This would be the same Robert Jenrick that said during the Tory leadership campaign: "If I was an American citizen I would be voting for Donald Trump". - ThreadSky

samfr.bsky.social • 5 hours ago

This would be the same Robert Jenrick that said during the Tory leadership campaign:

"If I was an American citizen I would be voting for Donald Trump".

Reposted from Alex Partridge

Shadow justice sec Robert Jenrick on the other website: “sickened by that degrading spectacle…to think the bust of Winston Churchill was in the same room”

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amandagillender.bsky.social•4 hours ago

He shows more moral courage than Badenoch - but that wasn't hard to do.

donalthedub.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Tory hypocrisy at its best!

fjthomas.bsky.social•4 hours ago

😡🤬 Jenrick seems to need a lesson to understand (as does America) that voting has severe consequences..

tendaibsky.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Honest Bob at it again. 🙃

seaseaseasiders.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Many people can change their minds. Wonder how many people after voting for a party or person regret it. Will be interesting. My mum vored for keirs labour ans has regretted the vote.

tadaaa.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I would simply ask him where is true loyalties lie

I would ask all of these wingnuts the same question

nathanielgraham.bsky.social•4 hours ago

What’s weird is they always knew (surely) that things would go badly wrong like they did previously.

xogre.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Same could be said for McDonnell, Abbott etc. who supported anti NATO positions!

nathanielgraham.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Agree

mrparadise.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I respect him for changing his view and calling it out. Farage and Johnson are probably in a fridge somewhere right now.

neilhaughey.bsky.social•3 hours ago

I don't, he just pivots to say whatever he thinks will be popular with right wing voters here.

mrparadise.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Honestly I think you need to define right wing in this case. Because I consider myself to be right wing. But I still believe in Democracy, International Law and Respect... This was bullying fascism and a clean setup.

neilhaughey.bsky.social•3 hours ago

I also consider myself to be a natural conservative but couldn't vote for those two rw parties. I don't think definitions are meaningful any more, it's just about picking colours and teams. Sad I know. John Major I would vote for tomorrow if he was standing to be PM.

aerzenspider.bsky.social•5 hours ago

I think “changing his view” is doing some heavy lifting there, the man’s just a massive opportunist

deborahstort.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Wonder of Johnson is furiously rewriting his column for tomorrow's Daily Mail?

d-moore.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Has Johnson piped up yet?

benansell.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Still think it's worth noting he has said the right thing here and without much pause.

g-a-r-y.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Agree but I am cynical enough to think Jenrick is attempting to apply pressure on Starmer to come out strongly on this. Which, of course, he should.

d-moore.bsky.social•4 hours ago

True but it's a play as Starmer now has no way of saying the same thing.
Russian chess move. Putin has played a blinder this week in the destabilisation of UK & France.

samfr.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Doesn't mean we should forget that he wanted these vile men in power.

stuafcb.bsky.social•26 minutes ago

You'd prefer he continued to back them?

We have to stop being so binary and tribal.

benansell.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Of course. Both things can be true!

redneeraj.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Give him time. He will change his tune.

13411fahad.bsky.social•4 hours ago

by next tuesday i reckon...so not even that much time.

chrisgx.bsky.social•3 hours ago

We have spent too many years ignoring all the shit people say because they said one thing right, once

katiecannon.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Right wing: Banks hate government spending for public purpose because it reduces poverty and household reliance on bank loans.

Votes Trump: Wait, not like that !!!!

leetaylorbythesea.bsky.social•4 hours ago

When the disaster that DOGE will be fully arrives, there will be a lot of right wingers rowing back at Olympic pace

thinkfoo.uk•4 hours ago

No we should remember the repeated poor judgement of many on the right of UK politics.

dwaind.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Didn’t Trump say the right thing yesterday. But today the wrong thing. Should we salute him?

mariosrichards.bsky.social•4 hours ago

The Lord gave us two arms so we can hail good deeds and crucify bad ones simultaneously.

alanchaplin.bsky.social•3 hours ago

He could make it a lot easier for people to do that if he included an “I made a mistake supporting…” or similar

davidneilhamilton.bsky.social•3 hours ago

“I never thought the leopards would eat the faces of our allies” sobs man who recommended voting for the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party.

casmilus.bsky.social•4 hours ago

The British Conservative Party now in the same turmoil as Eastern Bloc communist parties after the Stalin/Tito split.

mariosrichards.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Yes, it'll be 'interesting' to see who jumps the other way - I would guess Truss.

benansell.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I would expect Farage to come out with a not dissimilar line to Jenrick pretty quickly, since he wants to maintain his current popularity.

mariosrichards.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I was thinking "in that area, but with markedly worse political instincts than Farage".

elliottsmithblesky.bsky.social•4 hours ago

A fissure in the Jenrick/Truss extremity of the Tory Party. It’s hard to say what that even means.

west13.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Every Tory/reform candidate who said that should be asked do you still support Donald trump

davidpaintstuff.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Quite a few on the right rapidly disowning their support for Trump.

xogre.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Desperate stuff. I think that Reform and the Tories may both be in a deep hole now! As pleasing as that should be to see, the greater implications for European security are terrifying!

spanglish51.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Changes like the tide does Jenrick .

stirling4europe.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Where is Starmer?

halfbrickmccurdy.bsky.social•4 hours ago

is there not an element here of unnecessarily picking at old scabs for clicks? Any reasonable person would have concluded Jenrick is a ghastly POS and best ignored in perpetuity.

markymcc.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Jenrick is a fuckin’ cunt

ianafraser.bsky.social•25 minutes ago

Yep

sky-bloo.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Jenrick will be painting over his portrait of Trump as we speak.

johnlk.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Lots of people worked really hard to convince themselves that Donald Trump was what they hoped he would be rather than what he obviously was.

steevo57.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Has somebody just hacked Jenricks account?
It’s the type of statement that Europe should be putting out right now.

aerzenspider.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Easier to make this statement in opposition, he’s not locked in the cage with the lions

steevo57.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I agree. Starmer and Macron did well to get through their meetings without much rancour but then again their countries haven’t be decimated by Putin over the last 3 years. I hope that European leaders show solidarity with Ukraine very quickly. Trump needs to know that Zelensky has friends.

aerzenspider.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Oh I think he knows, the real diplomacy happens on the back channels, not the three ringed circus that passes for the Oval Office these days

bentonra.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Welcome the convert…

gerryf.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Jenrick bends with the wind. He is completely free of any morals.

claraw.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Is this another pivot at the start of a leadership campaign?

bododenden.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Better late than never?

lelapindasie.bsky.social•5 hours ago

It would be interesting to see how this would divide the UK right too—will it tarnish Farage’s image, as well as the Trumpian brand of right-wing populism that Reform supports?

pibasedlifeform.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Farage and his goons will be sat at home and not going out or giving interviews for quite some time

lelapindasie.bsky.social•3 hours ago

…like the ‘real men’ they are, or claim to be 😂

jmez.bsky.social•5 hours ago

When the worst person you know makes a good point…

ec-d.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Perhaps he’s on a journey…

robi1409.bsky.social•28 minutes ago

He said the right thing great but this goes against the grain of previous statements. It feels more a calculation from Jendrick, understands public outrage at Trump along w/ how poorly Badendoch is doing? Wasn't Cleverly putting his head above the parapet again also? Leadership challenges from both

jorisbinned.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Yes but Sam he defiled the Churchill Bust!! New ballgame.

nutedawn.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Who did? I don’t see any mentions of any persons other than Zelenskyy here??

jorisbinned.bsky.social•1 hour ago

Some guy I think.

reluctantbob.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Proof, if it were needed, that Jenrick is a fucking shit.

sheila-the-thief.bsky.social•5 hours ago

That's twice in two days I've agreed with Jenrick. Wtf is going on

mehero.bsky.social•4 hours ago

He saw Starmer bearing gifts, and decided to complicate things for Starmer.

shizzledizzle.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I think I need a spliff as I've just agreed with the hateful Jenrick.

wulfsternhammer.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Proving to be quite the week for Kemi and Nigel

almed.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Robert ‘FlipFlop’ Jenrick!
or maybe
Robert ‘give-us-bung’ Jenrick might still be in play?
Personally I still favour
Robert ‘toss*r’ Jenrick

magslittlefish.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Jesus!! Things must be bad!!!

rsillsley.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Yes but let’s allow him to change his mind and not attack him for that. We should embrace. It takes balls to admit you were wrong in such an open place.

stevewelling.bsky.social•5 hours ago

True, but fair enough he's clear where he stands now.
(still can't stand him)

aerzenspider.bsky.social•5 hours ago

Just like we knew where Trump stood yesterday I guess?!

johnlk.bsky.social•1 hour ago

It was pretty clear where Trump stood yesterday.

timmorton2.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Always keep the receipts

alherix.bsky.social•34 minutes ago

Weather wane man

elliottsmithblesky.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Fuck it.

Under the circumstances I’m prepared to take the ‘Even Robert Jenrick’ stance; bring the pissers inside the tent.

Fuck Trump and his idea of America. Serious people need to take steps to kerb this bullshit double-now.

Let’s do this.

mrpaultraynor.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Can’t wait for Bozza’s column in the mail tomorrow.

casmilus.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I think we need a quick refresher on all Churchill's different deals and pledges on central/east European frontiers. He could also be a bit flexible when he didn't have many options.

ch13fn0b0dy.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Thanks Trump, supporting a statement from Jenrick is not a place I like to be. Going to have to shower now.

wattsgoingon.bsky.social•5 hours ago

It says a lot about where things are that I'm actually (pleasantly) surprised to find he's still willing to call out Trump, albeit far far too late.

tramowl.bsky.social•4 hours ago

Siri show me someone diving for cover.

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