Exactly like Donald Trump in the US, the UK chancellor, Philip Hammond, has refused to release his tax returns.
Not surprising as Hammond – the wealthiest member of the cabinet – is not known for his diplomacy.
Most MPs who were caught claiming massive amounts of taxpayers’ money on things like unnecessary second homes (and in Hammond’s case teaspoon collections*) immediately apologised profusely to taxpayers and offered to pay the money back.
Not, however, boorish multi-millionaire Hammond – who was so oblivious to public anger he said he would continue claiming for his second home until the rules changed.
And when he was once asked by journalists about a tax dodging scheme he was accused of being involved in, he undiplomatically snapped: “What has it got to do with you?”
As transport minister, Hammond’s diplomatic acumen was no sharper. He ignored 200 years of cycling history and offended millions of cyclists by trying to officially eliminate the popular activity as a form of transport.
Hammond’s extreme lack of diplomatic skills were on show again when he became Defence Secretary – when he sacked thousands of armed forces personnel denying them a full pension.
Still, Hammond couldn’t surely turn out to be as bad at running the economy as he was as Foreign Secretary. He is so lacking in diplomatic finesse, he can’t even be bothered to remember the names of the people he’s engaged in debate with.
And bungling Hammond once almost derailed the delicate nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran by using a gesture considered to be extremely offensive in Iran:
In Iran, this is so bad it’s akin to giving the middle finger to someone.
So why don’t we all give a big (Iranian style) thumbs up to Philip Hammond – yet another of the incompetent, arrogant, out-of-touch clowns running our country?
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Well it could be worse, we could have Boris Johnson as foreign secretary instead. Oh, wait a minute …
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NICE EH
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Will the new PM do anything about veterans and the elderlys pensions. Is the £350m promised by Nigel Farage still on the table or just another mistake or broken promise.
Come on Miss May
Time the poor and vulnerable got a fair crack of the whip.
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Remember the old saying, ‘Set a thief to catch a thief!’ Perhaps this what they have in mind
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England get a grip stop voting for the Tory scum.
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Beggars belief that these folk keep getting away with literal murder
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BORIS JOHNSTONE ( a touch of keep your enemies closer )
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it could be a lot worse Labour or Snp could be in charge,,
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Tom Pride here gives the long list of greed, incompetence and absolute contempt for the general public in the actions of the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond. It’s almost unnecessary to state that he was another, who claimed for just about everything he could on expenses and dodges tax, because there have been so many MPs doing it. And then he almost manages to scupper the deal giving us a nuclear peace with the Iranians, by stupidly giving it the thumbs up, not realising that it’s an obscene gesture over there. It’s also considered obscene in many other countries as well, including Africa. And Rifkind and Clark thought Boris was the one to have us waging three different wars at once.
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