Thread by @garius

There has long been a reason why I haven't written Boris into the Brexit tapes and people saw that tonight.

He's not funny. He's not clever. He's a sociopath who will burn this country down for ten more minutes in Number 10.

He terrifies me. Pure and simple.

I have spent time in that man's company and there is not an ounce of compassion or understanding in his being. Everything is an act.

He has one single focus: Boris Johnson.

And there are no depths he wouldn't sink to, or worlds he wouldn't burn, to be Prime Minister.

I wish it wasn't true. He's a smart guy and in a different time or place I'd have liked him.

But he is a terrible human being. I don't say that lightly but it is true.

He will destroy every norm we have. He will play the populist card and break democracy. All he wants is to win

There's no "well he's made some good points" with Boris. He doesn't do fairness.

He will take whatever benefit of the doubt he can get whole simultaneously playing to the basest of motives elsewhere. If it gets him his win, it's fair game.

And if you don't believe me, go ask his brother - a genuinely caring MP (who i disagreed with on plenty) who decided that he'd rather leave politics entirely than serve under his own brother.