The Decade in Tory: The Sunday Times Bestseller: An Inventory of Idiocy from the Coalition to Covid

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It is two weeks since Braverman – Joseph Gerbils – intervened in police operations when she opposed the seizing of racist dolls from a pub in Kent. Boris Johnson said he is taking “direct control” of the handling of coronavirus (it is not clear who has been in control for the previous 132 days of the outbreak) Then the scourge of the metropolitan elites made himself extra-relatable by describing his family’s sprawling country estate, multiple houses and idyllic woodlands Not to be confused with Dominic Raab, his successor in the role, who actually resigned in protest at his own actions He said he’d have to wait for Sue Gray to tell him whether the gathering of people drinking booze from a suitcase and playing on his swing during a DJ set was a party

The transport secretary was on holiday in Spain, so was effectively trapped by his own dept’s decision It was later admitted that employers can penalise employees who quarantine, but the govt hadn’t known this. The actual govt a. “If we were in normal times you would be hearing talk by now about removing the prime minister. It is that bad”In May 2019 the UK declared a “Climate Emergency” and said we must reduce travel and trade closer to home The chairman of the Police Federation said “it is crystal clear that drunk people won’t socially distance”

Issued new advice that was officially ignored by Scotland, Wales, NI, and the councils of Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle. Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Rep, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Malaysia, Morocco, N Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, NZ, Poland … The govt delayed the release of the report for 9 months, and the reasons given were described as “simply not true” (aka “misinformation”) by the Intelligence Committee Sadly he couldn’t get childcare in London, even though 3 immediate relatives live within 3 miles of his London homeSunak then refused to rule out an alliance with the Reclaim Party, which would make “completely unacceptable” Bridgen accepted again. The new Northern Ireland secretary had to ask officials if he needed a passport to go to Northern Ireland. A SAGE scientific report said fully reopening schools without substantial improvements in the performance of the test-and-trace system could risk a new surge in cases of Covid-19 As part of her ploy to replace Johnson, Liz Truss, ITV4 made flesh, claimed she’d resolve Brexit in a month, a prediction previously made by And then the former Tory party chair said the new commission was “designed be a whitewash”, and warned it would “find the answer they want to hear – there is no such thing as racism”

When the govt (breaking pre-election promises) merged the Dept for International Development into Foreign Office 2 weeks ago, they said there would be no cuts to overseas aid Sir Paul Nurse, former President of the Royal Society, described talking to ministers about coronavirus as “like talking to a blancmange” Boris Johnson gave lifetime appointments to his own brother, and to the editor of the Telegraph, the newspaper which provided Johnson with his most obsequious coverageBut the Code of Conduct says Civil Servants “must not act in a way that is determined by party political considerations” In The Decade in Tory, Jones gives us a magnificent tour of misconduct in public office and venal malfeasance on a scale the country should have a collective nightmare about. As Jones points out It's absolutely fine to scream occasionally whole reading this book. She then boasted the British Empire achieved “good things”, overlooking the small matter of 100 million deaths.