Corbyn humiliates Johnson over Greggs bonus – that might as well be a donation to the government
Remember the £300 bonus Greggs bakery was offering to staff?
The one that Ally Fogg on Twitter said might as well be a £7 million donation to the Treasury because most employees are on Universal Credit and the system will claw back the cash?
Jeremy Corbyn does.
Having researched the issue, he has worked out that most workers will retain only £75 – a quarter of the bonus. The rest will go to the Treasury.
So he took Boris Johnson to task over it in Prime Minister’s Questions on January 22:
"Greggs are currently giving 25,000 workers a £300 bonus" but some on Universal Credit will have that payment reduced to £75, says Jeremy Corbyn
If the PM "can show me that's just and fair, I'll buy him a vegan roll from Greggs myself"#PMQs https://t.co/ypqAoubMcw pic.twitter.com/Jk2rHxKOrS
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) January 22, 2020
All he got back – all we got – was more bluster and bumbling from an amateur politician who doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
It’s clear that the only people taking home more of our workers’ pay are in the Tory government.
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There we had a leader destroyed by the media
He was very good.
The media campaign continues. The Observer said he was very unpopular without mentioning its 4 and a half years of vilification.
Reminded me of the story of the child that kills its parents and then asks for pity as it is an orphan.