[thread] an intro from

August 13th 1949 Miss M. Roberts

"Once they saw a Conservative Government in power they and all Young Conservatives up and down the country would be able to say with Keats. “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven.”"
Kidding

It doesn't

It works for Richard Desmond

"Mr Desmond had sent Mr Jenrick messages ahead of the approval telling him that “we appreciate the speed as we don’t want to give Marxists loads of doe [sic] for nothing!”,"

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
"However, Pincher insisted housing secretary Robert Jenrick has “no relationship” with Richard Desmond (pictured, left), owner of developer Westferry Developments, and had no discussions with him about avoiding a levy charge"

housingtoday.co.uk/news/richard-d…
You know what if I was the Tories I would be upset at this story

Not at their corruption

But because in return for saving a client £45 million

All they got in party donations was a paltry £12,000

Richard Desmond is laughing at his return on investment
Or

Mr Jenrick said there was 'nothing to see here' when he appeared on television this morning.

Imagine promoting your and your deputy's constituency for funding immediately before a general election

Can you imagine doing that?

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
Anyway back to food
The voluntary support given to food banks is "rather uplifting" and "shows what a compassionate country we are", Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has said.

He told LBC radio the only reason for the rise in their use was "that people know that they are there".

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi….
You have of course the legacy of a decade of Tory rule

You have of course Jacob Rees Mogg and others with the lure of unicorns and cheap food prices in the sunlit uplands of Brexit

On the positive at least UNICEF aren't funding crack dens and brothels as Ben Bradley would say

You have Liz Truss who can explain very well what her party is trying to "level up" from with an introduction from Maggie

So any time Conservatives tell you they are building back better

Or levelling up

Ask them two simple questions

Who are you levelling up from?

What are you levelling up from?
There is of course the shitshow of brexit

And there is of course

Not the "apparent success"

The "great success"

But the "massive success" of coronavirus

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17 Dec
So really simple questions

And there are so so many

Why are concerns over race, gender and sexuality put into air quotes e.g. "fashionable"?

Is "fashionable" meant as a derogatory?

Who are you selling this shite to when you write it this way?
When did the government become "too focused" on race, gender and sexuality issues?

Define "too focused" ?

Will now "pivot" - what you mean from today 17th December 2020?
Read 12 tweets
15 Dec
[thread]

Drug policy is a complex area

It falls across social, health and criminal justice areas

I will leave the question of what Scotland is capable of in terms of devolved powers and what is reserved at Westminster

I just want to focus on "SNP cuts"
Read 15 tweets
15 Dec
[thread]

Can I be the first to congratulate Boris Johnson

On getting a "British shaped deal"

On a "gold standard" trade deal

On making the UK "mightily prosper"

/joking

He won't

But he will sell it as such

And that is all that matters
It is a sign of how desperate brexiteers are

They can no longer pivot to USA
Oh and in case you thought it was just Trump that wanted to exploit the damage of brexit
Read 39 tweets
14 Dec
"Even in the tumultuous hour of victory"

I saw how Gove and Boris looked in their "hour of victory"

They looked scared

Given that Michael can't recall what he did in core group

Why was it his hour of victory?
Not just forces

But mighty forces

How dark and ominous sounding
"I knew mighty forces would do anything to thwart Brexit"
Read 26 tweets
14 Dec
[thread] "Our Capital is not safe for young people"

It is almost like there is a Tory mayoral election coming up

So let's have a quick look at this here
Now here is a Home Secretary

Who defunded the Police

Who told the Police to stop crying wolf at the consequences of cuts

Who then DENIED having accused them of crying wolf

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-474729…
Now Sadiq Khan has held summits on tackling knife crime

2016

london.gov.uk/city-hall-blog…
Read 6 tweets
11 Dec
"Since Brussels is convinced"

I like that

Personalise it to Brussels

Not 27 EU nations, our friends, neighbours
"convinced that leaving is an unprecedented act of self-harm"

it has been an act of self-harm

see the damage so far

see why no deal has to be sold as an Australia style deal

see why it has to be hidden within the "massive success" of covid
Read 9 tweets

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