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18 Mar, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Britain's reputation in tatters, society polarized, the Union in danger, a broken economy, & 126,000 dead - all because we elected a #clown.

The @Conservatives know it.

The world knows it.

Voters know it.

It's not comedy. It's a fucking tragedy.

theguardian.com/news/2021/mar/…
His partner of 25 years threw him out twice after several affairs before he started cheating on her with 30 year old Carrie Symonds.

Even his daughter says he's a "selfish #bastard".

WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT BRITAIN that we have a posh, sexist, racist, pathological liar as PM?
Sonia Purnell worked with Boris Johnson.

She knows firsthand that he "has the fiercest & most uncontrollable anger I have seen. A terrifying mood change can be triggered instantly by the slightest challenge to his entitlement or self-worth."

Here's a summary THREAD of the important & largely overlooked 2019 article in the Times, by writer & journalist Sonia Purnell, who shared an office with Boris Johnson in Brussels, & knows all about his anger issues, & what a terrible choice for PM he is:

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18 Mar
We need to understand the *real* Boris Johnson. He's not the bumbling clown act we're presented with, which has been cultivated to hide his grotesque incompetence, sociopathic lying, fragile ego & bullying arrogance.

Sonia Purnell: the truth about Boris.

thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-…
"Boris Johnson can change from bonhomie to a dark fury in seconds. His normally jokey demeanour flashes into a sarcastic snarl, his skin reddens and blotches, his eyes dart into an intense narrow glare and on the worst occasions his lips curl back to reveal wisps of spittle."
Sonia Purnell worked alongside him, sharing an office in Brussels, reporting on the EU.

"He has the fiercest and most uncontrollable anger I have seen. A terrifying mood change can be triggered instantly by the slightest challenge to his entitlement or self-worth."
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16 Mar
Tories go on about freedom, liberty, & 'the will of the people', then introduce the #PoliceBill.

In 1990, 200,000 joined a #PROTEST against the poll tax, leaving 113 people injured & 340 under arrest.

17 million REFUSED to pay, which DEFEATED IT, & got rid of Thatcher.

#FUCKEM
The poll tax riots were a series of riots in British towns & cities during protests against the draconian "poll tax", introduced by the @Conservatives under Thatcher. The largest protest was in central London on 31 March 1990, shortly before the tax was due to come into force.
In 1989 the All Britain Anti-Poll Tax Federation was set up by the Militant tendency.

Other groups such as the 3D (Don't Register, Don't Pay, Don't Collect) network provided national coordination for anti-poll tax unions who were not aligned to particular political factions.
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15 Mar
US Libertarian billionaires pay #Spiked to divide UK society.

The irresponsible cranks at Spiked pretend they're for "greater freedom & democracy", but NOT ONCE have they mentioned the anti-freedom & anti-democracy 'Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill'.

#PoliceCrackdownBill
Like #Breitbart, EVERY DAY they puke out divisive 'culture war' stories about 'dangerous cultural Marxists', 'the death of free speech', or how 'anti-racists are the REAL racists'.

It's pathetic & relentless. & it is paid simply to #divide voters, & thus help their rich funders.
A 2018 investigation revealed #Spiked received at least $300,000 between 2015 & 2018 from the Koch brothers — the right-wing libertarian US oil billionaires who have been at the heart of climate change denial in the USA.

#Spiked ARE 'the thought police'.

desmog.co.uk/2018/12/04/spi…
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15 Mar
THREAD

Hitler won mass support because a major economic crisis had driven Germany into a deep depression: Banks crashed, businesses folded, & millions lost their jobs.

Hitler offered voters a vision of a better future - 'sunlit uplands', you might say.

thenation.com/article/archiv…
The poorest people in Germany voted for Hitler's opponents, notably the Communists & the moderate left-wing Social Democrats, but the lower-middle classes, the bourgeoisie, the unorganized workers, the rural masses, and the older traditionalists all gave their votes to Hitler.
Whereas other politicians seemed to dither or act as mere administrators, Hitler projected purpose & dynamism.

He proved a master at denouncing conventions & manipulating the media. He issued an endless stream of #slogans, & hammered them home to win potential supporters over.
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14 Mar
The 1833 #Slavery Abolition Act outlawed slavery in most of the British empire & included 'slave compensation'. The Govt loaned the equivalent of £300bn, which went exclusively to slave-owners.

Not one penny has ever gone to slaves or their descendants.

theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/…
To compensate the slave owners, the British Govt loaned from Nathan Mayer Rothschild - said to be the richest man on earth - £15 million (£1.43 billion today) with interest, which was finally paid off by British taxpayers in 2015.

Rothschild was a claimant under the scheme.
Eventually, in 2006, The Church of England voted to apologise to descendants of victims of the slave trade.

At the time, Rev Simon Bessant, described the Church's involvement in the trade, saying: "We were at the heart of it."

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/469489…
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13 Mar
Priti Patel is responsible for this.

She's also pushing through the 'Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill', which will allow the police to arrest people for peaceful protest.

The @Conservatives' anti-democratic, outdated & brutal authoritarianism continues apace.

#Resign
Tonight's events at the vigil remind me of the time the @Conservatives' Mark field took the law into his own hands & manhandled a @Greenpeace protester. The City of London Police reviewed the events & declared that it would be taking no further action.

And shortly before that, in 2019, Mark Field - who had an affair with Liz Truss - grabbed Jeremy Hunt’s wife by the head and according to the Daily Mail, "kissed her like a vampire".

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…
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