You’d think so. But economic damage can be excused if you can find some seemingly simple but fundamentally flawed reasoning to explain what it’s in our national interest.

Yep,got rid of freedom of movement and looks like the right to protest is going next with the extra tweaks to the ‘policing bill’,not forgetting the annoying things that need redress in the human rights act.

You’ll be better off without these things so the borders can be protected 🙂

Some really horrific things are happening in the shadows whilst you giggle at Boris de Peppa.

Always found it weird that government policy and announcements are made on Twitter – a yankee social media platform. Often before they are made in parliament

As Trump showed, if everything you do is based around lies and misinformation then it’s best to do that in the least regulated space available

And probably most direct/real time feed.

(1) invent / manufacture a problem

Like closing all routes to asylum from outside the UK, and upping the security on other routes into the UK, leaving dangerous sea crossings as the only route for asylum seekers…

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard brilliantly eviscerates government claims about refugees yesterday in #HouseofLords

The facts, stark and clear.

Full transcript here ⬇️https://t.co/CwbHYEEONs#RefugeesWelcome #Migrants pic.twitter.com/OU47gpWr6m

— Natalie Bennett (@natalieben) November 26, 2021

Good, thought – provoking post, thanks kelvin.

Well done that man.

Johnsons mask u-turn is going to infuriate his backbenchers

Another poll out today with a labour lead

And crucially half of electorate say he should quit!
And this is b4 today’s news

New Opinium poll:

Labour: 38%
Con: 36%
LD: 8%
Greens: 6%

Approval ratings:

Starmer: +1
Johnson: -17

Almost half (48%) of all voters and 13% of Conservative voters say Boris Johnson should resign, compared to 31% who say he should stay.

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) November 27, 2021

All chipping away at his standing in the party

That would be good news if it were like the Labour party where they would just leave him there to lose the election but as we know that won’t happen with the tory party and they will replace him before risking that.

Staggering that only 13% of Tory voters think Johnson should go.

Staggering that only 13% of Tory voters think Johnson should go

Not really, how many people not happy with Daddy Pig will actually admit to being Tory voters. Those that do are still in the same state of denial as Trump supporters.

The level of delusion amongst tory ( all parties?) voters is off the scale

A wee debate yesterday on the scottish tories page where they were trying to deny pro independence parties have a majority – just flat out ignoring the greens!  Very funny.  Nothing would persuade them even showing the data that their stance was just factually incorrect

Same with Johnson – his core vote are so invested in him that they are blind to what he does wrong – and the slanted sources of info means that they do not really see the incompetence

and why care about the incompetence if it is not directly affecting you and you are better off under any type of tory party.

Impartiality means not criticising government policy… no, not China…

In order “to ensure impartiality”, officials have been told to vet any potential speakers invited to Whitehall to make sure that they have never made any comments about government, MPs or policies “that could be deemed political”, including on social media. pic.twitter.com/Ze2UMsdPN1

— Prof Alice Roberts💙 (@theAliceRoberts) November 28, 2021

invitations should not be issued to those who have “spoken against key government policy”

Kelvin. Oh well there goes my invite🥺. It really does look like the Henry VIII playbook, which doesn’t bode well for wife No2
Can’t wait for the wording of the ‘Oath of Loyalty’, as drafted by The Daily Mail

He’s on wife #3. 7 confirmed children.

Tbf I don’t think he’s had any of his wives decapitated

The mask wearing announcement was typical BJ thou,didn’t actually say much about wearing a mask and that had to be teased out of him by the journos and Javid was going to announce what they had decided.

Not what you’d call clear messaging.

Unwillingness to be associated with anything he perceives as vaguely unpopular is the sign of a true leader. He could have used his national platform to urge the public to accept and follow the new policy, but no, instead we got some shambling sulk whose body language screamed that he didn’t agree with it and it was all Saj and Whitty’s fault.

A colossal failure as a human, who has risen because he has a veneer of classical education and bonhomie disguising an utterly corrupt and self-interested void within.

Not what you’d call clear messaging

He’s consistent then?

invitations should not be issued to those who have “spoken against key government policy”

This is the same government that’s apparently championing freedom of speech in universities. You know, as along as it’s the kind of speech that Toby Young likes.

invitations should not be issued to those who have “spoken against key government policy”

and I got a right kicking for saying the tories were veering towards fascism!  Gerrymandering the vote, blocking all criticisms, Appointing cronies to head all quangos, control of the media,  creating “the enemy within”  racist policies, anti immigrant rhetoric etc etc

I still don’t think Tories will lose Bexley or Shropshire byelections, but they’ll be getting twitchy in No10

Theresa May's approval stood at -22% when the 1922 committee received enough letters to trigger a confidence vote.

— Election Maps UK (@ElectionMapsUK) November 28, 2021

Truss is literally on maneuvers

https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/1465643655922913284?t=zwkCqPFuQa1-eFGr0wPJ2w&s=19

New ConHome survey of Conservative party members shows big dissatisfaction with Boris Johnson and a lot of support for new Cabinet member Nadine Dorries… pic.twitter.com/p5QqM6IjnK

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) November 30, 2021

Truss is literally on maneuvers

I feel safer already ROFL!!!!

Liz in a tank

Apparently it’s because she’s getting Brexit done while bojo flaps about listening to “scientists” who want to kill Christmas.

Interesting to see the fall of Priti from grace in that graph.

Turns outs out “solving immigration issues” is actually a little harder than it sounds. Even after saying it would be so easy before you got the job. Another Brexiteer that never realised a border has two sides.

Go figure?

She’d be proud of some of the residents of Hastings though, attempting to block an RNLI shout.

It’s not all bad though, in other news there are some non arsehats in Hastings too.👍

https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/people/hastings-rnli-lifeboat-crew-blocked-from-going-out-to-sea-by-people-angry-at-them-rescuing-refugees-3475179

and look like Margaret Thatcher as much as possible

Thatcher looked like she knew what she was doing, so good luck with that.

The thing about that Thatcher in a tank image is that you’ll never look at it and think ‘Jesus **** christ what an absolute **** moron’

She’d be proud of some of the residents of Hastings though, attempting to block an RNLI shout.

Wonder where my brother in law was that day?

Turns outs out “solving immigration issues” is actually a little harder than it sounds. Even after saying it would be so easy before you got the job. Another Brexiteer that never realised a border has two sides

The irony is that the ‘migration crisis’ is something that didn’t really exist just something the likes of Farage & Tories have gleefully whipped up & weaponised in the culture war & Patels reactions to it have turned it into an actual crisis

This is the same government that’s apparently championing freedom of speech in universities.

They’re trying to slowly strangle HE. The view of this brand of ‘Tory’ is that the country needs less graduates and more insecurely employed worker drones. The only people who need to be university educated are their kids and their mates’ kids. Britannia Unchained indeed.

@kimbers

Absolutely, wouldn’t it be wonderful if it ended her political career, though I don’t think that will happen for a second.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/30/for-boris-everything-will-always-turn-out-for-the-best-until-it-doesnt

John Crace and Marina Hyde both on good form at the moment although to be honest the Government do make it very easy for satirical writers anyway…

It’s a good job that when Boris said Covid would be beaten and gone by Easter he didn’t actually specify which year that would be!

would be very surprised if its this close (shoropshire)!

Lib Dem internal polling in North Shropshire (Postal Votes Only):

🌳CON: 47.7% (-15.0)
🔶LDM: 37.8% (+27.8)
🌹LAB: 10.5% (-11.6)
🌍 GRN: 1.9% (-1.3)
🤷‍♂️ Other: 2.1% (+0.1)

H/T @Hawlucha137.

— Election Maps UK (@ElectionMapsUK) November 30, 2021

unoffical pact between LD & Labour allegedly

Boris Johnson’s interventionist approach to industry defies UK election vow

https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/ftlogo-v1%3Abrand-ft-logo-square-coloured?source=update-logos&width=180&height=180&format=png

When Boris Johnson ran against Jeremy Corbyn to become UK prime minister in the 2019 election he would often criticise the ageing left-winger for his nationalisation plans.

“What we won’t be doing is some crackpot scheme that would involve many, many tens of billions of taxpayers’ money nationalising a British business,” Johnson said at the time.

Yet, under Johnson, the British government has taken an interventionist approach to struggling industries on multiple occasions.

“Ironically, Johnson has carried out more nationalisations than any Labour prime minister since Harold Wilson,” said John McDonnell, shadow chancellor under Corbyn.

Hastings is my neck of the woods, and a real split town. Its very arty and liberal, but also a big Brexity fringe.

One of its issues is a lack of industry – it has the largest proportion of workers employed by Public sector of all UK boroughs, so you can see how Austerity would hit hard down here.

Oh, and until she moved into my village this year, Lizz Truss was my mums MP in Norfolk – fair to say she isn’t a fan!!!

I see in PMQ today our Sub-Prime has refused to deny there were partys in no10 last Christmas while the rest of the country were under lockdown.

Rember to follow the rules and save the nhs, unless your one of “us” obviously…

#stayelite

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/01/boris-johnson-accused-of-flouting-covid-rules-with-no-10-parties-last-christmas?fbclid=IwAR2c_kUoRsk-2Jj9gXnMddnI–U-l94pGG9GPEVs7e_rzB7TMSxbT5boXIE

Not sure I liked this exchange.

Andrew Rosindell (Con) says the government cannot deal with illegal migrants while still constrained by the Human Rights Act and the European convention on human rights.

Johnson says the government is reviewing the human rights system. He says Labour should back the nationality and borders bill.

Interesting to see which papers run with Johnson Xmas party wheeze tomorrow for Bexley byelection

Surpressing tory turnout could see a likely reduced majority and more bad news for bozo

This is a very thought-provoking piece by @rafaelbehr and I'd add that Lab/LibDs are already basically doing electoral pacts eg LDs getting free run at N Shrop and Lab at Bexley

Labour’s best route to power is coalition, whether the party admits it or not https://t.co/kfkWfclCSs

— Jessica Elgot (@jessicaelgot) November 30, 2021