“Could you be friends with a Tory?”

“No. I can’t forgive them for what they’ve done.”

John McDonnell has become the most senior figure to publicly subscribe to Laura Pidcock’s brand of Labour isolationism, admitting to Newsnight that he can’t be friends with someone if they vote Conservative. Good to see the People’s Chancellor would be there for all people, unless they hold the wrong views…

Last night lefty-liberal Brian Cox hit out at McDonnell’s ‘hubristic’ comments, accusing him of believing in a ‘one party state’…

If you struggle to be friends with someone of the ‘opposite political persuasion’ then it seems to me that you believe a one party state is the way forward – because the only ‘good’ people are people who agree with you. Certainty suggests hubris – doubt suggests wisdom. https://t.co/2JWCMhBhZf

— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) November 21, 2018