As the Brexit catastrophe for the City unfurls faster than a Tory u-turn, it's difficult to believe that anyone fell for the snake oil peddled by the supposed brains of an outfit then known as Vote Leave but now known as Her Majesty's Government!
Responding to claims that UK-EU exports were 68% down, Emma Churchill of the BPDG, part of the Cabinet Office, told MPs today that GB-EU trade was at >90% of normal levels; earlier the same Cabinet Office told the RHA that it was closer to 50%! Did you see what they did there?
@BorisJohnson sets out his deadly corona virus strategy.
The UK will ignore "irrational panic" around this new disease and instead take advantage of the economic opportunities by deploying its extreme free-market super powers.
"This country is very, very well prepared.... wash your hands, Laura - two times happy birthday. Other than that though, I wish to stress..... it's business as usual."
Bizarre performance in the HoC from Tory @SarBritcliffeMP, the member for Hyndburn, who declares: "Manchester lives are not worth a penny more than Lancashire lives."
Antony 'toady' Higginbotham, Conservative MP for Burnley, hails the Tory response to the Covid crises, and blames Labour for ignoring the North "for decades."
Taking a leaf out of @MattHancock's book, jittery Tory @Alex_Stafford, MP for Rother Valley, claims @AndyBurnhamGM has "played fast and loose with the virus when it comes to people's lives." He continues, "Manchester is being sold out by (it's so called) political leadership."