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T_i_B

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5. The sympathy argument is important...

Reply to syringis (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 8, 2017, 03:42 AM

Oct 2017

...as it is being used a fair bit following the Prime Minister's disastrous conference speech where everything went wrong. Plenty of people cannot help but sympathise with somebody in that situation, even if I cannot help but have as much sympathy for Theresa May as Conservatives have for anyone else having a hard time.

Having rivals within her own party like Boris Johnson and Grant Shapps may also make people more sympathetic to May in comparison to those clowns.

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The picture of Doreen MAY [View all] syringis Oct 2017 OP

One way to create sympathy for even a vile person, . . . PdxSean Oct 2017 #1

Hello PdxSean syringis Oct 2017 #2

I thought the Dorian Gray reference was brilliant, but . . . PdxSean Oct 2017 #3

You're welcome Sean syringis Oct 2017 #4

The sympathy argument is important... T_i_B Oct 2017 #5

In all sincerity... syringis Oct 2017 #6

Why did Theresa May change position? T_i_B Oct 2017 #8

Yeah but Denzil_DC Oct 2017 #7