Extraordinary moment at the start of #PMQs: Johnson refuses to support Starmer’s assertion that it’s not election candidates who decide which ballots must count. His moral and political cowardice knows no bounds.
Meanwhile he blathers some bullshit about not being responsible for the delay in acting or the lives that will be lost as a result. He’ll never change and we’ll all pay the price. #PMQs
Unbelievable. Johnson paves the way for extending lockdown by saying it’s the Commons which will decide - as though his thoughts and policies are a mere irrelevance. A naked and extravagant attempt to deflect responsibility even for him. #PMQs
Seriously. The PM just attempted to absolve himself from people’s anger by suggesting that it’s MPs who would be responsible for extending lockdown - as though they’d be acting off their own initiative and not in response to legislation proposed by the actual government! #PMQs
Johnson finishes by accusing Starmer of opportunism for daring to have a different policy, irrelevantly (and counter-productively) contrasting Starmer to Blair, and making a pathetic jibe trying to link Starmer to Jeremy Corbyn. Truly dismal even by his standards. #PMQs
Johnson just had the gall to deny Dominic Cummings was responsible for public confusion over health messaging and instead blamed ‘party political point-scoring’ from the Labour Party. Sometimes the cynicism’s just too exhausting. #PMQs
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