And don't forget the close relative of whataboutism - which is 'false equivalence'.
Eg. President Plump lies 50,000 times, but that is ok because all politicians have told a lie.
* rolls eyes *.
Clever move by Starmer.
When a trade deal doesn't happen by December 31st, and we have a disastrous collapse of supply lines for food and medicine, he now can't be accused of "hind sight" in January.