My subtitling software just transcribed "Suella Braverman" as "sort of government" which I think is a great description of where we are in the UK these days...
Land a contract through the 'VIP Lane', rip the NHS off for £200m, stick tens of millions of dodgy profits in a tax avoidance trust on the Isle of Man, and then lie through your teeth. The Michelle Mone scandal encapsulates Tory Britain.
I didn’t ‘release’ the Speaker’s letter. I summarised it entirely fairly. But the main issue, surely, is why delivering entirely false evidence to a Commons Committee - condemned unanimously, and cross party - results in no sanction whatsoever for the MP concerned #NadineDorries
One person, fighting for more money for people who need it most to survive, is called the grinch. While the rich people above him are having a banquet.
Not a hint of irony.
How can this be right?
Revealed: Tory peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29m from ‘VIP lane’ PPE firm | Michelle Mone | The Guardian https://t.co/9bbxLBKv7K
Sunak: “In 4 weeks I have strengthened the economy”.
Fact: UK has gone into recession and is the only G7 country not to recover to pre-pandemic level. In four weeks Sunak has made us poorer, archived growth, increased taxes and slashed future spending.