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I have spent years disliking the Conservatives, and what they stand for. That’s no secret.
The last decade has been a miserable time for millions of people, me included. That’s no secret.
But they’ve got my disliking and turned it in to a deep and burning hatred.
1/19
The last decade has been a miserable time for millions of people, me included. That’s no secret.
But they’ve got my disliking and turned it in to a deep and burning hatred.
1/19
Every single day we see the Covid death toll climb, and our hearts shatter for the bereaved families.
What makes this worse is one indisputable fact: the government’s catastrophically inept response to the arrival of Covid-19 has cost lives. 2/19
What makes this worse is one indisputable fact: the government’s catastrophically inept response to the arrival of Covid-19 has cost lives. 2/19
Now let’s be certain of something else. Conservative austerity cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
There was no daily death toll for the British people that died as a result of austerity.
Boris Johnson refuses to use the word “austerity”. He knows what they did to us. 3/19
There was no daily death toll for the British people that died as a result of austerity.
Boris Johnson refuses to use the word “austerity”. He knows what they did to us. 3/19
I’ll fight for the victims if austerity until my final breath. Now the thing is, austerity was mainly targeted at the poorest and most vulnerable in society.
To be clear, the government’s of Cameron, May and Johnson are criminals.
This fight won’t end soon. 4/19
To be clear, the government’s of Cameron, May and Johnson are criminals.
This fight won’t end soon. 4/19
The big difference with Covid, it doesn’t discriminate between rich and poor.
The poor and vulnerable, as well as BAME people, are taking the brunt of this hideous virus, but it is attacking everyone, in a way austerity never did. 5/19
The poor and vulnerable, as well as BAME people, are taking the brunt of this hideous virus, but it is attacking everyone, in a way austerity never did. 5/19
While they downgraded your A&E and closed down your Sure Start Centres they were handing out more than £90 billion in corporate welfare, in one year alone.
These were political choices.
None of it happened by accident.
6/19
These were political choices.
None of it happened by accident.
6/19
So that gives you an idea of what I think about the Tories.
But here’s the thing. I *desperately* wanted them to succeed with the Coronavirus crisis. Surely that’s normal?
But they haven’t succeeded. Let’s not pretend otherwise. 7/19
But here’s the thing. I *desperately* wanted them to succeed with the Coronavirus crisis. Surely that’s normal?
But they haven’t succeeded. Let’s not pretend otherwise. 7/19
I can’t actually put the hatred in to words to be honest. The handling of the crisis has been like witnessing a slow motion motorway pile-up.
When the world went in to lockdown, Boris Johnson went on holiday.
Just think about that for a moment. 8/19
When the world went in to lockdown, Boris Johnson went on holiday.
Just think about that for a moment. 8/19
The pathetic effort of a lockdown was already too late.
Hundreds of healthcare heroes have died. They sent them to fight an invisible enemy dressed in bin bags and eBay face masks.
We sent our own minimal stocks of PPE to China? Why? 9/19
Hundreds of healthcare heroes have died. They sent them to fight an invisible enemy dressed in bin bags and eBay face masks.
We sent our own minimal stocks of PPE to China? Why? 9/19
A doctor sent a tweet to Johnson, warning him of the consequences of the PPE crisis. He died 2 weeks later.
Matt Hancock has a chance to apologise to the doctors grieving son, on live radio, but he refused. 10/19
Matt Hancock has a chance to apologise to the doctors grieving son, on live radio, but he refused. 10/19
Hancock wanted everyone to know what a great job he had done of keeping the pressure off the NHS.
In reality, hospitals sent elderly patients with Covid-19 in to care homes, with little or no palliative care.
This is a national scandal. 11/19
In reality, hospitals sent elderly patients with Covid-19 in to care homes, with little or no palliative care.
This is a national scandal. 11/19
We’ve had the testing debacle, a virtually anonymous Prime Minister, and a Cabinet that would be out of their depth in a single drop of rain.
We’ve had the plane loads of faulty PPE from Turkey & an unelected bureaucrat briefing the media with stories of lockdown freedom. 12/19
We’ve had the plane loads of faulty PPE from Turkey & an unelected bureaucrat briefing the media with stories of lockdown freedom. 12/19
We’ve had them using international comparisons until the comparisons began to reveal the scale of the unfolding tragedy.
We’ve had herd immunity spoke about, because they “follow the science” apparently. We’ve had Johnson and his “take it on the chin” comments. 13/19
We’ve had herd immunity spoke about, because they “follow the science” apparently. We’ve had Johnson and his “take it on the chin” comments. 13/19
We’ve had randy scientists and bullying Cabinet Ministers thrown at us to distract from their failures.
We’ve had the awful spectacle of Johnson clapping NHS heroes, while giving them a real terms wage cut by way of thanks.
Hideous hypocrite. 14/19
We’ve had the awful spectacle of Johnson clapping NHS heroes, while giving them a real terms wage cut by way of thanks.
Hideous hypocrite. 14/19
We’ve had few media voices to ask the difficult questions. Piers Morgan & James O’Brien are hardly idols of mine, but they’ve absolutely smashed it. Genuinely.
We’ve had a 100 year old hero dragging himself up and down his garden to raise millions for an underfunded NHS. 15/19
We’ve had a 100 year old hero dragging himself up and down his garden to raise millions for an underfunded NHS. 15/19
We’ve had them tell us less than 20,000 deaths would be a “good result”. The current death toll could actually be treble that number.
We’ve had Boris Johnson claim “success”, cheered on by his complicit cabinet and the billionaire owned media. 16/19
We’ve had Boris Johnson claim “success”, cheered on by his complicit cabinet and the billionaire owned media. 16/19
At a time when Britain needed calm, efficient and strong leadership, we ended up with Boris Johnson, Gove, Patel, Raab, Jenrick and Dominic Cummings.
I’m afraid Tory voters need to own their vote, and take a look at what they’ve done. 17/19
I’m afraid Tory voters need to own their vote, and take a look at what they’ve done. 17/19
The anger will not subside.
The injustices won’t just disappear.
We will keep fighting.
This isn’t a left/right issue, it’s a right/wrong issue. It’s a crisis that demands ownership, and that squarely falls at the door of Number 10 Downing Street. 18/19
The injustices won’t just disappear.
We will keep fighting.
This isn’t a left/right issue, it’s a right/wrong issue. It’s a crisis that demands ownership, and that squarely falls at the door of Number 10 Downing Street. 18/19
Honestly, the government are fucking monsters.
Every death is collateral damage for them. The platitudes make me want to violently vomit.
Each and every one of them disgust me.
I absolutely despise this hideous abomination of a government.
End. 19/19
Every death is collateral damage for them. The platitudes make me want to violently vomit.
Each and every one of them disgust me.
I absolutely despise this hideous abomination of a government.
End. 19/19
