I have today had a letter from the office of that egregious ass, Jake Mogg, known principally for lying in the House of Commons, as shown above, though he has lied elsewhere, too [see Mogg the Mendacious, Mogg Mendax]. The letter (which is quite as underwhelming as you would expect) was in belated response to … Continue reading Lying with impunity
Tag: Boris Johnson
The question that Johnson must answer about Cummings
Either Dominic Cummings’s action in driving to Durham from London had some justification that excused it or it had not. That it requires excuse is unarguable, since the guidelines state clearly that infected households must isolate at once and that even healthy people should leave the house only for a narrow range of reasons and … Continue reading The question that Johnson must answer about Cummings
Only the Conservative party can save us now
A catchpenny headline, I grant you, but I hope to persuade you of the truth of it. By any measure, yesterday in parliament was an extraordinary spectacle. Here we had the least successful prime minister of all time, whose government has not won a single vote since he came to office, who has lost his … Continue reading Only the Conservative party can save us now
If what they say is true, then how did we get here?
A useful test is to ask whether the account that people give of events is consistent with the events themselves. If it were really the case that in the 2016 referendum ‘the country voted overwhelmingly to leave’ (to quote the chronically untruthful Bernard Jenkin, MP*) is that at all consistent with the point we have now … Continue reading If what they say is true, then how did we get here?
Ow! yaroo! Stop it, you beasts!
I have remarked before that the level at which Boris Johnson operates – and those about him – is ‘school debating society’. That is why the majority of EU politicians, who are serious-minded, grown-up types who see politics in terms of public service (as we once did in this country) cannot comprehend him. Today’s proroguing … Continue reading Ow! yaroo! Stop it, you beasts!
Another way to misrepresent the EU referendum result: the Charles Moore Defence
[photo by Policy Exchange - Flickr: Charles Moore, former editor of the Daily Telegraph, at Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30224977%5D As we have seen ( in Liars in public places) the usual method of misrepresenting the 2016 referendum result, as employed by messrs Rees-Mogg, Jenkin and Johnson, is to lie outright … Continue reading Another way to misrepresent the EU referendum result: the Charles Moore Defence
Johnson now certain Britain wishes to remain and would reverse Brexit in second referendum
picture: BBC Website Boris Johnson has admitted that a second referendum would reverse Brexit and see Britain vote to remain in the EU. In his speech today, Mr Johnson said holding another referendum on the UK's membership of the EU - as some campaigners are calling for - would be a "disastrous mistake … Continue reading Johnson now certain Britain wishes to remain and would reverse Brexit in second referendum
Reading between the lines in Boris’s valentine
Boris Johnson, whatever else he may be, is a wily creature. His Valentine's Day attempt to woo us all to get behind Brexit is a typically guileful effort. It is presented as a magnanimous 'reaching out' to 'Remainers' along the lines of 'let's all pull together to make this happen'. He wishes to persuade us … Continue reading Reading between the lines in Boris’s valentine
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