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damaging ideology, incompetence and disregard.
Mike Baldwin Devon
And, if Johnson does go, the BBC (not to the liking of some people but reputed around the world as a reliable provider of facts) might continue to serve us. At present, one of the die-hard Johnson supporters, Nadine Dorries, has Aunty BBC in her sights. Why? Because the
BBC dares to push Tory Ministers with demanding questions during interviews.
A reason to attack Aunty BBC? Ludicrous, but similar stupidities have littered Johnson’s “reign”. To give an example, the Brexit Secretary back in 2018, Dominic Raab, (another die-hard Johnsonite) said he was surprised how important Dover-Calais was for our trade with Europe!
The Johnson pantomime must end soon before people abroad lose even more respect for us. How can we regain that respect (and a solid basis for trade) when he threatens to unilaterally tear up an international treaty that he signed only a year and a half ago?
He has been Prime Minister for nearly four years of tricks and clownery; in a high-vis jacket as often as possible, driving a digger through a ‘wall’ of plastic bricks to show off his leadership skills. Many of us still remember his interview with Tom Bradby on the Brexit bus before the referendum, in which the discussion about the £350 million lie was turned, by the PM into an “oh yes it is, oh no it isn’t” farce which lasted for half a minute.
Some say: “He has got all the big decisions right.” A large number of Covid specialists (and remember Michael Gove, who said that we had all had enough of experts. A diehard now, but earlier he ‘stabbed’
Johnson in the back when they were rivals for the Tory leadership) insist that Johnson’s indecision over lockdowns helped to cause over 20,000 ‘unnecessary’ deaths.
Some also say: “He got Brexit done.” Economists and business people of all persuasions knew, as we did, when we stopped being hoodwinked by the Pied Piper of Eton, that you could not end a very complex relationship of 47 years in a short time.
Johnson must go soon before some of his dangerous new ideas become law – the significant reduction in the number of (mostly non-Tory) voters; the reduction in our Human Rights, including our right to demonstrate noisily; the shredding of controls to preserve workers’ entitlements; safeguards for the quality of our food; and U-turns on environmental fundamentals.
If he stays, where will we be in a few years? Let’s be courageous and patriotic.
Jeremy Hall Exeter