CHURCHILL: The whole fury & might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us...If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be freed & the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.
JOHNSON: Bendy bus! Wine crate bus! Boris Bus! #COVID19
JOHNSON: Bendy bus! Wine crate bus! Boris Bus! #COVID19
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1297888896337018880
“The most sophisticated tyrannies are ones that have a showman as their frontman. Clown or blowhard. Jester or villain. The type of showman doesn’t matter. Their audience will love them just the same." (Emerson Warner, 1945). #BorisJohnson @BorisJohnson_MP
https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1297961030333734914
Although Warner was writing with Hitler, Mussolini & Stalin in mind, his words are starkly true today
Churchill he describes as “a consummate showman but no tyrant” despite being PM of a British Empire which he regards as “cruel, despotic & ultimately self-interested in nature.”
Churchill he describes as “a consummate showman but no tyrant” despite being PM of a British Empire which he regards as “cruel, despotic & ultimately self-interested in nature.”
Boris Johnson is not a ‘bumbling loveable buffoon’.
He uses this persona as a front as a means of deflecting scrutiny, building relatability & shoring up his Teflon brand.
Here he admits the beneath the bumbling he’s rally “Hard as nails. Hard as nails”.
He uses this persona as a front as a means of deflecting scrutiny, building relatability & shoring up his Teflon brand.
Here he admits the beneath the bumbling he’s rally “Hard as nails. Hard as nails”.
https://twitter.com/stefsimanowitz/status/1277008947380203522?s=21https://t.co/z6PNAyCJud
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