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Thread #164650 Message #3942638
Posted By: Steve Shaw
09-Aug-18 - 05:53 AM
Thread Name: BS: Johnson shows his colours (again)
Subject: RE: BS: Johnson shows his colours (again)
It doesn't matter what else he wrote in the article, and he knew that when he wrote it. He's a politician, Nigel. He knew full well that the letter box/bank robber bits would be pounced on and would add to his much-required notoriety. He's a keen observer of Trump's shallow populism, and has learned that you can say whatever you like because even more people will love you for it and you can always say something different tomorrow. In this case those throwaway words were intended to pander to and give succour to the closet and not-so-closet Islamophobes in this country. I notice that several of the Tory specimens of that kind crawled out of the woodwork to defend him. Kudos to Sayeeda Warsi and Dominic Grieve for expressing what appeared to be their genuine outrage, and you won't often find me praising Tories in that way. Johnson's deviousness worked on a member of my family and he certainly seems to have worked his magic on you. Don't be so gullible.