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Chief Political Commentator, @theipaper. News, insight and analysis from the House of Commons. Presenter, BBC Radio 4's The Week In Westminster.

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    Paul Waugh‏Verified account @paulwaugh 29 Jun 2020

    "It wasn't austerity...but people called it austerity" @BorisJohnson tells @timesradio of the past 10 years under Tory rule. So far not challenged on why it *wasn't* austerity. Maybe he will be?

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      1. Just Jeannie #FBPE #JohnsonOut‏ @JustJeannie3 29 Jun 2020
        Replying to @paulwaugh @BorisJohnson @TimesRadio

        Well it may not have been for him and his tax avoiding cronies - but the average food bank user would probably disagree.

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      1. Matthew Taylor  🔶 🇪🇺 💙‏ @mat8iou 29 Jun 2020
        Replying to @paulwaugh @BorisJohnson @TimesRadio

        Glad you're listening to this nonsense so that I don't have to

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      2. Stephen Blanchard, Esq‏ @stephenblanchar 29 Jun 2020

        ....or actually intelligent....

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      1. Darren B. John‏ @darrenbjohn 29 Jun 2020
        Replying to @paulwaugh @BorisJohnson @TimesRadio

        They're not even pretending not to be a propaganda are they?

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      1. PeterBale‏Verified account @PeterBale 29 Jun 2020
        Replying to @paulwaugh @BorisJohnson @TimesRadio

        What he means is: “if you think that was austerity, you ain’t seen nothin yet.”

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      1. Damien Kimberley‏ @DamienK73 29 Jun 2020
        Replying to @paulwaugh @BorisJohnson @TimesRadio

        I thought it was the Tories themselves who named it austerity measures?

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      1. Ivor Gaber‏ @ivorgaber 29 Jun 2020
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        I fear you will wait in vain

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      1. peter cave‏ @flossopher 29 Jun 2020
        Replying to @paulwaugh @BorisJohnson @TimesRadio

        Ah, thanks, Paul - the new mantra on austerity, is it. I wonder how long it will take for 'called austerity' to become the expression used by the interviewers and commentators - to build it into people's minds. A small illustration of how the Great British Democracy is Myth.

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      1. Eben Wilson - Liberalism Matters‏ @LibMatters 29 Jun 2020
        Replying to @paulwaugh @BorisJohnson @TimesRadio

        It was a slowing down in the rate of growth in government spending on the basis that there was "no more money" post 2008 crash. It's now a meaningless slogan, but we have an even higher state intrusion and debt. Finding a way out is tough.

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