It has been an interesting time in UK politics. Speaking to someone on Twitter, they stated that it us up to us to hold our politicians to a higher standard.
The problem is that the higher standard varies depending on the group.
We noted that in the UK, when it came to Brexit, that standard was to follow through on concerns about immigration, an issue that one of the pro-Brexit groups pushed in a manner based on that of the Nazi's. While some issues on both sides were opinions, some issues were outright lies, notably the suggestion about NHS funding.
However, in the UK, we are lucky in that QAnon is not as much of a factor here as it has been in the USA. Politicians there are being held the the standard set by Q. Personally, I think that Q is a Russian mole who has succeeded in hamstringing the USA and we saw how close Q came to the overthrow of Democracy in January 2021. Now Republican politicians who try to meet the standards of decency that existed before Trump are considered to be traitors. Instead, we have a situation where QAnon, which claims to be acting against a paedophilic ring are backing a politician who had allegedly trafficked a child themselves (though he stopped this once he was aware of her age, until she became legal according to his friend).
Just one thing though, I think that it is unfair to hold Boris Johnson to that higher standard. He does not have the experience of having to cope with the consequences of this actions. Throughout his life, he has managed to avoid true consequences for his actions. Although he has been fired twice for lying in the past, the process was not as drawn out as he is going through now. While others would feel shame about lying to the nation, I honestly think that he is of the view that he has done nothing wrong, because, in his mind, he has done nothing wrong before.
