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The cull of experienced & relatively decent Tories in 2019 & the dismal calibre of that year’s intake massively limited Sunak’s Cabinet selection options. And Rees-Mogg & Dorries were the worst of the worst. But even so, what an absolute minefield of mediocrity.
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Even more than Dorries, which is really saying something, the promotion of this streak of attenuated gristle from ridiculous sideshow to the actual Cabinet shows just how low UK politics has been brought by Brexit & its ongoing celebration of lies, impunity & idiocy. twitter.com/Tony_Diver/sta…
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And then you go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like 'benefits of Brexit'... twitter.com/mrjamesob/stat…
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This is a very good speech, spoiled only by the obviously necessary nods to both of his appalling predecessors.
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If you were watching this overseas, without much knowledge of the state of UK politics, you'd take some serious convincing that this is a real politician and not a comedy skit you don't understand. twitter.com/BestForBritain…
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I’m really not sure how helpful these polls are. And I am, obviously, one of the many people being constantly proved right by them. The numbers won’t move the political needle for at least five years. Such is the stranglehold of fact-free, right-wing media on the discourse. twitter.com/EuropeElects/s…
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The shocking dearth of talent from which Sunak must assemble a Cabinet is, of course, another legacy of the Brexit he supported. It’s a tragedy that all the personal comeuppances for these arrogant vandals have such widespread ramifications for the rest of us.
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Sunak's going to be awful. But he's going to be *conventionally* awful. And that's almost a relief.
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"I believe his behaviour towards Boris Johnson, his disloyalty, means that I could not possibly support him."
Jacob Rees-Mogg, July 2022. twitter.com/Jacob_Rees_Mog…
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I think he might have the same public speaking coach as Truss.. twitter.com/johnestevens/s…
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Have any letters of no confidence gone in yet?
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Sorrywhatpardon? twitter.com/lucyallan/stat…
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If you'd just publicly humiliated yourself by hitching yourself to Boris Johnson's bandwagon just before the wheels fell off, you'd probably keep your head down for a bit. But if you had any capacity for shame & embarrassment, you wouldn't have supported him in the first place...
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Lest he forgets... cityam.com/brexit-opportu…
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Good grief. twitter.com/JamesCleverly/…
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He definitely had all the nominations. They just go to a different school.
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Once again, Rees-Mogg displayed the intellectual acuity & natural talent that propelled him to one of the highest offices in the land. twitter.com/Steven_Swinfor…
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It’s single market or bust for Brexit Britain. And here comes another new Prime Minister destined to be undone by the refusal to recognise this… twitter.com/Peston/status/…
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Funny how stating the bleedin’ obvious about Brexit is newsworthy when it’s a billionaire Tory banker doing it on @BBCr4today. Max Hastings was shut straight down for saying the same last week. Better late than never, I suppose.
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A sad but helpful reminder that our national corruption, denigration & degradation does not depart with Johnson. His sycophantic supporters will always pretend that he was something other than demonstrably disgusting. twitter.com/Geoffrey_Cox/s…
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So we’ve finally reached the bit where that funny blonde bloke who took your mum’s life savings, and is still swearing blind that her huge jackpot will be delivered as soon as his temporary cash-flow problems are sorted, just got photographed on his mega-yacht. Laughing. At her.
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Sorrywhatpardon? twitter.com/nadhimzahawi/s…
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