GB News host Andrew Pierce has slammed Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones for delivering a “party political rant” in the Commons, rather than addressing pressing concerns about market turmoil.
Andrew criticised Jones for focusing on criticising the previous Conservative government instead of tackling current economic challenges, in response to an urgent question submitted by Mel Stride.
After being granted an urgent question, Stride questioned the absence of Rachel Reeves, asking: “Where is the Chancellor?”
Jones insisted that the markets continue to “function in an orderly way”, and that the Government’s fiscal rules are “non-negotiable”, warning that public services will have to “live within their means”.
Andrew Pierce hit out at Treasury Secretary Darren Jones for his ‘rant’ in response to Mel Stride’s question
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Taking aim at the previous Tory government, Jones stated: “They could not make the numbers add up. They’ve stacked up the country’s credit card. They’ve left it to this party to deal with, and we are going to deal with it.”
Reacting to Jones’s answer in the Commons, Britain’s Newsroom host Andrew Pierce accused the minister of “not addressing the issue”, but instead launching an attack on the previous government.
Andrew said: “He is not addressing the fact that the markets are in turmoil, he is making a party political rant about the failures of the last Tory government.”
However, Andrew admitted that the Conservatives “did screw it up on the economy”.
Mel Stride demanded to know where Chancellor Rachel Reeves was
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Agreeing with her co-host, Bev Turner weighed in on Jones’s response to Stride and further criticised the Tories for their economic record.
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Noting the coronavirus pandemic, Bev told GB News viewers: “They spent half a trillion pounds on the pandemic. Remember, half a trillion pounds in public money was spent during that period.”
Mel Stride expressed his “bitter regret” that Reeves was “nowhere to be seen”, as financial markets face increasing pressure.
Despite her absence, Jones made clear that the Chancellor “has commissioned the Office of Budget Responsibility for an updated economic and fiscal forecast for the 26th of March”, which will “incorporate the latest data”.
He added: “Only the OBR forecast can accurately predict the effect on the public finances of any changes in financial markets or the economy, and I will not pre-empt their forecast.”
Andrew accused Jones of going on a ‘political rant’ rather than answer Stride’s urgent question
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In a pointed attack on the Tories, Jones praised Stride for “holding Labour to account” after his party “crashed the economy” with “unrealistic public spending cuts”.
Jones told the House: “I am pleased the Right Honourable gentleman is holding this Government to account on our stewardship of the economy.
“It is important that he does so, because he will remember when his party crashed the economy with unfunded tax cuts, unrealistic public spending cuts, a clear disregard for the consequences for family finances, leaving families across the country still paying the price for their disastrous performance on the economy with higher mortgages and bills.
“If there was one clear reason why the Conservatives suffered such a historic defeat at the last general election, it was because of their performance on the economy.”
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