The government promises something will NOT happen, knowing full well, IT WILL.
Happens time and time again, and I don't get it. /1 Thread
There was the 'we won't pay a penny' brigade, who the government indulged for ages.
When it was obvious to all we would pay...I first reported £36bn in August 2017! /2
telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/0…
For a long time, there wasn't going to be one of those....even though there clearly was! /3
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/…
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…
It was clear the day after April emergency #euco /6
Why keep saying stuff isn't going to happen, when you know it will? No-one is EVER fooled. /7
I am not a regular inhabitant of Westminster, so genuinely curious to know how that helps. Other than simply surviving to fight another day...which is what it looks like. 8/ENDS