- Thu Dec 14, 2023 3:39 pm
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Sunak seems to think being annoyed is the same as being passionate. Starmer’s speech after partygate was full of anger and obvious disgust, but it was anger aimed at the man who let it happen *because* Starmer is passionate about public office being an opportunity to selflessly do good and Johnson is the antithesis of that.
Sunak’s anger in his response to Starmer in PMQs isn’t because his record was being questioned - because his record is obviously poor. He was angry it was being pointed out and he was being made to look bad. But he didn’t want to do anything about *being* bad, just about the exposure of it. His ‘passion’ is self-preservation and shameless self-promotion. Which is why pictures of his gurning, and similarly of Johnson’s blotchy rage face when the mask slips for him, give out an entirely different vibe. It’s not how dare you do that terrible thing, it’s how dare you try and make me look terrible.