What is Boris Doing?

 

See here for essential background: http://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2022/01/is-boris-finished.html.
In the above background article I make an oblique reference to the classic 1983 film Star Wars: Episode VI- Return of the Jedi. What I mean by "turn back from the Dark Side" is that in the film the principle villain, Darth Vader, suddenly switches loyalties and becomes good when forced to watch his master, Emperor Palpatine, attempt to murder his son, Luke. I actually thought it a forlorn hope, and in a way I still do, that Boris Johnson could do the same. In the story, Darth Vader, real name Anakin, starts out as a good man, but is drawn into a life of hatred and destruction. At one point, he denies to his son that he can ever change. He tells Luke: "You don't know the power of the Dark Side!... It is too late for me, son." I thought this might be a metaphor for Boris, although I never really took it seriously. However, a few days ago something extraordinary happened, something which somehow escaped my attention at the time. The Prime Minister announced in Parliament something that has so far only been the domain of conspiracy theorists like me. He said to the Labour leader Kier Starmer: "This former head of the Crown Prosecution Service spent most of his time prosecuting journalists and failing to prosecute Jimmy Savile!" Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p6l5JPVMm0. The backlash from this has been extraordinary. No less than six cabinet members resigned on the spot. The media have of course "fact checked" Boris' accusation and Boris has issued a partial retraction; big mistake! However, he is still refusing to apologize. The claim goes that Starmer may have been head of the CPS, but he was not the case reviewer for Jimmy Savile. Savile was arrested and questioned in 2009 because of numerous independent complaints about his conduct from many years earlier. The CPS report decided not to proceed because the accusers all refused to press charges, or so they say. This is odd considering they were not part of any class action suit and they had all made initial independent complaints. Starmer eventually audited the report and decided that the Service reviewer had been in grave error not to charge Savile. However he said this in January 2013, well over a year after Savile had died and the story had broken to the media. As head of the CPS are we to believe that he had no input at all on the 2009 review when it involved such a famous person? As our PM said, Starmer had no compunction about getting down and dirty when it came to locking up Julian Assange. This is what we "nutters" have been warning about for years. What's more, Starmer has looked the other way over far more than just Savile. The grooming gangs for instance. Since then Keir Starmer has been heckled on the street by protesters, many waving the flag of Canada in solidarity with the truckers. They shouted at him, but did not attempt to harm him, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IVl48slSn0. At the time of writing Boris has condemned the protesters, but still has not apologized. What's more he has gone and appointed Jacob Rees-Mogg the first ever Minister of State for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, which I'm guessing is similar to the old Brexit Secretary which was dissolved on the 31st of January 2020. By appointing such a hardline Brexit hawk to this vital position, is Boris making a statement? Is he warning the "rejoin alliance" that they will get nowhere? Am I just letting my optimism get the better of me? Is this just my imagination? I can't help wondering if Boris has been shocked into the realization of how he has changed so much for the worse since entering Number Ten. Is he now, on the very brink of his total moral annihilation, turning around and fighting back? Obviously I hope so. Even if it is not to late to escape his removal from office, he plans to throw the emperor over the rails before he goes. In the film, Anakin dies soon after his redemption, but that doesn't neutralize his good deed. I will say the same for Boris if he truly goes back to being Britain's Trump in his last days as Prime Minister.
See here for background: https://hpanwo.blogspot.com/2019/10/brexit-portal.html.
And: http://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2022/01/happy-brexit-day.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2019/09/boris-johnsons-speech.html.