This morning they talked about Boris Johnson getting in trouble for the parties he threw during Covid even though it was his own governmental orders that forbade people from throwing parties. He retired to get out of any punishment but if he hadn't they were recommending he be suspended as an MP, which they called unprecedented. A former Prime Minister being suspended as MP.
This week Trump was arraigned on felony charges. Unprecedented that a former president would be facing criminal charges.
Unprecedented.
Unprecedented.
It's funny in a way. Brexit was my first warning sign that Trump might elected. He and Boris have been tied in my head for a long time and now they are both having unprecedented weeks.
But the suspension that Johnson was facing was 90 days. Really? Take the summer off and think about what you did? And the judge that Trump pulled for his trial is one of his appointees who has made rulings in his favor before (and so poorly reasoned that the appeals included language that was basically 'are you fucking kidding me?') so I have no reason to believe that he will actually face any consequences. We could have him as the republican candidate in 2024 while either still awaiting trial or having just skated out because the judge said he can do whatever the fuck he wants.
Which neither of those things is all that unprecedented.
Rich white guy does horrible shit and gets away with it is kind of the theme of both of our countries.
I don't really have anything else to add today. Just the news this morning had struck me and the word got stuck in my head. Unprecedented.
I just don't know if you can use that word in relation to Johnson or Trump anymore and have it mean anything.
They have changed precedent.
How sad for all of us.
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