I remember when he was in parliament but outside of government and he seemed quite fair and principled. In government another story but then you have to tow the line. Even when he left government again he seemed like he was fair albeit had a book to sell so a little pushy.
None of that time did I think an Iraqi Kurd refugee would be aligned with Farage the racist man. That is a sharp surprise.
I may not have liked his party or politics but he certainly wasn’t the worst around in his time. Now I am not so sure.
yeah no, he’s constantly been slinging shit at polish people around brexit, then when trump’s first presidency came and he was barred from being able to enter the US because he’s from iraq he started crying.
he’s an absolute hypocritical bell end and always has been.
I had the same thought process you did on this. Like this man has lived through the islamaphobia, he’s very likely had it to his face multiple times, and yet he’s defected to reform? Wtf.
He’s a hypocritical cunt and just goes with whatever will benefit him personally. He’s attacked polish people/EU migrants with the same rhetoric as trump
Did you have much respect for him to start with? As far as politicians go, hes a right shithead
I remember when he was in parliament but outside of government and he seemed quite fair and principled. In government another story but then you have to tow the line. Even when he left government again he seemed like he was fair albeit had a book to sell so a little pushy.
None of that time did I think an Iraqi Kurd refugee would be aligned with Farage the racist man. That is a sharp surprise.
I may not have liked his party or politics but he certainly wasn’t the worst around in his time. Now I am not so sure.
yeah no, he’s constantly been slinging shit at polish people around brexit, then when trump’s first presidency came and he was barred from being able to enter the US because he’s from iraq he started crying.
he’s an absolute hypocritical bell end and always has been.
*toe the line
I had the same thought process you did on this. Like this man has lived through the islamaphobia, he’s very likely had it to his face multiple times, and yet he’s defected to reform? Wtf.
😁 I always assumed it was to tow as in to pull as in to pull your weight. Maybe I’m mixing metaphors?
Exactly 💯
He’s a hypocritical cunt and just goes with whatever will benefit him personally. He’s attacked polish people/EU migrants with the same rhetoric as trump
Scratch a bit beneath the surface though…
He was sacked from govt for tax fiddling
He is a bit murky in his dealings
He likes being heavy handed towards critics [The Time article but behind a paywall so link is archive.is]
Ive not even touched on his time on govt and some of the decisions he was involved in or things he said
@Tangentism @mannycalavera Also,
https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/01/19/zahawi/_story/
Wasn’t he fired for being dodgy. He was conservative so being a bit corrupt is practically a job requirement but he was stupid and got caught.
Frankly the whole party can get in the sea