the list.
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Political journalists obsession with it is quite telling. Political discourse is diminished when triviality trumps policy.
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"Journalists"?! I think you're giving credit where it's not due.
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Oh - get over yourself John! I'm far more worried about her 10/10 for Jeremy Corbyn & by extension, his utterly inept team than a soddin hyphen. And I suspect I'm not alone. I'm afraid Lewis & Thornberry inspire little confidence too.
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