Old Brexit comrades turn on Johnson as his position remains perilous
— Denis Staunton (@denisstaunton) January 19, 2022
via @IrishTimeshttps://t.co/QeGkaPbmgs
“You have sat there too long for all the good you have done, in the name of God go” Tory MP David Davis says
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) January 19, 2022
“I don’t know what he’s talking about” Boris Johnson replies “I take full responsibility for everything done throughout the pandemic”
#PMQs https://t.co/IHMfPqD9OJ pic.twitter.com/VnfZ8ZCK4V
Boris Johnson's present strategy is to insist that he is an idiot rather than a liar, when in fact he is clearly both. https://t.co/dgABHTPjAT
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) January 19, 2022
Hoping the discontents force a vote of no confidence which they lose. Having a wildly unpopular Johnson lumbering on for a year feels like the perfectly suboptimal outcome.
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) January 19, 2022
🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Up to five more Conservative MPs are considering defecting to Labour, MPs believe https://t.co/yyJIx6dYX5
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 19, 2022
Looking at his watch, and making these mocking head movements. Boris Johnson's behaviour while @Ianblackford_MP berates him over #PartyGate and lying to parliament unacceptable pic.twitter.com/510xYEgVe1
— Ian Fraser (@Ian_Fraser) January 19, 2022
If someone puts a dog turd through your letterbox they could be accurately described as having ‘delivered’ it. The same is true for Johnson & Brexit. https://t.co/RH90PRQhfA
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 19, 2022
No, just re-create the matrix of ingroups, outgroups and hierarchies that Brexit encompasses, while mining all the most invidious parts of the human emotional spectrum.
— Ben Margulies (@chequeredfuture) January 19, 2022
"What. A. Day."
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) January 19, 2022
The Speaker of the House gives his verdict on today's PMQs. pic.twitter.com/MQ5N56Fgga
What an amazing coincidence that the right time for Boris Johnson to lift all covid restrictions just happens to be the precise moment that Boris Johnson is most desperate to appease bonkers backbench MPs who have always been inexplicably opposed to all covid restrictions.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 19, 2022
Let's be clear what has just happened:
— Elinor Elliot (@ElliotElinor) January 19, 2022
Boris Johnson, purely as a political expedient, to appease the hard right of his own party and save his job, has decided that Covid19 will no longer be a notifiable disease.
Effectively unilaterally declaring the pandemic at an end.
.@BorisJohnson announcing today the removal of all COVID precautions is lunacy
— Donal (@GrumpyOldDoc) January 19, 2022
Competence was never his thing
Lying and self-interest are his thing
Anything to keep ERG on board and save his own skin, while the populace are left unprotected, lunacy#JohnsonOut
Oh, there's a reason. People may die but heigh ho.
— Noëlle Ombre de la Rue (@noelle_nole1) January 19, 2022
Work from home and and mandatory mask rules to be dropped as England moves back to plan A – video https://t.co/JLnQDgR4no
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 19, 2022
I've always attributed the worst of motives to him and haven't often been disappointed.
— Noëlle Ombre de la Rue (@noelle_nole1) January 19, 2022
Oh, and… here comes the bus again
Plans to allow ‘double-jobbing’ in Northern Irish politics dropped https://t.co/WFiM4egnNF
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 19, 2022
So how many times do the @duponline have to be thrown under the bus by Boris before they actually realise that they don’t care about us here in the North. Now @J_Donaldson_MP doesn’t have to worry about #Doublejobbing 😂 😂 😂 https://t.co/tG0CPBQwd9
— g kelly (@gkel18) January 19, 2022
BREAKING: Wrightbus set to announce a multi-million pound deal with HMG to keep up with the demand for buses the DUP will be thrown under.
— Tommy Maguire (@RationalPanic) January 19, 2022
Lol more Unionist mischief in the Lords as well👇 https://t.co/0Rkh11DCHk
— Cain (@MrRCain2) January 19, 2022
new throne who dis? https://t.co/UYfufGiaLW
— MostDeaf (@SnoozeActive) January 19, 2022
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Biden set for frustration on voting rights
.@POTUS: "Some people may call what's happening right now the new normal. I call it a job not yet finished. It will get better. We're moving toward a time when Covid-19 won't disrupt our daily lives."
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 19, 2022
"We're not there yet. But we will get there." pic.twitter.com/DpPQKHkFUH
President Biden: "What are Republicans for? What are they for? Name me one thing they're for."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 19, 2022
“Is the country more unified than when you took office?”
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 19, 2022
as if Biden is going to say: “no, it’s blood in the streets”
.@amyklobuchar hits the nail on the head… 160 exceptions have been made to the filibuster… securing voting rights should be exempted as well! pic.twitter.com/Usy6ommahN
— Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) January 19, 2022
Sherrod Brown: "We heard a lot of words extolling [MLK's] legacy. Those words from many who are for whatever reason not supporting voting rights today, those words sounded pretty empty." pic.twitter.com/lfJRki7b9c
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 19, 2022
Manchin on the floor, speaking out against his party’s push to change filibuster rules by a simple majority pic.twitter.com/V9CQzplrw8
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 19, 2022
“I think the tragedy is that we have a Congress with a Senate that has a minority of misguided senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting.” —Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1963 pic.twitter.com/FNdZsXctYe
— Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) January 17, 2022
BREAKING NEWS: Sen. Mark Kelly supports change to Senate's filibuster rule for voting-rights legislation https://t.co/UoK8PMIjoc via @azcentral @SenMarkKelly #AZSEN
— Yvonne Wingett Sanchez (@yvonnewingett) January 19, 2022
If NASA functioned like the United States Senate, they would never get the rocket off the launchpad.
— Senator Mark Kelly (@SenMarkKelly) January 19, 2022
Read my full statement about why I support passing campaign finance and voting rights reforms with a majority vote: https://t.co/0w2zTIxOTX pic.twitter.com/nUUZ0BdWtF
There’s no dress code for defending voting rights today. https://t.co/j357z98Po3
— Senator Jon Tester (@SenatorTester) January 19, 2022
Ivan Raiklin, one of the leading pushers of the “Pence Card” strategy in the lead up to 1/6, has listed his requirements for testifying in front of the J6 committee and they’re…certainly something.
— Chris Dehghanpoor (@chrisd9r) January 19, 2022
One is that his testimony is broadcast using the Emergency Alert System 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/UO6eJUpWh0
oh, hello…
BREAKING: Supreme Court *rejects* Trump's attempt to block the release of his White House records to the Jan. 6 committee. The vote is apparently 8–1 with only Justice Thomas dissenting. https://t.co/DHvv9VcrxX
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) January 19, 2022
Trump can’t stop losing even with a group that he installed a third of. https://t.co/4zDK523efI
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 19, 2022
I sure hope Trump’s lawyers demanded payment upfront. They’re definitely not getting paid now.
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) January 19, 2022
Breaking News: New York’s attorney general said in court papers that Donald Trump’s family business repeatedly engaged in “fraudulent or misleading” practices. https://t.co/RxlIu0Ycgp
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 19, 2022
We have uncovered significant evidence indicating that the Trump Organization used fraudulent and misleading asset valuations on multiple properties to obtain economic benefits, including loans, insurance coverage, and tax deductions for years.
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) January 19, 2022
So NY Attorney General Letitia James revealed in a court filing that Eric Trump invoked his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination MORE THAN 500 TIMES in a deposition. Next up Don Jr., Ivanka & . . . their dad. #JusticeMatters pic.twitter.com/FkmyQyexEA
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) January 19, 2022
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