How to hide austerity: The Tories’ new words for public spending cuts
Even before the pandemic, Boris Johnson said he didn’t want to hear “that word” again. So, what are they saying instead?
Even before the pandemic, Boris Johnson said he didn’t want to hear “that word” again. So, what are they saying instead?
“We now go to… we now go… no, I don’t think we do go to Stoke-on-Trent," Deputy Speaker Dame Eleanor Laing said.
“If he’s going to call it a stunt he (Mr Johnson) should probably come with me to a food distribution centre to see these families this morning and explain to them what is a lifeline to them is a stunt, because it certainly isn’t from their point of view."
“We also miss our British colleagues for their pragmatism, and their humour and rhetoric.”
“This is not a good deal … it is a Christmas sack of broken promises from the Prime Minister, who deals with the problem by simply misleading the country about the deal he has done.”
What’s happened is a straight £4bn a year switch from international development to military equipment - from aid to guns, essentially.
"There are Priti Patels in every industry. In mine they are the ones who are sweet and charming with the producers & directors and total c*nts to the runners."
Firms recommended by MPs, peers and ministers’ offices were given priority as the Government sought PPE for the NHS in the first phase of the pandemic.
Shadow Commons leader Valerie Vaz said: “It is no wonder the leader doesn’t want to return to remote voting, where you actually have to vote for yourself.
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