Reform MP brutally mocked by BBC Question Time audience after not knowing his own policy
A Reform UK MP was laughed at and mocked by a BBC Question Time audience after he appeared not to […]
A Reform UK MP was laughed at and mocked by a BBC Question Time audience after he appeared not to know his own party’s flagship policy.
Danny Kruger admitted he didn’t know how Reform plans to save £10 billion from the welfare budget by ending payouts to people with ‘mild anxiety’.
During a discussion on public spending, presenter Fiona Bruce focused on cuts to welfare and asked Kruger: “Just coming back to the cuts in welfare, because I’ve heard Reform say this every time asked, ‘we’d get rid of benefits for people with mild anxiety’.
“What percentage of the welfare bill do those people make up?”
Kruger replied: “I don’t know what that number is, Fiona.”
He was then laughed at by the Question Time audience, before Bruce asked, “so how do you know it will save you £10 billion?”
An annoyed Kruger replied: “Excuse me, I don’t know every fact and figure.”
Bruce said: “You’ve just given us a fact which is £10 billion, but you have no idea how you’d get it.”
Isn’t that the problem with Reform summed up, shout out slogans and empty promises without actually saying how you would deliver?
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