In a just world, Johnson would be permanently ignored and left to fester in the sewer of his own mind. But this isn’t a just world. So let’s highlight simply one passage from his odious screed in today’s Mail on Sunday. 
1/ Johnson complains gov was ‘mad to agree’ backstop. HE WAS LITERALLY FOREIGN SECRETARY. And stayed a further 7 months. Why not resign immediately? Either he didn’t care; didn’t understand it; or didn’t have any influence. Any of which, on its own, renders him unfit for office.
2/ Johnson both twists the meaning of the backstop and implicitly dismisses reasons for having it.
Summary: backstop does not mean Northern Ireland ‘remains in EU’. It means that Northern Ireland remains in peace. Free trade agreements are not more important than Irish lives.
Summary: backstop does not mean Northern Ireland ‘remains in EU’. It means that Northern Ireland remains in peace. Free trade agreements are not more important than Irish lives.
3/ Johnson doesn’t understand the purpose of the backstop. It’s not intended to produce ‘frictionless trade’, but to prevent any kind of physical border infrastructure. A vital distinction.
He also can’t even be bothered to give ‘Republic of Ireland’ its correct name: Ireland.
He also can’t even be bothered to give ‘Republic of Ireland’ its correct name: Ireland.
4/ After Johnson’s apparent indifference to prospect of NI violence & his neo-imperial rage at Irish daring to challenge British orders, most dangerous element is his Trump-style grenade-throwing. He must realise no backstop = no deal. And would be perfectly happy to deliver it.
To reiterate, UK gov has agreed backstop. Any deal must now include it. Dublin and Brussels insist that no deal of any kind can proceed without the relevant guarantee. And Johnson couldn’t care less.
He thinks his career more important than Irish lives and livelihoods. It isn’t.
He thinks his career more important than Irish lives and livelihoods. It isn’t.
This man is so overpowered by vanity and personal ambition that he would rather deprive cancer patients of radioisotopes than commit to preserving peace in Northern Ireland. It is all you need to know about him. And to think he had the audacity to accuse May of being a terrorist
