Rt Robert Saunders @redhistorian
I agree with #AnthonySeldon about the damage #BorisJohnson has done and his unfitness for public office.
But there's a question he doesn't address here, which needs more attention.
It troubled me about his book, too. So let me try to explain... 🧵
Thread by @redhistorian on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App #Borisconi #Trump
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1668191638571581442.html
I hope today's date goes down in history as "the day we got #Borisconi done"...
"Boris Johnson suggests ‘unsocially distanced farewell gatherings’ were allowed at work under Covid guidance".
👆 Gotta keep the #BlueRinseRacists happy even if you're *not* their colour-of-choice 'cos, ironically, they're your ideological political support-base.
One such (a friend of my in-laws; please pray for me) actually said to me: "I'd rather have a right-wing Paki PM than a white lefty"*. (Ideally she'd like #Borisconi back.)
(*Sorry for the P-word but it's a direct quote.)
#Scum will #Scummerate 👇
Sky News: COVID rule breaches at Downing St parties would have been 'obvious' to Johnson - MP committee
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-rule-breaches-at-downing-st-parties-should-have-been-obvious-to-johnson-mp-committee-12824339
The "we knew what we were voting for" #Brexit pizza (reportedly with no toppings).
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"Yes, we VOTED for NO toppings and now we're really fcuked-off that there are NO toppings.
#Borisconi said there'd be SUNLIT UPTOPPINGS.
#Govefcukyourself said there'd be NO DOWNTOPPINGS.
Where are my #Britannia_Rules_the_Waves #BritishEmpire TOPPINGS FFS! ???
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Alan Matthews 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
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