David Davis admits he hasn’t done his Brexit homework – our favourite responses online
David Davis appeared before MPs today to tell them exactly what analysis he’s done of the impact of Brexit on various sectors of the economy.
David Davis's evidence to the select committee this morning is, shall we say, not reassuring as yet.
Q: So has the government undertaken an assessment of the impact of Brexit?
Davis: Not on a sector by sector basis.
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) December 6, 2017
And yet just a short time ago he had this to say.
WATCH: David Davis in June admitting Gov has '50, nearly 60 sector analyses nearly done'
Today @CommonsEUexit he claims no impact assessments have been done on impact of Brexit on UK economy.
The Gov's shameful hypocrisy over Brexit impact assessments continues: pic.twitter.com/mZp6wPWpQi
— Open Britain (@Open_Britain) December 6, 2017
So people are finding a bit of a contradiction between what he said today.
David Davis tells the #brexit committee there has been no impact assessments by sector of leaving the EU pic.twitter.com/WhDVBrC620
— iain watson (@iainjwatson) December 6, 2017
And what he said before.
David Davis and his excruciatingly detailed Brexit studies: a timeline.https://t.co/F70FnE56Dr pic.twitter.com/T1KYjzqmvJ
— Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) November 28, 2017
Can you spot it yet?
Here’s our favourite responses so far.
1.
All school age children should watch David Davis's masterclass in explaining why you have not even started the homework you said you'd finished 2 months ago.https://t.co/w2otPb9fjk
— Matthew Scott (@Barristerblog) December 6, 2017
2.
David Davis has now told Parliament that the Brexit impact studies 'do not exist' after saying only a few weeks ago that they exist 'in excruciating detail'… pic.twitter.com/TV7XPHaCBE
— Theresa Griffin MEP (@TheresaMEP) December 6, 2017
3.
Maybe they should’ve given David Davis something easy to do first. Perhaps some kind of social gathering in a brewery.
— Mister Roger Quimbly (@RogerQuimbly) December 6, 2017
4.
As pointed out by several observers, David Davis’s appearance in front of the Brexit select committee to explain the whereabouts of the impact assessments this morning is, essentially, Monte Python’s Cheese Shop Sketch without the music. @EricIdle https://t.co/wLSkKlgjPA
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) December 6, 2017
5.
David Davis: ‘Just because you use the word impact doesn’t make it an impact assessment’. Today’s sketch will be a transcription service
— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) December 6, 2017
6.
Well done to whoever arranged the desks in the shape of a massive cock https://t.co/GiW1iaTCZH #DavidDavis #Brexit pic.twitter.com/PLR7GmRuD4
— The Poke (@ThePoke) December 6, 2017
7.
This is absolutely unbelievable. David Davis has just admitted that the Government has done NO impact assessments, nothing, zilch, nada, no forecasting of how different outcomes of Brexit will impact the UK economy. That is nothing short of gross negligence.
— Barney Pell Scholes (@B_PellScholes) December 6, 2017
8.
It is notoriously difficult to sum up Brexit in a single metaphor, but I must say I do respond to the image of David Davis at the funfair, putting his last 50p into a Crane Grab Machine full of turds.
— rufus jones (@rufusjones1) December 4, 2017
9.
"Mr Davis how much preparation have you done for Brexit"
"Almost nothing"
"Mr Davis how much preparation did you do for this meeting"
"Oh none at all"
"Mr Davis where are your trousers"
"not sure"— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) December 6, 2017
10.
Do we fire people for lying to parliament any more? Anyone? Is that still a thing? https://t.co/Mxa1OQdgvi
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) December 6, 2017
11.
David Davis: I’ve done all my homework in excruciating detail
…
Davis: …but, er, the dog ate it
…
Davis: Okay it’s more of a summary
…
Davis: I have not done my homework and it would have been wrong of me to do the homework— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) December 6, 2017
12.
BREAKING: David Davis comes clean to the European Commission and admits that he has no eyes and has been pretending to read all this time. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/lgTeo6Hazu
— Mockeree (@mockeree) December 6, 2017
13.
We’re told Brexit is biggest issue to hit U.K. since 2nd World War. So why is it in the hands of a minority govt. and a party, the DUP, that doesn’t even reflect the majority views of Northern Ireland? Time for a cross-party team to negotiate, representative of all U.K.
— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) December 6, 2017
14.
Is there a separate media bubble which is all good news about Brexit? Because I'm definitely in the one where it looks like a total fucking shambles.
— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) December 6, 2017
15.
A handy list of who's to blame for Brexit not going well. pic.twitter.com/mWxqqzrn26
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) December 6, 2017
