I thought it was hilarious and it’s a sign of just how dumb our politics are that so many were taken in. Apparently and shockingly one MP who fell for it was the stunningly smart and intelligent Nadine Dorres On a serious note this is why he did it. The last sentence is quality
I really identify with paragraphs 3 and 4. Conservatism is a political policy. You don’t have to agree with it’s values, but to use personalities to discredit a whole political philosophy is a joke. It’s the equivalent of the whole Americans (mostly) trying to make “socialism” a stigma that nobody wants.