One that irritates me is 'I misspoke'.It is usually used when someone gives an opinion thinking it will gain great support, only to find out that the public finds it stupid, distasteful or discriminatory.For example -'When being questioned on Labour's policing policy, Diane Abbott got herself in a twist, claiming 10,000 more bobbies on the beat would cost £300,000, then saying she meant £80m. Jeremy Corbyn later clarified it would cost £300m, and she said she mis-spoke'.A worse example came from Labour MP Andrew Gwynne who posted on X after his offensive comments about his constituents and Jews - 'I deeply regret my badly misjudged comments and apologise for any offense I've caused'. Deep grovelling after being caught out making "misjudged comments" and the standard apology - "for the offence I've caused " (victim shaming ?) but not for actually holding and expressing these opinions, views and beliefs.Then his young acolyte who also shares Gwynne's beliefs and is also caught out comes out with the following - 'Labour MP Ryan apologised for some of his own texts “which I deeply regret and would not make today”.Again no apology for his beliefs only that he would not express them today.Of course not.Because it might drop him as it did in the doo-doo. A good example of playing the misspeaking card.
John Hawkes ● 85d