{"id":5141,"date":"2019-07-25T06:16:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T06:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/?p=5141"},"modified":"2019-07-25T06:16:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T06:16:22","slug":"a-new-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2019\/07\/25\/a-new-government\/","title":{"rendered":"A new government"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dorian Lynskey and Ros Taylor nail it on the latest Remainiacs<\/a> podcast when they talk about the new UK government being \u201cThe worst possible cabinet of fanatics, crooks and incompetents.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThere is no-one with any decency who would serve under Boris Johnson.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPrepare for the absolute worst.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Dorian Lynskey and Ros Taylor nail it on the latest Remainiacs podcast when they talk about the new UK government being \u201cThe worst possible cabinet of fanatics, crooks and incompetents.\u201d \u201cThere is no-one with any decency who would serve under Boris Johnson.\u201d \u201cPrepare for the absolute worst.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"h-entry","9":"hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13,"url":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2004\/04\/17\/shopping-bags\/","url_meta":{"origin":5141,"position":0},"title":"Shopping bags","author":"Andrew Doran","date":"17 April 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Why oh why does every shop seem to think that I need a massive bag for every individual thing that I buy? 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