Is there something in the water today? First Nick Clegg lost his temper on Good Morning Britain, and now Diane Abbott has gone and outdone him with an awkward LBC interview on a policy she is supposed to be advocating. The shadow home secretary has been doing the rounds unveiling Labour’s plans for putting more bobbies on the beat. The problem: Abbott seems to have no idea how she’d pay for the 10,000 extra police officers. At first she said it would cost £300,000 – working out at £30 an officer. Her interview just got worse from there. Here it is:-
Nick Ferrari: ‘So how much would ten thousand police officers cost? Diane Abbott: ‘Well, erm, if we recruit the ten thousand policemen and women over a four year period, we believe it would be about £300,000’ NF: ‘£300,000? What are you paying them?’ DA: ‘Sorry. No. sorry..’ NF: ‘How much will they cost?’ DA: ‘They will cost.
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