The energy minister insisting a loan is a ‘discount’ on Question Time is unintentionally hilarious
With the country in the midst of an unprecedented cost of living crisis, chancellor Rishi Sunak did his bit for the cause by giving everyone a £200 loan to help pay for their energy bills.
People will pay back the loan in £40 chunks over their coming bills, but the government is awfully keen to downplay the fact it’s a loan.
They prefer to call it a ‘discount’ – even though it clearly isn’t – and energy minister Greg Hands was at it again on Question Time on Thursday night.
And it’s a properly jaw-dropping watch, given entirely the response he deserved from the Question Time audience.
“It’s not a loan, it is a discount”
“What are you all shouting? They’re saying it’s a loan”@Greghands tries to explain to the #bbcqt audience why the government’s £200 energy discount is not a loan. pic.twitter.com/jstBCNxD9H
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) April 7, 2022
It’s not a loan, it’s a discount you have to pay back! WTF?
And here’s exactly what people made of that.
1.
This like a panto gone horribly wrong. "A loan!" shout the audience when asked to describe @RishiSunak's energy 'rebate'. The derisive laughter is quite something. https://t.co/hE7Quk3ETR
— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) April 8, 2022
2.
Like watching a man drowning in his own excrement.
— Bearded Lord Folly 💙 #FBPPR #FBPA #PATH (@MoonrakerXI) April 7, 2022
3.
That sound you can hear?
It’s disbelief followed by laughter.
🗣 🐾 🦆 https://t.co/GtNIuGUEdr
— Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) April 8, 2022
4.
Sounds like a loan if you have to pay it back Greg!#bbcqt #JohnsonOut73
— The Last Girly Swots to join Tw❄️tter! 😷 💙 🇺🇦 (@TheLastPersont2) April 7, 2022
5.
When is a loan not a loan?
When a Tory buffoon tells you it's not a loan!!! 🤪
If it looks like a loan, smells like a loan, paid back like a loan…
IT'S A F'KING LOAN!!! 🤬🤬🤬 https://t.co/MXfOtR39dD— 4th July – Tory wipe Out (@snb19692) April 8, 2022
6.
Don’t they realise they lose all credibility when they gaslight us like this. Do they really believe themselves when they come out with this rubbish?
— The Road to Brescia (@roadtobrescia) April 7, 2022
7.
An amazing clip. Well worth a watch. If Labour have their wits about them, it should get replayed again and again and again. https://t.co/mAKk83GiWN
— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) April 8, 2022
8.
He's a Tory what does anyone expect. They have forgotten what telling the truth is like.
— 🇺🇦 Prof Tarquin Thunderpenus, Uni of Facebook (@BillBillBill06) April 7, 2022
9.
https://twitter.com/juliasuzanne76/status/1512329620208721921?s=20&t=GGNp-kraB-fdaDBUNKNueQ
To conclude …
This is brilliant
Greg hands send the audience & the panel in to despair & laughter
On the Rishi Sunak, loan not loan
It’s not a loan, it’s a discount you have to pay back 🤯
Even Fiona Bruce joined in mocking him 😮😮😮#questiontime #torylies #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/rAo46ekwws
— kerry ✊💙🇺🇦 (@hewitson10) April 7, 2022
And this.
Don’t need any polls to see that the Tories have lost the public, just watch this minute and a half. pic.twitter.com/Nvw4Nmcplo
— Brendan May (@bmay) April 7, 2022
Oh, and this.
https://twitter.com/RobertLindsay/status/1512403677922922500?s=20&t=dbHC_h-hHntDSQ3jy3Ru1A
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