The US could use more of this approach. Waving “cheap political rhetoric” aside is good, but it’s the underlying argument that matters: BoJo and the Tories rely on ‘political’ language because they’re too stupid and lazy to listen to people who know what they’re talking about. The US institutional ‘left’ is too permanently pre-traumatized say things like this, which is a pity because it’s a winner. Like in a debate, say: “Donald, the reason you constantly bullsh*t your base is you’re too f*cking stupid and lazy to actually understand the issues — so you just say the same dumb phrases over and over and over…” (Guardian)