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The children’s minister laughed about not knowing child benefit and Rob Rinder’s no-nonsense response spoke for the nation
As if you needed any more evidence of how confident some – or indeed any – Cabinet ministers are of winning the general election, look no further than minister for children, David Johnston.
The Conservative MP was on Nick Ferrari’s LBC show to talk about, among other things, Rishi Sunak’s latest wheeze to expand child benefit to families with a joint income of £120,000. Because, like, they really need the extra cash.
And we mention it because Ferrari not unreasonably asked Johnston how much child benefit is at the moment, and the minister’s response will have you facepalming into the next government.
‘How much is child allowance?’
‘That I’m afraid I don’t know.’
‘Sorry, is your title not Minister for Children?’Minister for Children, David Johnston, admits he’s not sure how much the child allowance is.
@NickFerrariLBC is astonished. pic.twitter.com/mzFlz8AG5M— LBC (@LBC) June 7, 2024
We don’t want to sound unparliamentary or anything but seriously. What a tit.
Johnston later turned up on Good Morning Britain where he had a good old chuckle about it.
‘How can you sit back and laugh. You need to know this if you’re seriously preparing for government’ @GMB pic.twitter.com/jyzPsgL1Qo
— Rob Rinder (@RobbieRinder) June 7, 2024
And kudos to Robbie Rinder for putting him exactly in his place. Can’t we just do the vote thing now and get it over with?
Here are just a few of the many responses it prompted today.
On any normal day this would be the headline. As it’s going it’s hardly worth noticing in the biggest clusterf*** campaign of all time. https://t.co/lTL3ospqcS
— Andrew Russell (@PrfAndrwRssll) June 7, 2024
The Tories continue to create Labour’s attack ads for them.
— Matthew Stadlen (@MatthewStadlen) June 7, 2024
This is like Chris Morris interviewing Peter O’Hanraha-hanrahan. https://t.co/txeByidoXz
— Jonathan Pie (@JonathanPieNews) June 7, 2024
— Dom (@DomDoodle) June 7, 2024
Bit of an obvious joke here, @Aiannucci. Can you subtle it up in the next draft? https://t.co/1i1KPQAsZq
— Robert Hutton (@RobDotHutton) June 7, 2024
I bet he knows how much he can claim for toilet paper and parking fines, though.
— Prof Tarquin Thunderpenus, Uni of Facebook (@BillBillBill06) June 7, 2024
away from Rishi Sunak not even planning to go to the D-Day Commemoration, here’s the Minister for Children not knowing child allowance figures https://t.co/ANusMue3lq
— Toby Earle Threads tobyontv (@TobyonTV) June 7, 2024
To conclude …
Oh my God. They are falling apart. https://t.co/0PnkJ88omO
— Mark (@worgztheowl) June 7, 2024
And big up to the judge!
Fabulous journalism from @RobbieRinder
— Jack Walsh aka Welsh Williams (@Bobthedog1967) June 7, 2024
Source @LBC