Kwasi Kwarteng had a wild defence of the PM for cutting fraud from the crime figures

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Look, the Prime Minister implicitly believes that fraud is a 'work event' and doesn't count as a real crime. https://t.co/QH2xzduh6N

— Carl Maxim (@carlmaxim) February 6, 2022

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***BREAKING NEWS***
Government announce a week is now 28.5% shorter, if you don't count Tuesdays and Wednesdays. https://t.co/nR6ypQJKXc

— Chris Monks🦍💙 (@BiigMonkee) February 6, 2022

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#SundayMorning: Why did the PM say the govt has cut crime by 14%, when he didn't include fraud & computer misuse… that means total crime increased by 14%… what he said wasn't true

Kwasi Kwarteng: What people experience in their daily lives in terms of fraud, not fraud… 🤣 pic.twitter.com/JzJ2JVu4Pb

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) February 6, 2022

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Nothing to see here, just government minister Kwasi Kwarteng presenting ‘alternative facts’ to cover Boris Johnson’s false claims made about crime in the Commons, despite being told to their face that crime is increasing #SundayMorning pic.twitter.com/FyrjKWMv9s

— Toby Earle (@TobyonTV) February 6, 2022

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Kwasi Kwarteng denies that Boris Johnson misled the House of Commons when he said crime had fallen by 14%. Here's what the Office for National Statistics say. pic.twitter.com/tgAvyWQjjn

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) February 6, 2022

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Kwasi Kwarteng, in a bid to defend Boris Johnson, just argued people don’t really consider fraud a crime.

— Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) February 6, 2022

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the amazing thing about Kwasi Kwarteng is that he is both a useful idiot for Boris Johnson *and* a useless idiot #SundayMorning

— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) February 6, 2022

It could have been worse – probably.

If you think Kwasi Kwarteng is a useless plank who does nothing to help my case, can I just remind you that the only alternative was Nadine Dorries. #SundayMorning

— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) February 6, 2022

The Labour MP for Rhondda, Chris Bryant, delivered this perfect takedown.

I can understand why Tories don’t want people to think fraud counts as crime.

— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) February 6, 2022

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