George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/04/2026There's a simple means of telling whether someone can be trusted: when they get something wrong, do they admit it? A consistent feature of Trump and the Maga crowd, of Farage, Truss, Johnson, Le Pen, Weidel and their counterparts around the world is that they do not admit to getting things wrong. 32697152
Syd Barhey Esq. FCA. #FBPE @barheys.bsky.social · 13/04/2026How can they possibly be wrong ? They are blessed with divine provenance 010
Neill J @neillj.bsky.social · 13/04/2026That's public school education for you, giving mediocre people an elevated opinion of themselves and their own very limited abilities. 130
timbothewiz.bsky.social @timbothewiz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026NCIS’s Jethro Gibbs said ‘Never apologise; it’s a sign of weakness’. He couldn’t be more wrong. 060
Preston MacDougall @chemicaleyeguy.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026@georgemonbiot.bsky.social Many people also do not trust people who are afraid to call a liar a liar. 🪞👀 000
Alan Jewitt @fatgeordie.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Amen. Being taught to admit fault and apologise properly was a hugely important experience experience for me. 190
Paul Roberts @paulrog.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Don't think they have a sense of personal responsibility so I'm not sure they can admit anything 030
Merisesher @merisesher.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I agree with this in principle but refusal is also for legal cover in an Americanised world of litigation. Hence the abstentions on landmark UN enslavement ruling by main enslavers of Europe. The societal moral vacuum is wide and widening. 000
johnabdenny.bsky.social @johnabdenny.bsky.social · 13/04/2026And they are never held accountable. 000
igtbok.bsky.social @igtbok.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Damaged, Evil? … I just don’t know how to describe the likes of said individuals. 100
malina @missmalina.bsky.social · 13/04/2026we live in a culture where we are reprimanded for apologising. we are taught to reply “thanks for your patience”, the zenith of hypocrisy: USanians think it's good communication, the rest of the world begs to differ. 110
Claire James @claire-james.bsky.social · 13/04/2026"Attack, counter-attack and never apologise" - lessons Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel taught Trump.ideas.bkconnection.comThe Six Dark Lessons Roy Cohn Taught Trump (That He Still Uses Today)A collection of the six lessons Trump was taught by Roy Cohn on how to manage people and situations. 0111
Mathijs Romans @mathijsromans.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Perhaps more importantly, their supporters don't care if the person they support gets it wrong. 110
Sébastien C. @sebcrzt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Yes, true. However this is also true for all political « leaders » AFAIK In France, I’ve never heard Macron recognizing anything as a mistake. He’s even famous for its « it’s not a failure, it’s just that it did not work » And Mélenchon, Glucksman are also unable to recognize any mistake 020
Russell Jon @russjon1.bsky.social · 13/04/2026It’s because, in some perverse way, they see it as a strength. But ironically the inability to recognise and apologise for one’s mistakes is actually a sign of incompetence. 000
Dougie Taylor @dubhglas4.bsky.social · 13/04/2026A trait which can be attributed to a narcissist. 010
Thor Rex @thor-rex.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The so called new populists are all owned in their pockets by the fascist perverse putin, and owned in their little Minds by Vlad's brains, i.e. Alexander Dugin and his project of global fascism and neo feudalism. Dugin was already subjected to sanctions by the UK recebtly 030
NatSec Kitty @ironpuss.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The pagan ethos: Never admit ignorance Never admit error Never admit defeat 000
icaledonia.bsky.social @icaledonia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026And Major, Blair, Brown, Cameron, May etc etc etc 040
confuseddave.bsky.social @confuseddave.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Do you have counterexamples? I mean, you're not wrong, but feel like you could probably extend that to Tony Blair, either of the Clintons, definitely Biden and probably Obama too... 100
Frustrated Optimist @pintofbest.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Ed Davey gets ridiculded in the Press and yet he praises Starmer for keeping us out of the war. That's grown up. Can't imagine Tories or Reform doing that. 020
edelweiss554.bsky.social @edelweiss554.bsky.social · 13/04/2026“Those of us who are perfect are liars” - a maxim I have taught many a junior member of staff in the NHS. Fess up or you may kill somebody 051
electrophile888 @electrophile888.bsky.social · 13/04/2026"Do you admit that Brexit was a mistake," is something that should be put to Farage all the time. 030
🎼 Pip Eastop 🇪🇺 @pipeastop.bsky.social · 13/04/2026and Thatcher and Putin and Hitler and Pinochet. 1100
Christine Green @whitehorsemews.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I’m sure they would — if they ever did… 🤪😱😰 000
Sandie RejoinEU🇪🇺💙🌈🇺🇦 @sandiesned.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Narcissism is every one else is to blame 000