When Rishi opens his mouth all I hear is Will McKenzie. “But as we stood on the side of the A2, one thing was for sure…. Neil can produce an unholy amount of …”😂
What an absolutely awful woman, I thought the first one was but this lawyer (lol) needs disbarring. Poor Lewis after those last 2 he must be in need of a drink.
Lewis Knowitall... heaven-sent to explain it all to us plebs and thickos. We're so lucky to have the likes of him. UK media narcs.
LBC Leading Britain's Claptrap
Lewis' mischievous bad faith, sneery, snarky gotcha stuff is part of a radical centrist and reactionary right pile on that has only just begun. Their beloved Washington Consensus neoliberal orthodoxy is under attack.
Three simple hacks Burnham's comms team should use to firefight such gotchas and stay on message:
Hack 1: Name the Tactic
On defending the past "This isn't a history lesson, we're talking about the future. Your question is designed to avoid the real one: why are we still sticking with a model that has failed working people?"
Hack 2: Refuse the Frame
"We're not settling scores or trashing anyone. We're focused on stagnant wages, crumbling services, and a housing crisis - what's broken now. " Short, sharp, and back to the message.
Hack 3: Focus on the Future
Bring it back to key messages and solutions. Repeat headline policies ad nauseam, but make them punchy, deliverable and vision-ready. No lengthy defences, just a single sentence, then redirect.
The more words used, the more ammunition to interrupt and nitpick and distract.
"The people don't care about my views on Thatcher or Blair. They care about whether their kids will have a future." It stops the distracti
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LBC Leading Britain's Claptrap
Three simple hacks Burnham's comms team should use to firefight such gotchas and stay on message:
Hack 1: Name the Tactic
On defending the past "This isn't a history lesson, we're talking about the future. Your question is designed to avoid the real one: why are we still sticking with a model that has failed working people?"
Hack 2: Refuse the Frame
"We're not settling scores or trashing anyone. We're focused on stagnant wages, crumbling services, and a housing crisis - what's broken now. " Short, sharp, and back to the message.
Hack 3: Focus on the Future
Bring it back to key messages and solutions. Repeat headline policies ad nauseam, but make them punchy, deliverable and vision-ready. No lengthy defences, just a single sentence, then redirect.
The more words used, the more ammunition to interrupt and nitpick and distract.
"The people don't care about my views on Thatcher or Blair. They care about whether their kids will have a future." It stops the distracti