Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

Outside viewers to the UK Politics spectacle should know that when somebody says "I have full confidence in X" it's one of those tricky British sayings that mean the opposite of what it appears.

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May 13 at 2:42pmWeb
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@Lazarou A bit like when all Brit politicians say: I've been clear ... or Let me be totally clear ...
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈May 13
@saxifraga lol, yes...like that!
Show threadPete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫May 13
@Lazarou
Yes, I think the subtext generally is: "If they fuck up it won't be my fault, all I did was trust them like a decent person would do, and whether they crash out spectacularly or somehow rescue the situation nobody can say I did anything to rock the boat or make things worse."