The most excruciating interview you’ll hear this election (probably)
So shadow home secretary Diane Abbott was on Nick Ferrari’s LBC show today when she was asked how much it would cost to fulfil the Labour party’s pledge to recruit 10,000 police officers.
If you think it starts bad, you ain’t heard nothing yet.
Abbott: “If we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four year period we believe it will be about £300,000.”
Ferrari: “£300,000? What you paying them?”
Abbott: “Sorry, ahah, no I mean, sorry, they will cost … they will, it will cost … erm, about … about £80 million.”
Which is still only £8,000 each.
Later Abbott says she is going to recruit 250,000 policemen (and women). That’s a lot of coppers.
Ferrari: “Has this been thought through?
Abbott: “Of course it’s been thought through.”
Diane Abbott debriefs Malcolm after her interview with @NickFerrariLBC on @LBC #bbcdp pic.twitter.com/BhsQLSJ39W
— CoxeyLoxey (@CoxeyLoxey) May 2, 2017
This is an actual interview with an actual shadow home secretary in 2017: https://t.co/gG2WLX9Dkg pic.twitter.com/cMPPhuSbMV
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) May 2, 2017
'Where's Diane Abbott? I'm not working for £30 a year!' pic.twitter.com/Q4tNSDd5mN
— Mo'mentum (@momentumtrumpt1) May 2, 2017
A team of Corbynologists prepare to interpret Diane Abbott's next interview on police numbers pic.twitter.com/bFUzMzq2Tn
— Ern Malley (@GeoffShadbold) May 2, 2017
Abbott later said she “mis-spoke”.
"I did know my figures" – @HackneyAbbott on her funding mix-up over Labour's plan for 10,000 police #bbcdp
https://t.co/tJpbjMvPeF pic.twitter.com/MsaVMS97Ox— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 2, 2017
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