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Related: About this forumA really shite in the thick of it impression is literally our government
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Johnson: Are you the guys inundated with all the emails from everywhere in the world saying, please help my son, mother in Afghanistan? I've had a few of those
Raab: It was extraordinary that they all stayed after the #KabulAiport attack
Johnson: Amazing, amazing
Raab: It was extraordinary that they all stayed after the #KabulAiport attack
Johnson: Amazing, amazing
When utter charlatans try to fake empathy this is what you get. It might be funny if so many lives were not on the line. What the actual have we done to deserve this level of horrid?
'The worst possible government led by the worst possible man at the worst possible time.'
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A really shite in the thick of it impression is literally our government (Original Post)
Soph0571
Aug 2021
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Living in a world of entitlement must be a terrible burden. It's driven these two crazy.
jaxexpat
Aug 2021
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In 'The Thick of It', the implication was that the PM knew what they were doing
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2021
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jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)1. Living in a world of entitlement must be a terrible burden. It's driven these two crazy.
Crippler of middle aged civilizations.
OnDoutside
(20,673 posts)2. Beavis and Butthead. Sadly the British people are willing to accept it.
Johnson has been"lucky" that Covid has masked the doom of Brexit and their utter incompetence, which they have to look forward to. One straightforward fix is to issue a truck load of working visas for drivers, but fascists like Patel would block them.
muriel_volestrangler
(102,756 posts)3. In 'The Thick of It', the implication was that the PM knew what they were doing
and it was the junior ministers and departments that were the omnishambles. Malcolm Tucker was a horrible person, but relatively competent at his job. In real life, the buffoons have made it all the way to the top.