{"id":2187,"date":"2016-07-14T01:57:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T01:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2016-07-14T07:18:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T07:18:29","slug":"many-big-buts-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/many-big-buts-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Many Big Buts In Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-1-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2191\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/many-big-buts-politics\/too-many-big-buts-in-politics-1-www-imjussayin-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-1-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?fit=711%2C228&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"711,228\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Too Many Big Buts In Politics 1 | www.imjussayin.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-1-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?fit=711%2C228&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2191\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-1-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?resize=400%2C128\" alt=\"Too Many Big Buts In Politics 1 | www.imjussayin.com\" width=\"400\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-1-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?w=711&amp;ssl=1 711w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-1-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?resize=300%2C96&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are too many dissemblers (Two-faced people) leading British politics.\u00a0 I appreciate that politics must involve compromise but not bare faced hypocrisy. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andrea_Leadsom\">Andrea Leadsom<\/a>\u00a0said that she did not want to make Theresa May\u2019s childlessness an issue.\u00a0 She said \u2018That would be really horrible, <em><strong>but<\/strong><\/em> genuinely I feel that being a mum means\u2026\u2019\u00a0 There\u2019s that big old\u00a0<strong><em>But!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 I hear it regularly \u2018I\u2019m not racist but, I\u2019m not sexist but\u2026\u2019\u00a0 Leadsom is not the only politician with big buts.\u00a0 There are too many big buts in politics.\u00a0 It distorts reality, and it damages the fabric of society.<\/p>\n<h2>Lying Big Buts<\/h2>\n<p>Leadsom\u2019s suggestion that childless people are less capable of holding high office was insulting. \u00a0Her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Machiavellianism\">Machiavellian<\/a>\u00a0manoeuvre failed.\u00a0 It might have worked except she denied a comment that was on tape.\u00a0 She should be glad we no longer behead citizens.\u00a0 Elizabeth I, \u00a0childless monarch, would not be anused!<\/p>\n<p>Leadsom gave the impression that she was an investment banker.\u00a0 But her CV is not an accurate reflection of her &#8216;banking career&#8217;.\u00a0 Her financial experience fluctuates between 25 &#8211; 30 years.\u00a0 Either way, in reality, she was not a banker but an administrator.\u00a0 Leadsom was a broker for three months. \u00a0In that time she did not deal with funds or clients.\u00a0 Her supporter and fellow Brexiteer[1. Somebody who wanted to leave the European Union in the referendum.] Ian Duncan Smith also fixed his CV.<\/p>\n<p>Boris Johnson led the Vote Leave campaign.\u00a0 But he wrote an article after the referendum supporting the Remain position. \u00a0Johnson was a journalist for the Times. \u00a0They fired him for lying. Michael Howard sacked him for lying when he was an MP. \u00a0But he was sanctioned to lead the Leave Campaign.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-5-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2193\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/many-big-buts-politics\/too-many-big-buts-in-politics-5-www-imjussayin-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-5-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?fit=624%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"624,351\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Too Many Big Buts In Politics 5 | www.imjussayin.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-5-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?fit=624%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2193\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-5-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?resize=400%2C225\" alt=\"Michael Gove, Boris Johnson in a car | Too Many Big Buts In Politics 5 | www.imjussayin.com\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-5-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-5-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-5-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?resize=220%2C125&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Brexit Big Buts<\/h2>\n<p>The Brexit camp trumpeted \u2018We want control of our country back.\u2019\u00a0 They said it would mean accountability and democracy, unlike the European Union. \u00a0Three weeks after the referendum, we\u2019re falling apart.\u00a0 Racism has increased, and the Pound was down against the Argentine Peso.\u00a0 The concerns of the Remain camp are materialising.\u00a0 But there are no Brexit leaders around to be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Brexiteers argued that leaving the EU would provide \u00a3350m for the NHS.\u00a0 But on winning the Leave vote, the promise like the Brexit leaders disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Gove worked hand in hand with Boris during the Brexit campaign.\u00a0 Gove is considered a brilliant man.\u00a0\u00a0<em>But he did not realise Boris Johnson was not leadership material until after the referendum?<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-2-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2202\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/many-big-buts-politics\/too-many-big-buts-in-politics-2-www-imjussayin-com\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-2-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?fit=492%2C309&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"492,309\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Too Many Big Buts In Politics 2 | www.imjussayin.com\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-2-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?fit=492%2C309&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2202\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-2-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?resize=400%2C251\" alt=\"an anvil landed on the UK saying Yes but ...| v\" width=\"400\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-2-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?w=492&amp;ssl=1 492w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Too-Many-Big-Buts-In-Politics-2-www.imjussayin.com_.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Political Big Buts<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>Theresa May has been promoted to Prime Minister. \u00a0Gordon Brown became Prime Minister the same way. But both Cameron and May called for an election when he did.\u00a0 They said he was not the party leader at the time of the election, so he did not have a mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Theresa May has the biggest but (get out of jail card) of all Prime Ministers.\u00a0 Should government fail under her leadership, May can always say but \u2018I didn\u2019t want to leave the EU.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Theresa May has a &#8216;keep your head down&#8217; and get on with the job attitude. \u00a0Her reward has been the premiership.\u00a0 But Jeremy Corbyn engaging the same approach is facing a revolt.<\/p>\n<p>The Chilcot Report confirmed what many people felt.\u00a0 There were no weapons of mass destruction.\u00a0 But Tony Blair insisted that invading Iraq was vital to world peace. He took 70% of the electorate with him.\u00a0 We went to war to hold Saddam Hussein to account but who is going to hold Tony Blair to account?<\/p>\n<p>Politicians make the most outrageous statements, and they get away with them.\u00a0 We are living in an era of the biggest buts.\u00a0 Perhaps this explains the appeal of Jeremy Corbyn. \u00a0Politicians who are less than honest or reckless about facts are accountable.\u00a0 We could hold politicians to account ultimately by amending the <a href=\"http:\/\/services.parliament.uk\/bills\/2014-15\/recallofmps.html\">Recall of MPs Act<\/a>\u00a02015. \u00a0I think it should work this way: first, an independent governing body is created to monitor political marketing.\u00a0 A failure to comply with their standards or recommendations would trigger a petition for an MPs recall.\u00a0 The process would then follow the model in the Recall of MPs Act.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with me on Twitter:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/imjussayin2\"><strong>www.twitter.com\/imjussayin2<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloglovin.com\/blog\/17449911\/?claim=bzdsbe36fse\">Follow with Bloglovin<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_2187\"  data-site_id=\"632a645f943ec93423ce055c\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/many-big-buts-politics\/\"  data-item_title=\"Too Many Big Buts In Politics\"  data-item_date=\"2016-07-14T01:57:27+00:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are too many dissemblers (Two-faced people) leading British politics.\u00a0 I appreciate that politics must involve compromise but not bare faced hypocrisy. \u00a0Andrea Leadsom\u00a0said that she did not want to make Theresa May\u2019s childlessness an issue.\u00a0 She said \u2018That would be really horrible, but genuinely I feel that being a mum means\u2026\u2019\u00a0 There\u2019s that big [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_2187\"  data-site_id=\"632a645f943ec93423ce055c\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/many-big-buts-politics\/\"  data-item_title=\"Too Many Big Buts In Politics\"  data-item_date=\"2016-07-14T01:57:27+00:00\"  data-engine=\"WordPress\"  data-plugin_v=\"2.6.59\"  data-prx=\"https:\/\/imjussayin.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=likebtn_prx\"  data-event_handler=\"likebtn_eh\" ><\/span><!-- LikeBtn.com END --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_341138297_341138297":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[702,703,683,168,699,331,162,673,674,688,319,700,704,705,701],"class_list":["post-2187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-politics","tag-accountability","tag-andrea-leadsom","tag-bloggingessentials","tag-boris-johnson","tag-but","tag-david-cameron","tag-democracy","tag-eu-referendum","tag-european-union","tag-government-and-politics","tag-jeremy-corbyn","tag-michael-gove","tag-prime-minister-recall-of-mps","tag-the-big-but","tag-theresa-may"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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