Inside Politics: Johnson continues ‘Con Air’ Union tour, as more candidates quit in disgrace

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The past is an embarrassing place. They do things differently there. The BBC and ITV have decided to do away with classic sitcoms like Til Death Us Do Part and Love Thy Neighbour on their new streaming service Britbox because they’re properly, old-school racist. But our present is an embarrassing mess too. The 2019 general election campaign has descended into a slanging match in which Labour and the Tories both shout: “You’re more racist than us!” Boris Johnson has been trying to ignore his party’s Islamophobia problem by wheeling out well-worn catchphrases and prompting fake laughter during his three-day Union tour, while Jeremy Corbyn continues to be dogged by his party’s antisemitism troubles as he attempts to keep Labour’s show on the road.

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