Paul Johnson
@paul__johnson
Journalist. Former Deputy Editor, The Guardian
How Britain works: Monday: General accused of obstructing war crimes investigation Thursday: Promoted. To head of the Navy theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m…
2016 running for office: Donald Trump promises to ‘drain the swamp’ in order to free Washington, D.C., from its influence peddlers and special interests 2025 in office: The free gift of a $400m luxury jet just for me. I’ll take that. Stupid not to. Donald Trump
‘Reform: young need a moral re-education’ -@thetimes headline And this is the party leader with Andrew Tait

John Bolton @Telegraph ‘Trump listens primarily to himself, not to others. He creates his own world, this time an imaginary trade world, and then lives in it. Trump isn’t lying so much as he is ruling a parallel universe, where numbers mean what he says they mean’
Trump Bankruptcies -Trump’s Taj Mahal Atlantic City 1991 -Two Atlantic City casinos bankrupt 1992. Plaza Hotel, New York, bankrupt 1992 -Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts bankrupt 2004, $1.8 billion in debt -Trump Entertainment Resorts bankrupt 2009 USA 2025?
‘We are going to have a crash and we’re going to have a crash like a 1929 crash if Kamala Harris gets in’ -Donald Trump August 2024 Er…
THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO GET RICH, RICHER THAN EVER BEFORE!!! -Donald Trump Er…

‘Donald Trump will make the West stronger and the world more stable’ -Boris Johnson January 2024 Er…

'The most pro-British president we've had for decades!' Nigel Farage predicts the UK will reap benefits of 2nd Trump presidency -Nov 2024 ‘President announces 25pc levy on vehicles not made in the US in blow to auto industry in Britain’ -March 2025 ‘The Special Relationship’
Trump’s America: One was welcomed into the country The other was shouted down and bullied in the White House


Ouch PM should stop being a lawyer and start being a leader -Kemi Badenoch 'We know she's not a lawyer and she's not a leader. If she carries on like this she's gong to be the next lettuce' -Keir Starmer
Ouch Kemi Badenoch was children’s minister, and women and equalities minister She never raised the issue of grooming gangs - Starmer That was a Home Office matter - Badenoch
Morning ‘Nigel Farage has defended Elon Musk after he attacked UK govt response to grooming gangs’ @BBCNews Afternoon ‘Elon Musk has called for Nigel Farage to be replaced as leader of Reform claiming he ‘doesn’t have what it takes’ @Telegraph They deserve each other
Chinese money given to the Duke of York is being investigated by the security services - @Telegraph -He’s sweating now

Ouch This country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions' -Kemi Badenoch 'I would remind her that two of her predecessors have convictions' -Keir Starmer
The man who once said of Trump: ‘His stupefying ignorance makes him unfit to be President of the United States’
Huge congratulations to Donald Trump on his amazing victory. I have no doubt he will now set about making America strong at home and abroad
Ouch Kemi Badenoch: 'Can he given something unscripted to the people watching? Keir Starmer: 'If you're gong to complain about scripted answers, it's probably best not to read that from a script'