Election Address by Boris Johns-On
There follows a letter that Paul Bird, a Lockdown Sceptics' reader, imagines getting from Boris Johnson in the run up to the May 6th local elections. Dear Voter, At the election in December 2019, just 16 months ago, you weighed up the competing offers of the Conservative Party – sound economic policy, living within our means, reducing the burden of the state on the British people; and the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn – a creeping increase in state power, loss of freedoms, and unsustainable spending pushing up the national debt. You overwhelmingly chose the former and handed a landslide victory to the Conservatives. I am immensely grateful to you for putting your trust in me to deliver on the promises we made. With the local elections coming up in May I would urge you to consider this Conservative Government’s achievements since coming to power. I hope this impressive list will convince you to ‘Vote Conservative!’ in the election. Here’s what we have done: Fundamentally modified the British Constitution to break the link between Parliament and the Executive. Removed all those famous but irritating ‘safeguards’ and ‘checks and balances’ on Government power.Put the entire population into house arrest, including eight million in solitary confinement.Severed the links between family members and between friends.Closed down all social structures and cultural activity to...