[thread] As an:
FBPE remoaner
metropolitan liberal elite
enemy of the people
I would like to use this occasion
Given brexit is "done"
To write a thread in support of Liam Fox
He has blocked me
But nevertheless I thought (some of) his words resonated with me
FBPE remoaner
metropolitan liberal elite
enemy of the people
I would like to use this occasion
Given brexit is "done"
To write a thread in support of Liam Fox
He has blocked me
But nevertheless I thought (some of) his words resonated with me
After all we are so so close to the 31/12/2020
the culmination of
we hold all the cards,
they need us more than we need them
the EU collapsing and simultaneously banging on our door to gift us unicorns
what Liam called the "easiest deal in history"
the culmination of
we hold all the cards,
they need us more than we need them
the EU collapsing and simultaneously banging on our door to gift us unicorns
what Liam called the "easiest deal in history"
And I want to touch on the topic of our NHS heroes
Our carers
Our essential workers
Our police
Our fire service
Our armed forces
Our carers
Our essential workers
Our police
Our fire service
Our armed forces
In order to do that I first take a journey back into the dim and distant past
God knows what qualifies as distant these days given the utter debacle of the last 4 years of brexit
God knows what qualifies as distant these days given the utter debacle of the last 4 years of brexit
But I want to go back further
And on this day where a Captain Tom Moore is being honoured for his inspirational effect on a nation
To another Captain
And on this day where a Captain Tom Moore is being honoured for his inspirational effect on a nation
To another Captain
To quote from the Daily Mail
"The father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan attacked the Government yesterday for trying to stop coroners criticising the Ministry of Defence."
"The father of a soldier killed in Afghanistan attacked the Government yesterday for trying to stop coroners criticising the Ministry of Defence."
"Lawyers acting for Defence Secretary Des Browne are asking the High Court to stop inquests from appearing to apportion blame.
But Anthony Philippson said it was "incredible" that anyone would seek to silence coroners in this way."
But Anthony Philippson said it was "incredible" that anyone would seek to silence coroners in this way."
"At last month's inquest into the death of his son James, 29, the coroner lambasted the Ministry of Defence over the lack of equipment and weaponry given to British troops.
Andrew Walker said soldiers were victims of a "breach of trust"."
Andrew Walker said soldiers were victims of a "breach of trust"."
"The inquest into Captain Philippson's death heard that vital night-vision goggles, machine guns and grenade launchers were not available until after British troops deployed into Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold.
The consignments arrived only after he lost his life."
The consignments arrived only after he lost his life."
Professor Slapper (Open University) said it was preposterous, arrogant & offence to the public.
He said although coroners were not supposed to decide liability they are supposed to "say clearly in what circumstances a person dies, & to report any irregularity or serious failing"
He said although coroners were not supposed to decide liability they are supposed to "say clearly in what circumstances a person dies, & to report any irregularity or serious failing"
So that is the Daily Mail article
Now I turn to Liam Fox MP
Now I turn to Liam Fox MP
Spending cuts "must be for keeps"
"This is the time to fix the roof" he said.
"We have a broken opposition. We have just won a general election and we need now to take the tough decisions we believe are right."
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
"This is the time to fix the roof" he said.
"We have a broken opposition. We have just won a general election and we need now to take the tough decisions we believe are right."
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Weird really that Liam Fox seems so able to rationalise the tough decisions
Yet his party and government hid and masked the outcomes of those policy choices and distributional analysis as best they could
Yet his party and government hid and masked the outcomes of those policy choices and distributional analysis as best they could
Of course what aided them in 2010-2020
Was a global financial crash aftermath
And a healthy dose of racist xenophobia to aid the lies and deflections employed to mask their choices
After all when your Education Secretary can't explain a chart .....
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nicky-mo…
Was a global financial crash aftermath
And a healthy dose of racist xenophobia to aid the lies and deflections employed to mask their choices
After all when your Education Secretary can't explain a chart .....
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nicky-mo…
"The point that I am making is that we now know that troops were sent into harm's way in Iraq without the proper equipment for political reasons. Sending troops into harm's way without the proper kit for domestic reasons is a serious breach of the military covenant."
"One would have thought that government had learned enough, following their failures in Iraq, to ensure that we were prepared for our mission in Afghanistan, but again they failed to understand the situation & sent our forces into a hornets' nest, without the proper resources"
"The MOD and the Treasury were unwilling to commit funds to urgent operational requirements enhancements prior to any formal political announcement."
"Sensible contingency planning ought to have been taking place. It was not that the equipment was unavailable or that it could not be ordered"
The defence & security of the country is increasingly being run on a wing& a prayer, and as the money has failed to materialise for the unfunded projects, they have been delayed & delayed, with the taxpayer left to foot the bill & the military left to ponder absent capabilities.
See below
"New Labour's deluded belief that we can all live beyond our means indefinitely has produced an economic train crash whose effects will be felt for a generation. The enduring legacy of new Labour's brand of socialism has been to saddle us with "cradle to grave" debt."
Ah the old familiar tropes of the Tories weaponising the global financial crash
I would put this here
mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/facts-…
I would put this here
mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/facts-…
"Brown stopped being Chancellor with debt roughly where it was when he started, & a deficit only moderately above level required to keep it there. The spin our current woes are the result of the mess Gordon Brown left the UK economy in is a distortion based on a half-truth. "
"The distortion is that the high deficit and debt when labour left office in 2010 were a consequence of the recession, and commendable attempts to limit its impact on output and employment."
"The reality was Mr Osborne didn’t want to do it because it would have meant losing face. He would have had to admit his previous pig-headed insistence that he didn’t need a fiscal “Plan B” was wrong. The risk was not to the UK’s borrowing status, but his own political stock"
You can of course look to another essential profession and to how they were weaponised prior to 2010
telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/la…
telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/la…
Chris Grayling, Shadow Home Sec: "This is final nail in coffin of Blair's promise Labour would be tough on crime. We already have many violent crimes rocketing & burglaries on the rise again. Because Brown wrecked public finances we are going to have fewer police on our streets"
Oh yes and a warning in 2009 from police officers
Yes those ones the Tories cut 20,000 of when they got into power
Those ones who were according to Theresa May "crying wolf"
Yes those ones the Tories cut 20,000 of when they got into power
Those ones who were according to Theresa May "crying wolf"
Timothy Brain, the Chief Constable of Gloucestershire, warned forces were being weakened at a time a strong police force could be essential to "hold the line".
"The full effect of a recession can take a long time to be felt in crime &disorder terms. Unemployment peaked in 1985 but there was no downturn in crime figures until the mid 1990s. In meantime we experienced severe social shock and it was the Police Service that held the line"
Anyway back to Liam
And a comparison of his words with the modern crisis
theguardian.com/society/2020/a…
And a comparison of his words with the modern crisis
theguardian.com/society/2020/a…
"The chief coroner for England and Wales, Mark Lucraft QC, has issued guidance that “an inquest would not be a satisfactory means of deciding whether adequate general policies and arrangements were in place for provision of PPE to healthcare workers”."
Now I agree with Liam Fox in 2010
And I hope that Liam would stand up and raise the same concerns now as an MP for the party of government
After all - NHS workers and carers are heroes right?
And I hope that Liam would stand up and raise the same concerns now as an MP for the party of government
After all - NHS workers and carers are heroes right?
Now I know the latest line has been that the government is the "international preferred buyer of choice"
That's great
Belatedly
But what does that mean e.g. you are just the most desperate nation in a long list of nation's scavenging for PPE supplies?
That's great
Belatedly
But what does that mean e.g. you are just the most desperate nation in a long list of nation's scavenging for PPE supplies?
Now all you need do is look to the record of a government that claims an "apparent success"
That many countries are looking to it to learn lessons from (oh and that comparison's with other countries are not useful)
And that it was "well prepared"
express.co.uk/videos/6137919…
That many countries are looking to it to learn lessons from (oh and that comparison's with other countries are not useful)
And that it was "well prepared"
express.co.uk/videos/6137919…
Here a long thread on PPE
Now as Conservative politicians and others try and deflect from criticism of their handling of coronavirus
Their tactics simple
They play anything but the ball
Insults e.g. aggressive or shill questioning
Stop being negative
It's unpatriotic
Pull together
Look China
Their tactics simple
They play anything but the ball
Insults e.g. aggressive or shill questioning
Stop being negative
It's unpatriotic
Pull together
Look China
It's all they have
And for that I pity them
Thatcher after all summed up that tactic best
And for that I pity them
Thatcher after all summed up that tactic best
“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”
Here's a longer rebuttal of a blog post being pushed by many - or themes similar to it
As they attack journalists
Again thank them for doing so
They confirm they cannot play the ball
And so play the person/profession
As they attack journalists
Again thank them for doing so
They confirm they cannot play the ball
And so play the person/profession
Of course Liam also has form on that
After all he attacked the defeatist civil service
After all he attacked the defeatist civil service
After all they said
"Creating an exit plan that makes sense and which all reasonable people could unite around seems an almost insuperable task. Eurosceptic groups have been divided for years about many of the basic policy and political questions"
"Creating an exit plan that makes sense and which all reasonable people could unite around seems an almost insuperable task. Eurosceptic groups have been divided for years about many of the basic policy and political questions"
That was Dominic Cummings
here's what civil service said
"Heywood, head of the civil service, told MPs on Wednesday that officials had "not set out to produce a civil service version of what Brexit looks like" because there "wasn't an end state that we could plan against"."
here's what civil service said
"Heywood, head of the civil service, told MPs on Wednesday that officials had "not set out to produce a civil service version of what Brexit looks like" because there "wasn't an end state that we could plan against"."
"But he revealed that the 28-day "purdah" period before the vote was used by officials to "look at what was being said by people advocating Leave" and to think about the departmental changes that would be needed to make departure from the EU a reality."
"But did we actually use the time usefully to prepare facts, analysis, options that would subsequently become useful? Yes, of course we did.that's why, from June 24 onwards we've been working flat out – and not from a standing start – on the issues that now need to be addressed."
"Describing the row over the lack of formal planning as an "odd debate", Heywood said "significant" work by the Treasury and Bank of England to plan for the immediate financial aftermath of a leave vote had helped to calm market jitters."
A reminder
14th June 2016 Daily Telegraph
"To that end, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, the two leading figures in the Leave campaign, have drawn up a blueprint for implementing a Brexit. Sensibly, it calls for flexibility and a period of reflection."
14th June 2016 Daily Telegraph
"To that end, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, the two leading figures in the Leave campaign, have drawn up a blueprint for implementing a Brexit. Sensibly, it calls for flexibility and a period of reflection."
Boris Johnson
“Of course EU countries will continue trading with us on a tariff free basis - they would be damaging their own commercial interests if they didn’t. That’s why EU politicians would be banging down the door for a trade deal on Friday 24/6/16”
“Of course EU countries will continue trading with us on a tariff free basis - they would be damaging their own commercial interests if they didn’t. That’s why EU politicians would be banging down the door for a trade deal on Friday 24/6/16”
Here's another thread on Liam for anyone interested who has made it this far
@threadreaderapp unroll please
