You would have thought that @LeeAndersonMP_
working for a 'news organisation' would have the nouse to check something he tweets, or at least use one of the staff that represent the large part of his expenses claims to check for him... but no...
Here's a little 🧵
working for a 'news organisation' would have the nouse to check something he tweets, or at least use one of the staff that represent the large part of his expenses claims to check for him... but no...
Here's a little 🧵
https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1639912812599189506
What Lee sees:
“Her department’s “targeted approach” has removed a ban on sending luxury goods including “toys, diamonds and colour TV’s” to Nepal.”
What actually happened:
“Her department’s “targeted approach” has removed a ban on sending luxury goods including “toys, diamonds and colour TV’s” to Nepal.”
What actually happened:
What Lee sees:
…. “bacon, ham and pork sausages” can now go to South Korea.
What actually happened:
(Note the EU have a massive head start on us)
…. “bacon, ham and pork sausages” can now go to South Korea.
What actually happened:
(Note the EU have a massive head start on us)
What Lee sees:
“Pet food can now be exported to Chile”
What actually happened:
(We have been able to export dog food to Chile since 2018 - Badenuff got the job in Feb 2023)
“Pet food can now be exported to Chile”
What actually happened:
(We have been able to export dog food to Chile since 2018 - Badenuff got the job in Feb 2023)
What Lee sees:
“UK firms can now invest in renewable energy projects in the Philippines”
What actually happened:
“UK firms can now invest in renewable energy projects in the Philippines”
What actually happened:
What Lee sees:
“the lifting of the ban on UK beef and lamb in Japan”
What actually happened:
Exports of beef & lamb from the UK to Japan were banned in 1996 after the BSE outbreak.
British & Japanese negotiators agreed to lift the ban in 2019.
(Badenuff got the job in Feb 2023)
“the lifting of the ban on UK beef and lamb in Japan”
What actually happened:
Exports of beef & lamb from the UK to Japan were banned in 1996 after the BSE outbreak.
British & Japanese negotiators agreed to lift the ban in 2019.
(Badenuff got the job in Feb 2023)
What Lee sees:
“approval of pork exports to Taiwan”
What actually happened:
A deal was agreed in 2018.
(Badenuff got the job in Feb 2023)
“approval of pork exports to Taiwan”
What actually happened:
A deal was agreed in 2018.
(Badenuff got the job in Feb 2023)
What Lee sees:
“new certification system with China to permit the export of ‘cruelty free cosmetics’ for the first time.”
What actually happened:
China’s laws stipulated that all cosmetics had to be tested on animals before gain approval to be sold in China.
Following a lot ...
“new certification system with China to permit the export of ‘cruelty free cosmetics’ for the first time.”
What actually happened:
China’s laws stipulated that all cosmetics had to be tested on animals before gain approval to be sold in China.
Following a lot ...
... of pressure from animal welfare organisations as well as some of the largest global cosmetics corporations, China lifted the animal testing stipulation…… in Jan 2021.
(Badenuff got the job in Feb 2023)
(Badenuff got the job in Feb 2023)
So Lee, now that you are a little flush, maybe employ another member of staff, out of your own money, to do the literacy and looking stuff up bits for you. Leaving your parliamentary assistant to do the MP bits.
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