Every. Single. Statement. Is. Wrong.

In fact, it’s so disconnected from reality it isn’t even wrong. For that you need to know something in the first place & make a mistake.

Yes, it’s @BorisJohnson half recalling his Ladybird history book again. (One for @Otto_English).

A🧵/1.
Actually “they” (the Romans) were expecting “it” (disaster) for ages.

And no, just because you were told as a boy that there was something called “the dark ages” doesn’t mean there really was.

Oh … talk to an expert. Whatever. /2.
Wait for it. We’re now going up five gears, from childish gibberish (sorry, children) to painful, 24 carat, ideological comedy.

Yes. Because, you see, in 2021 we’ve inflicted a life-threatening wound on our own country by shattering our links with our own continent. So … /3.
… because that’s the Johnson Brexit - the oven-ready failure even the turkeys responsible want to renegotiate - we have to pretend EU freedom of movement for people [is this right? Ed] ended the Roman Empire.

This isn’t funny.

It’s how our country descends into hell. /4. End

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29 Oct
How Do You Solve A Problem Like @Keir_Starmer?

The UK hills are alive with the sound of silence.

@BorisJohnson’s Brexit’s a disaster. Claiming it’s “done” & not mentioning it won’t win a @UKLabour majority. Nor will opposing it. What’s the point of the opposition?

A long🧵/1.
There’s pretty much no way any UK electoral calculus leads to an outright Labour majority at the next general election.

That’s even if a free & fair election is held.

Given the gerrymandering has already started, that seems unlikely in itself. /2.
Courting the “Red Wall”, winning among disillusioned southern Tories … None of it will work. Unless Labour pulls off an extraordinary victory in Scotland. Which looks extraordinarily unlikely. To put it kindly.

So, what indeed is the point of Keir Starmer & the opposition? /3.
Read 48 tweets
28 Oct
Well, the Johnson Brexit’s going well, isn’t it?

In 1956 the UK & France jointly contrived to humiliate themselves, ending up being forced into line by the US.

The geniuses the UK now has in charge are destroying its security, prosperity & well-being all on their own. /1.
Before you - you know who you are - start with “but we’re in the right” & “be patriotic”, hear this:

(a) Grow up.

(b) Who knows who’s “in the right”? But, sure as eggs are eggs, you don’t have the faintest idea.

(c) Wrecking the country is the opposite of patriotic. /2.
(d) Regardless of who’s “in the right”, this destabilising nonsense wouldn’t be happening without the Johnson Brexit.

An oven-ready turkey. And an unfolding national disaster.

You know it. I know it. @DavidGHFrost, @trussliz & @BorisJohnson know it. /3.
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28 Oct
It’s a remarkable fact that, of the three largest political parties, the only one speaking out against the grotesque, self-inflicted crisis hammering the United Kingdom is the one which wants to leave it.

That’s deeply troubling. And unsustainable.

A 🧵. /1.
▫️ @UKLabour are now actively supporting the Johnson Brexit, calling for VAT cuts which, they specifically state, wouldn’t be possible if the UK were in the EU (or the Single Market). /2.
▫️@Conservatives are pretending there’s a Schrödinger’s Brexit. Existing when rhetorically convenient. But non-existent when it comes to respect for the legally binding treaties on which it’s based, or its increasingly dire consequences for the UK. /3.
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Open Letter to MPs on the Government Benches

Dear MPs,

Some thoughts about sewage, credibility & integrity.

92 of your Conservative colleagues didn’t follow the government whip in voting down the Lords amendment on sewage in water.

If you did, that was your choice. /1.
But be aware: many people are angry with you. They don’t like the way you voted. That’s their choice.

By all means try to explain your vote. You’re on very shaky ground, in my opinion. And that of 92 of your Party colleagues. But have a go. If you want. /2.
Please, though, do not exploit the alleged terrorist assassination of one of your respected colleagues to attempt to shut down polite, robust, or even angry, opposition to your vote on raw sewage dumping.

Or any other vote, for that matter.

Have some self-respect. /3.
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You Brexit, You Own It

The Johnson Brexit’s an oven-ready turkey.

If you:

▫️use lies to win power

▫️hammer UK security, prosperity & well-being

▫️double down when called out

don’t whine when you & your defining policy are blamed. For everything.

#YouBrexitYouOwnIt

A🧵/1.
You Brexit, You Own It

The Johnson Brexit worsens the water quality crisis.

If you …

▫️use lies to win power

▫️hammer the UK’s security, prosperity & well-being

▫️double down when called out

… don’t whine when you & your defining policy are blamed.

For everything. /2.
You Brexit, You Own It

The Johnson Brexit contributes to food being left rotting.

If you…

▫️use lies to win power

▫️hammer the UK’s security, prosperity & well-being

▫️double down when called out

…don’t whine when you & your defining policy are blamed.

For everything./3.
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“EU Rule of Law Crisis”

What’s going on?

1. Poland’s government is dismantling democracy, taking over the courts & ripping up its legally binding EU treaty commitments.

2. Germany’s highest court has ruled in one, technical judgement that the ECJ exceeded its powers.

A 🧵/1.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is the highest instance in the EU for the interpretation of legal obligations arising from the EU treaties, including relevant legislation. /2.
By acceding to the EU treaties the member states legally bind themselves to respect the ECJ’s judgements &, of course, the treaties themselves & relevant legislation. There are no two ways about it. /3.
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