I don't know the grammar but the important point is that it's impersonal. The event is described as happening without relation to either the bully or the victim. (View Post)

People are at their most unguarded when they believe their behaviour genuinely is acceptable and normal; that *they're* the victim because of the - implicitly unfair - criticism. I wonder whether any… (View Post)

We can all create our own counter factuals. Sunak is polling only a few points worse than Johnson was when the latter was dumped. Given Johnson's problems with the Privileges Cttee, I doubt he'd have… (View Post)

He'd probably shoot someone's gay lover instead. (View Post)

Despite Sunak running a reasonably sensible campaign and Truss offering the membership the moon on a sick, and Sunak having back-stabbed Johnson while Truss played her own game, Truss only won 57-43.… (View Post)