Johnson and the Tories have gone too far

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Something very strange happened yesterday.

It began when I wrote a Twitter thread when I had no plan to do so. I had promised myself a morning off after an intense week and what I knew would be a long day on other activities. But I wrote a first tweet, admittedly off line, and the rest just followed, so I decided to publish it.

Like most of my writing, this one was about trying to work out for myself what I felt about the situation that has developed, and what I really thought about it. I have to admit to an essential selfishness in my purpose, and do so without much apology. If that desire to find out what I really think did not exist not much of what I write would see the light of day.

And then people on Twitter seemed to like what I had written. This is the data so far, but the numbers are constantly rising. My screen advised me of three new Twitter followers as I wrote the last sentence, and two more during this one. Around 3,000 people have followed my account in 24 hours.

It would seem that people have had enough.

And it would seem that people do want change.

I have scanned the reactions and it seems very few are strongly adverse, to my slight surprise.

Many have forwarded the thread to party leaders.

Watching the Sunday morning politics programmes it seems as if there is a concerted desire, including by journalists, to get things ‘back to normal' this morning. I am not  convinced this is possible now. Johnson and the Tories have gone too far.

I think we can ask ‘what is next?' now. But not this morning. I need a walk.


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