Keith M

Rishi Sunak was sent to an elite private school & Oxford, before becoming an investment banker & marrying the daughter of a billionaire. He's the richest MP. A single policy in his budget – the Universal Credit cut – will plunge 500,000 people into poverty. That's class war.

It seems the Tory Party is suddenly keen that everyone should observe the ministerial code. They will be apoplectic when they find out Boris Johnson has been telling lieshttps://twitter.com/peterstefanovi2/status/1366459440313032709 …

On heels of Budget in which govt pumped £65bn into Covid related spend, fury from nurse union over 1% pay rise. Labour dub it “the ultimate kick in teeth for NHS heroes” Govt response; pay rises in rest of public sec paused except for NHS. Junior docs/new nurses got pay deals..https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1367539010332164106 …

Lord Frost just described himself as ‘Minister for the Opportunities of Brexit’ in his first speech in the House of Lords But he couldn’t name one

130,000 dead. Billions handed to pals. Worst economic hit of major economies. One of worst Covid death rates in the world. https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/1367532944341016578 …

The Vote Leave government - and now the whole 'culture war' schtick - is built upon promises to protect people from enemies & problems that are either non-existent or massively exaggerated. Their complete failure to protect us from huge, real, fatal problems seems not to matter.

We, of course, mostly out of sheer stubbornness, will continue pushing back but I don't have any real sense that the British Establishment is up for grappling in any meaningful way with what seems to me to be happening.

It's not clear to me how you resolve this problem. What we dignify with the description 'constitution' isn't much more than an unenforceable agreement to abide by the rules of cricket. And if you decide you want to bowl bodyline there's not really anything to stop you.

It's not that dissimilar to awarding huge public contracts to Party donors and associates. Yes, it's a disgraceful abuse of public money. But nevertheless businesses that want huge public contracts will learn they need to donate to the Tory party and employ current/ex Tory MPs.

If Tories nakedly give public money to those who vote Tory they'll outrage those who think public money should go to those in need but the electorate will get the message, helped by the outraged sharing it, that if they want money they should vote Tory.

The Home Secretary has to use public money to settle a bullying case. Government law breaking Brexit threat risk in N Ireland. @BBCNews leads on an Oprah/Royal PR promo, followed by budget recap, some government guff about schools. Disgraceful news judgement. Losing the plot

How far into Scotland do right-wing journalists have to stray before they suddenly start caring about ministerial codes?

22 billion.https://twitter.com/rowlsmanthorpe/status/1367445498366488576 …

What should we make of the latest developments over NI and the Protocol, i.e. UK’s (second, clear) breach of international legal obligations + escalation of DUP-led agitation through direct loyalist threats to GFA? A few thoughts...

2) But more likely explanation (since it fits into clear & established pattern)? Johnson only ever signed Protocol to “get Brexit done” with no real grasp of its implications / sincere intention of implementing it in good faith, so HMG simply places little value on own compliance