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Jonathan Lis

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Jonathan Lis

@jonlis1

Journalist, commentator, think tanker. Views here are mine but you’re welcome to take them 🏳️‍🌈

London

Joined July 2010

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Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
Jun 13, 2019
OK, everyone. I think it’s time I told my Boris Johnson story. It’s a story about the time as foreign secretary where Johnson committed a straightforward resigning offence, got caught out, then got away with it. Thread.
Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
Feb 28, 2025
The difference between Vance and Rubio is that both of them are going to spend eternity in hell but only Rubio realises it
Kathryn Watson
@kathrynw5
Feb 28, 2025
The contrast in body language between Vance and Rubio here
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Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
Mar 14, 2022
One of the most extraordinary videos I’ve ever seen. The first woman is holding up a sign that says ‘two words’.
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Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
Dec 10, 2021
Say what you like about Bercow, the guy can land a punch
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Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
Feb 3, 2022
Always remember that in 2020 a science adviser had to resign for having sex, Scotland’s chief medical officer had to resign for visiting her second home (as Johnson did), and a Labour whip had to resign for taking an illegal walk. 16 parties took place in Johnson’s fucking house
Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
Oct 25, 2022
The rise of Suella Braverman is one of the genuine mysteries of modern politics. She has no discernible charm, intellect or talent and projects cruelty like toxic radiation. Shame on any leader who puts her within a mile of power.
Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
Oct 20, 2022
The fact Boris Johnson is on holiday in the Caribbean while parliament is sitting, at a time of national crisis, after spending most of the last two months of his premiership on holiday, confirms everything you need to know and already knew. He deserves nothing but disgrace.
Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
May 28, 2020
I still can’t get over the fact that a man who went to private school then Oxford, whose parents’ estate includes its own woods, and whose father-in-law is called Sir Humphry Wakefield and owns an actual castle, can build a career on the idea he’s not part of the establishment
Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
Jul 6, 2022
Awful lot of people who’ve spent three years in a sewer suddenly taking issue with the smell
Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
Feb 28, 2025
The most telling video. Everyone wants a ceasefire, so Zelensky explains what became of the last one. For this, Vance brands him disrespectful. Zelensky’s crime wasn’t disrespect. It was refusing to pay homage, telling the truth, and answering back.
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Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
Apr 27, 2022
It will get almost no publicity, but the government just won a vote to take control of the Electoral Commission. That’s right: Johnson will now wield ultimate power over another of the bodies designed to hold executive power in check. This is not a functioning democracy.
Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
Jul 5, 2022
Reminder for next 48 hours: Javid, Sunak and whoever else is about to follow them knew exactly who and what Johnson was three years ago and indeed long before that. They went along for the ride for the same reason they’re now fleeing the wreck: because it suited their interests.
Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
May 26, 2020
‘He made those who struggled to keep to the rules feel like fools and has allowed many more to assume they can now flout them. The prime minister knows all this and has chosen to ignore it.’ Savage brilliance from @maitlis #newsnight
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Jonathan Lis
@jonlis1
Aug 28, 2024
Then it should not survive
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