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Well it was obvious it was always going to happen -  a knighthood for being the most useless fireplace salesman (ever) in Parliament

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/202...is-johnson

Words fail me

Here's a fitting statement from a reputable journo, John Drummond, re that ludicrous knighthood given to Williamson: "We learn that the benighted Gavin Williamson has been knighted. When colossal and repeated failure is rewarded in this way, the whole world can see the UK has become a moral cesspit". Meanwhile I notice the Sunday "hate" Mail has added a really crass supportive supplement of Johnson in their extensive reporting of the war in Ukraine, insinuating that Johnson is experiencing his "Falklands moment" in resurrecting his political profile much in the same way as Thatcher. Johnson apparently compiling his own "six point strategy" to tackle the threat of Putin!!!??? Welcome to the media world of cringe if this is what the SHM wish to report on a front page while men, women and kids are being killed in Ukraine!!! Is the world really degenerating in front of my eyes???? That's what it feels like!!! Also while the Tories were always happy to accept dodgy money (esp from very rich Russians), they are most reluctant to accept refugees in real jeopardy - I watched the Brit Ambassador to Poland being challenged by a bbc correspondent re this Brit govt failure and her "body swerving" grim-faced replies were utterly embarrassing. Mealy-mouthed words like, "We are working on it" contrast sharply with the unrestrained welcome by the likes of Ireland and other nations. No surprise TBH as the Tories have been "blowing the anti-immigrant dog-whistle" for years!! Indeed, in Parliament (the Brit one) this week, one of these "charmers", Sir Edward Leigh, went further in welcoming the fact Patel "will not be throwing away the immigration rule book" for Ukrainian women and children in mortal danger. He represents Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, a county that has about 760k people with less than 6% of England's land area and a mere 1.3% of its population. His thoughts apparently come from a Christian perspective??? Some find his views not terribly Christian at all!!! I'd add that all true believers in justice will trust that a reckoning awaits the Tories. And they could be right!! An opinion poll this weeks suggests the Tories will lose al their seats in Scotland and Wales, which would mean they could truly claim to be an English party. They always professed wanting to be a one nation party anyway eh lol That would be ironic!!