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Just imagine in the midst of pandemic with tens of thousands dead and yet more tens of thousands who are going to die. A comedian joked about letting the bodies piled high
Joking
It wasn't a comedian
It was the Prime Minister
Just imagine in the midst of pandemic with tens of thousands dead and yet more tens of thousands who are going to die. A comedian joked about letting the bodies piled high
Joking
It wasn't a comedian
It was the Prime Minister
I want to introduce you to a comedy clip of Jimmy Carr
Where he tries to determine where people find a joke too offensive
It has gone too far
Where he tries to determine where people find a joke too offensive
It has gone too far
First I will put up his rebuttal of the alleged comments
I don't want Boris to feel like he is - how did he put it to children - gets "abused" by journalists
I don't want Boris to feel like he is - how did he put it to children - gets "abused" by journalists
https://twitter.com/TheNewEuropean/status/1386675691941416960
I want you to close your eyes
Close them
Pretend you are blindfolded
Pretend you are Michael Gove and you can hear no evil
(We will come back to Michael later)
Close them
Pretend you are blindfolded
Pretend you are Michael Gove and you can hear no evil
(We will come back to Michael later)
I want you to imagine you are
The leader of a nation
You can be a President
You can be a Chancellor
You can be a First Minister
You can be a Prime Minister
You can even be King of the World
Hell you can even be First Lord of the Treasury
You choose your title
The leader of a nation
You can be a President
You can be a Chancellor
You can be a First Minister
You can be a Prime Minister
You can even be King of the World
Hell you can even be First Lord of the Treasury
You choose your title
Imagine the weight of your office
The responsibility you carry
As leader of a nation
In normal times
That would be a weight to bear
In the middle of a pandemic
That weight would be even more so
The responsibility you carry
As leader of a nation
In normal times
That would be a weight to bear
In the middle of a pandemic
That weight would be even more so
I have the deepest of thoughts and prayers for any leader that is trying to navigate their nation through a global pandemic
It is not easy
It is tough
There are no easy choices
It is not easy
It is tough
There are no easy choices
So as the leader of a nation
Would you say out loud
"let the bodies pile high"
"let it rip"
Would you say out loud
"let the bodies pile high"
"let it rip"
Imagine saying either of those things out loud
Worse
Imagine as a colleague
Imagine as a civil servant
Listening to a leader of a nation saying that out loud
AND doing NOTHING
Worse
Imagine as a colleague
Imagine as a civil servant
Listening to a leader of a nation saying that out loud
AND doing NOTHING
So I have deliberately
Within the previous posts
Not given you a date or context to the circumstances in which those comments were made
My question would be
Why would the context matter?
Within the previous posts
Not given you a date or context to the circumstances in which those comments were made
My question would be
Why would the context matter?
If you are going to say
"let the bodies pile high"
How high is high?
At what point does the pile become too high?
Where would you like the pile to be located?
At the doors of No10, at Chequers, on Parliament Green
Where?
"let the bodies pile high"
How high is high?
At what point does the pile become too high?
Where would you like the pile to be located?
At the doors of No10, at Chequers, on Parliament Green
Where?
Similar questions to "let it rip"
What is "it" ?
Define "rip" ?
Who is going to suffer from the "rip" ?
What is "it" ?
Define "rip" ?
Who is going to suffer from the "rip" ?
Why not more than once?
Does the frequency of the comment matter?
Does where he make the comment matter?
Does whom he makes it to matter?
Does the frequency of the comment matter?
Does where he make the comment matter?
Does whom he makes it to matter?
https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1386980847593705472
Just a reminder from November 19th 2020
Again - close your eyes
Imagine a Prime Minister refusing to meet bereaved victims from his rule
Again - why would your reaction to that alter based on the political affiliation of him (or of you)?
Again - close your eyes
Imagine a Prime Minister refusing to meet bereaved victims from his rule
Again - why would your reaction to that alter based on the political affiliation of him (or of you)?
https://twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1329340098115227648
I would put this here
As a reminder
Of the cost of a funeral service
But hey amidst the blessed sunlit uplands of austerity, brexit and covid
inews.co.uk/essentials/new…
As a reminder
Of the cost of a funeral service
But hey amidst the blessed sunlit uplands of austerity, brexit and covid
inews.co.uk/essentials/new…
Here is Liz Truss alongside the words of Margaret Roberts (you know her right - the Iron Lady )
Any time the Conservatives say "build back better" or "level up" ask them from what and from WHOM?
Any time the Conservatives say "build back better" or "level up" ask them from what and from WHOM?
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1320685911500345345
Here is also Liz Truss on an uncomfortable chair and how desperate and enfeebled open global Britain is
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1384824451339063304
For those who put pictures of the Queen in their zoom background
Do ask them
Why were they ok with lying to Her Majesty to unlawfully prorogue Parliament?
Do ask them
Why were they ok with lying to Her Majesty to unlawfully prorogue Parliament?
I did write a thread once
Where I compared Trump's attempt to interrupt the operation of the US legislature
By his insurrection
And compared it with Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson of course was *successful* in his usurpation of Parliament
Where I compared Trump's attempt to interrupt the operation of the US legislature
By his insurrection
And compared it with Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson of course was *successful* in his usurpation of Parliament
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1348593396005351424
For those who put the union flag in their zoom background
Do ask them
Why did they vote for the Northern Ireland Protocol that puts a border in the Irish Sea that no unionist could support
Do ask them
Why did they vote for the Northern Ireland Protocol that puts a border in the Irish Sea that no unionist could support
https://twitter.com/ByDonkeys/status/1184738823420502016
But hey
We have normalised lying to the Queen
As easily as we have normalised lying to the nation
We have normalised spaffing on the union as easily as spaffing on a mistress paid out of the public purse
The "new normal" eh
We have normalised lying to the Queen
As easily as we have normalised lying to the nation
We have normalised spaffing on the union as easily as spaffing on a mistress paid out of the public purse
The "new normal" eh
So
Getting back to Jimmy Carr
The reason I chose his video clip was that he was exploring the question of at what point do you turn away from a joke
And say no
That is offensive
That went too far
Getting back to Jimmy Carr
The reason I chose his video clip was that he was exploring the question of at what point do you turn away from a joke
And say no
That is offensive
That went too far
Now
I am not going to focus on who paid for Boris Johnson's redecoration of Number 10
You know that
He got a Tory party donor to pay for it
Only because he got caught out
And got shamed into it and had no other viable route
Did he *eventually* pay for it himself
I am not going to focus on who paid for Boris Johnson's redecoration of Number 10
You know that
He got a Tory party donor to pay for it
Only because he got caught out
And got shamed into it and had no other viable route
Did he *eventually* pay for it himself
I am not going to focus on a PM who INTERFERED into the investigation into bullying allegations against a Home Secretary
Who suppressed the report
And ordered his MPs to form a protective square not around the victim but around the bully
Who suppressed the report
And ordered his MPs to form a protective square not around the victim but around the bully
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1367507825082195974
There are so many stories with Boris Johnson
So so many
My question is not on them
Again
You know what he was, is and what he says and does
My question is:
At what point would you have an issue with something he says or does?
So so many
My question is not on them
Again
You know what he was, is and what he says and does
My question is:
At what point would you have an issue with something he says or does?
Now I realise when I ask this question
I would also ask you - does your reaction alter based on who he is, what party he represents or on how you voted?
If so - that says so so much more about you than him
I would also ask you - does your reaction alter based on who he is, what party he represents or on how you voted?
If so - that says so so much more about you than him
Now I could do what Jimmy Carr does and start off low
On the historic words and actions of Boris Johnson
And build up from them
And see where your threshold is
At what point do you turn away from his words or his actions
There is so much
I just don't have the time
On the historic words and actions of Boris Johnson
And build up from them
And see where your threshold is
At what point do you turn away from his words or his actions
There is so much
I just don't have the time
You already know what he is
Those who know *BEST* what he is
Are those who enabled him in his party
To voters who voted for him
You knew what he was, is and always will be
A liar
A cheat
A racist
A nativist
A charlatan
Self serving
Corrupt
Amoral
Incompetent
Those who know *BEST* what he is
Are those who enabled him in his party
To voters who voted for him
You knew what he was, is and always will be
A liar
A cheat
A racist
A nativist
A charlatan
Self serving
Corrupt
Amoral
Incompetent
After all
Jacob Rees Mogg cannot answer a simple question
Does Boris Johnson have a moral compass
Not a question on where does it point
Simply if he has one
And Jacob knew this before he elected Boris Johnson leader
Jacob Rees Mogg cannot answer a simple question
Does Boris Johnson have a moral compass
Not a question on where does it point
Simply if he has one
And Jacob knew this before he elected Boris Johnson leader
Sadly
He was in charge as the UK faced a global pandemic
And to be honest
I am not surprised at Boris Johnson's incompetence
What I am surprised at
Is that no one in his cabinet, his government, his party were able to act as a check, counter or balance to his reign
He was in charge as the UK faced a global pandemic
And to be honest
I am not surprised at Boris Johnson's incompetence
What I am surprised at
Is that no one in his cabinet, his government, his party were able to act as a check, counter or balance to his reign
So
As Boris Johnson talks of "letting the bodies pile high"
How would you feel if that pile included you, your parents, your partner, your children, your friends?
Would that alter your view on "letting" that pile build?
As Boris Johnson talks of "letting the bodies pile high"
How would you feel if that pile included you, your parents, your partner, your children, your friends?
Would that alter your view on "letting" that pile build?
So the main question in this thread
Is to you
Why are you *OK* with "let the bodies pile high" or "let it rip"
What could Boris Johnson say or do that would make you question his words or actions?
Is to you
Why are you *OK* with "let the bodies pile high" or "let it rip"
What could Boris Johnson say or do that would make you question his words or actions?
Your reminder
There are over 150,000 dead
Christmas 2020
Well
There are over 150,000 dead
Christmas 2020
Well
The second strand of those comments from Boris Johnson
Is how those who KNOW what he is DEFEND and DEFLECT for him
Boris Johnson is afraid that at some point those who enable him or those who vote for him
tell which drives Boris more - greed or fear.
Is how those who KNOW what he is DEFEND and DEFLECT for him
Boris Johnson is afraid that at some point those who enable him or those who vote for him
tell which drives Boris more - greed or fear.
https://twitter.com/JoeMurphyLondon/status/1387000423068930049
So
I could focus on your reaction to the "bodies pile high"
Because the people who are really afraid of that comment of "bodies pile high in their thousands"
Are Conservatives
They are afraid
Not for what it says about Boris Johnson
But what it says about them
I could focus on your reaction to the "bodies pile high"
Because the people who are really afraid of that comment of "bodies pile high in their thousands"
Are Conservatives
They are afraid
Not for what it says about Boris Johnson
But what it says about them
After all
They know exactly what an amoral cheating lying racist corrupt self serving charlatan they elected as their leader
Their fear now
Is not for what is best for country
But what is best for self, career and party
After all - losing your job in a pandemic is not nice
They know exactly what an amoral cheating lying racist corrupt self serving charlatan they elected as their leader
Their fear now
Is not for what is best for country
But what is best for self, career and party
After all - losing your job in a pandemic is not nice
So I want to focus on how his government and party behaved yesterday upon it
Because often it is not the original action that is fascinating but how people react
What is fascinating
Is the coverup
To borrow a movie quote
Because often it is not the original action that is fascinating but how people react
What is fascinating
Is the coverup
To borrow a movie quote
So on Monday 26th April 2021
I want to know
How did Conservative MP's respond
After all
They formed a protective square for the Prittster
(some) of them came to the aide of Dominic
What did they do for their dear leader?
I want to know
How did Conservative MP's respond
After all
They formed a protective square for the Prittster
(some) of them came to the aide of Dominic
What did they do for their dear leader?
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1264636461577646084
So looking at what Conservative MP's spent Monday 26th April talking of
Liz Truss was hawking her usual shite
Liz Truss was hawking her usual shite
https://twitter.com/trussliz/status/1386617286698717188
Many MPs were trying to flood social media with their local council campaigning
https://twitter.com/MariaMillerUK/status/1386615717647298560
Some were focusing on the easing of lockdown
https://twitter.com/JamesDavies/status/1386617718338691073
One wanted to talk of moral duty (that was brave in my view)
https://twitter.com/Royston_Smith/status/1386219700196085760
Which I thought brave given David Cameron's recent news appearance and his words on Nigeria
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1381555287409229825
Boris' favourite propagandists
Well they even weaponised the death of the Duke of Edinburgh to provide cover for Boris
Truly there is no bottom to the barrel
Well they even weaponised the death of the Duke of Edinburgh to provide cover for Boris
Truly there is no bottom to the barrel
https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1386623779107971073
There was also an Urgent Question in the House of Commons on the ministerial code
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-0…
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-0…
Not a single one of his MPs was able to attest to the honesty, integrity or character of Boris Johnson
Instead they all played deflection and bullshit or just talked out the time in the Urgent Question
And for that I pity them
Instead they all played deflection and bullshit or just talked out the time in the Urgent Question
And for that I pity them
His MPs were unable to say he didn't say it
They all squirmed around their selective wording
They all squirmed around their selective wording
https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1386703357490892800
Some went for the
Ah but look at this Labour politician or the "all parties"
Ah but look at this Labour politician or the "all parties"
https://twitter.com/bernardjenkin/status/1387054965693173764
I have no idea what the fuck this defence is from the Telegraph
But then again it is the client organ of choice for Boris
But then again it is the client organ of choice for Boris
https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1387037372399833088
Here's William Hague with some utter craven deluded bullshit
https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/1386954035819859969
Here is a Baroness focusing not on the actual words he said
But on the "treachery" of those who revealed the words
But on the "treachery" of those who revealed the words
https://mobile.twitter.com/ladylilo2/status/1386963906405486597
The Daily Telegraph of course
Employs some of the best lines in defending and deflecting from Boris
Employs some of the best lines in defending and deflecting from Boris
https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1387022980375535616
A reminder Boris Johnson eventually paid out of his own pocket
Not because it was the correct thing to do
But because he was *caught out* and was not able to blag not doing so
Not because it was the correct thing to do
But because he was *caught out* and was not able to blag not doing so
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1386928807970476034
A reminder
The British public aren't supposed to be interested in this
The British public aren't supposed to be interested in this
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1386928807970476034
People do not care that Boris Johnson is an amoral cheating lying racist self serving incompetent corrupt charlatan
And I do not know at what point they *would* care
He has led the nation to the cheating lying racist con of brexit & disaster of covid
And I do not know at what point they *would* care
He has led the nation to the cheating lying racist con of brexit & disaster of covid
https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1387028170637971461
So I wanted to focus on coronavirus and choose some "highlights" so to speak
Remember - another defence from Tories is that Boris "did his best"
I actually thank them for that - because his best is shite
Remember - another defence from Tories is that Boris "did his best"
I actually thank them for that - because his best is shite
1. A PM who was AWOL for flooding let alone for COBRA start ups for covid in early 2020
2. A PM who locked down late
3. A PM who lied and said he met patients with covid and shook their hands
4. A PM who joked of Operation Last Gasp
5. A PM whose party cut pandemic preparedness
2. A PM who locked down late
3. A PM who lied and said he met patients with covid and shook their hands
4. A PM who joked of Operation Last Gasp
5. A PM whose party cut pandemic preparedness
6. A PM whose party suppressed Exercise Cygnus
7. A PM many of whose ministers didn't bother reading Exercise Cygnus until it was many months into the pandemic
8. See the ventilator programme shite
7. A PM many of whose ministers didn't bother reading Exercise Cygnus until it was many months into the pandemic
8. See the ventilator programme shite
9. See the white elephant of Nightingale hospitals that were never staffed to take patients
10. See summer 2020 where a PM could not say he had read the autumn/winter plan
11. See corruption and nepotism in PPE contract awarding
10. See summer 2020 where a PM could not say he had read the autumn/winter plan
11. See corruption and nepotism in PPE contract awarding
12. See Dominic Cummings fleeing London and Barnard Castle
13. See muzzling the scientists
14. See Rishi Sunak and David Cameron's effectiveness at lobbying
15. See Winter 2020 and a lockdown to late where the bodies did pile high
13. See muzzling the scientists
14. See Rishi Sunak and David Cameron's effectiveness at lobbying
15. See Winter 2020 and a lockdown to late where the bodies did pile high
16. See where ministers were encouraged to lie about when lockdown actually started in March 2020
17. See lies on the UK vaccine programme and weaponising it for brexit
18. See the lies on no UK export ban on vaccine whilst bein
17. See lies on the UK vaccine programme and weaponising it for brexit
18. See the lies on no UK export ban on vaccine whilst bein
19. Don't allow your minister's preferential access to covid tests (see Michael Gove)
20. "Schools are safe" .... days later schools are closed
20. "Schools are safe" .... days later schools are closed
I once wrote a thread on things that could have been done differently
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1340988404490788864
on the concept & the scale of those who have died from covid I also wrote a thread
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1298934733813014528
But anyway enough on coronavirus
Let's get back to Boris Johnson
Let's get back to Boris Johnson
Here is Margaret Thatcher speaking to the character of a leader
On Sir Alec Douglas-Home
"He brought to politics outstanding qualities, integrity, selflessness, courage and a capacity for getting people to work together. "
On Sir Alec Douglas-Home
"He brought to politics outstanding qualities, integrity, selflessness, courage and a capacity for getting people to work together. "
On Macmillan
"The Prime Minister is a man of the highest integrity and honour and should not, therefore, suffer for someone whose standards were not as high as his own.”
"The Prime Minister is a man of the highest integrity and honour and should not, therefore, suffer for someone whose standards were not as high as his own.”
Here is Jacob Rees Mogg when asked a simple question
Does Boris Johnson have a moral compass
And he cannot answer yes
facebook.com/watch/?v=63729…
Does Boris Johnson have a moral compass
And he cannot answer yes
facebook.com/watch/?v=63729…
Here is Douglas Ross asked if Boris Johnson is a man of honour and integrity
And he cannot answer yes
And he cannot answer yes
https://twitter.com/ITVBorderRB/status/1387040911373213699
So to end
Well sorry before I do
I promised you a thread on Michael Gove
Be warned: it's a long thread
Well sorry before I do
I promised you a thread on Michael Gove
Be warned: it's a long thread
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1260571730751471616
I leave you with a longer compendium thread I wrote on Boris Johnson which was inspired by his words to schoolchildren on what inspired Boris to move from being a journalist to being a politician
Be warned: it's a really really long thread
Be warned: it's a really really long thread
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1374286271732928513
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