Good idea, Sir Kier.  Starmer is on to something: he has said he wants to establish an “anti Tory attack unit.”  That’s the ticket.

It’s about time Labour leaders realised their war is with the Tories, not each other.  And with this shambles of a government it should be child’s play to tear holes in their every pronouncement.

or will it?  Not if the Flatulent Leader has got anything to do with it.  We still await the report on Russian meddling in UK affairs that was due and, with a ruthlessness worthy of Uncle Joe himself, suppressed before last year’s election. 

And what about the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse that was set up by the erstwhile Grim Leader – then Home Secretary – Theresa May in… wait for it… 2014?  

That’s it for now:

Pee-Pee Patel has been accused of bullying Home Office officials. Rumour has it she has demanded the head of Sir Philip Rutnam, the permanent secretary who has reported his concerns over her behaviour to the Cabinet office.

To her defence comes  Nadhim Zahawi, “the business” minister, who not only denies she is a bully, but adds that she is  “utterly professional” and a “brilliant, collegiate team player” – which is a surprising description of a minister last forced to resign from government for conducting foreign policy in secret – behind the back of the then foreign secretary.  Perhaps she is a reformed character?

Or perhaps, in accordance with her own favourite policy,  she should be deported from office, and sent somewhere far away… for ever.

Rare shot of Foreign Sec. Home Sec. and Chancellor in conference together:

Cast your eye over this list of ministers:

• Foreign Secretary:  Dominic Raab, the 3 Minute Wonder – the lawyer who came up with the wheeze of proroguing parliament – which all eleven members of the Supreme Court declared illegal
• Home Secretary:  Priti Pee-Pee Patel, the pea-brain who declared that capital punishment is a deterrent even if the wrong person ends up being hanged (if you don’t believe me, take a look  at this).
• Chancellor: Rishi Sunak.  To the best of my knowledge The Muppet has not done anything wrong.  Trouble is that at the time of writing, he has not done anything at all.
• Attorney General: Suella Braverman. Her determination to take power away from the established judicial system reminds me of an adage ” wise men fear to tread where bravermen plunge in.”
• Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Environment and International Development: Zac Goldsmith – voted out by his constituents, voted in by the Flatulent Leader
• Culture Secretary: Baroness Morgan, who clings to office as an oyster clings to a grain of dirt
• Education Secretary Gavin Williamson – sacked by Theresa May for the minor infringement of leaking from the National Security Council.  Re-instated within weeks by the FL

I could go on, but the point is made: not one of them is up to their responsibilities.  They  are in office simply because they have no following (which is hardly surprising) represent no opposition and no alternative to the Flatulent  Leader.  This is not a government it is a clutch of yesmen (and women).

To begin, a recap:

• Part 1: stand by for vanity projects, HS2 and more
• Part 2: shredding standards on environmental protection and workers rights
• Part 3: impending independence of constituent parts of the UK (Northern Ireland and Scotland)
• Part 4: barriers to trade, resulting in business “difficulties” and price rises

Part 5: Revenge

The Flatulent Leader considers himself a re-incarnation of Sir Winston (I think that’s enough to get generations of Churchills rolling in their graves).  He isn’t; far from it.  For one thing,  Winnie made it a point to be magnanimous in victory.  Not so the FL, he’s out for revenge.  First he banished those wiser and more experienced than he, including one who has indeed a claim to be a reincarnation of  Sir W, his grandson, Nicholas Soames, from the Tory party;  some never to return.

Then his wrath turned to the BBC.  The BBC is the most important, independent and reliable purveyor of news and current affairs we have.  It is respected and listened to around the world.  Government ministers are now banned from appearing on its prime new coverage programme, Today.  That may seem bad, but it is as nothing compared to what comes next: destruction of its funding model.   Never again, if Johnson gets his way, will the national broadcaster be able to provide free, independent coverage of current affairs; let alone to educate and entertain; the other two legs of the Reithian tripod “educate, entertain and inform.”

Next in line for  defenestration: the judges.  Their crime?  As did the BBC, they stood up to Johnson and took an independent view of his behaviour in proroguing parliament, which they judged illegal.

What next?

Can you spot our new Chancellor amongst his friends?

“Turkeys,” they say, “don’t vote for Christmas.”  That may come as news to the Flatulent Leader, because he is keen to assure us that all he is doing is implementing the Brexit we voted for.  We didn’t and he isn’t.

One thing I am confident was not the motivation for most Brexit voters was a desire to become poorer.  But that is exactly what will happen.   Having been assured that trade will continue unimpeded by the biggest con-trick in British history, it comes as no a surprise to learn that customs checks, import duties and paperwork and goodness knows what other obstacles will soon be in place on cross channel imports.

Let me be crystal clear: the Johnson government is creating barriers to trade with the biggest free trade area on the planet in order to try and increase trade with alternative, and smaller, markets.   While we were members of the EU there was no obstacle to trade with, let us say, China – Germany exports far more than we do.

When prices go up – which is as sure as eggs is eggs – we will be told it is due to European intransigence.  That will be a lie.

On learning that our new Chancellor is to be Rishi Sunak, 2 questions come to mind:

1. who is Rishi Sunak

2. is Rishi Sunak up to the job?

Well, he’s been an MP for just 5 years, and Sec. to the Treasury for 6 months.  So Rishi Sunak is not exactly weighed down with experience.   Moreover he gets the job because his predecessor was put into an impossible position, required to kow-tow to No 10.

It may be – some have suggested – that this puts Rishi Sunak in a stronger position, as the FL cannot afford to lose 2 chancellors in quick succession.  But I would not bet on it.  Johnson is a coward and a bully.  I doubt if he will baulk at bullying somebody he perceives as smaller, younger and weaker.

If Rishi Sunak has accepted the job on the terms that the Urban Spaceman turned down, which I presume he has,  he’s got off to a terrible start.

One thing I do know is that Rishi Sunak is an anagram of   “I..I shrank us” – which does not seem the best of prognoses for the UK economy.

The Flatulent Leader’s old boss, Sir Max Hastings has written: “His chaotic public persona is not an act – he is, indeed, manically disorganised about everything except his own image management. He is also a far more ruthless, and frankly nastier, figure than the public appreciates.”

And we are beginning to see just what he meant: feuds against the BBC and the judiciary will prove massively damaging to public opinion and public good. The vicious way he ousted his (lacklustre) chancellor, the Urban Spaceman, was ruthless and demeaning – primarily to the FL himself – who else could imagine that a holder of one of the great offices of state would submit to the dismissal of every single one of his advisers?

Beware.  He has barely been in power for six months. We ain’t seen nuttin’ yet.