Thread by @Femi_Sorry, We need to make sure we remember what Boris Johnson's government does. [...]

We need to make sure we remember what Boris Johnson& #39;s government does. So much happened over the last few years, that would have shocked us years before. It eventually became background noise.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="1⃣" title="Keycap digit one" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit one"> 20/12/2019 - Day 7
Boris Johnson& #39;s government scrapped a commitment to let unaccompanied children who seek asylum in an EU country join their family here.
#BrexitBill #ChildRefugees https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/boris-johnson-withdrawal-bill-brexit-child-refugees-dubs-amendment-a9253841.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/h...

Boris Johnson's Brexit bill 'tears up' protections for child refugees

Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans “tear up” a government pledge to protect child refugees in Europe seeking to reunite with family in the UK, campaigners have said. The Prime Minister’s new withdrawal

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/boris-johnson-withdrawal-bill-brexit-child-refugees-dubs-amendment-a9253841.html

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="2⃣" title="Keycap digit two" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit two"> 05/01/2020 - Day 25
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab backs the US& #39; assassination of Iranian military general Quassem Soleimani on Iraqi soil.
Hours later, it& #39;s reported that Iranian military say they& #39;re willing to kill UK soldiers.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/dominic-raab-says-right-kill-21217144
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/poli... href=" https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/we-will-kill-uk-troops-warns-iran-wfwl77zzl">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/w...

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GreenPeace is added to an official anti-terror list alongside Extinction Rebellion.
Side note: Labelling political opponents and critics as terrorists is a key step in creating a dictatorship.
https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/jan/17/greenpeace-included-with-neo-nazis-on-uk-counter-terror-list">https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="4⃣" title="Keycap digit four" aria-label="Emoji: Keycap digit four"> 19/01/2020 - Day 39
41 days after Johnson promised the workers of Sunderland& #39;s Nissan plant that he would protect our alignment with EU rules which he said was vital to their supply chains (& their jobs)...
Sajid Javid ruled out alignment with EU rules.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51157933">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-p...

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Number 10 gave a technical briefing on its Brexit plans but told journalists from certain news outlets to leave the building first.

If only news outlets the government like have access to primary sources, we don& #39;t have a free press. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-brexit-news-journalists-walk-out-no-10-briefing-a9314996.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p...

Journalists walk out of No 10 after bid to impose selective briefing…

Journalists walked out of a Downing Street briefing on Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans after the prime minister’s director of communications tried to restrict it to selected publications and

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-brexit-news-journalists-walk-out-no-10-briefing-a9314996.html

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Deportation flight to Jamaica.

25 were not on it due to an appeal. Inc: Twane Morgan (2-tour British Army vet) & Reshawn Davis (sentence had been overturned).
Government maintained they should have ALL gone.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-51462577/my-partner-was-not-on-deportation-flight">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/u...

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On the day Italy reached 79 Coronavirus deaths and over 2,500 cases, and 4 days into its northern lockdown...

Boris Johnson supported shaking hands and said he shook hands with everyone in a hospital including Coronavirus patients.
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-italy-casualties/italian-coronavirus-deaths-jump-to-79-cases-climb-above-2500-idUSR1N2A9006">https://www.reuters.com/article/h...

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Dominic Cummings drove London-Durham-Barnard Castle with Covid symptoms.
Police say he broke rules.
Ministers deny strictness of lock-down to defend him.
Scientists say it undermines lockdown.
Johnson silences scientists.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mps-parrot-party-line-with-identical-tweets-about-dominic-cummings-6pplj8sxh
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/m... href=" https://twitter.com/ReicherStephen/status/1264606173212409857">https://twitter.com/ReicherSt...

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