(If the Conservatives win ..) “I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, I warn you not to get old”
Neil Kinnock, 1983
The Speaker has granted an Urgent Question in Parliament today on the Downing Street Party revelations.
But instead of facing up to it, Boris Johnson has ordered a junior minister to answer for him.
He's not just a self-interested liar. He's a coward too.
So to sum up:
Tax rises
Food shortages
Increase in household bills
No trade deal with the US
You know, when Boris said: ’The day after we vote to leave, we hold all the cards’ he failed to mention we’d be playing Solitaire with a deck filled with jokers.
I’m not going to patronise anyone who voted Tory by suggesting they have #StockholmSyndrome... although I maintain that the Tories are cunts... BUT, and this is a ginormous heaving behemoth of a ‘BUT’: you can’t vote for an effective opposition when there’s none available.
On the day of the brexit vote the Oxford vaccine is announced whereupon our health secretary Matt Hancock boasts a great British success story. Pascal Soriot the man behind the oxford vaccine is French.
Just listened again to @BBCr4today interview with Matt Hancock. I found it extraordinary. No hard questions re NHS staffing levels, resources, or current hospital crisis. No details of vaccine roll out plan for most vulnerable. It was just a vanity parade. @ShaunLintern