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Boris Johnson: "Am I relatable? I have not the faintest idea. It seems like the most difficult psychological question anyone has ever asked me."

That's not parody. That's what he actually said. (It came at the tail end of about 5 minutes of desperate wittering.) #BBCBreakfast
And while you're pondering that, ponder too whether what the Tories have achieved over the last 10 years is itself relatable...
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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It's been 3,481 days since the Tories took power.

Think about all the changes that happened in your own life since 6 May 2010...

It's a long, long time in political terms!

Yet they're still trotting out the "Labour wrecked the economy" excuse on the campaign trail every day.
Do you know why? Because they don't have a *real* excuse. They've mismanaged the NHS, underfunded schools, slashed police numbers, and wrecked local services. Meanwhile, the rich have become richer and richer and richer.
This isn't an empty assertion. If you can bear it, pour yourself a stiff drink and then dive into the thread below, which shows how the Tories have systematically ruined the UK over the last decade (it says 10 examples but I kept finding more, so it's actually 38+!)
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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Fuel duty freezes since 2010 have cost the Treasury over £46 billion in lost tax revenue. The cost of this giveaway to motorists is now running at over £8 billion/year. It's bad for the environment too, as it encourages car use over public transport use.
parliament.uk/written-questi…
That amount is nearly 50% more than the total cuts to welfare payments, housing subsidies and social services since 2010. In other words, none of those cuts would have been needed if fuel duty had continued to rise like it used to before the Tories came to power!
Bear in mind too that car ownership is just 35% amongst the poorest 10% of UK households, so 2/3 don't benefit from the fuel freeze whereas all will have been affected by the cuts.
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Edwin Hayward ('Slaying Brexit Unicorns' author)
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"The awkward relationship between Brexit and facts"

An extract from my book "Slaying Brexit Unicorns", available on Kindle and in paperback from Amazon. Looks at the problem of false equivalence in the Brexit debate, and other related issues...
And here's an extract that debunks the absurd "Get Brexit done" narrative, explaining exactly why Brexit will not end on Brexit Day.
Finally, here's a look at Freedom of Movement and everything it offers us...
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OCONUS LURES & Confidential Informants In The News
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Here's a reminder now that Christoper Steele, intrepid dirty tricks political operative, has surfaced again peddling a new hoax about Ukraine/Brexit/Boris Johnson:

Anybody who still takes Steele seriously at this point is a MORON.

theepochtimes.com/a-new-inspecto…
A lot of SpyGate researchers are still telling me they're unconvinced Steele actually wrote this dossier. And given the guy's sloppy work, it's a legitimate theory that he could've been brought in to be a front man for the wild fantasies of Glenn Simpson & Co. at Fusion GPS.
Steele was used to give the dossier a veneer of being an 'intelligence product' for dummies; media reporters wouldn't look too close at "raw intelligence reports" being proffered to them by some former big shot spy who used to work at MI:6.

But this wasn't intelligence.
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John O'Connell
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#Tories Election Cock-Up Chaos so far - a continuing series :

01 - #Tories admit and apologise for a doctored, misrepresentative video of Kier Starmer. Tory MPs like @JohnnyMercerUK leave it on their feed and actively continue to spread.
@JohnnyMercerUK #Tories Election Cock-Up Chaos so far - a continuing series :

02 - #Tories Boris #Johnson gets booed out of Addenbrooke Hospital by staff and patients alike, unmentioned by #BBC, who were right there.
@JohnnyMercerUK #Tories Election Cock-Up Chaos so far - a continuing series :

03 - #Tories MP Jacob Rees Mogg blames #Grenfell victims for their own deaths. It takes him four days before he's forced to retract and apologise.
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katya adler
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In the media frenzy of “Will there/won’t there be a new #Brexit deal this week?” things are likely to become clearer on Wednesday .. the eve of the EU leaders summit. In the meantime there’s lots of smoke, mirrors and second-guessing going on /1
Some in EU I’ve spoken to comment on how ‘upbeat’ key player Ireland seems to be. Which should, logically be an indication that a new deal is on track, right? Except others in the EU question Dublin’s motives: upbeat for real or to avoid being labelled the Nay-sayers, they ask /2
European Commission assures that the negotiations are being carried out in good faith on both sides. Clearly there’s political will to get this deal done once and for all. Little appetite for endless extensions on either side BUT /3
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Alexandra Bulat
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Political Framing 101

Issue: EU Settlement Scheme

Desired message: "It is easy, we are efficient and generous."

Strategy:

1. Start with a meaningless but heartfelt soundbite

E.g. Take inspiration from migrant rights campaigners. How about "you are our friends, neighbours..."
2. Avoid specifics whenever possible

E.g. Speak about people who "were granted status", try not to differentiate settled vs. pre-settled status
3. Use big numbers without context

E.g. Speak about "1.4 MILLION" (emphasise "million" dramatically) people getting "status", do not mention how many are left or that you have no idea how many exactly have to apply.
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Neville Morley
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So, how many quotes does anyone want from Thucydides and other ancient sources about Pericles dismissing the views of the people when he didn’t agree with them..? #PeoplesPMQs
Pericles, at least in Thucydides’ account, articulates a vision of democracy, true, but it’s one that is distinctly odd in a number of respects. And he is praised for *not* paying attention to the wishes of the people, unlike his successors, but for getting them to follow him.
Indeed, he was precisely the sort of elite politician who persisted in pursuing his own policy even after the citizens had voted against it, rather than accepting that he’d lost and should get over it.
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Ed Davey 🔶
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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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2018: Letterboxes
Wrote that women wearing niqab looked like “letterboxes” & “bank robbers”; triggering attacks on our Muslim community, “letterbox” graffitied on homes, and giving racists new language in hate speech

#Johnson is #UnfitForOffice
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2008: “Blacks have lower IQs”
As editor of the Spectator he was responsible for - and clearly condoned - this racist drawl. He and his racist worldview has no place in Parliament, let alone @10DowningStreet

#Johnson is #UnfitForOffice
standard.co.uk/news/mayor/bor…
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