City Minister’s Slow-Motion Car Crash Thames Crossing Interview – Guido Fawkes

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Economic Secretary to the Treasury Emma Reynolds has had a car crash interview on LBC when attempting to discuss Labour’s increased road infrastructure announcement this morning. Reynolds said “Dartmouth Tunnel” instead of “Dartford Tunnel” and failed to answer where the Lower Thames Crossing, which Labour says will get £590 million from a new £1 billion “structures fund,” will start and end. Gravesend, Tilbury…

Reynolds said she had a “very early morning.” When she rattled off some press release lines on the Thames Crossing Nick Ferrari said: “It’s almost as if you were reading from a piece of paper there isn’t it?” He asked her how much the crossing would cost – “quite a lot of money” was the answer. After Nick pressed harder Reynolds said “several billion pounds.” Actual answer: £10 billion. “Is there any point continuing this conversation” replied Ferrari…

The pair then argued about Reynolds being unable to say when any progress would be made on Hammersmith Bridge because she isn’t “a transport minister.” Reynolds couldn’t say if that bridge would even be one of the 3,000 to receive boosted funding from Labour’s new fund. Bring back Tulip…