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Re:The strange case of Britain’s demise by akiselev on Saturday December 17, 2022 @05:59PM (#34033154)
There’s only one meme in British politics seen more often than Malcolm Tucker quotes: “It’s Corbyn’s fault!”

It’s febrile at this point.

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Re:The strange case of Britain’s demise by TapWaterBandit on Saturday December 17, 2022 @06:53PM (#34033539)
> It’s febrile at this point.

Not really sure what you're saying here. Did you mean to use the word "juvenile"?

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Re:The strange case of Britain’s demise by atchoo on Saturday December 17, 2022 @08:10PM (#34034056)
"Febrile" is basically a UK Politics meme after being used by journos to describe the "atmosphere in Westminster" during each crisis of the week.
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Re:The strange case of Britain’s demise by akiselev on Saturday December 17, 2022 @08:15PM (#34034086)
It's also a word most people learned thanks to the fictional Malcolm Tucker character in The Thick of It (Season 3, episode 6 when he's yelling at Ben Swain)
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Re:The strange case of Britain’s demise by narcindin on Saturday December 17, 2022 @08:33PM (#34034196)
Probably [facile](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/facile), here meaning superficial, reductive, or weak.

Edit: Actually probably what the UK ppl are saying

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