Boris said that he targeted 100 oligarchs for punitive sanctions last week alone. He was asked to list names. He could not, but said he could name 15 of them if that was any use.
Speaking to a church full of Ukrainians in London the other day, he declared that Great Britain was going to be 'very generous' in allowing their relatives join them in safety. Pritti Patel declared the same thing in Parliament and almost received a round of applause for it.
A friend of mine is married to a Ukrainian woman whose family are trapped a few miles away from the city in the South near the Moldovan border which has been overrun by Russian troops. It was the first city to fall so far. My friend appealed to the Home Office to get his wife's elderly family out, but was told that they do not qualify.
All this government do is lie. They are serial liars and they have learned that they can get away with it - seemingly endlessly. All they have to do is tell a lie, wait for it to be questioned and then tell another one to distract attention from the last. Never mind the little white lies about Christmas parties. They disgust me.
Given the stated policy, I do not understand how this Ukrainian couple does not qualify to join family in Britain. Can the Ukrainian church assist? If your friend does not get any help, I'd plaster this all over the news and social media. (You made a Bell video and could make a video about this too. Blast it over YouTube and TikTok.) When high powered leaders see their names being dragged through the mud, they work to solve the problem.
ReplyDeleteIt is not just one couple, it is thousands. Everyone knows about the problem and the 'high powered leaders' do not seem to care about their name being dragged through the mud. They are extremely thick-skinned.
DeleteBut who is Jim? Is it another British saying?
ReplyDeleteThe name is from a book by Kingsley Amis. The character in the book - name as the title - became a catch phrase in Britain for anyone who is haplessly lucky. I use it here because Boris Johnson has more than his fair share of luck when it comes to political survival.
DeleteI decided it was a random name thing, like Bob's your uncle.
DeleteNow I am wondering where that came from. I'll have to look it up.
DeleteGoogle says:
DeleteIn 1887, British Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil appointed his nephew Arthur James Balfour as Minister for Ireland. The phrase 'Bob's your uncle' was coined when Arthur referred to the Prime Minister as 'Uncle Bob'. Apparently, it's very simple to become a minister when Bob's your uncle!
My friend's nephew who is a Tory MP is helping his constituents get family members out because there is sadly a lot of Home Office red tape. We have many Ukrainians in Norfolk. Local farmers are also going over this weekend.
ReplyDeleteGood for him. When you say 'going over', do you mean to Ukraine?
DeleteYes.
DeleteIt's like the Spanish Civil War.
DeleteA number of people from here have driven across to pick relatives up. The farmers are taking supplies, not to fight.
DeleteI’ve been watching the reports of the deaths of ordinary people on itv news which I think is a powerful and considered approach
ReplyDeleteIt’s hearbreaking
Oh, a powerful and considered approach, eh? I'm impressed.
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