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“Has he betrayed his country?” asks @afneil after claim from defence secretary about the Labour leader
"Jeremy Corbyn, I think, is a grave danger to this country because of the ideas in which he believes and what that would mean..." @SteveBakerHW
As you may recall, Baker (shame Neil didn't press him for himself being a grave danger to this country, including lying to Parliament about the existence of the papers detailing the economic impact of Brexit, but baby steps ...) has form for spreading politically convenient paranoia:
Brexit minister forced into apology for maligning civil service
One of Theresa May’s Brexit ministers has been forced to apologise after airing claims in parliament that civil servants had deliberately produced negative economic models to influence policy.
The comments resulted in Steve Baker being accused of maligning the civil service for the second time in a week after he previously told MPs that economic forecasts by officials were “always wrong”.
Downing Street initially backed the minister despite the fierce backlash, but later said he had made a “genuine mistake” after a recording brought into question what he had said.
The row began after Baker was asked by Jacob Rees-Mogg, a senior Eurosceptic Tory backbencher, to confirm that a Europe expert had told him Treasury officials “had deliberately developed a model to show that all options other than staying in the customs union were bad, and that officials intended to use this to influence policy”.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/01/brexit-minister-steve-baker-accused-for-second-time-of-maligning-civil-service
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