@TCatInReality@mastodon.social
Post #3736535
2026-07-11 07:36 UTC
No wonder politics and society are in such an awful, divided state.
Top tier news source, #BBCNews , writes a whole piece focused on #Widdecombe 's provocateur style ...as if that is the best trait a politician.
Her words "...would splash a listener in the face and demand a reaction.". Umm, that's not a good thing.
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BBC News - Pugnacious, charismatic and she always answered the question - Chris Mason on Ann Widdecombe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrxdnmlk5no
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@TCatInReality@mastodon.social 2026-07-11 07:43
Even worse, #Widdecombe was "... most skilled in prosecuting what public life in a democracy is all about: being able to articulate, with clarity and conviction, what they stand for." Not aiming to improve the public good. Not lofty ideals. Not even good governance requiring compromise. Read it again. #BBCNews says the goal of public life in democracy is about ability to communicate. Yes, a needed skill. But if communication is what it "is all about", we get division.