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Dianne Abbott this morning....gets herself in a right tizz when being interviewed live. Trying to explain Labour's policy on Policing (she is the shadow home sec) and she just cannot get her head around numbers or cost, seemingly making up numbers as she goes along. Car crash, toe-curling stuff.
 

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Dianne Abbott this morning....gets herself in a right tizz when being interviewed live. Trying to explain Labour's policy on Policing (she is the shadow home sec) and she just cannot get her head around numbers or cost, seemingly making up numbers as she goes along. Car crash, toe-curling stuff.

It really was quite awful.

Nick Ferrari: So how much would 10,000 police officers cost?

Diane Abbott: Well, erm... if we recruit the 10,000 police men and women over a four-year period, we believe it'll be about £300,000.

Nick Ferrari: £300,000 for 10,000 police officers? What are you paying them?

Diane Abbott: Haha, no. I mean, sorry...

Nick Ferrari: How much will they cost?

Diane Abbott: They will cost... they will, it will cost, erm, about... about £80million.

Nick Ferrari: About £80million? How do you get to that figure?

Diane Abbott: We get to that figure because we anticipate recruiting 25,000 extra police officers a year at least, over a period of four years and we're looking at both what average police wages are generally, but also specifically police wages in London.

Nick Ferrari: And this will be funded by the reversing in some instances I think the cuts to Capital Gains Tax, but I'm right in saying that since Jeremy Corbyn became the leader of the party, that money has also been promised to reverse spending cuts in education, spending cuts in arts, spending cuts in sports. The Conservatives will say you've spent this money already Diane Abbott.

Diane Abbott: Well, the Conservatives would say that. We've not promised the money to any area. We've just pointed out that the cuts in Capital Gains Tax will cost the taxpayer over £2billion and there are better ways of spending that money. But as we roll out our manifesto process, we are specifically saying how we will fund specific proposals and this morning I'm saying to you that we will fund the 10,000 extra police officers by using some, not all, but just some of the over £2billion.

Nick Ferrari: The £80million is the figure we used.

Diane Abbott: Yeah.

Nick Ferrari: But I don't understand., if you divide 80million by 10,000, you get 8,000. Is that what you're going to pay these policemen and women?

Diane Abbott: No, we're talking about, erm, a process over four years.

Nick Ferrari: I don't understand, what is he or she getting? 80million divided by 10,000 equals 8,000. What are these police officers going to be paid?

Diane Abbott: We will be paying them the average...

Nick Ferrari: Has this been thought through?

Diane Abbott: Of course it's been thought through.

Nick Ferrari: Where are the figures?

Diane Abbott: The figures are that the additional costs in year one when we anticipate recruiting about 250,000 policemen will be £64.3million.

Nick Ferrari: 250,000 policemen?

Diane Abbott: And women.

Nick Ferrari: So you're getting more than 10,000? You're recruiting 250,000?

Diane Abbott: No, we are recruiting 2,000 and perhaps 250.

Nick Ferrari: So where did 250,000 come from?

Diane Abbott: I think you said that, not me.

Nick Ferrari: No, no, I can assure you you said that figure because I wrote it down.

Diane Abbott: What I'm saying about the costs is in year one, obviously, we're getting ready to recruit. But in year two, the cost will be £64.3million. In year three, the cost will be a £139.1million, year four, the cost will be £217million and year five, the cost will be £298million. And that can be amply covered by reversing the cuts to Capital Gains Tax.
 
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Dianne Abbott this morning....gets herself in a right tizz when being interviewed live. Trying to explain Labour's policy on Policing (she is the shadow home sec) and she just cannot get her head around numbers or cost, seemingly making up numbers as she goes along. Car crash, toe-curling stuff.

Labour is thankfully doomed.

Blair, Abbot, Corbyn... A complete joke.

Shame we only have 1 party to vote for, but that's democracy UK style!! :brill:
 

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Yeah but she's got a catchphrase.
 
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She just looks the part.

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That Diane Abbot interview is awful, it's like something out if a dragons den interview.
 

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Is it as bad as Natalie Bennett's one with Ferrari in 2015, where she faked a coughing fit and then said "I had a brain-fade"?
 

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https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/859416596053467136

How is May being seen to run a good campaign?!?! We've had little in terms of policies, she's barely speaking directly to voters and she won't appear in TV debates.
That is a good campaign. Let the Mail et al take down Corbyn and then she can win by default, if she puts herself out there too much then her shortcomings will be exposed.
 

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That is a good campaign. Let the Mail et al take down Corbyn and then she can win by default, if she puts herself out there too much then her shortcomings will be exposed.

For her maybe but not for democracy.
 

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They're all at it now. My local Lib Dem candidate is asking for me to vote for "...a strong local MP."
 

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By gosh Dianne that was appalling :lol:
 

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It's easy not to make a mistake when you lock the journalists in a cupboard.
 

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Opposing the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre!!!!
Just settle it with a fight in a pub car park, then we'll see who really is strong and stable.
 

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Dianne Abbot plays the labour vote well, isn't it her who spends tens of thousands on her kids education?

And then you have millionaire Corbyn.
 

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Is it as bad as Natalie Bennett's one with Ferrari in 2015, where she faked a coughing fit and then said "I had a brain-fade"?
It was worse mate just made me :fl:
 

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Opposing the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre!!!!
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Strong and stable lager chips
 
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Theresa May has just accused the EU of trying to influece the election. Wasn't it her who arranged both the meal with Juncker, and the snap election?
 

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Looking forward to the tabloid front pages tomorrow, and war on Friday.
 

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She's insane.
 
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Theresa May has just accused the EU of trying to influece the election. Wasn't it her who arranged both the meal with Juncker, and the snap election?

Not surprising, she's really not a very strong speaker, she isn't very good at answer questions, so it is critical that she manufactures and maintains her "strong and stable" Baroness Brexit, champion of the referendum to keep people on side, because she's got no real substance.
 

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Just spoke to my MP passing me by as I came in from my walk. Told him that I hope his party grounds the Tories into dust. :lol:
 

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