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I am going to praise @Nigel_Farage
Yup
I am going there
I would like to thank him for his honesty
I am going to praise @Nigel_Farage
Yup
I am going there
I would like to thank him for his honesty
I am going to focus on that occasion of his honesty
I want to use it to illustrate a question on the why he was honest and the how in the manner of how he said it
I want to use it to illustrate a question on the why he was honest and the how in the manner of how he said it
His "honesty" was evidenced on the morning of the 24th June 2016
"We have a £10 billion a year featherbed"
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-fa…
"We have a £10 billion a year featherbed"
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nigel-fa…
Now after Nigel admitted that Vote Leave were liars
He was accused of being a “traitor”, a “turncoat”
He was also attacked by Tim Montgomerie - who claimed that the facts haven’t changed
He was also attacked by Patrick O'Flynn who criticised speaking up over "one stat"
He was accused of being a “traitor”, a “turncoat”
He was also attacked by Tim Montgomerie - who claimed that the facts haven’t changed
He was also attacked by Patrick O'Flynn who criticised speaking up over "one stat"
I am joking of course
@Nigel_Farage wasn't attacked by @montie or by @oflynnsocial
That was @sarahwollaston
Oh who in addition to being accused of being a traitor and turncoat was also accused of being a whore and a bitch
byline.com/2016/06/09/the…
@Nigel_Farage wasn't attacked by @montie or by @oflynnsocial
That was @sarahwollaston
Oh who in addition to being accused of being a traitor and turncoat was also accused of being a whore and a bitch
byline.com/2016/06/09/the…
Also @sarahwollaston
“For someone like me who has long campaigned for open and honest data in public life I could not have set foot on a battle bus that has at the heart of its campaign a figure that I know to be untrue,”
theguardian.com/politics/2016/…
“For someone like me who has long campaigned for open and honest data in public life I could not have set foot on a battle bus that has at the heart of its campaign a figure that I know to be untrue,”
theguardian.com/politics/2016/…
So you could ask that question
Of everyone who campaigned for Vote Leave
How did you reconcile doing so with the lie at the heart of the campaign
Well I suppose you did the obvious thing
You hid may lies there and just accepted you didn't care about lying
Of everyone who campaigned for Vote Leave
How did you reconcile doing so with the lie at the heart of the campaign
Well I suppose you did the obvious thing
You hid may lies there and just accepted you didn't care about lying
So I am going to return to Nigel now
When did you realise that the £350 million a week figure was not true?
Why did you not warn voters they were being lied to?
Surely you would want the voters to have faced that with an honest prospectus?
When did you realise that the £350 million a week figure was not true?
Why did you not warn voters they were being lied to?
Surely you would want the voters to have faced that with an honest prospectus?
The last 3 questions are rhetorical of course.
Nigel had a brief moment of honesty in his admission of Vote Leave's lie.
But even in the manner of his honesty - he was still lying
“No, I can’t [guarantee the money would go to the NHS]. I would never have made that claim."
Nigel had a brief moment of honesty in his admission of Vote Leave's lie.
But even in the manner of his honesty - he was still lying
“No, I can’t [guarantee the money would go to the NHS]. I would never have made that claim."
So the reason I am doing a thread on honesty
Goes to something the Prime Minister said on 7th July 2021 at the Liaison Committee
When avoiding an honest answer to the question of did he sack Matt Hancock the Prime Minister like any liar does
Goes to something the Prime Minister said on 7th July 2021 at the Liaison Committee
When avoiding an honest answer to the question of did he sack Matt Hancock the Prime Minister like any liar does
https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1412816999936413700
The specific section I am going to focus on (as per the video)
So never mind that Boris Johnson cannot answer the question on Matt Hancock honestly
That doesn't matter
That doesn't matter
In trying to deflect from that
He *actually* reaches for *one* of his most shameless lies to try and defend
He *actually* reaches for *one* of his most shameless lies to try and defend
So Boris reaches for
"Actually, it turned out to be, if anything, Sir Bernard, a slight underestimate. By this year, the gross figure would have been considerably higher."
So there is nothing in Boris' words that actually defends the lies of we send the EU £350 million a week
"Actually, it turned out to be, if anything, Sir Bernard, a slight underestimate. By this year, the gross figure would have been considerably higher."
So there is nothing in Boris' words that actually defends the lies of we send the EU £350 million a week
We do not send the EU £350 million a week
The UK gets a rebate that is applied before we send any monies to the EU
Had the bus said We send (net figure)
Then it would have been truthful
The UK gets a rebate that is applied before we send any monies to the EU
Had the bus said We send (net figure)
Then it would have been truthful
The OBR July 2015 Economic And Fiscal Outlook Fiscal Supplementary Tables
Section 2.24 Transactions with the European Union
Make this very clear
However that document appears to have been vanished
google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j…
Section 2.24 Transactions with the European Union
Make this very clear
However that document appears to have been vanished
google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j…
There are of course plenty of places that fact check it
No not @CCHQPress and "Fact Check UK"
blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/fact…
No not @CCHQPress and "Fact Check UK"
blogs.channel4.com/factcheck/fact…
So I could give more places that rebutted Boris Johnson and the lie on the red bus of "We send the EU £350 million a week"
But to be honest I can't be fucking arsed
He lied
Even Nigel Farage admitted it was a lie
Boris Johnson knows it was a lie
It was deliberately done
But to be honest I can't be fucking arsed
He lied
Even Nigel Farage admitted it was a lie
Boris Johnson knows it was a lie
It was deliberately done
So the question is
To those who were lied to
Why do you accept the lie?
Why do you defend the lie?
Margaret Thatcher once said "The manner of winning is a matter of honour"
Does honour matter?
To those who were lied to
Why do you accept the lie?
Why do you defend the lie?
Margaret Thatcher once said "The manner of winning is a matter of honour"
Does honour matter?
Boris of course when trying to avoid questions on the lie of £350 million a week
Got to the stage where he actually rifled through a presenters list of questions before being asked them
theguardian.com/politics/2017/…
Got to the stage where he actually rifled through a presenters list of questions before being asked them
theguardian.com/politics/2017/…
You can also do this for other topics e.g. Turkey
Boris Johnson: “I didn’t say anything about Turkey in the referendum campaign. I didn’t say a thing about Turkey,”
theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
Boris Johnson: “I didn’t say anything about Turkey in the referendum campaign. I didn’t say a thing about Turkey,”
theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
ALSO
Vote Leave doctored a video of the Turkish Parliament to incite racism, xenophobia and islamophobia
You know the lies
You know the racism and xenophobia
You know the cheating
Don't bother justifying it
Take the 50 p brexit coin and fuck off
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Vote Leave doctored a video of the Turkish Parliament to incite racism, xenophobia and islamophobia
You know the lies
You know the racism and xenophobia
You know the cheating
Don't bother justifying it
Take the 50 p brexit coin and fuck off
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
The sad thing
Is that those who were lied to
Even after Nigel Farage has admitted that Boris Johnson and Vote Leave lied
They still believe
They still defend it
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Is that those who were lied to
Even after Nigel Farage has admitted that Boris Johnson and Vote Leave lied
They still believe
They still defend it
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
The contempt that those who lied to you have is endless
Their best wheeze
Is trying to say that those who are pointing out the lies are the people who have contempt for you
We aren't
The people who lied to you do want you to be angry
At those who point out you were lied to
Their best wheeze
Is trying to say that those who are pointing out the lies are the people who have contempt for you
We aren't
The people who lied to you do want you to be angry
At those who point out you were lied to
As we end this week with a reminder on the UK liabilities owed to the EU - the divorce bill
https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1413495908583448576
I remember the days
When brexiteers told us
1) We had no liabilites at all
AND
2) The EU would give us a great deal because of us paying our liabilities
Note: the two statements above are completely irreconcilable
Note: They are also utter bullshit
When brexiteers told us
1) We had no liabilites at all
AND
2) The EU would give us a great deal because of us paying our liabilities
Note: the two statements above are completely irreconcilable
Note: They are also utter bullshit
Hence why over 5 years the spinning of brexiteers as they try to spin it
Has been quite pathetic
A reminder:
"During the transition period, until the end of 2020, the UK will pay into the EU budget almost as if it were a Member State. "
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/withdrawal-agr…
Has been quite pathetic
A reminder:
"During the transition period, until the end of 2020, the UK will pay into the EU budget almost as if it were a Member State. "
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/withdrawal-agr…
This article here gives a good breakdown of what the UK's liabilities are
Some elements have went down in their estimation
Some up
rte.ie/news/brexit/20…
Some elements have went down in their estimation
Some up
rte.ie/news/brexit/20…
Funnily enough also
Anyone remember the days when brexiteers said that EU accounts were not audited
Well from that RTE article
"They are provisional accounts until the European Court of Auditors signs off on them in November."
Anyone remember the days when brexiteers said that EU accounts were not audited
Well from that RTE article
"They are provisional accounts until the European Court of Auditors signs off on them in November."
A reminder on that British media
So not only have we paid for 4 more years of membership
AND got a worse deal
AND put a border in the Irish Sea no unionist could support
AND had the economic damage of sterling impact , BOE stimulus and GDP damage
We pay an additional 4 years of membership as a divorce bill
AND got a worse deal
AND put a border in the Irish Sea no unionist could support
AND had the economic damage of sterling impact , BOE stimulus and GDP damage
We pay an additional 4 years of membership as a divorce bill
The question is not is Boris Johnson a liar
The question is why does it not trouble you that Boris Johnson is a liar
At what point would you care?
Who do his incompetence & lies have to harm before you will care?
The question is why does it not trouble you that Boris Johnson is a liar
At what point would you care?
Who do his incompetence & lies have to harm before you will care?
A reminder
His MPs in June 2020 wanted to EXPLOIT coronavirus to hide the damage of brexit
That is abhorrent
It is shameful
I would say thank you to those MPs at least they somewhere internally admit the damage of brexit
and are afraid
His MPs in June 2020 wanted to EXPLOIT coronavirus to hide the damage of brexit
That is abhorrent
It is shameful
I would say thank you to those MPs at least they somewhere internally admit the damage of brexit
and are afraid
And here we are in summer 2021
Over 120,000 are dead
And now
Those same lying shit rag newspapers and propagandists who sold you Conservativism and brexit
Want you to "normalise" the glorious dead
Over 120,000 are dead
And now
Those same lying shit rag newspapers and propagandists who sold you Conservativism and brexit
Want you to "normalise" the glorious dead
So as Boris lets it rip (again)
Ask @BorisJohnson
Why can he not explain the policy and defend it honestly and competently?
But more importantly ask yourself
Why do you not care?
The other quote from the Liaison Committee I focused on is below:
Ask @BorisJohnson
Why can he not explain the policy and defend it honestly and competently?
But more importantly ask yourself
Why do you not care?
The other quote from the Liaison Committee I focused on is below:
https://twitter.com/PandaScottish/status/1412792958949203974
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