Things I have always known about Boris Johnson - he likes the ladies, he runs his mouth off, he stretches the truth to breaking point and he gets shit done when he wants to - things I have learnt in the last few days - all of the above
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I didn't vote for Johnson because I thought he was the Pope - in fact to a certain extent quite the reverse - I actually thought that I understood him because he did all those things - he wasn't some fake PR generated cardboard cutout of a politician
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But more broadly I voted for him because he promised to deliver Brexit and leveling up - he said he loved this country and would fight for it - that is more than most of the others said or did
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So unless he fucks that up - unless he starts talking down the country I love - I really really couldn't care about who paid for a flat when it wasn't the tax payer or whether he offered to sort out some tax issues to get ventilators in a crisis
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And I really really really don't care what was said in the heat of a debate or discussion - because you know what we have all said stuff that we shouldn't have - what I care about is results, results and results and people caring about this country
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And I hate to break it to the many people frothing at the mouth over this "crisis" including much of the political press but I suspect I am not alone - in fact I would bet that the vast majority of people don't care - they want jobs, normality and stability
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This is especially true when we look around the world at the terrible images from India etc and the gathering economic crisis' in many countries - this is simply not that important - so yes it is all rather exciting but it is largely meaningless
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There are many in the UK who think that the UK is on a glide path to rejoin the EU via a series of deals which will move us closer to the block - let's talk about the reality of the situation in a simple thread
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One of the big "losers" from Brexit was going to be the city of London - this was never going to happen but has now been proven to be nonsense - the city is moving on and now has a taste of life without EU regulation
They won't want to go back now or in the future
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Trade is already moving - making membership far less valuable than before - whereas much of business campaigned to stay - they will within a few years hate to rejoin even more - more uncertainty and disruptions to work through
Many will disagree but if you want to talk about inequality - then yes you should talk about race - but also about class - location - education - culture - even time in the country - these are all drivers of inequality
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And we do need to talk about them - I don't know anyone who wants to live in a country where people don't get a fair crack at the whip - therefore we need to work to resolve them - and we can - there is nothing which is unsolvable with time and effort
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But the importation of American style culture wars, post modernism via the universities and critical race theory is making it impossible - because it's unravelling the many advances we have made towards better relations between all groups
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The race report has the usual crowd of anti British commentators and academics out in force - what's interesting is how little anyone cares - there appears to have been a structural change within the general public - people are no longer interested in their views or care
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It feels like they over reached last year when accusing 85% of the population of being racist fascists - I know what a shock - this is taking time to feed into the political and cultural systems but it's being noticed
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From politicians like Starmer through to charities like the National Trust our elites are seeing a wall of hostility - they are getting hurt in the voting booth or wallet etc - when they attempt to push their anti British identitarian agendas
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