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Ex-Labour Ian Austin says he won't run in Dudley. Tells @BBCr4today he will now "tell decent traditional patriotic Labour voters that they should vote for Boris Johnson in this election".
@BBCr4today Austin on Corbyn: "This is a massive step. I regard myself as proper decent traditional Labour. I just think this man is unfit to run the country."
@BBCr4today "I'm not a Tory, this isn't where I want to be... but I wouldn't say Boris Johnson is unfit to be our prime minister in the way that I say that about Jeremy Corbyn."
@BBCr4today "If you are not going to do what's right on a fundamental issue like racism what are you going to do it on?"
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“Remember when people said... that wind turbines would not pull the skin off a rice pudding”

Which people might that be Mr Johnson?
Am enjoying the replies to this from those arguing that this was deliberate, and #thatisthejoke, without quite being able to explain that the joke is that he used to talk bollocks about green energy
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Let’s talk about Boris

One of most disreputable, toxic, selfish politicians I’ve ever met. As Tories choose between British Trump & ex-Health Sec who’s mission was to destroy health service, let's remember why #Johnson is #UnfitForOffice
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