🍷Years ago, I was Principal Private Secretary in Cabinet Office and I authorised a number of 'office drinks' (eg. to mark Christmas or the departure of a colleague). It's INCONCEIVABLE that I would have done so without my Minister's knowledge, even then.
@BorisJohnson
knew. 100%
WARNING: THREAD CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE
🧵 What a morally vacuous, embarrassingly incompetent monster Suella Braverman is.
Having worked at the Home Office deciding asylum applications, I know the 1951 Refugee Convention's terms are far clearer than her pernicious propaganda
🙈 I’m not sure MPs who are elected using a system dating back to the days of the horse and cart, who work in a building that’s literally falling down around them, and who cast votes by walking through a f*cking lobby should be lecturing the RMT about the need to modernise.
Nigel Farage claims he may be forced to leave the UK because his bank of 30+ years has decided it no longer wants his business, and no other bank will take him on.
He says it's pure persecution...the Remainer Elite taking revenge for his role in delivering Brexit. But there's a
😳 F*ck off, Johnson! No ‘lefties’ are sneering and these people weren’t heroes. OceanGate consciously avoided regulations designed to protect innocent lives, and now five people are dead. No-one in their right mind would celebrate that. Anyone who does has no place in public
It wasn't illegal immigrants who partied in Number 10 while we mourned the loss of our loved ones.
It wasn't illegal immigrants who crashed our economy and doubled our rents and mortgages.
It wasn't illegal immigrants who corruptly chanelled hundreds of millions of pounds into
People are scoffing at the empty seats but there are ALWAYS going to be a few late arrivals at an event like this when Labour has put a 20mph limit on every road in the country and is forcing people to bring seven bins in the car with them.
#LaboursNotOnYourSide
#CPC23
😱 Stories from JUST the last 24 hours:
- BoJo putting Nadine Dorries in Lords
- Zahawi squirming over mysterious £26m loans
- BoJo pushing friend into £220k police job
- Truss claiming Amazon Prime on expenses
- BoJo skipping COBRA meeting for Chequers party
Time to
#StopTheRot
🍷🇪🇺 I spent a lot of time during my late teens working in bars, and I remember lots of people ordering wine.
I remember them ordering small glasses, large glasses, whole bottles, sometimes several bottles at a time. I even remember the odd person enquiring about buying a magnum
COMEDY GOLD: Sunak says (in his new deep voice) that there’s a risk the government may lose the consent of the British people!! Mate, that horse bolted a very long time ago!! 🏇🏇🏇
🤬 Oh, do f**k off! First it was Brexit that would make us all more prosperous. Then it was Johnsonism. Now it's National Conservatism - whatever the f**k that is. Maybe not having a bunch of out-of-touch, narcissistic morons in the driving seat would be a better strategy.
Today,
@BorisJohnson
introduces his Elections Bill forcing us all to present ID before voting. Seems reasonable, right? But there is virtually no voter fraud, 20m people don’t have the correct ID, and most of those don’t vote for BoJo. Still relaxed about it?
#BoJoHatesDemocracy
🚨 Whatever lines
@BorisJohnson
's supporters come out with today, remember THESE fixed penalty notices are NOT just like the ones people get for dropping litter or even speeding. This was organised, officially-sanctioned law-breaking at the very heart of our government.
We cannot have a Home Secretary whose actions are in line with far-right thugs who want to see anarchy on our streets.
In the aftermath of any disaster, when investigators are working out what went wrong, they almost always identify one, two, three or more moments when the
The good people of Berwick-upon-Tweed will be delighted to hear the A1 is going to be upgraded. But maybe not as delighted as they were the last time they heard it, or the time before that, or the time before that, or...
Jenrick admits in the Sunday Times that the only thing his government did was impose a social, political and economic catastrophe of monumental proportions on our country. Nothing else.
@Ofcom
@carolvorders
Hey OFCOM. You seem to be struggling with this important issue so let me help you out with a draft letter that you can send to GBNews this evening. You’re welcome.
Dear GBNews,
It has come to our attention that you intend to air an episode of the Lee Anderson show at 7pm on
🐍 I see Jacob Rees-Mogg has slithered back onto our TV screens to tell us that, while Suella Braverman’s choice of language may not have been perfect, the policy positions she was pushing were the right ones for the country.
Do you remember the message Rees-Mogg and his mates
The degree of levity on the Conservative benches in this debate is grotesque. I can understand the pre-packed patsy questions - that’s just politics these days - but not the levity. Can’t imagine how distressing it must be for those who lost elderly relatives during the pandemic.
And now in High Definition.
"Daddy, what did YOU do today to honour St George?"
"Me? I went up to London and hit a horse in the face with an umbrella."
"Oh Daddy, I'm so proud of you."
@metpoliceuk
@RSPCA_official
Being a hate-mongering bellend is not a protected characteristic under English law, so
#Coutts
bank is free to withdraw its services from Farage any time it pleases. End of story.
#HateMongeringBellend
👉🏻 When you hear them say, “I do have sympathy, I just don’t think they should all come to the UK” show them this. They don’t all come to the UK. Not by a long chalk. If Global Britain isn’t up to this task, it isn’t up to anything at all.
🇬🇧 British workers graft enough to make our economy the fifth-largest in the world. The question for Liz Truss and other political leaders is why that is not enough to ensure everyone can heat their homes and feed their kids.
#EnoughlsEnough
#StopTheRot
Mone and Barrowman deserve zero credit for confessing now, only after they’ve exhausted all other options and realise they’re completely banged to rights.
The situation is quite straightforward.
If they broke the law to secure this loot, they should both go to jail.
If they
@shazza78x
It’d be funny though, wouldn’t it? If he rocked up in Berlin with his German passport…only to realise that the EU banks all apply the same checks.
The media this morning is full of the usual government ghouls smugly celebrating the Rwanda Bill passing its Commons second reading last night.
My experience working for a former government chief whip tells me there’s not much cause for that celebration.
A successful second
No, Nigel, it's not "just the way people talk." It's the way racists, homophobes and morons talk...people who, like you, we should never allow within a mile of any real political power.
#StopFarage
#StopTheRot
💥 BREAKING: Sir Jonathan Van Tam has quit as Deputy Chief Medical Officer. Early reports suggest he will be replaced by that bloke who runs the Spar just along from Matt Hancock's house.
👇 FPTP allows a conservative minority to wield absolute power by claiming democratic legitimacy where none exists.
Proportional Representation would give progressive views their rightful voice and open the door to a brighter, fairer future for all.
#PR
The
#BatleyAndSpen
result is great news for Labour and one in the eye for
@BorisJohnson
and his Vote Leave government. But the tiny majority confirms Labour are unlikely to win power on their own at the next general election…we still need a
#DemocraticAlliance
to win PR.
#FBPPR
😡 I lost my mum to cancer in July. I lost my dad to it last year. My wife only survived it in 2018 after having extensive surgery. And you're telling me "never mind cancer outcomes". F*ck you,
@BorisJohnson
, you heartless clown. You disgust me.
#JohnsonOut
I’d be interested to know how persuasive a benefit fraud officer would find these arguments if they were made by someone being investigating for claiming money they weren’t entitled to.
“The mansion I live in and the Porsche I drive aren’t mine…they belong to my husband. I
Oakeshott's Distraction Tactics
There's a More Obvious Cause of Britain's Current Unrest!
Isabel Oakeshott's recent piece on the conditions in Leeds' Harehills area paints a grim picture of social deprivation in modern Britain. The squalor she describes is indeed shocking and
💥First
#FollowBackFriday
for a while. Lost my mum to cancer in July. Heartbroken. Made me realise there’s no time to waste. Need to mobilise NOW to get rid of this filthy govt, deal with Brexit & Covid fallout, and get our country back on track.
#DemocraticAlliance
#FBPPR
#FBPE
@LePlonge
@MarySchmoller
I understand what you're saying, Clifford. And you have a point...a big chunk of society HAS been manipulated in that way. But don't you think there are many more of us that haven't? We shouldn't give up. We all have a little quota of democratic power and, collectively, we have
🐄 Flooding Britain with inferior beef will put British farmers out of business, which will leave us more dependent on foreign imports and less in control of our own food supply. Given that food security is an essential part of national security, we’d be mad to go down that road.
Jacob Rees Mogg: "I want cheaper food. I want hormone injected beef from Australia. I've eaten beef in Australia, it's delicious. There's nothing wrong with it."
Two-out-of-three of Liz Truss’s resignation honours list peerages going to senior Vote Leave execs.
Now they get to make the laws of the land and claim £300 every day for the privilege of doing so…until the day they die.
And if you don’t like the sound of that…tough. There’s
It astonishes me that Liz Truss found 60 Tory MPs to support her insane political agenda…I didn’t think she was capable of finding her own arse with both hands and a map. 🤲🗺️
I just want an honest, competent government focussed on solving the problems our country faces, not one that runs a permanent political campaign with the sole purpose of exploiting those problems to distract and divide us. It's not much to ask, is it?
#StopTheRot
🚙 This isn't a plan for motorists, it's a plan for a small minority of motorists, the selfish, narrow-minded and short-sighted ones..and Mr Sunak will soon find out that that's a far smaller subset than he thinks.
#GeneralElectionNow
#StopTheRot
I'm backing
@RishiSunak
to
👉 pretend he can't remember who Boris Johnson is
👉 fly everywhere by helicopter
👉 gloss over his ENORMOUS personal wealth
👉 continue this rotten government's rotten policies
I'm not
#ready4rishi
#StopTheRot
Tory MPs might have forgotten what he's like...I haven't. I believe hundreds of thousands of people will take to the streets if they put this man back into Number 10. I'll be one of them.
#GeneralElectionNow
#StopTheRot
😡 I lost my mum to cancer in July. I lost my dad to it last year. My wife only survived it in 2018 after having extensive surgery. And you're telling me "never mind cancer outcomes". F*ck you,
@BorisJohnson
, you heartless clown. You disgust me.
#JohnsonOut
@flinders_paul
@stoptherot_uk
Yes, I agree that’s probably what he’d like to do…but the US banks are bound by similar regulations, so he’d not only have to emigrate but also leave politics altogether. Now that’s a thought worth savouring.
It's 900 days since the EU Referendum. How can anyone claim that a view expressed that long ago still represents the will of the people? Theresa May called the last general election just 763 after the previous one. It's time for a
#PeoplesVote
😱 One reason the Tories won’t remove Johnson is that they have no credible alternative waiting in the wings. No one is CLEARLY better. No one is head and shoulders above Johnson. He’s the best they’ve got. Think about that for a moment. God help us!
🚨 50 days left for PM
@Keir_Starmer
to show he wants fair elections!
We've written to demand action on Proportional Representation. Why?
Because:
✅ Every vote should count
🗳️ Parliament should truly represent the people
🤝 We need less division and more cooperation in
A billionaire who lives in a mansion, who travels everywhere by helicopter and who partied in Downing Street while we all obeyed Covid laws says we shouldn’t accept people who don’t share our values living parallel lives within our communities. 🤔
💪 I used to work with Sue Gray. She's made of strong stuff and she's not shy about saying what she really thinks. But she will be aware that this govt has a record of hounding even the most senior, battle-hardened civil servants out of their jobs. I hope she stands strong.
Watching Michael Gove on
@SkyNews
claiming
@Keir_Starmer
will use his majority to “rig the system” must surely be peak irony, no?! Voter ID? Right to protest?The brass neck of the man! Get in the sea!
🏴 Remember when new Tory Party Deputy Chairman, 30p Lee Anderson, refused to support the England football team because they took the knee? Not on their side; not on your side.
#PlasticPatriot
TORIES: Yesterday showed foreign courts dictating British laws.
TRUTH: Yesterday showed British judges upholding British values.
The Tories are lying to you. Again.
#StopTheRot
✈️ And if they are not promising to cancel the disgraceful Rwanda refugee policy, they have no business talking sentimentally about their own refugee backgrounds.
#StopTheRot
💥 WOW!! Three Tory council leaders in rural Lincolnshire kicked out. IN RURAL LINCOLNSHIRE!! Even Laura Kuenssberg couldn’t put a positive spin on that!
#LocalElections2023
How common is it for someone jumping ship to leap toward a vessel that’s already sinking…and on fire…and crewed by idiots…and lunatics? Must be rare, right?
Delighted Lisa has joined
@Conservatives
- she’s a brave constituency MP.
Together we’ll work on the issues that matter to people in East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow.
We’ll make long-term decisions for a brighter future for the whole of the UK.
🪵What a plank this man is. It's possible for Turkey to be a safe place for British tourists AND an unsafe place for people of a particular race, religion, nationality, social group or political opinion (the UN Convention grounds relevant to refugees). It is a shame civil
Over 3 million people went to Turkey on holiday last year from the UK.
Yet the Civil Service say it's not a safe country and have put a stop to the returns agreement our Prime Minister has signed.
Time and time again, Civil Servants working against the British people's wishes.
When everyone is watching, they are ‘promises’. When journalists ask questions, they become ‘illustrations’. No doubt when economists show the numbers don’t add up, they will become ‘aspirations’. In truth, these are just rotten lies from a rotten government.
#StopTheRot
💷 Banks don’t close accounts that are demonstrably above board. Accounts like that are a source of revenue and closing them makes no business sense.
Would be interesting to know whether Farage’s current predicament has anything to do with recent breakthroughs in the
Remember, even when Johnson goes, our work isn’t finished. We need to put an end to Johnsonism and make sure people like Rees Mogg, Patel, Dorries and the others are forced back under their rocks.
#StopTheRot
#StartTheRenewal
😠 Please don’t fall for the ‘clean start’ scam. The Tories have been in power for 12 years. If they genuinely want to redefine what ‘Conservative’ means, they should do so carefully and methodically from the opposition benches, not on the hoof in a six week leadership campaign.
Qs for
@SuellaBraverman
: Should we assume all these people support Hamas? If not, which do and which don’t? How will you separate the former from the latter so they can be prosecuted? Should police arrest the ones with flags, or the young men with brown skin? No?
#ThinkThenSpeak
🛩️ As a former civil servant who supported a number of govt ministers, I simply don’t believe that any aspect of a trip to Saudi that involved being ferried around on private jets/helicopters would have slipped anyone’s mind. Why the lies?
#StopTheRot
What can I say about
@supertanskiii
?! She’s a tornado…don’t get in her way! What I didn’t fully appreciate until
#StopTheRot
yesterday is that public speaking doesn’t come easy to her…which just makes what she does even more impressive. 👏👏👏
Tell you what…if I was in a sticky situation and the only people I could roll out to defend me were Peter Bone, Desmond Swayne and Grant f*cking Shapps, I reckon I’d just get me coat and go. Imagine that shit popping up on your Facebook Memories every year until you died. 😩
If I was the new Prime Minister and I was looking for someone to stop the planet boiling, see the country through the worst energy crisis in 50 years and get UK business firing on all cylinders, I'm not sure this is who I'd go for...
@PmcRetired
Thank you, PMC. Though it broke my heart and made me question aspects of this world we live in, I haven't ever been conscious of it causing me significant mental health issues. It has, though, contributed to me being hypersensitive to the dangers posed by people like Braverman
Please listen to this. All of it. I know it's three-and-a-half minutes long but it's important. This is what it's all about. Hearing this father talk about the daughter he lost breaks my heart. If your eyes are still dry at the end, you're made of stone. 😪
"We sadly got a PM who was a charlatan, a narcissist and a liar, and that's why my daughter is dead."
James O'Brien is moved to tears by grieving father John who urges people to remember bereaved families when casting their next vote.
@mrjamesob
A reminder as you read this that the Foreign Office oversees the work of MI6, and MI6 is central to the west’s fight against Russian efforts to subvert social, economic & democratic interests around the world. Perfect role for a secret mistress with Russian friends?
#StopTheRot
The saddest part of this whole story is that, by choosing collective punishment as their means of eradicating Hamas, Israel itself will inevitably drive the creation of a new terrorist organisation, filled with fresh hatred, ready to pick up where Hamas left off. 😞
🪫 Each day, before you pick up a paper or switch on the news, remind yourself that the Tory party has been in power now for 12 straight years. Whatever problems you read or hear about, they are problems that successive Tory govts have caused or failed to resolve.
#StopTheRot
Just tell us how to make Brexit deliver all the benefits we had before leaving the EU, Nigel, and we’ll all be happy. Go on, do a big, long Twitter thread…we’ll all read it thoroughly and retweet it to our MPs.
😞 Seems Akshata Murty is prepared to pay UK tax to support her husband’s career prospects but wasn’t prepared to pay it to support our overstretched NHS, our overworked teachers or those for whom the cost of living crisis means heating or eating, not both.
#RottenPriorities
I think whoever wins this Tory leadership race should only be referred to as the Provisional Prime Minister unless and until they win a general election. What do you think?