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1/. In 2012, @trussliz jointly co-authored #BritanniaUnchained with Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Kwasi Kwarteng & Chris Skidmore
I read it so you don’t have to!
The most famous passage in the book is where it accuses British workers of being “among the worst idlers in the world”
I read it so you don’t have to!
The most famous passage in the book is where it accuses British workers of being “among the worst idlers in the world”
2/. #BritanniaUnchained is a very badly written, weakly argued libertarian blueprint for unrestrained deregulation & rampant free-marketism
In 2019, amid the detritus in @BorisJohnson's car, journalists spotted a copy & the authors have made up the spine of Johnson’s Cabinets.
In 2019, amid the detritus in @BorisJohnson's car, journalists spotted a copy & the authors have made up the spine of Johnson’s Cabinets.
3/. “It’s more fun to be a pirate than join the navy”
Perhaps one of the scariest passages is in Chapter 5, ‘Buccaneers”
“Clearly, law & order, intellectual property rights exist for a reason....but”
It is reminiscent of this “ask forgiveness not permission” from Peter Thiel👇
Perhaps one of the scariest passages is in Chapter 5, ‘Buccaneers”
“Clearly, law & order, intellectual property rights exist for a reason....but”
It is reminiscent of this “ask forgiveness not permission” from Peter Thiel👇
1/. “I’m not really bumbling. I’m as hard as nails”
In this interview, #BorisJohnson shows that the “bumbling Boris” character is just that: a character
“My approach to politics & human nature is that you can make a good case for anything” #BorisResigns
In this interview, #BorisJohnson shows that the “bumbling Boris” character is just that: a character
“My approach to politics & human nature is that you can make a good case for anything” #BorisResigns
2/. “#BorisJohnson put on a buffoon mask to become a celebrity, & now he can’t take it off.”
(J Lanchester)
“He seems to know that if we’re chuckling at him, we’re not likely to be thinking hard about his agenda, or doing anything to counter it.”
(J Coe)
(J Lanchester)
“He seems to know that if we’re chuckling at him, we’re not likely to be thinking hard about his agenda, or doing anything to counter it.”
(J Coe)
3/. In 2020, I dug up #BorisJohnso’s #TakeItOnTheChin
I also found the smoking gun of the #HerdImmunityScandal - the #GreenwichSpeech
“There’s a risk new diseases such as #coronavirus could trigger a panic that goes beyond what is medically rational”
I also found the smoking gun of the #HerdImmunityScandal - the #GreenwichSpeech
“There’s a risk new diseases such as #coronavirus could trigger a panic that goes beyond what is medically rational”
1. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?
#Dogma!
I've had some very clear views since the beginning of the year on the challenges facing Travel and the difficulties ahead. I've taken a cautionary approach based on research
theguardian.com/politics/2012/…
#Dogma!
I've had some very clear views since the beginning of the year on the challenges facing Travel and the difficulties ahead. I've taken a cautionary approach based on research
theguardian.com/politics/2012/…
2. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?
#Dogma!
I also happen to believe that if @GOVUK & #TravelIndustry go into a huddle with each other, on issues that directly affect #Consumers, then we should read/hear what they have discussed & have decided
theguardian.com/politics/2012/…
#Dogma!
I also happen to believe that if @GOVUK & #TravelIndustry go into a huddle with each other, on issues that directly affect #Consumers, then we should read/hear what they have discussed & have decided
theguardian.com/politics/2012/…
3. #Travel? #Holidays? #COVID19? #Brexit?
#Dogma!
For many years I have passionately advocated #ConsumerRights & believe that @GOVUK should advocate those rights incl taking unilateral action to enforce provisions where they think the law's been broken
theguardian.com/politics/2012/…
#Dogma!
For many years I have passionately advocated #ConsumerRights & believe that @GOVUK should advocate those rights incl taking unilateral action to enforce provisions where they think the law's been broken
theguardian.com/politics/2012/…
"I’m not going to start adding to frankly the fishing expedition beyond the facts I’ve articulated in a fulsome statement”
@DominicRaab repeatedly refuses to say if he’d already started his holiday by August 11 as Afghanistan fell
I guess that’s a “YES”.
@DominicRaab repeatedly refuses to say if he’d already started his holiday by August 11 as Afghanistan fell
I guess that’s a “YES”.
“My name is Dominic Raab & I'm a Tory, I don't support the Human Rights Act & I don't believe in economic & social rights"
Terrifyingly, Raab is one of the key ‘masterminds’ behind the current govt’s goal of shrinking the state & deregulating the economy.
Terrifyingly, Raab is one of the key ‘masterminds’ behind the current govt’s goal of shrinking the state & deregulating the economy.
None of this is secret
In 2019, amid the detritus in @BorisJohnson's car journalists spotted a copy of Britannia Unchained, the 2012 free-market tract 'co-authored' by 4 current govt ministers: @DominicRaab @pritipatel @trussliz @KwasiKwarteng & Chris "God hates puffs" Skidmore.
In 2019, amid the detritus in @BorisJohnson's car journalists spotted a copy of Britannia Unchained, the 2012 free-market tract 'co-authored' by 4 current govt ministers: @DominicRaab @pritipatel @trussliz @KwasiKwarteng & Chris "God hates puffs" Skidmore.
Priti Patel is one of the co-authors of the 2012 book, Britannia Unchained, alongside Dominic Raab, Elizabeth Truss, Kwasi Kwarteng & Chris Skidmore
They write that “the British are among the worst idlers in the world”. Their plan: to get the UK out the EU & embrace science/tech
They write that “the British are among the worst idlers in the world”. Their plan: to get the UK out the EU & embrace science/tech
I find it hard to imagine @trussliz, @DominicRaab & @pritipatel being the intellectual heavyweights behind this scary libertarian manifesto
@KwasiKwarteng no doubt helped it but the main author - a man very much involved in this govt - i believe is Skidmore. #GreenwichSpeech
@KwasiKwarteng no doubt helped it but the main author - a man very much involved in this govt - i believe is Skidmore. #GreenwichSpeech
No wonder @pritipatel is smirking!
The vision set out in #BritanniaUnchained is coming into being, #PritiPatel #Prittster
The vision set out in #BritanniaUnchained is coming into being, #PritiPatel #Prittster
