In yet another demonstration of unity with Dianne Abbott it seems our 'not really a Marxist' Shadow Chancellor doesn't quite know how big the deficit is.
Quote:
John McDonnell has been accused of Googling the deficit figure in a radio interview with Nick Robinson, after he quoted the figure given on Wikipedia rather than the most recent figure.
When asked what the national deficit was, the Shadow Chancellor said it was £70bn, the figure given on Wikipedia.
However, it appears he got it wrong by £18bn; the deficit is in fact around £52bn, and it appeared he was quoting the 2015-16 figure.
He was being questioned on the Radio 4 Today programme ahead of Labour's manifesto launch later today.
Rustling during the conversation indicated Mr McDonnell was passed a note in the interview.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...-figure-wrong/
I wonder if the source of his mystery papers was the same one that could be clearly heard whilst Ms Abbott was struggling to cope with some very basic questions about the party's pledge to recruit more police a couple of weeks ago.
Listen to him squirm here:
https://order-order.com/2017/05/16/w...-deficit-note/
Labour and numbers - they just don't add up.