Former May advisor Nick Timothy quits Twitter after exposure of lies about Theresa May’s racism

Nick Timothy.

Nick Timothy, former joint chief of staff to Theresa May, has apparently deleted his Twitter account after being found to have lied about Theresa May’s involvement with the racist “go home” vans aimed at illegal immigrants.

It happened as I was writing the story about Mr Timothy’s lie. I had linked to the offending tweet he had written, that quoted his article falsely claiming that Mrs May had known nothing about the vans. Between one draft of the story and another, the tweet disappeared.

The reason quickly became clear:

The right-wingers in the press leapt to Mr Timothy’s defence – claiming that he had been “hounded” off of Twitter by “intolerance” in public discourse – presumably this is an attack on left-wingers who had publicised the facts of the matter.

But those facts had not been exposed by a leftie journalist; they arose from a leak within the Conservative Party itself.

And in any case, it is not intolerant to report new developments in a story – it is the duty of a journalist – something Dan Hodges seems to have forgotten.

Of course, Mr Hodges had his comeuppance, pronto:

Meanwhile, the Windrush Generation scandal that prompted Mr Timothy’s falsehood has continued to shock the nation:

… And the mainstream (read: Tory) media have started trying to ignore it:

Tough. I’m going to conclude this piece with two facts that have been brought to light by the social media. The first is that more than 170,000 people have signed a petition calling for a Parliamentary debate on the Windrush scandal:

The other highlights Theresa May’s – and the Conservative government’s – failure to devote anything like enough resources to resolving the plight of its victims who have been accused of being illegal immigrants:

A major May supporter has been forced to retreat from the Internet after a major lie, and her supporters in the press have discredited themselves by their own actions.

And Theresa May is teetering on the brink of resignation – or removal.


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  1. Dave Rowlands April 21, 2018 at 1:05 am - Reply

    And the reason why this is being brought to the front again:

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6107004/russia-spy-poisoning-cops-identity-suspects/

    Helps to deflect the lies by the lies they promote.

  2. Stu April 21, 2018 at 2:33 am - Reply

    He wasn’t hounded anywhere, like any other Tory who gets caught out he goes into hiding hoping that eventually people will forget what he did then he can pretend it never happened – we should never allow any of their lies to be forgotten.
    Spineless, Sanctimonious Liars every one.

  3. rotzeichen April 21, 2018 at 4:00 pm - Reply

    First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a communist;
    Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a socialist;
    Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a trade unionist;
    Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew;
    Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak out for me.

    • Mike Sivier April 21, 2018 at 10:56 pm - Reply

      I think my new version, written specifically about the Tories, is more appropriate.

  4. NMac April 22, 2018 at 1:04 pm - Reply

    These nasty people will, sooner rather than later (I hope), sink in a morass of lies and corruption.

  5. Barry Davies April 22, 2018 at 5:19 pm - Reply

    What racist go home vans? Telling illegal migrants to go home before they are caught is not bigoted or wrong, if you believe otherwise then we can’t arrest anyone who is not white middle class heterosexual non religious married and has children without being ist in some way shape or form

    • Mike Sivier April 22, 2018 at 5:24 pm - Reply

      The racist vans that gave anyone with an axe to grind against someone from another country or with differently-coloured skin to report them as illegal immigrants and give them some aggro.

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