Dear Boris Johnson,
I wonder sometimes how men like you sleep at night. That question comes from the angle of a person in possession of a healthy amount of compassion, empathy and self reflection though, because if I personally were attempting to push forward ideas/make decisions that would negatively effect anyone, an individual, never mind millions, I would find it hard to sleep. I would be tormented and wracked with the sort of guilt that comes from your subconscious nagging away at the edges of your working, conscious mind. I would feel agitated and unsettled, discomfort in my own filthy, rotten, abhorrent skin. But then I have to remind myself that no, you evidently are not someone in possession of these things. It's how you got where you are today. By playing the game, performing to the crowd to enable you the position you are in. Living out your childhood fantasy of playing King of the world. You must sleep like a fucking Princess, awaiting the dawn of a new day for you to play Little Lord Fontleroy, once again.
Jess Phillips, you lady are indeed righteous, I have full respect for you, and after reading your tweet today, I have felt bad at some of the unharnessed and unbridled, aggressive thoughts I've had towards Boris Johnson. And maybe, if I'm honest, I would be hard pressed not to relay some of these thoughts to him if somehow I was graced by his presence. Because I am utterly enraged, as are so many. You are quite right, violence does not serve or cure in these circumstances, but that man is a direct threat to so many things that I hold dear. His intentions and motivations and priorities are clear. He does not care about people, the welfare of individuals in this country. He cares about marking his territory (like a dog pissing up a tree), about lining the pockets of his career by going down in right wing history, a story that if continued along the lines it has been going will mean that not only myself (a brown skinned, dual heritage, working class single mother, trying hard to get herself out of debt, applying to go back to university to do a postgraduate and try to earn enough money to get me and daughters out of this hole we are in) but huge swathes of people will be thrust into poverty and dire living circumstances. And the social disorder (on just so many levels) that will ensue, will mean a potentially unstable future for my daughters. For most people's sons and daughters.
Yes, people are angry. I accept that there is no absolute of right and wrong in any of this. Who am I to say my anger is anymore just than those who have been targeting and harassing you for example. Difference is, you advocate equality, fairness and unity, Boris Johnson does not. And I think the laws of the land, as they stand, are not in line with the not so subtle subtext of Boris' intentions. He is not a good man, again I realise this is an arbitrary statement and one that comes from my own ideas on right and wrong but how can his actions and words be interpreted as anything other than an attack on liberty, freedom and the fairness and equality that I somehow mistakenly believed was at the heart of British politics? Actually, that last comment was a lie...am not sure I ever actually believed that. A bit like how I thought I believed in God, till I was 14 and then realised I never had - not that I no longer did, just the lure of holding that belief was so strong. I was seduced by the fantasy. This is the way with brainwashing though I suppose.
But back to you Boris, because this open letter was addressed to you, not Jess Phillips. As I suggested in the last few paragraphs, I'm a little vexed with you, as are many. I can almost see your fluffy little buffoon face laughing, smugly and saying that you didn't go into politics to make friends, or some such bollocks, PR bollocks, because my sense is that if you had the fucking ovaries to say it loud and clear, you would probably say something like this
"I don't give a shit what someone like you thinks or feels. Because who I am is far more important and of value than who you are. I will win because I have the confidence of a white, very fucking privileged man and intend to use that to railroad my ideas into the future...one in which I will definitely be King of the world!"
I am not an advocate of violence. I may have joked about you slipping in the bath or choking on a plum stone but really, I want you to see, in full technicolour glory, the slow moving train crash of your demise. Cos surely it must come. Even if you do manage to persuade the EU27 that they should actually ignore your other letter, you only sent it cos of the silly law (which you are obviously above), then what do you honestly think will be the repercussions of that, for not only your career but also the Tory party. The last UKgov poll I saw said 30% of the people are backing you (Darwin award candidates) 38% back remaining, the other 32% split between wanting to leave with no deal and being unsure. Very different to a few weeks ago...your grip is slipping, you are getting very similar treatment as Corbyn has had tbf but in my mind it's about time. I'm not a Macchiavelian generally, but here the media may well be working to the advantage of the people, because your name is mud. You are an international laughing stock. And spell the demise of Tory control me thinks... All. Digits. Crossed.
Mr Johnson, I'm not writing this as some kind of plea to the inner human I'm hoping desperately exists in you. People like you are beyond approach and appeal. I'm writing this simply to add my feelings of discontent, because I couldn't make it to the Brexit march, the People's Vote march today. And I am simply venting. Because I'm scared, angry and frustrated that I (we) live in the world we do. And no, it's not one that will be fixed by increasing the us and them rhetoric your ideologies promote or by driving huge swathes of people into poverty, as your Brexit 'deal' and general right wing elitest policies will...do. But maybe this point in history is indeed pivotal, although not in the way your Lordiness desires. Perhaps your hugely unsubtle right wing aura is just what is needed to (please!!!!!) unite the Left once and for all, come on Jo Swinson, get a grip and look at what's important!
Yours most sincerely
Llewella... Or Ms Wolf to you
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/boris-johnson-faces-historic-brexit-vote-in-parliament/2019/10/19/dba7cc70-f1a8-11e9-bb7e-d2026ee0c199_story.html
Ps apologies for the childishness of the header photo but really, he is such a bellend!!!
