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Zack Polanski falsely claimed to be British Red Cross spokesperson, charity says (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 12 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I don't know about these accusations, but when you can only attack the person and not the parties policies, it says more about you and the parties/polices you represent.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    There's a difference between tasteless ad-hom attacks - like the clearly antisemitic cartoon - and holding a politician accountable for the words they themselves have said.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    He ran multiple fundraisers for the Red Cross (which provides the context) and, since it was the Sun that first raised the story, there's a good chance that what he said was misquoted, taken out of context, or never was said at all.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 6 months ago

    He addressed this in his interview on the Today programme this morning - interview starts at 2h16m, this is the first question - he admitted that he shouldn't have used that word to describe himself in that way.

    Is this the biggest or most controversial thing ever? No, of course not, but I do think that there is a pattern of behaviour going back years of Polanski over stating his position and abilities. Other politicians absolutely do this too, and they are at least as bad.

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