Jew[ish]

by Matt Greene

Rather than apologise for his words, the effect they’ve had,72 or at the bare minimum the offence caused, Johnson chose to attack the opposition for its failure to offer Jewish voters adequate assurances that its own problems were in hand. This kind of sophistry, which may be Johnson’s one political skill, is worse than disingenuous since it converts Jewish hurt and legitimate concern to political backspin, a defensive measure employed by a government who have nothing positive to offer.