Boris Johnson: “It did happen & I’m not ashamed of it”
Angus Deayton: What aren’t you ashamed of, Boris?
Boris Johnson: Whatever there is not to be ashamed of
[LAUGH]
The laugh is crucial
He manages to make people laugh even while admitting his crime
In this 2013 interview, @BorisJohnson admits he’s not really “bumbling”
It’s just an put on act
In reality he’s “hard as nails”
He also tells us “a terrible truth about politics & human nature”
That you can “make a good case for any course of action”
“It’s often useful to give the slight impression that you are deliberately pretending not to know what's going on - because the reality may be that you don't know what's going on but people won't be able to tell the difference." @BorisJohnson#BorisJohnson
"I've got a brilliant new strategy, which is to make so many gaffes that nobody knows which one to concentrate on” @BorisJohnson 2006
In 2018 Bannon rptdly said:
“The real opposition is the media & the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit”
The strategy seems reminiscent of that used by Putin’s puppet master, Surkov, who it is rumoured Cummings spent time with
He turned Russian politics into a bewildering, constantly changing piece of theatre
A ceaseless shape-shifting that is unstoppable because it is indefinable
”I’ve been talking to him all weekend about this speech”
Bannon calls @BorisJohnson “one of the most important persons on the world stage”
In 2018, Steve Bannon told a far-right crowd in France:
“Let them call you a racist. Wear it as a badge of honour”
In 2015, Bannon told #CambridgeAnalytica’s @chrisinsilico to build a psychological warfare tool to hollow out democracy & rive open divisions in societies
It worked
The far-right have almost finished pulling off a well-planned, well-funded bloodless coup
The January moon is sometimes called the “Wolf Moon,” appearing when wolves howled near the villages in hunger or the “Old Moon” or in North America the “Snow Moon” #FullMoon#WolfMoon#SnowMoon
This moon is not fully full
The #FullMoon will peak tomorrow (17 January) at about 11.30pm UK time. #WolfMoon
1 Get a rail
2 Find good location
3 Get👍/help from locals
4 Make a sign or order one from print@adelphigraphics.com £30+p&p
5 Hang clothes
6 Make it COVID safe
7 Contact local media
8 Post on social media #TOLO+
See TakeOneLeaveOne.org
It means not being distracted by the army of “dead cats” scattered across the landscape, but focusing on the REAL motivations driving those who make decisions #THREAD👇
1/. “Everything I know about morality & the obligations of men I owe to football” (Camus)
Football teaches us about team work & camaraderie, courage & fair play but most importantly it teaches us that some things are more important than winning #AFCON2021
2/. The lessons offered by football extend beyond our individual & collective behaviours
Just as FIFA sets the rules of the game on the pitch, so bodies such as the UN, set out rules on the world stage through a framework of intn'l law #AfricaCupOfNations
3/. Just as the rules of football ensure fairness on the pitch, so human rights ensure fairness around the world
Footballers should be free to express themselves on the pitch in the same way we should all be free to express our views & beliefs. #AFCON2021