My youngest grandson is just three years of age. He's lived through two monarchs, three Prime Ministers, exit from the EU, a pandemic, a war in Europe and an energy crisis.
Professor Christopher Painter
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Professor Christopher Painter
@PrfChrisPainter
Politics and statecraft. Beware of blind alleys serving nefarious interests. Emeritus Professor, BCU. Posts in personal capacity, as academic and citizen.
Joined August 2019
- The shame and humiliation of a British Prime Minister - yes, a British Prime Minister - hiring a lawyer to complete a questionnaire under caution as part of a criminal investgation.
- Elon Musk is a white supremacist, moulded by South Africa's apartheid system, which collapsed under the weight of its own stupidity.
- Those who voted for Johnson because of Brexit, or because they liked his 'character', or even because they just fancied a bit of a laugh, are going to have the shock of their lives over the next six months.
- Will @DurhamPolice tell us when they intend to re-open the investigation into Covid law-breaking by Dominic Cummings in Spring 2020, given story concocted in/corroborated by Downing Street, even he now admits, was fabricated. That constitutes perverting the course of justice.
- #Twitter needs to suspend the account of @NadineDorries for circulating persistent, deliberate and doctored disinformation. Treat this as a formal complaint. Minister for Culture! Encapsulates the corruption now endemic in Johnson's Government.
- In just one ill-judged speech, to please his tiny band of faithful Party supporters, Johnson has shredded what little credibility he had left on the international stage.
- Johnson delayed and dithered during pandemic; Javid ignoring public health responsibilities; Raab lounged on beach as chaos unfolded in Afghanistan; Sunak sitting on sidelines as poverty soars; Rees-Mogg wasting everyone's time searching for non-existent Brexit opportunities.
- The police have no confidence in Patel; the teaching profession regards Willamson with contempt; Javid is a disaster zone for health workers; Dowden has left the highly successful creative industries in a state of despair; and Johnson is an embarrassment to all and sundry.
- Reason we're facing higher taxes for poorer, fewer public services is very simple: recurring under-performance of UK economy since 2010. Combination of austerity, Brexit and poorly controlled pandemic. There is no basis for regarding Tories as Party of economic competence.
- To this day I don't believe Boris Johnson has any conception of just how disliked - nay despised - he is by large swathes of the British public!
- Slowly dawning on @Conservatives - and their @DailyMailUK cheerleaders - that Durham Police investigation into Starmer could spectacularly backfire on themselves. Further increases intensity of focus on Boris Johnson's own law-breaking; so may prove entirely counter-productive.
- Through a foolish decision to make Boris Johnson Leader, the Conservative Party has seriously damaged reputations of itself, Downing Street, the Civil Service, Parliament and the Metroplitan Police, whilst also exposing the Monarch to illegal advice and disrespectful behaviour.
- The last twelve months has demonstrated just how quickly a country can decline under a poor leader dependent on a bizarre political adviser. The Johnson regime falls short on virtually every conceivable measure of good governance: integrity, honesty, ensuring public safety...