Foot-in-mouth time
Leaving aside the alleged cabinet minister Alun Somebody (who seems to be unknown even in Wales, which he’s supposedly representing), there’s Johnson, today in the Telegraph, comparing Corbyn to Stalin: “The modern Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn … point their fingers at individuals with a relish and a vindictiveness not seen since Stalin persecuted the kulaks.” Blimey, I know Corbyn isn’t exactly a centrist, but to imagine him subjecting the rich to a version of the Holodomor (the 1930s famine in Ukraine) is a bit extreme even for Johnson, isn’t it?Then there’s the ineffable Rees-Mogg, proclaiming that what condemned the Grenfell residents to a terrible death was a lack of common sense (and the ridiculous Andrew Bridgen claims that Rees-Mogg is cleverer than they are/were). What crass insensitivity and, well, a lack of basic common sense in this over-educated/under-endowed with political intelligence representative of, what exactly? A man of the people as opposed to the metropolitan elite? I don’t think so.And, astonishingly, the government has added Rydon Construction (the firm that oversaw the refurbishment of Grenfell and is currently under investigation by the Metropolitan Police for its responsibility for the fire) to an official list of firms recommended to build high-rise housing: how utterly outrageous!Not a good beginning for the Tory election campaign!
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