Thread by @PublicPriestley

Don't let anything distract you from the need to remove Boris Johnson from Uxbridge and South Ruislip. Be devoted to the cause. Here's the facts on the opportunity to unseat Boris Johnson and how you can help in a real and material way to achieve this: 1/24

Uxbridge and SR is a marginal by the standards of today. Wakefield by-election of 2022 saw Nadeem Ahmed (Con) defeated by Simon Lightwood (Lab). A majority of nearly 5,000 votes overturned with a 12.7% swing. 2/24

Far more worrying for the Tories was the June 2021 swing of 25.2% from Tory to Lib Dem in Chesham & Amersham. A national swing of this level would leave the Tories nursing 49 seats in parliament and a potential landslide majority for Labour. 3/24

But this is about Boris Johnson. His majority is 7,210 - or 15% of the previous turnout (which was 68.5%). 22,182 people *didn't vote at all*. Roughly 21k voted against Johnson. 25k voted for him. Since then however he has marred himself in several ways. 4/24

First he has been an absentee MP and he has instead spent his time abroad becoming the highest earning MP in parliament. His declared outside earnings are £4.8m. He has also played for the cameras in Ukraine and seems to have adopted a faux foreign secretary role. 5/24

As Prime Minister he partied in Downing Street through the pandemic. He faked a near-death experience with COVID. He oversaw the unlawful contract being given to Dido Harding for £30+ billion (test and trace) and a PPE scandal that has likewise cost billions. 6/24

His dubious relationships with donors has seen him receive lots of paid for holidays, flat redecorations, wedding contributions and personal loans. He has rewarded his sponsors with honours, jobs and influence, even proposing his dad for a knighthood. 7/24

He has become known as the most dishonest man in politics with no promise knowingly kept. His famous blond mop of messy hair is now as thin as his integrity. Everyone has grown tired of his cultivated image of messy suits and crumpled ties. 8/24

His 'oven ready' Brexit deal has unravelled and he has been chastised for his false promises around 'no border in the Irish sea' and its compatibility with the Good Friday Agreement. His own party have conceded how bad it was and renegotiated with red faces. 9/24

Frankly there isn't a person that Johnson hasn't trampled on and it was expected that he would slip away from his vulnerable constituency to somewhere with a much more generous majority. It seems this will not happen - we have our opportunity! 10/24

Now there is a chance for the entire country to crush the political career of this lying skin bag of effluent. You can play your part. Here are some suggestions on how to mobilise and organise your efforts no matter how small your contribution might be: 11/24

First of all - if you're not a Labour voter - hold your nose. Live in Uxbridge? Vote Labour in Uxbridge. Any other vote is a vote for Johnson. First past the post is what we have - and that's how it works. No matter what you think of Labour - focus on Boris Johnson. 12/24

Secondly, wherever you live, do everything you can to persuade people in Uxbridge to vote Labour and against Boris Johnson. You might be sitting in Aberdeen, Barnsley East or Oxford East - it matters not. You can help. 13/24

You can contact Uxbridge Labour here @UxbridgeLabour - you can donate funding, you can make phone calls, you can write blog pieces about the harm that Johnson has caused you and your family. If you live nearby to Uxbridge you can knock doors and deliver leaflets. 14/24

If you don't want to campaign for Labour, you can campaign against Johnson. Conservative voters are divided at best on Johnson, if those who don't support him choose to stay home his majority will collapse. If one quarter stay at home he loses 6.25k votes (toast). 15/24

Additionally focus on the local issue - Uxbridge & South Ruislip deserve a genuine MP who sees that constituency as a full time job and not a necessary evil. Keep repeating that on local hashtags. 16/24

Remember - "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" - working with Labour to destroy Johnson's place in UK politics is a valiant gift to the nation. Consider how 'Leave UK' used social media so successfully to target and cherry pick the votes they needed in the referendum. 17/24

I say this to you now - as a remain voting socialist, as a left voter, as a member of the tofu eating wokerati - if you are someone who voted leave and you're angry at what Johnson promised and failed to deliver - on this we are friends. 18/24

If you are a Conservative and you hate how your party has been dragged to the far right by Johnson for his personal gain so that Dorries, Gullis, Braverman and Raab now represent you - on this we are friends. 19/24

If you are a centrist who hates how Johnson throws dead-cats on the table to destabilise politics, using dog whistle tactics, shock headlines and gaffs rather than substance and policy - on this we are friends. 20/24

We do not have to sit and watch Johnson scrape his way through to evade accountability again. We can all work together to flush this toilet. We each have a nail and we have to fasten this coffin lid down. Then we can get back to what we agree and disagree about. 21/24

If you live in a safe seat - whatever colour that might be - those huge 25k majority bastions - forget campaigning where you are. Invest your time wisely - be part of a national movement to remove Boris Johnson from Uxbridge. @ me if you need ideas. 22/24

If we get enough like minded people I will host an online video meeting where all will be welcome no matter what their voting record, or personal politics, so long as they are committed to the peaceful, lawful, democratic removal of Boris Johnson from UK politics. 23/24

**RT, share and follow** to change the narrative of the UK government and to show just who is in control - because I do not believe that it has to be the likes of Boris Johnson, the tabloids or shady undeclared money going into Tufton Street 'think tanks'. 24/24 #GTTO