OPINION - Sui generis or a sign of things to come? Lee Anderson defects to Reform UK
by Jack Kessler
Mar 11, 2024
2 minutes
Once you spot it, you suddenly realise the damn thing is everywhere. "I didn't leave my party – it left me" they lament. I suppose at first glance it appears smart, the combination of active and passive tense combining to deliver a crisp retort. But it is total guff, whether employed by Ronald Reagan to great acclaim or by Shaun Woodward, to, erm less.
Today it was. To be fair, Anderson didn't actually utter those words, so this is projection on my part, but only very faintly.
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