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For goodness sakes man ‘fess up. You were feeling better it was Mary’s birthday, it was a lovely day - you went out on a trip before going back to work the next day. And in so doing you absolutely broke the rules. Say sorry to the millions who have kept to the rules and jog off.
Remember this when you vote in the next General Election.
On the day rocketing energy prices frighten millions of people as to how they will survive this winter, the response from the Conservative Govt is silence. No Minister on the mornings media.
And vote them out.
I’m embarrassed beyond belief at this Downing St press conference. Johnson is blustering - not answering questions, not taking follow ups. He flustered because he’s trying to defend the indefensible. He’s a disgrace.
The uncomfortable truth is that
#Brexit
cannot be delivered. It’s time we all faced the reality and were honest with the British people. We owe them a huge apology for a referendum with an option that was undefined & undeliverable.
The appointment of Nadine Dorries as Culture Secretary is final confirmation (if you needed it) that we do indeed have the worst Prime Minister and Govt ever. Ever.
I feel the need to apologise for a party I was once very proud to be a member of. The Conservative Party has lost its moral compass, is run by people who lie as easily as they take breath & which is turning our great country into a dishonourable international laughing stock.
Just in case you hadn’t already worked it out, with the election of
#LizTruss
you can be quite sure the Conservative Party has completely lost the plot. Utterly bonkers.
Excellent report on
@Channel4News
We export 80% of N Sea oil. We import 4% of our gas from Russia. And we buy & sell both on the international market which we can’t control. Today’s Govt/Sunak announcements aren’t even spin - they’re total bullshit.
6 years ago
#Braverman
would have been regarded as an obnoxious weirdo on the fringes of the Conservative party. Now she’s not just main stream but Home Secretary. Another example of how the Conservatives have shifted away from the centre right to the hard right of U.K. politics
#Radio4
#WATO
just broadcast an interview with Nigel Farage.He told lies about migration.His false assertions were not challenged nor countered. The BBC has a long history of allowing Farage to prey on fears & prejudices unchallenged It’s disgraceful they continue to indulge him
It’s what happens when an established charlatan becomes Prime Minister & surrounds himself with 3rdrate yes men & women of limited ability & integrity. What’s absolutely frightening is that we’re in the middle of a dangerous national crisis & this shower of liars are in charge.
@Anna_Soubry
I think I am more angered now by the ministers trying to defend the undefendable so disgusting they should hang there heads in shame!
#sackcummimgs
Breathtaking hypocrisy to sign off rules that mean a 23 year old teacher who takes cocaine once is barred for life from teaching but a 30 yr old journo repeatedly taking it is fit & proper person to be our PM? I don’t thinks so.
@michaelgove
should stand down.
Setting aside whether you agree with him
#MickLynch
@RMTunion
is a first class communicator. Primarily because he unequivocally answers the question put to him
#Today
Come the next Gen Election remember today - the day the Bank of England announced our country is the worst economic crisis in our lifetime & both the PM & Chancellor are on holiday
Whoever leads the
#Conservatives
it is no longer fit for office.
Time for change.
Our Prime Minister got someone else to pay his bills of £58K. It’s not just that he didn’t declare it - he shouldn’t have done it in the first place. It’s a blatant & serious breach of the Ministerial Code & he must be held to account.
This is what we’re up against. A Conservative Party that’s abandoned pragmatic One Nation Toryism (that aims to unite rather than divide the British people) The Govt’s been hijacked by nasty right wing nationalists with a PM fishing for votes at the bottom of the political pond
This is what we’re up against.
The Labour Party, a subset of lawyers, criminal gangs - they're all on the same side, propping up a system of exploitation that profits from getting people to the UK illegally.
I have a plan to stop it.
Here’s how 🧵
The Prime Minister’s admitted breaking the law by facilitating an unlawful gathering in his garden & then attending that unlawful party. He’s no defence & no excuse. But he refuses to resign &
#Conservatives
MPs refuse to sack him. I’m ashamed at what has happened to our country
“The thin-skinned, unprepared opportunist who cannot tolerate a word of scrutiny or criticism. It’s like dealing with a toddler. If you’re not 100% behind him, saying how marvellous he is, then you are totally against him..Boris is barely out of nappies.”
Worked 7 days a week? Never had a day off? In the 70’s? Which Notts pit was that
@LeeAndersonMP_
? certainly not one in N Notts …. You’re not making stuff up again are you ?
In the 70s working 7 days a week down t'pit my dad grew veg and kept chickens in our garden. That was our foodbank. My dad voted Tory for the 1st time in 2019. He will again at the next election. A great man. Comments turned off to send the left in to meltdown. But u can like 🙂
No dignity, happy to trash our international reputation, thick as mince ideologues with no compassion or understanding of the plight of people fleeing war, persecution & oppression. We are so much better than this rotten Conservative Govt
#RefugeesWelcome
In a world gone mad
#Marr
is criticising
@Keir_Starmer
for supporting the recommendations of the Chief Medical Officer re new
#COVID19
restrictions.
Starmer should be congratulated for putting the well being of fellow citizens before party political advantage.
34,000 deaths - the biggest national crisis in our life time and a nation crying out for leadership and Boris Johnson, our Prime Minister can’t even brush his sodding hair for this weeks PMQs. His disrespect & arrogance knows no bounds.
#Covid19
#PMQs
Tonight’s unedifying spectacle of a
#LeadershipDebate
presented the best the Conservative party has to offer. Heaven help us. The sooner we have a GE & vote in a new Govt the better.
Never before has a country so spectacularly shot its self in the foot. We are no longer “Great” Britain or a United Kingdom. Leaving the
#EU
the single market & customs union diminishes our country, will make us all a little poorer & narrow our horizons.
#BrexitDeal
Absolute twaddle.
#KeirStarmer
& I have our political differences. But let’s be v v clear - he’s a former DPP. His background is one of honesty, decency, hard work & competence. Everything
#BorisJohnson
isn’t. I know which one I want as my PM. And I’m sick of this smear campaign.
I think the problem for Keir is he and his team still don’t get it. It’s not about the technical breach of the law. It’s about the perception of hypocrisy and lack of openness. He can’t get off on a technicality on this.
Embarrassed to call myself a Conservative listening to mendacious nonsense from
@DavidDavisMP
a senior MP & ex DExEu SoS
@BBCr4today
He claims we can negotiate a FTA in under 3 months. He knows that’s not true. And a FTA would create a hard border & screw our economy
All those “presenters” have more courage, principle and integrity than the utterly ludicrous
#Jenkyns
has in her little finger. I hope her seat becomes a
#LabourGain
To all the presenters pulling out of the show in solidarity with
#Lineker
, no problem, why don't you leave the taxpayer funded
#BBC
then you all can be as sanctimonious and vocal as you like. Or lets
#DefundTheBBC
#Brexit
really was built on lies. I don’t care about the colour of my new passport - for those that do - it’s black not blue (as promised) but black. What I do care about is the loss of free movement between our
#EU
neighbours that our membership conveyed. So sad.
The Govt banned the
#BBC
but took GBNews ?! When are people going to wake up & stand up to what this Govt is - ideologically driven, intolerant of dissent, terrified of scrutiny, incompetent & arrogant. And that’s for starters. Come the GE make sure you vote them out of office.
One day the truth will come out.The sources, connections & motives behind the money which generated the lies & bots that led the British ppl to the biggest mistake we’ve ever made. On that day your child will ask “What did you do to stop it?” Hold your head high
@peoplesvote_uk
History will record the great conspiracy of silence - the complete shutting down of debate post
#Brexit
It results in the Chair of Asda Stuart Rose actually admitting in his analysis of the state of our economy (BBC1 this morning) he’s not allowed to mention
#Brexit
.
I’m done with being polite in my opposition to people like Rees Mogg, Tice etc who’ve done so much damage to our politics, our economy & international reputation.
#Braverman
is beyond gross. I gave up finding words to describe her in a tweet. It comes to this - Braverman is not only utterly unfit for public office but also to be a Member of Parliament. But this is what the Conservative party has become.
This is gross. Utterly gross. It’s possible that the full, unedited answer might offer some mitigation but Braverman’s defence of using Nazi vocabulary to talk about refugees, in response to a Holocaust survivor, is just horrific.
James Cleverley admits “oven ready deal” was withdrawal agreement.
But
#BorisJohnson
said
“We’ve got a deal, oven ready. It’s a great deal for the country. It delivers everything that I wanted when I campaigned for Brexit’
He lied.
#Brexit
built on deceit delivered by liars
If we had some grown ups running our country we would have a better relationship with France. The blame game achieves nothing especially when you’re stuck in an 8 hour (plus) queue. 🇬🇧 🇫🇷
I gently challenged a man at a check out who wasn’t wearing a mask. He informed me he wasn’t doing “any more of that after what that Matt Hancock has done”. Real life consequences of breaking peoples trust. Important public health messages can no longer be delivered by
#Hancock
If this Govt cuts the value of benefits to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest we must exercise our democratic right and take our protest to the streets. This Govt has no mandate for such an appalling shift in policy.
Telegraph reporting as fact that Kamikwazi and Tross are planning to cut the value of benefits to the poorest“to reassure the markets” they can fund the scrapping of the 45p tax rate … these people are disgusting
No Michelle Mone the reason you’re being interviewed on
#BBCLauraK
is because you’ve been caught out lying & profiteering off the tax payer & now playing the victim in a desperate attempt to rebuild your reputation. Instead a car crash interview exposing you n Barrowman for what…
I served as a Minister in 3 Govt Depts. I never came across “activist civil servants” w “passive - aggressive tactics” wanting to block Govt policy. Everyone I worked with was a hard working, public servant.
#Raab
is demonstrating why he was never fit for public office.
What a pathetic tweet from the PM on New Years Day when we are hoping for a brighter, better future.
The majority of overseas students leave their families (mum,dad,siblings) at home but hey let’s blow a nasty nationalist dog whistle to shore up a dwindling vote.
Shame on you
From today, the majority of foreign university students cannot bring family members to the UK.
In 2024, we’re already delivering for the British people.
#Brexit
is a self inflicted economic wound.
It was built on lies & they’re still lying - refusing to face the facts - Brexit is bad for Britain.
At the v least we should be joining the single market & customs union.
Best of all - we need to be back in the EU
It’s absolutely clear & not denied
@BorisJohnson
was more concerned about his own political future than saving lives and protecting our NHS. He is undoubtedly the worst PM ever.
Difficult to believe that our Home Sec is a former lawyer & Att Gen - I’m not retweeting her latest gross error of judgement because I think it’s a contempt of court. I have no doubt she is utterly unfit for office.
@SuellaBraverman
It’s official -
#BorisJohnson
is a liar. The man who led the campaign to take us out of the
#EU
who was PM during
#Covid
is indeed the great charlatan many of us have been calling him for years. The worst PM ever must now be consigned to the rubbish bin of history.
#BorisJohnson
’s likened
#Brexit
to what’s happening in
#Ukraine
. That’s grossly insulting to Ukrainians who’ve been unlawfully invaded by
#Putin
& are literally fighting for their lives & for the freedom to join the
#EU
“The people of this country do not see Keir Starmer as some crusty communist …. He’s a knight of the realm & former Director of Public Prosecutions ….. he is a patriotic PM in waiting”
@mattforde
#politics
No
@theresa_may
you are to blame for the
#BrexitCrisis
The impasse in Parliament is all of your own making. You never reached out to the 48% & to other parties to create a compromise. You set down your own red lines from the outset. You have let everyone down.
With record numbers of people entering the UK in dinghies crossing the Channel it turns out that since leaving the EU we have LESS control of our borders. More evidence that
#Brexit
was built on lies sold by charlatans.
This is disgraceful. More evidence that the uncompromising dogmatic right is running the
@Conservatives
#DominicGrieve
is one of the finest, most courageous Parliamentarians ever - who has always put his country first & championed all his constituents.
It is increasingly clear Johnson’s “new” deal is worse than May’s. Parliament will get 5 hours debate on Saturday without any independent assessments, analysis or select committee scrutiny of the most important set of decisions we will make in generations. That’s plain wrong.
BBC News at 10 reporting on how “labour shortages are holding back British business”. There’s clearly a newsroom sweep stake on how many stories they can do on the harm
#Brexit
is inflicting on our economy without mentioning the word. Are they journalists or mice?
Brexit has delivered nothing of any benefit for the UK. Instead it’s damaging our economy.
Walking away from the world’s biggest free trade area - on our doorstep - was a dreadful mistake.
#Brexit
was built and sold on lies
Many people will be comparing last weeks Labour conference with this weeks
#Conservative
conference. And will be considering voting
#Labour
for the first time in their lives.
When people shouted abuse at me outside Parliament I didn’t “give them the finger” I maintained my dignity & did not engage with them.
#AndreaJenkyns
behaves like a rude, petulant child (remind you of anyone?). And like
#Johnson
she is unfit for national office.
Whilst the UK wants to have a good trade relationship with the EU as a sovereign state, the EU has different ideas. They want our money and they want to stop us being a competitor. The Withdrawal Agreement (WA) we signed last year sadly helps them. (1/3)
Arriving at
#Faro
airport
#Portugal
V long queues for non EU arrivals ie British travellers but Irish passengers whizz through. Delays at passport control are a direct result of
#Brexit
- UK passports must be doubly checked & stamped. If anyone tells you otherwise they’re lying
Conservative MP
@Anna_Soubry
attacked "ideologically driven" colleagues with "gold-plated pensions and inherited wealth" for ignoring the "reality" of Brexit.
There’s x party opposition to the sale of
#Channel4
& rightly so. It offers a fab range of quality programmes, is hugely successful & costs the tax payer nothing.
There really are lots more important things to occupy Govt time.
Let’s hope MPs work together & stop the sale.
For the first time in your life do the decent thing
@BorisJohnson
. Resign. But my thoughts tonight are with all those who stuck to the rules & never said goodbye to a loved one before they died or attended their funeral. Johnson and his crew are a disgrace. A total disgrace.
EXCL: Email obtained by
@itvnews
proves over 100 staff were invited to drinks party in No 10 garden at height of lockdown to “make the most of the lovely weather”.
We’re told PM and his wife attended, with staff invited to “bring your own booze!”
If
#facecoverings
are mandatory now on public transport as the R rate apparently goes down why the f weren’t they mandatory when it was at its peak?
#COVID
ー19
Some of us were shocked when Dominic Raab was appointed Foreign Secretary given he struggled as a junior Minister.
He’s an embarrassment to our country & the party I used to be proud to be a member of
#Conservatives
Asked if he would take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab: "I take the knee for two people; the Queen and the Mrs when I asked her to marry me." Listen live ►
@JuliaHB1
|
@DominicRaab
This is wrong
* it’s misleading
* it’s propaganda
* it’s an abuse of impartial civil servants
* it’s a waste of tax payers money
If Parliament was sitting MPs would challenge & scrutinise this Government propaganda.
They shut down Parliament but they won’t shut us up
Duty-free shopping with the EU is coming back, if we leave without a deal.
People travelling to EU countries will be able to buy beer, spirits, wine and tobacco without duty being applied in the UK.
🍺🍷Read more👇
Hey
@RishiSunak
this is how
#MobRule
started
Within seconds of publication these MPs got death & rape threats. One had to have armed police protection. Many caved in to threats & abuse & didn’t vote as they wanted to.
Parliament & a compliant media let the rot set in…
Given the unprecedented extremely serious political crisis we are in and the complete failure of leadership of both main parties, shouldn’t we be considering a Government of national unity?
#CountryBeforeParty
#BrexitShambles
To be absolutely clear
#NadineDorries
& all the rest of Johnson’s shameless cronies what Johnson said in Parliament about
#KeirStarmer
was a lie. It was deliberately said to smear Starmer & shift attention from the lies,lawbreaking & incompetence that is
#BorisJohnson
#Today
#EU
members enjoy freedom to travel with few checks in & around Europe.
#Leave
lied to voters saying
#Brexit
wouldn’t take away those rights. The dreadful situation at
#Dover
is a consequence of Brexit. Time for our media to report fairly & stop ducking the real issue.
No it won’t. It absolutely will not. And the Conservative Party have been in Govt for 11 years. This is your mess. Own it and deal with it with decency, honesty, realism and compassion.
#Refugees
It is why this Government’s New Plan for Immigration will overhaul our broken asylum system and address many of the long-standing pull factors encouraging migrants to make the perilous journey from France to the United Kingdom.
I agree
#SarahVine
@WestminsterWAG
Britain is turning in to a “3rd world country”.
It began in 2016 with the
#Brexit
vote
Brexit is ruining our country - economically, culturally & politically - slowly diminishing the long term prospects of our children & grandchildren.
“I’ve booked my summer holiday in Cornwall” Matt Hancock said weeks ago
“You should not book a holiday - home or abroad” says Grant Shapps
#Today
.
The usual mixed messages and nonsenses.