I have to hand it to the Tories. You had David Cameron - entitled, lazy, untalented - more than a bit dim - educated beyond his abilities: entirely unsuited to leadership of the nation. Then you had Theresa May - cold, robotic, out of touch, cruel... 1/5 #TrussUnfitToGovern
May and her (racist) hostile environment policies sharpened the knife of constructively forcing people out of jobs they loved, out of the country they built. She was ousted of course by Boris Johnson, now...2/5
At this point you're thinking "There isn't a person on the face of planet earth less suited to the role of leading the country" - vain, narcissistic, self exceptional, corrupt, unlawful to the point of criminal misbehaviour, racist, homophobic, dishonest... 3/5
You are left thinking that we in the Dante's Inferno of leadership - the Tories subjecting us to a different tier of exploitation and punishment with every next election. What direction could this possibly twist in next? Ah... @trussliz - good old fashioned stupidity, 4/5
shallow as a puddle, everything is a ridiculous photo opportunity, no substance behind anything - every second decision is a U-turn. If someone designed this torment to explicitly ruin a nation they would be an evil genius. When is enough, enough? 5/5 #TrussUnfitToGovern

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Aug 29
I have to say that living in a world where a handful of people have more wealth than they can ever spend in a life time, while others starve, can't afford accommodation, suffer fuel poverty - while working excessive hours or multiple jobs - I think that's entirely wrong. 1/9
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When you look back now at the statement of @Nigel_Farage 'without a single bullet fired' - detestable as it was coming just a week after the murder of Jo Cox - it now seems to resonate with other terrible connotations. 1/4
Of course Nigel Farage is the absolute king of dog whistle politics and he knew damn well that he was saying this less than a week after a literal bullet was fired - murdering an outstanding liberal and progressive opponent. He absolutely knew what he was saying but 2/4
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For the benefit of faux Christian @JacobReesMoggUK - who likes to pose as an orthodox Catholic - well I was brought up Catholic and I remember this very clearly: Matthew 21:12. 1/7
"Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves" 2/7
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