"A further Russian invasion of Ukraine would be a political disaster, a humanitarian disaster, in my view…a military disaster as well," British PM Boris Johnson says during joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. https://t.co/cFy1J7YBud pic.twitter.com/xCkmvBjPhi
— ABC News (@ABC) February 1, 2022
UK's Johnson says a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be a military disaster https://t.co/3ThvvUyFLW pic.twitter.com/Zr5iAMN4Yc
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 1, 2022
President Volodymyr Zelensky, hosting Boris Johnson in Kyiv, warns the world that is Russia launches a new invasion of Ukraine "This is not going to be a war of Ukraine and Russia. This is going to be a European war. A fully-fledged war."
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 1, 2022
A Gem from Joe pic.twitter.com/rkQRgnTmzv
— milky t (@mycalltwo) February 1, 2022
out of his country. No suggestion if that from Truss and Johnson!
— Robert Peston (@Peston) February 1, 2022
the russians are utterly terrified of johnson and #brexit britain.
— GylesNaMopaleen (@gylesnamopaleen) February 1, 2022
This is from russian tv last week. pic.twitter.com/Ti6LoZJicf
Boris Johnson has been mocked by Russian state media as the "most disliked, disrespected and ridiculed character in Britain" amid rising tensions over Ukrainehttps://t.co/dncsUcrte7
— LBC (@LBC) February 1, 2022
Boris Johnson doing a speech in Ukraine about maintaining standards of democracy and that sound you can hear is a whole continent pissing themselves
— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) February 1, 2022
Eventually, someone will persuade the PM that a particular line is unsustainable & it gets changed. In the meantime, Ministers & spokespeople tarnish their reputations knowing they're defending the indefensible – usually knowing that the rug will soon be pulled from under them./2
— David Gauke (@DavidGauke) February 1, 2022
Yesterday the Prime Minister have a false apology to parliament. Today another party.
— Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) February 1, 2022
He needs to go. https://t.co/jqyjYiBtLz
My bit on Sue Gray, yesterday’s parliamentary horror show, and the Boris Johnson cult https://t.co/qXE6teR67a
— Marina Hyde (@MarinaHyde) February 1, 2022
On Monday, Boris Johnson accused Sir Keir Starmer of "failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile". But there’s no evidence Sir Keir was involved in the decision not to charge Savile. 2 mins on what’s happened since the allegation was made. Produced by Michael Cox. https://t.co/h4KlIrAiur pic.twitter.com/M61C1oNi0j
— Ros Atkins (@BBCRosAtkins) February 1, 2022
Besides anything else it was the total inappropriateness of the comment during a debate that the PM asked for & during which he was supposed to be displaying contrition and humility.
— Colin Patton (@colinpatton10) February 1, 2022
It would have been bad enough at any time but during this debate it was obscene.
The Savile lie is the most Trumpish yet, I think. Every sentient Tory MP knows he's lying but they can't call it out without calling Johnson a liar & they can't do that without unhitching themselves from him. The ones who find the courage to do the right thing should be thanked.
— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) February 1, 2022
Those claims that Boris Johnson "got all the big calls right" on the pandemic look increasingly ridiculous as it's discovered he and his appalling administration spaffed £13bn on covid loan fraud and PPE wastage https://t.co/kkfL42RHbc
— Planet Belfast 💙 Get vaccinated 😷 🇪🇺 (@Planet_Belfast) February 1, 2022
Thing is 15% of MPs – which is all it takes to subject the PM to a confidence vote – is really NOT a high bar.
— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) January 31, 2022
If 85% of Conservative MPs look at this shitshow and think it’s an acceptable way to govern, it goes from being a Johnson thing to being very much a Tory Party thing.
🔴EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson was in his Downing Street flat the night ‘Abba-themed party’ was heldhttps://t.co/9oKXr8Cizs
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 1, 2022
🚨🚨🚨 Important story. @BorisJohnson promised no-one would lose out as a result of #brexit from loss of EU development funds.
— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) February 1, 2022
But the devolved governments and local English development groups say that promise is being broken. Stay with me/1
https://t.co/isYxnyOJ6T
Three years ago, the Guardian wrote: According to two leading European Union Law specialists, Brexit could double food prices and plunge Britain into a recession that could last 30 years. At the time, that was labelled as project fear…
— Jonathan Brown #FBPE #Rejoiner (@jonlincbrown) January 29, 2022
I fact-checked the 'Benefits of Brexit' report – a document that (as you might expect) is totally and shamelessly divorced from reality.
— Sam Bright (@WritesBright) February 1, 2022
It feels right that the anniversary of Brexit should be celebrated by its main proponent being confirmed as an utter fraud, charlatan and liar.
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 31, 2022
***
Long past time to choose
You can love America or you can love Trump.
— VoteVets (@votevets) February 1, 2022
You can't do both.
OK sports fans, just the publicly available evidence is enough to charge Trump under standard principles of federal prosecution. So what's the holdup? https://t.co/nhhmPHkA4W
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) February 1, 2022
Trump is sending a signed copy of his new book "If I Did It" to Merrick Garland.
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 1, 2022
They told Trump he had to clean up "overturn the election." So now he says he merely wanted Pence to "send the votes back" for "reassessment." This too utterly lacks legal justification. But it shows they're worried about criminal liability and/or political damage. Which is good. pic.twitter.com/8gA90HdVJb
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 1, 2022
I think this is worth restating. Given all the new stuff we've learned in recent days about Trump's efforts to steal the 2020 election, it's simply extraordinary that virtually no Republicans see any of this as disqualifying for 2024: https://t.co/FzfpOVtTRK
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) February 1, 2022
NEW: Trump directed Giuliani to make the call to Cuccinelli asking about DHS seizing the voting machines, a more direct level of involvement than Trump has been known to have had previously in discussion of using the government in the election https://t.co/q8rUzL8nWH
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 1, 2022
"We've known for the past year about a range of different efforts that were undertaken by Trump and his allies… across the country to overturn the election… what we think sets this apart is… the exploration of using the powers of the federal gov"-@nytmike w/@NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/XA0FTXbkus
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) February 1, 2022
“their plan was literally a federal takeover of elections… Even Giuliani says he can't do it. When something is beyond the pale for Giuliani, I think you've really hit rock bottom in terms of legality.” –@AshaRangappa_ on Trump admin. draft exec orders to seize voting machines pic.twitter.com/Y2o1xDCwI4
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) February 1, 2022
I challenge the assumption made by Garland defenders that he has been targeting Trump for months. I see no evidence of this but do believe he has now been shamed into doing so & Trump is also forcing his hand by confessing/criming openly. Trump can/should be arrested this week.
— Richard Signorelli (@richsignorelli) February 1, 2022
Some Trump White House records handed over to the House January 6 committee had been ripped up and had to be taped back together by National Archives staff https://t.co/n4hrkqiDee
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 31, 2022
.@MaddowBlog: There was a problem with some of the materials the National Archives turned over to Jan. 6 investigators — former President Trump had literally torn them into pieces. https://t.co/ysnurJFmeP
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 1, 2022
Trump allies/officials we know have cooperated or had documents turned over (willingly or otherwise) to Jan. 6 committee in recent weeks:
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 1, 2022
-Kayleigh McEnany
-Ben Williamson
-Keith Kellogg
-Marc Short
-John Eastman
-Taylor Budowich
-Mark Meadows (partial)https://t.co/PyxkMMxlCt https://t.co/ayLWkoj1Kc
Trump should be worried. Out of any of these people from the Mike Pence team, Greg Jacob’s integrity is unwavering. Glad to see he met with the Jan 6 Committee today. He was never one to do Trump’s bidding & he’s always known what’s at stake for our country.
— Olivia of Troye (@OliviaTroye) February 1, 2022
Remember when John Roberts was whining about not politicizing the Supreme Court? That was cute. https://t.co/Rmue9EZOes
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) February 1, 2022
Everything … & I mean EVERYTHING Trump is connected to Russia. https://t.co/Ac1HWASdFW
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) February 1, 2022
Angered by the U.S. response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, with the “mother of all sanctions” on the horizon, Russia's state TV has a message for Trump:
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) January 31, 2022
“Donald, we're waiting for you and are ready to elect you again." https://t.co/w1HT9O2zKL
So, Texas, you really ok with the guy who can't fix your power grid, and his rival who wants to secede from the union? And the other guy who flees to the beach during a crisis?
— Michael B Lehrhoff (@mblehrhoff) February 1, 2022
This really the best you can do???
pretty much everything about this country is sketchy nowadays
— 🕉 Kristin (Thubten Gache) (@nitsirk63) February 1, 2022