Heading off Twitter to get some work done and do some serious thinking.

Stay safe out there and take big care x

Kwasi Kwarteng claimed Boris Johnson wasn’t lying when he said crime is down - as long as you exclude fraud.

In other news, waiting lists are down as long as you exclude people waiting.

Afghans are starving and freezing to death but too few seem to care. The Mirror
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Remember when the High Priests of Brexit derided expert analysis showing that Brexit would increase the cost of living…

…and instead told us that Brexit would dramatically drive down living costs across the board? twitter.com/luckyma_man/st…

Tories awash with Russian-linked money (£1.93m under Johnson)

14 ministers received donations linked with Russia

UK is a laundromat for dirty Russian money

Govt won't act on Russia report they tried to suppress

But I’m sure Putin will take the threat of sanctions seriously.

Nothing says “everything is fine” quite like mention precisely what division of the military you’ll need to drag you out

We've launched a petition to Netflix calling for the removal of the segments of His Dark Material which celebrates the Romani genocide.

Join with us to send Netflix UK & Ireland a clear message: #StopTravellerHate

actionstorm.org/petitions/the-…

I for one am amazed that a government that wrote off £4.3bn in Covid fraud and whose anti-fraud minister resigned because of their failure to tackle fraud, has decided fraud is no longer a crime.

Vote Leave, 2016:
“Leaving the EU will lower energy bills”

2022:
Energy bills in France go up 4%

Energy bills in UK go up 54%

I’m sure those having to choose between heating and eating will be pleased that we’re keeping prices high so energy companies still like us.

Congrats to Steve Barclay on being appointed Boris Johnson’s chief of staff. He’ll definitely bring order and consistency to Downing Street.

In unrelated news, as Brexit Secretary, Steve Barclay voted against a bill that he himself had spoken in favour of minutes earlier.

Meanwhile, in America, the Republican Party has officially declared the 6th January attack on the Capitol “legitimate political discourse” and they’re burning books again.

I think it’s fair to say Nadine Dorries’s interview has got noticed in my corner of Twitter.