After Donald Trump was ousted from the US presidency, wouldn’t it be ironic if Boris Johnson’s message of congratulation to Joe Biden led to his own removal from office?

That’s what may happen, it seems, after a former Barack Obama assistant press secretary tweeted his disgust that Johnson thinks he can change his position on any subject and the public won’t notice or protest:

https://twitter.com/TVietor08/status/1325137653851828230

https://twitter.com/Skeediddley/status/1325144526567075842

Soon Twitter was awash with #shapeshiftingcreep tweets, showing up the many about-turns in attitude that Johnson has displayed as he ‘shapeshifted’ to fit what he thought the public wanted to see:

Fitting perfectly into this new narrative is Johnson’s reversal over #FreeSchoolMeals for the Christmas holidays.

Remember the fuss about this? Labour had brought a motion to Parliament that the government should provide free meals to children in families suffering poverty due to Conservative government policies, most particularly arising from the response to Covid-19.

Johnson was among 322 Conservative MPs who voted the motion down. He – and other Tory mouthpieces – said the government had provided a fund to local authorities that could be used for that purposes. What they didn’t mention was that it was provided on the expectation that it would have been spent weeks previously – on other things – or that it would not have covered the cost in any case.

Now it has emerged that, at midnight, under cover of the media circus around Joe Biden’s defeat of Donald Trump in the face for the US presidency, Johnson has reversed his decision and will provide help for children in poverty after all:

The government is to spend more than £400m to support poor children and their families in England, following a campaign by footballer Marcus Rashford.

A winter grant scheme, to be run by councils, will provide support with food and bills, and a holiday food and activities programme is to be expanded.

The move represents a climbdown for the government, which had said Universal Credit was the best way to help.

From the package of support, a £170m ring-fenced fund will be distributed through councils, with at least 80% earmarked for help with food and bills.

This will receive funding from the beginning of December until the end of March.

The holiday food and activities programme will be expanded with a £220m investment to cover Easter, summer and Christmas in 2021.

On top of that, there will be a £16m cash boost for the nation’s food banks.

If Johnson thought he could get away with slipping this under the public radar, he had a nasty surprise:

You’ll have noticed another hashtag – #BorisNext – indicating a desire to see Johnson removed from office, now that Trump has gone. It dovetails neatly with #shapeshiftingcreep so This Writer sees no conflict in presenting the following examples:

https://twitter.com/Europa_Unitum/status/1325199790163030024

https://twitter.com/beatnikprof/status/1325220978708918273

All of the above remarks are valid – but I would attach particular significance to the following. Firstly:

And finally:

https://twitter.com/JohnSteed160672/status/1325386550948089856

That is the growing sentiment across the UK.

The Conservatives haven’t ruined the country because of incompetence.

They did it because they are selfish and because they are corrupt.

If the United Kingdom – or any of its component countries, at least – is to survive, then Conservative power must be broken for ever.

Source: Marcus Rashford welcomes school holiday support climbdown – BBC News

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