Paul Johnson
@paul__johnson
Journalist. Former Deputy Editor, The Guardian
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk 27-04-2009 11:27:53
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‘James Cleverly, Home Secretary, spent £165,561 chartering private jet for one-day round trip to Rwanda to sign Rishi Sunak’s deportation deal in Kigali’
The Guardian
How it works:
Hire private jet, make day trip, take tv crew, and declare Rwanda safe. Back home for tea
Esther McVey
18.12.23
'We don't want you to see a single penny of your hard-earned cash wasted on unnecessary public spending’
21.3.24
‘Esther McVey claims thousands for London rent despite MP husband owning flat one mile away’
The Telegraph
The ‘Minister for Common Sense’
Liz Truss launches PopCons - her vehicle for ‘Popular Conservatism’
-Liz Truss is least popular politician in the country, favourability score of -54 Savanta UK
‘We need to restore democratic accountability’
-Liz Truss became PM via 81k votes of Tory Party members
Deluded
Two headlines:
‘Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll
-The Guardian
‘Liz Truss gives peerages to Brexit architect and Tory donor’
Rotten
Hang on. This is a big problem
OBR forecast for growth in March:
-1.8% - 2024
-2.5% -2025
Now:
-0.7% - 2024
-1.4% - 2025
Funny enough, Jeremy Hunt didn't make that clear
How PMQs works:
'How many people are waiting for mental health treatment?
- Keir Starmer
'He wants to play politics. We get things done'
-Rishi Sunak
'He knows the answer: 1.2m. 200k are children'
-Keir Starmer
'We are expanding patient choice'
-Rishi Sunak
Pathetic
July 2021:
‘David Cameron was paid a salary of more than $1m by Greensill Capital, the finance company whose dramatic collapse exposed the former prime minister’s extensive lobbying efforts’
- Financial Times
November 2023:
Forget all that. You’re now Foreign Secretary
Two headlines:
The cap on bankers' bonuses is being removed as part of a post-Brexit shake-up of City rules, it has been confirmed
BBC News (UK)
More than 1 million UK children experienced destitution last year, study finds
The Guardian
This country