Boris Johnson will launch an obscene attack on Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit strategy in his first major speech of the general election campaign on Wednesday.
The prime minister will claim a Labour government will “ruin” 2020 with two referendums on EU membership and Scottish independence – “an expense of spirit and a waste of shame, more political self-obsession and onanism”.
It will not be the first time Johnson has talked about onanism, or masturbation, in political life, having once said police money spent investigating historic child abuse was “spaffed up the wall”.
Corbyn has committed to getting Brexit “sorted” within six months, in a process which will climax with a second EU referendum after Labour negotiates a new “softer” exit deal than Johnson’s.
But the Labour leader has said he would not allow a Scottish independence referendum in the “formative” years of his government, should he win the December 12 election.
We can honour the wishes of the people, or else we can waste more time, at the cost of a billion pounds per month, and have two more referendums, one on Scotland and one on the EU – an expense of spirit and a waste of shame, more political self-obsession and onanism
Johnson has maintained a relatively low profile compared to Corbyn during the opening days of the election campaign.
And in his first big speech, Johnson will unveil Tory plans to drive the growth of clean energy in a bid to tackle climate change, boost economic growth and create high skilled, high wage jobs.
Speaking in the West Midlands at an electric vehicle manufacturer, the PM will seek to ram home his message that Britain needs to leave the EU so the country can move on to other issues.
He will say: “The UK is admired and respected around the world but people are baffled by our debate on Brexit and they cannot understand how this great country can squander so much time and energy on this question and how we can be so hesitant about our future.
“If we can get a working majority we can get parliament working for you, we can get out of the rut. We can end the groundhoggery of Brexit.
“We face a historic choice. At this election the country can either move forwards with policies that will deliver years of growth and prosperity, or it can disappear into an intellectual cul-de-sac of far left Corbynism.
“We can honour the wishes of the people, or else we can waste more time, at the cost of a billion pounds per month, and have two more referendums, one on Scotland and one on the EU – an expense of spirit and a waste of shame, more political self-obsession and onanism.
“This is why I urge everybody undecided how to vote – imagine waking up on Friday 13th December after the election to find the Corbyn-Sturgeon coalition in Downing Street.
“They will ruin 2020 with two referendums, they will ruin the economy with out of control debt, they will put taxes up for everyone and instead of an Australian points system we’ll have uncontrolled and unlimited immigration.”