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Tim Farron’s recent resignation from his leadership position has
attracted some unhelpful, if not hysterical, media attention,
bordering on the banal when viewed in the wider scheme of things.
Someone obviously got a bit bored! The whole thing (recorded
here) left me fertummelt. But perhaps I should
be asking myself, hey, ‘what was all that about’?, as Stephen Fry
might have put it!
One would have thought that there were (or, should have been) more
urgent things going on in the world of British journalism during the
recent election campaign. Minoring on majors and majoring on minors
will inevitable result in disaster!
As I am reflecting in bright day light, I am getting more pink by the
minute. Nowadays one is ashamed to blush! One has to stay cool!
The sorry episode seems to me [if my thinking is straight, I
certainly would not wish to bend the truth] that a new litmus test
must be applied to anyone wishing to access or hold on to public
office, as the thought police will be after you! ‘Don’t ask –
don’t tell’ is no longer an option, now that so many journalists
are far more skilled than the Spanish Inquisition! The knives are
out, and even the pope can do nothing about it! Farron’s
endearingly naïve ineptitude proved to be a stepping stone in his
political downfall, but ironically, it will have helped some poorly
paid and self-righteous journalist decked with Schadenfreude to reach
higher heights, or, lower depths! Better be bold!
I have no problems with egological politicians being paxmarised, but
Farron’s ego registers pretty low on the political Richter scale,
judging by his performance in the House of Commons! For a politician
he strikes me as genuinely humble, completely lacking the killer
instinct! Much of what he stands for is commendable, but he lacks
gravitas and duplicty! But that no longer matters in a world obsessed
with – stop! Mustn’t go there!
Perhaps Farron now realises that “You can please some of the
people all of the time, you can please all of the
people some of the time, but you can't please the
anti-liberal media at any time”. Those who are intolerant of
the tolerant cannot and will not be pleased, ever, but they should
not be appeased! I am waiting for the BBC to interview an imam on
whether gay sex is a sin!!! Okay, dream on! I would not want this to
end in a nightmare!
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Farron views himself as a Christian, but his understanding of human
sexuality sits ill at ease with the Bible! Like so many Anglicans, he
is muddled, but such ignorance is culpable, as the Bible is quite
clear. Uncle Richard can explain this much better than I can. 1:0 to
the atheists!
Doing so many Farronian U-turns would leave lesser mortals like
myself in a real spin. I still have no idea what Farron actually
believes, though his voting record does provide some insight.
Justin Welby may have helped Farron to face the whole issue head-on
from two opposite directions at the same time, as this
article shows. Both/and double-talk, rather
than either/or hate-speech will always provide fodder for the
neighing horses.
Farron’s resignation (historic, because of its content) speech was
duly witnessed by an embarrassed coterie who politely applauded (they
had no choice). It made me cringe! At any rate, who needs such
friends, one may ask? A friend in need is – a pain!
Farron felt pressurised to resign which was deplorable as he is a
very talented politician, and I would have wanted him to stay on, but
it was not to be. If he sacrificed his ambitions for conscience’s
sake, then he deserves our respect. At any rate, it proved to be
another bad day for democracy!
