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20 Aug, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Mail gunning for Raab, but wouldn't he have cleared his holiday with HIS boss? Is it credible that Raab didn't speak to Johnson and indicate he could handle things remotely, if needed? It was up to the PM to say "no, sorry, best you stay". This is a classic failure of management.
Has Downing Street said they "consider the matter closed" yet? It's usually the penultimate step before forcing a resignation.
Sequence with Hancock was: big scandal to destabilise him, then little scandal to topple him. If someone is going after Raab (does Gove fancy FCO?) look out for additional briefing - eg. he used non-secure line for sensitive stuff while away or a photo of him drunk in a taverna.
Oh, and of course, what the Telegraph says. When the Telegraph turns on him, Johnson will get rid.

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25 Aug
The obvious point being missed by glib former man-of-the-people @PaulEmbery is this:

If firms like McDonalds, Sainsbury's, Nando's, etc. - with the most sophisticated supply chains and deepest pockets - are struggling, what happens to thousands of SMEs who lack such attributes? Image
Getting there, of course, would require assessing information critically and combining it with other information, to arrive at an original thought. Tough ask for two braincells randomly bouncing off each other.
Much easier to just sneer at the people who like McDonalds milkshakes, while in the same breath criticising "the metropolitan remoaner elite".
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1 Aug
Whoa. Some of the responses!

We can’t rend our garments if art or music are cut, then take an commodified, sclerotic approach on subjects seen as “toff”. Reverse snobbery is a form of anti-intellectualism.

Travel broadens minds and antiquity is a most revealing place to visit.
The cultural divide is also fascinating.

Many people who have been through non-English primary and secondary education are going “yeah, obviously”. While an alarming number of Brits are basically doing a version of “THIS THING IS POSH, THEREFORE BAD”. Know-your-place by osmosis.
Incidentally, I AGREE the motives for this are disingenuous, Williamson is a ninny and this is a distraction tactic.

But that doesn't mean I cannot call out the ludicrous reverse snobbery, based on notions that "a rounded education is a luxury" and "X subject is for toffs only".
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31 Jul
Dylin's humping, chain gangs litter-picking, inept elbow bumping, and The Saga of The Umbrella That Just Would Not Open.

This full-length Mr Bean episode is Johnson's frantic reaction to polls finally beginning to catch up to his incompetence and venality.
As much as I don't get it, this is Johnson's comfort xone. Dismiss him at your peril. The shtick works.

There's a small window in which to capitalise. NOT by pointing out he's a fool. To his fans that is an ATTRIBUTE. But by pressing the substance to non-fans who are listening.
It's precisely the moment the tide began to turn against Trump. He left 'safe' Republican areas vulnerable by performing to his fans. Those who liked him, loved it. Those who were already dubious, cringed. That was the time for flipping them. Johnson is going down the same route.
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27 Jul
Extraordinary, @Tesco. Don't know why shopping wasn't delivered. Can't find out. I'll have to order it again for next week, provided I can pay AGAIN, since their refund takes 5 days. But here's a tenner for wasting my day, leaving me without provisions and treating me like trash.
It is precisely at this point, when companies feel they are big enough to treat their customers with contempt, that they usually fail? What say you, @tesconews? Is this a good look for you?
And always someone pops up with: "But the poor customer service person is badly paid and has no power to help."

YES. BY DESIGN.

It's corporate policy to erase all but ONE point of contact then silo that away from operational bits that can help. It is the ESSENCE of bad service.
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22 Jul
I’m not the top UK negotiator, but even I know that you stop sending draft agreements after you’ve finalised and signed one.

This just looks comical.
If we admitted our cock up, we might get a sympathetic hearing. But to negotiate an agreement - A TREATY - sign it, sell it to the nation as ‘ingenious’, ratify it, then six months later claim it’s everybody else’s fault we don’t like it, is just plain weird.
And who would want to renegotiate with THE SAME KNOB??? What about this process went well last time, that they would want to repeat it? What guarantee is there this failed panto dame won’t turn around in January 2022 and say, nah, this deal is not doing it. Let’s try again. Pfft.
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22 Jul
I know business is being 'smart' in hanging labour shortages causing food supply issues only on Covid. I KNOW it's an easier way to get help from this venal gov't. But I wish they found the nerve to acknowledge the Brexit elephant in the room and our journos had the balls to ask.
Perhaps start by asking why no other EU country is experiencing such issues, despite battling the same pandemic.
Then, perhaps question, if this is happening before the UK has implemented full import rules and during the UK's low-demand and high-supply season, what happens around Christmas?
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