It’s nearly Christmas! This is the time for feasting, celebrating and of course, for looking back on the year that has passed.
We decided that this Christmas we’d treat you all to our unique advent calendar, which explores the stupefying spending undertaken by this Government since the current Prime Minister took office.
We’ve categorised each example as either a Crony Contract (such as giving government contracts to Conservative chums), a Duff Deal (like blowing billions on stuff that doesn’t work) or an Outrageous Outgoing (think spending silly money on interior design). Each day up to Christmas day, we’ll reveal another extraordinary example, and by the 25th, you’ll have the full calendar to ponder over - what a yuletide treat!
Obviously, we’re not doing this just to get laughs. Unfortunately, this is all too serious. You’ll probably be familiar with the sum of £10 billion that the Government spent on a flawed Test and Trace system. But we wanted to highlight the sheer cumulative effect of constant fiscal ineptitude and dodginess when Government has so many other things it ought to be spending on.
From tackling fuel and food poverty, to making up for lost money from EU regional development funds, this wasteful spending is particularly shameful in the context of what the Government is not spending on.
So, take a look at our countdown and join us in some festive outrage!
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Badvent Calendar Reveal
25th December
25th December
24th December
Neither use nor ornament
23rd December
Here today cone tomorrow
22nd December
Get ready for...chaos
21st December
PPE pals
20th December
Art attack
19th December
Not the full package
18th December
Failing the test
17th December
More friendly figures
16th December
Testing trickery
15th December
How illuminating
14th December
Defending the indefensible...with the indefensible
13th December
Pampered paper
12th December
Thinking inside the box
11th December
Costly consultants
10th December
Two-faced
9th December
Safety last
8th December
Friendly figures
7th December
Everybody needs good neighbours
6th December
This is not soft power
4th December
Fighting the bad fight
5th December
No expense spared
3rd December
Wine not?
2nd December
A room with a...blue
1st December
Brexity blue passports