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Clara Hill
Mar 16, 2021
New briefing room that cost £2.6 million.
ITV News
Interior design is something that has plagued this government a lot at the moment. At first, it was Carrie Symond’s curtains, and now the sartorial outrage has struck again.
Forget the little domestic gossip about a pokey flat - now everyone is buzzing about the daytime television set that Downing Street is calling their new press briefing room.
BREAKING New Downing Street Press Briefing Room - first images. https://t.co/fp5QpBD5oC— Carl Dinnen (@Carl Dinnen) 1615824551
All that royal blue, wood finishings and FOUR Union flags cost the taxpayer £2.6 million. Some might say it is a bargain, others have taste.
One could look at the photos in the scoop by ITV News and struggle to see how all those plastic chairs cost that much, but if anyone is going to do it, it would be Boris Johnson’s government.
They have spent billions on a rather useless track and trace system, which has called “an unimaginable waste” by The Pubic Health Select Committee and Matt Hancock has even been found in breach of the ministerial code over PPE contracts by the High Court.
EXCLUSIVE: @itvnews can reveal the new *£2.6m* Downing Street studio for new White House style press briefings.… https://t.co/9lJARmhciQ— Nathan Lee (@Nathan Lee) 1615824453
Twitter was brimming with people unimpressed with this tacky use of the public purse.
Here are some of the best reactions.
well played https://t.co/2xbRgWmKOp— Scott Bryan (@Scott Bryan) 1615882492
Govt invoice for new #briefingroom: Fancy wood panelling - £250 Blue paint - £50 Flags - £100 Two dozen chairs -£50… https://t.co/eVhUADJUqV— Linda Studd (@Linda Studd) 1615835571
Downing Street's new £2.6m media briefing room. £60 for some wooden panelling, £25 for some blue paint, £2599865 f… https://t.co/vfL7hGHtdz— Ministry of Satire (@Ministry of Satire) 1615825476
Downing Street unveils its new £2.6m briefing room. https://t.co/zqBXP9F94u— The Poke (@The Poke) 1615879800
£2.6 million to make it look like a special racist episode of Remain Indoors https://t.co/oLnPxNpti0— James Felton (@James Felton) 1615831441
Incredible bang for their buck by the party of business, there https://t.co/nTnQY1aQ3O— Marina Hyde (@Marina Hyde) 1615826595
Only four flags? WHY DOES DOWNING STREET HATE BRITAIN!?!???! https://t.co/bfp3WFC7EO— Sooz Kempner (@Sooz Kempner) 1615826613
Henry Hoover photobombing this picture like that absolute lad he is https://t.co/YUrE4mbNwy— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) 1615825672
£2.6m for a briefing room, and this is the podium?? https://t.co/KUBTJl22eP— Henry Mance (@Henry Mance) 1615825730
WHAT THERE ISN’T MONEY FOR: A proper pay rise for nurses WHAT THERE IS MONEY FOR: £2.6m for a My First Briefing Ro… https://t.co/3ObPonoIYM— David Schneider (@David Schneider) 1615833593
Henry Hoover selflessly photobombing the government’s pathetic new briefing room for the nation. https://t.co/VkhZYgyZQJ— Frances Ryan (@Frances Ryan) 1615829442
Learning that this cost £2.5m turned me into a small-stater. https://t.co/EgxedDCWq1 https://t.co/PNn2CNetNU— Stephen Bush (@Stephen Bush) 1615833042
Mrs Farrell's CSO Briefing Room. #DoctorWho https://t.co/OIDQp7DCKV— Andydrewz™ 🏳️🌈💙 (@Andydrewz™ 🏳️🌈💙) 1615844928
Two bob for new Downing Street media briefing room. £2.6 million for Henry The Hoover.— Matthew Payne (@Matthew Payne) 1615828839
so which pub landlord mate of Boris Johnson WhatsApped him & offered to design a briefing room that would almost be… https://t.co/b26pqMkqWp— Toby Earle (@Toby Earle) 1615828943
new briefing room?! https://t.co/okdhnACpvv— Stuart Allen (@Stuart Allen) 1615832302
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