Work and Pensions Secretary DEMOLISHED in TV interview on her work and Johnson’s lies
Time of her life: Therese Coffey danced (badly) and sang (off-key) as her government removed the Universal Credit uplift that has been a lifeline for millions of people.
Bizarrely, Therese Coffey probably thought that she did well in her interview with Kay Burley on Sky News today (January 27).
For the rest of us, the message was very different: stonewalling doesn’t work when the evidence is on a screen behind you.
On Boris Johnson’s party lies, the woman who raved it up (legally, but in extremely poor taste) as her policy to remove the Universal Credit uplift was inflicted on millions of people said she was not aware of any parties happening in Downing Street.
On his admission that if he had broken the Ministerial Code he should resign, she evaded.
On the evidence that he had lied about authorising the transport of an animal charity from Afghanistan instead of people, she denied the evidence on the screen behind her.
On the UK’s abandonment of that country, with people being forced to sell their kidneys in order to eat, she displayed indifference; she couldn’t have cared less.
On child poverty in the UK, she showed similar indifference while claiming to be working to ease deprivation.
And when she was challenged on her plan to cut people’s benefits to force them into jobs, she showed no concern at all.
The performance was an indictment against a government that allows people like Coffey to be elected into Parliament, let alone high office.
And Burley may have felt that Coffey’s answers were like spitting in her face; Sky took her off-air for an extended period after she was found to have held a birthday party during lockdown, and she said she works in a food bank on Fridays where she sees the results of Coffey’s impoverishment strategy for working people.
But this is where we are. The people of the UK elected this creature into government in 2019 and should not be surprised that she behaves according to her vile nature.
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