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Of course when @10DowningStreet @BorisJohnson
Shovels a new line of spin bullshit
Of course there are those who sell it on for him
Of course when @10DowningStreet @BorisJohnson
Shovels a new line of spin bullshit
Of course there are those who sell it on for him
https://twitter.com/NickBoles/status/1401903992570011653
7/6/2021
"In an early phone call with Joe Biden, an aide told me, Johnson said he disliked the phrase special relationship after the president used it. To Johnson it seemed needy and weak."
"In an early phone call with Joe Biden, an aide told me, Johnson said he disliked the phrase special relationship after the president used it. To Johnson it seemed needy and weak."
7/6/2021
"The prime minister is on the record previously saying he prefers not to use the phrase but that in no way detracts from the importance with which we regard our relationship with the US, our closest ally."
"The prime minister is on the record previously saying he prefers not to use the phrase but that in no way detracts from the importance with which we regard our relationship with the US, our closest ally."
So I am going to give some examples historically of when that phrase has been used by Boris Johnson
And I will quote his words from today
Alongside those examples
And I will quote his words from today
Alongside those examples
22/11/2016
Britain and America have an enduring and strong special relationship
Britain and America have an enduring and strong special relationship
22/11/2016
"The relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States was perhaps the single most important geopolitical fact of the last century, and I have no doubt that it will continue to prosper and thrive in the relationship we are building."
"The relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States was perhaps the single most important geopolitical fact of the last century, and I have no doubt that it will continue to prosper and thrive in the relationship we are building."
22/11/2016
"I believe that the UK-US relationship is vital"
"I believe that the UK-US relationship is vital"
28/3/2017
This is a long-standing extraordinary relationship that goes from strength to strength.
This is a long-standing extraordinary relationship that goes from strength to strength.
28/3/2017
"They will not make any difference to a fundamental relationship that is, as I say, of great international importance."
"They will not make any difference to a fundamental relationship that is, as I say, of great international importance."
28/3/2017
"I believe that it has done no lasting damage to our relationship, and certainly not to the special relationship or to intelligence sharing, which will of course carry on between our countries. As I say, that relationship is of huge value to the security of the west.""
"I believe that it has done no lasting damage to our relationship, and certainly not to the special relationship or to intelligence sharing, which will of course carry on between our countries. As I say, that relationship is of huge value to the security of the west.""
22/4/2016
"we can thrive as never before – and therefore be even better and more valuable allies of the United States."
"we can thrive as never before – and therefore be even better and more valuable allies of the United States."
Just a reminder
It is not just republican's who want to exploit Britain and see what a desperate, weak, enfeebled nation we have become *because of brexit*
It is not just republican's who want to exploit Britain and see what a desperate, weak, enfeebled nation we have become *because of brexit*
And a reminder
And of course
Last but not least
We come to coronavirus
The culmination of a decade
Of austerity
And of brexit
See June 2020:
Imagine *seeking* to the deaths of citizens
Just imagine doing that
Last but not least
We come to coronavirus
The culmination of a decade
Of austerity
And of brexit
See June 2020:
Imagine *seeking* to the deaths of citizens
Just imagine doing that
Here's a reminder on Boris Johnson
And how he "let it rip"
And "let the bodies pile high"
I understand the fear he feels
And those who enable his "protective ring"
They are so afraid that it fails
And how he "let it rip"
And "let the bodies pile high"
I understand the fear he feels
And those who enable his "protective ring"
They are so afraid that it fails
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1390202274765488128
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