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Denzil_DC

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3. Did somebody say "embarrassing"?

Tue Jan 30, 2018, 08:20 PM

Jan 2018

No, this isn't from The Onion:

Tory minister defends 'cover-up' of damning leaked Brexit report by saying government forecasts are ALWAYS WRONG

A Tory minister has prompted bafflement by saying every single forecast his own government has ever made of anything is wrong.

Steve Baker made the jaw-dropping announcement to deflect accusations he'd overseen a "stinking cover-up" of damning analysis of Brexit.

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Furious MPs hauled Brexit minister Mr Baker to the House of Commons for an urgent debate today where he claimed he'd only seen the report this morning - 12 hours after it was published.

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And he read a quote to MPs that declared: "The only purpose of economic forecasting was to make astrology look respectable."

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-minister-defends-cover-up-11938939

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Leaked Government Brexit Analysis Says The UK Will Be Worse Off In Every Scenario [View all] Denzil_DC Jan 2018 OP

Pootie picked off the Brits and it looks like us too with his meddling. brush Jan 2018 #1

Brexit is disastrous. In other news, water is wet and General Francisco Franco is still dead. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2018 #2

Did somebody say "embarrassing"? Denzil_DC Jan 2018 #3