Thread by @carolecadwalla

Excellent summary by @freedland of Johnson’s scandals upon scandals. With one omission. Vote Leave’s illegal donation in crucial 48 hours before Brexit is the ur-scandal. The scandal that paved way for Johnson to become PM. And for 127k to lose their lives
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#CashForCurtains is almost exact same scheme. The failure to hold Johnson, Gove & Cummings accountable is what emboldened them to believe that they are above the law. Because they are. They proved to be untouchable: from Electoral Commission, Met police & parliament

I believe the failure to hold them to account is fundamental to why 127k people died. They rigged an election. And got away with it. We can argue about whether they succeeded or what difference it made. But the Electoral Commission’s funding was that they broke the law.

And nothing happened. Not Johnson nor Gove nor Cummings ever even answered questions on it. They were never even asked! The biggest electoral fraud for 100 years & it left not a scratch on them. Everything that has happened since follows on from this culture of absolute impunity