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[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tories have total control until the next GE. Everything is a smash grab with them right now. They know their card is marked for at least a decade after this lot.

[–] donut4ever@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, this sounds ridiculous. So basically grab as much cash as possible on your way out? It always baffles me as to why and who votes for people like these? People who clearly work so hard against their own citizens.

[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People are conned by expensive campaigns.

[–] donut4ever@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely. Expensive campaigns made Trump look amazing to a lot of people, and some are even willing to die for him.

[–] FatLegTed@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Worked for Hitler as well.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

"Contemporarily speaking, the term carpetbagger refers to roving financial opportunists, often of modest means, who spot investment opportunities and aim to benefit from a set of circumstances to which they are not ordinarily entitled."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpetbagger#Modern_use