Freudian white: a rant.

The British Conservative and Unionist Party is electing a new leader, and the field is now narrowed down to the final two candidates.

This new leader will also be the new British Prime Minister, so the election is quite important.

The two candidates, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson, have been putting themselves about, and their opinions have been eagerly sought on every possible topic. One of these is, inevitably, immigration.

An answer from Jeremy Hunt has led to this tweet from a Member of Parliament representing the opposition Labour Party:

(((Dawn Butler MP)))

✔ @DawnButlerBrent

Asked about how he will address racism in the Conservative Party, Jeremy Hunt says his party must be “whiter than white”.

This Freudian slip tells us everything we need to know about the Tories’ failure to recognise the problem

I must say I admire and very much appreciate Ms Butler's apostrophe in her last sentence, but whether Mr Hunt's words are an example of a Freudian slip must be doubtful.

Mind you, I can't deny that the use of the expression whiter than white in this context, even innocently, does show a certain lack of...forethought.

Ah well. 

It's nice to know that we'll have gaffes to entertain us, no matter who gets in.

Word To Use Today: gaffe. This word is French. It means, literally, boathook.

10:16 AM - Jun 19, 2019