Badenoch says Reform defectors ‘some of the most dishonest people I have met’
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The remainder of the most dishonest people she has ever met presumably being the ones who stayed.
She's not wrong, but Tories insulting Farageists is a bit like a pile of sick on the pavement saying a nearby pile of dog shit is unpleasant.
Q: “How do you know a politician is lying?”
A: “Their lips are moving.”
All politicians are bad is a conservative narrative
I have never heard it as a sentiment expressed solely from the Conservative Party - I mean Archer et al would make that statement hypocritical at the very least so best avoided.