A Tory MP said it wasn’t a U-turn it was a ‘change of direction’ and got entirely the responses he deserved
As no-one anywhere needs telling by now, Liz Truss and her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have humiliatingly ditched their hugely controversial (and expensive) policy of axing the 45p income tax band for high earners.
All this despite saying they definitely, absolutely, 100% stood by it just 24 hours earlier.
Kwarteng said his policy had become a ‘distraction’ from all his other world-beating policies, and told Twitter ‘We get it, and we have listened’.
Conservative MP Lee Anderson came up with a novel twist, proclaiming that it wasn’t a U-turn at all, it was just a ‘change of direction’. And he almost managed to do it while keeping a straight face.
It’s not a U Turn says Ashfield MP Lee Anderson – on the ditching of the 45p tax rate @ITVCentral pic.twitter.com/v8CctJoFRs
— Alison Mackenzie (@Alison1mackITV) October 3, 2022
It’s the same Lee Anderson, you might remember, who said this.
"There's not this massive use for food banks in this country. We've got generation after generation who cannot cook properly… they cannot budget"
Conservative Lee Anderson invites MPs to "come to a real food bank" in his constituency of Ashfieldhttps://t.co/kPrVhc52I9 pic.twitter.com/JEnWIJcMhW
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) May 11, 2022
And he got entirely the responses he deserved …
1.
"It's not a U turn, it's a change of direction."
Lee Anderson MP has just earned himself a place in the political pantheon of stupid https://t.co/aWT70JBpVZ
— Otto English (@Otto_English) October 3, 2022
2.
https://twitter.com/secrettory12/status/1576906986947371010?s=20&t=nlNeoz9GVkgvP0rZw_0lqA
3.
“It’s not diarrhoea it’s a trouser related gastric incident”
— Daviemoo #WeDeserveBetter (@Daviemoo) October 3, 2022
4.
Lee Anderson: “It’s not a U-turn, it’s a change of direction”.
In much the same way that Lee is not a complete idiot, he’s a total moron.pic.twitter.com/52AqO7TBjf— Parody Prime Minister (@Parody_PM) October 3, 2022
5.
War is peace! Freedom is slavery! Ignorance is strength!
Do-gooders run food banks! – #30pLee
People are turning to George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 for what it says about truth, flagrant lies, & the nature of exerting power by distorting reality…https://t.co/e1QLhQzVv3 https://t.co/9QFHxdoZYr
— GET A GRIP (@docrussjackson) October 3, 2022
6.
He’s right. It is a change of direction. Having travelled in one direction they are turning around and are now travelling back in the opposite direction. If only there was a handy letter of the alphabet to describe this manoeuvre……
— AJP (@UniversalEvent) October 3, 2022
7.
I’m going to miss these comedians after the next election.
— Phil (@Philmoorhouse76) October 3, 2022
8.
https://twitter.com/JohnWest_JAWS/status/1576903601712078848?s=20&t=nlNeoz9GVkgvP0rZw_0lqA
9.
‘A temporary 180 degree course correction’. 😂😂
— Rob B (@RobBfromDerby) October 3, 2022
Of if you want to get especially personal about it …
He’s not a dickhead
He’s a bellend https://t.co/WzzwfQo201
— Marina Purkiss (@MarinaPurkiss) October 3, 2022
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27 favourite things people said about Truss and Kwarteng’s humiliating 45p income tax reverse ferret
Source Twitter @Alison1mackITV
