▲ 79 ▼ British PM Burnham declines to rule out rejoining EU (www.euronews.com) submitted 1 month ago by MashedHobbits@lemy.lol to c/world 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] inari@piefed.zip 26 points 1 month ago (2 children) You know it's a nothingburger when the headline has a double negative permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hedders@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (1 child) "Declines to rule out" means the journalist asked "Mr Burnham, can you absolutely rule out rejoining the EU" and he didn't say "yes". It is, indeed, a nothingburger. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Kushan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Yup and if you think about it for more than 5 seconds, why would he answer any differently? If he takes a stance now, he's locked into a decision. By "not ruling it out", he doesn't have to take a stance at all, he can decide whatever he wants down the line and not contradict himself. It's like politics 101, don't back yourself into a corner. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hedders@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (1 child) "Declines to rule out" means the journalist asked "Mr Burnham, can you absolutely rule out rejoining the EU" and he didn't say "yes". It is, indeed, a nothingburger. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Kushan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Yup and if you think about it for more than 5 seconds, why would he answer any differently? If he takes a stance now, he's locked into a decision. By "not ruling it out", he doesn't have to take a stance at all, he can decide whatever he wants down the line and not contradict himself. It's like politics 101, don't back yourself into a corner. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kushan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Yup and if you think about it for more than 5 seconds, why would he answer any differently? If he takes a stance now, he's locked into a decision. By "not ruling it out", he doesn't have to take a stance at all, he can decide whatever he wants down the line and not contradict himself. It's like politics 101, don't back yourself into a corner. permalink fedilink source parent
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