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Not a bingo one

But #WordsBorisDoesntLike

Fidelity
Moral compass
Honesty
Integrity
Bravery
Service
Duty

Would spring to mind

But the starter tonight is:

“austerity”

huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/coronavi…
“ Asked whether coronavirus could force him into another round of austerity, the PM told the daily Downing Street briefing: “You know what my instincts are. I think the economy will bounce back strongly.”
“I think that this government will want to encourage that bounceback in all kinds of ways.

“I’ve never particularly liked the term you just used to describe government economic policy and it will certainly not be part of our approach.

“‘Austerity’, by the way, was the term.”
A reminder of his record

theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
“Writing in the Telegraph in 2010, he said the government should “bear down on wasteful public spending” to manage the deficit. While urging caution to avoid a double-dip recession, he added: “some pain is inevitable”.“

theguardian.com/politics/2019/…
Well I suppose we have gone from “some pain is inevitable”

To herd immunity followed by

“I must level with you, I must level with the British public,” he said. “Many more families are going to lose loved ones before their time.”
Oh yes and on

“You know what my instincts are. I think the economy will bounce back strongly.”
A reminder

“Of course EU countries will continue trading with us on a tariff free basis - they would be damaging their own commercial interests if they didn’t. That’s why EU politicians would be banging down the door for a trade deal on Friday 24/6/16”
Oh yes and on that decade of austerity

Here is Liz Truss demonstrating how she also struggles with the word

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