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.
"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."
It was the sight of Boris Johnson in full flow that convinced her that he was temperamentally unsuitable to be entrusted with any position of power, let alone the highest office of all, in charge of the UK & its nuclear codes.
Beginning to see what it is yet?
'His temper, casual relationship with the truth & often callous disregard of others, has caused many people working closely with him to question his fitness for office. He bears grudges, resents being beholden to others & has sneaky & even threatening sides to his character.'
In a judgment about publication of a story concerning his 'love child' with an art consultant, a senior judge raised questions about his fitness for power because of his “recklessness” about pregnancy and the feelings of others when conducting “extramarital adulterous liaisons”.
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In 2022, the Home Office considered giving Gideon Falter a role advising the Commission for Countering Extremism, but antisemitism tsar John Mann told Braverman he'd quit if Falter was appointed.
However, the MUCH BIGGER story concerns CCE Commissioner, Robin Simcox...
This is a thread about how the UK Govt appoints extremists to influential positions in order to manufacture a perception of impartiality, while in reality helping to push through harmful ideologically extreme free-market policies which serve the interests of the rich & powerful.
Robin Simcox, who has worked for the Henry Jackson Society AND the Heritage Foundation - two of the most ideologically extreme 'think tanks' in the western world - downplays the threat of far-right terrorism while talking-up the threats from Islamism AND environmental protestors.
The government claims to have secured the airfield and charter flights necessary for removing people to Rwanda. However, campaigners who oppose the scheme are targeting these elements of the policy in an attempt to make flights logistically impossible. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-688718…
In October 2022, the charity Freedom from Torture successfully convinced the airline Privilege Style to withdraw from the government’s Rwanda scheme.
In 'free-market' societies like ours, consumer pressure in the form of protests & boycotts often work.
Today is one of Britain’s most shameful days ever: a stain on Britain’s reputation as a tolerant, fair-minded, lawful, democratic and welcoming country.
The barbaric #RwandaPlan was dreamed up following the #PartyGate scandal, as part of ‘Operation Save Big Dog’.
The #RwandaPlan was announced on 14th April 2022 by disgraced lawbreaking liar & former PM Boris Johnson, who in a speech at Dover falsely claimed it could potentially see Rwanda “resettle tens of thousands of people in the years ahead”, & claimed it would cost £120 million.
In reality, the capacity of the proposed facility in #Rwanda is 200 people/year, representing 0.7% of 2023 small boat arrivals.
The ACTUAL cost will be £1.8 MILLION for EACH of the first 300 deportees. There is ZERO evidence it will have a deterrent effect or be value for money.
New video footage makes it obvious that CEO of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, Gideon Falter, set out to deliberately provoke trouble, garner attention, frame the narrative, & to mislead the Govt, the UK 'news' media, & the British people - and not for the first time.
The @metpoliceuk was forced to apologise. Yet as the new footage proves beyond any doubt, the Police Officer engaging with Gideon Falter, far from being punished, deserves a medal for his patience & professionalism, & should have arrested provocative troublemaker Gideon Falter.
That the widespread, hysterical & misleading national "news" media coverage & political commentary of this incident got it SO wrong reveals much about our broken, divisive & partisan news media, & our broken, divisive & partisan politics.
The 'shameless normalisation' of grotesque divisive racism is alive & well in Europe & beyond - even in relatively sensible progressive countries like Norway.
'The details that matter: Racism in Norwegian media during the Covid-19 pandemic'.
This article is about the role of the media in contemporary racism: it outlines the discursive mechanisms through which insidious, hidden forms of racism are able to exist “invisible in plain sight,” even in the media & public discourse of 'progressive' countries, like Norway.
The study is part of a broader investigation into the role of the media in the life-experience of immigrants. It addresses the question: 'How did Norwegian media portray immigrants during the Covid-19 pandemic?'