Outgoing prime minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, who in 2019 was gifted an 80 seat majority on just 43.6% of votes cast.has been ridiculed for suggesting poor people should buy new kettles (which will cost £20) so that they can save £10 a year on their energy bill.
Johnson made the bizarre suggestion, then became tongue-tied, in his last major policy speech in Suffolk where he pledged £700 million
to Sizewell C nuclear power station to help Britain generate its own energy.
After warning us it would be 'absolute madness' not to push ahead with
the nuclear project as Russian President Vladimir Putin wreaks havoc
with global oil and gas markets. He said :"If Hinkley Point C were running now, it would be fuelling fuel bills by £3bn.
So you have to look ahead and you have to beware the false economy,
“If you have an old kettle that takes ages to boil, it may cost you £20 to replace it. But if you get a new one, you’ll save £10 a year for every year.....£10 a year, every year, on your electricity bill,”
The UK is currently experiencing a cost of living crisis which is set to worsen as energy prices caps surpass £3,500 in October.
Twitter users were quick to pick up on the suggestion, after the clip went viral with one
person writing: “He’s now outright taking the mickey of those drowning
in costs, as he comes back home from his luxury traveling around
Europe.”
Another user said: “Boris Johnson says we should spend
£20 on a new kettle which will shave a tenner off our energy bills, even
now as the UK crumbles, as people beg, steal, borrow to survive
(because of his party) it’s one big joke.”
Aren't Tories brilliant at economics? It;s like suggesting using a thimble to bail out the Titanic after it struck the iceberg. Johnson’s “kettle” moment is like Trump’s “bleach” moment or Tony Abbott’s “suppository” moment. It’s on that level. This seems ridiculous, but it's absolutely intentional. Boris Johnson and the Tories have nothing but utter contempt for people. Don’t forget: every Tory MP voted confidence in keeping Johnson as PM for the summer. They actually voted for this
What a way to go though in a truly insulting, idiotic, out of touch, contemptuous and glib manner to the very end. A disgrace to his office and country. An absolute embarrassment of a human being with a huge legacy of failure on every front. History will record this - Johnson is undoubtedly the worst PM we’ve ever had. By some distance. Not just bad, staggeringly so, a dishonest, venal, arrogant, mendacious, unprincipled, divisive failure who in three years almost destroyed the country.
Let us not forget that Boris Johnson was known to be a liar long before he became PM. He was fired twice for lying, once by the leader of the Conservative Party. But each time he was allowed to return to work, to win promotion and to get away with it. It worked for him and so he kept doing it. The damage that he has been allowed to inflict the country as a result is immense.
He presided over the largest number of covid deaths in Europe He raised taxes by the most in 70 years Biggest drop in living standards since 1815 Squandered Billions on track and trace, the cost of living crisis .alongside the parties, the corruption scandals, the cover-ups, the Afghan disaster, the twisted wreck of lies and broken promises, .who right to the end the great tub of lard could not resist taking the piss with his ‘Buy a new kettle’ speech. Churchill would have been proud.
The following is well worth a read on his toxic legacy as prime minister and increased authoritarianism and how he rigged uk politics for the tories:
Why is Johnson who is leaving office in disgrace booted out of office by his own party even having a farewell tour, and still wasting public money? He has been widely accused of shirking his Downing Street duties and jaunting of on luxury holidays ever since he reluctantly agreed to resign at the start of July, Despite calls for him to leave office early and let a caretaker prime minister take over. All this happening while millions of is on the UL are being plunged into crisis over crippling energy bill costs.
I'd rather spend £20 for a ringside seat in a courtroom should Johnson quite rightfully face criminal proceedings.who has brought more misery, poverty and lack of trust than anyone could’ve imagined Send him down now and good riddance!
Johnson is expected to step down as prime minister on Monday 5
September, when either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will take the role after
being voted leader of the Conservative Party.They all said we had the best with Johnson, but either pair, could still be worse carrying on the legacy of cronyism and corruption and not taking action immediately on the cost of living/ energy crisis currently spiralling out of control leaving so many pushed to the edge, worried about paying for food energy and fuel over the next year .God help us all.
How I'd like to ask are dangerous clowns like this still running the country and why are we putting up with it ? This country and its people, have been treated like a plaything by Boris Johnson and the Tory Party for far to long..Time to get rid of them all at the earliest opportunity.
Don't forget to support the Don't Pay campaign for October 1st, the day that the energy price rise comes into effect, we need to show that we will not be helping energy companies make record breaking profits while people freeze and starve to death. Enough is enough! https://dontpay.uk/
