Hunt lampooned for patronising clip while waiting for a cup of coffee

Jeremy Hunt’s video, where he grabs a coffee, then tells us why our economy is totally screwed.

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The HM Treasury official account tweeted the video and wrote: “Why is inflation high and how are we going to halve it? Grab a coffee and let Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt explain.”

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With his annoying voice and some annoying background music he tried to explain why the UK is in a total mess, without blaming his own party, or mentioning Brexit.

Cost of living crisis

His video comes as wages in the private sector have risen at the fastest rate for more than 20 years but continued to fall in real terms as inflation remained in double digits in November, reports The Times.

Also the cost of living crisis is damaging the mental health of nearly half of adults in Great Britain, with people in Wales the unhappiest of all, according to research, reports The Guardian.

Watch

Why is inflation high and how are we going to halve it?

Grab a coffee and let Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt explain. pic.twitter.com/8mpf4xfxCO
— HM Treasury (@hmtreasury) January 18, 2023

Reactions

This is pathetic, denialistic and condescending
Seems the Government can treat us all like idiots and not mention Brexit or the Truss disaster which took us to where we are today
— dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 (@dave43law) January 18, 2023

Who makes these? The script, camera angles, editing and even lens choices come together to create a condescending, mid-20th-century didactic tone.
— Dave Vetter (@davidrvetter) January 18, 2023

Patronising tosh.#ToryTaxEvasion #ToryCorruption
Cronyism, ludicrous profit levels for Tory donor companies.
Let's #BlameTheTories because this is all on them and their 13 years of corrupt rule.#ToriesOut195 https://t.co/pqmdrnbN7l
— VIVacious #ToriesOut252 #ForTheMany#FBNHS💙 (@LincsLimpet) January 18, 2023

This strange tactic of producing Labour's campaign videos for them is probably not going to catch on https://t.co/fcXXzKh0zy
— The Sun Apologies (@SunApology) January 18, 2023

Yes. Grab a cup. ~AA https://t.co/Qrid6KvoT6 pic.twitter.com/FXdI1WqQPp
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) January 18, 2023

Brexit. https://t.co/9rNO7gB1zZ
— Sarah Hurst 🇺🇦 (@Life_Disrupted) January 18, 2023

This is cringeworthy from Jeremy Hunt on inflation. We're not imbeciles & need inflation to be explained using cups.https://t.co/EvAsMpOkqH
— DimEagleBuckie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌱🇪🇺 ⚛️ 💛 🤝 💚 (@BuckieDim) January 18, 2023

The chancellor’s ‘plan’ is to do nothing at all, other than talk to you like you’re a five year old child… https://t.co/mAEkkPmGEo
— James Lazarus 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 (@JustSayNope) January 18, 2023

You don’t mention @trussliz and @KwasiKwarteng crashing the economy causing circa 70 BILLION extra borrowings? Remember that @Jeremy_Hunt, it was only few months ago? You cheered them from back benches. 🤷🏼‍♂️ https://t.co/zUxGVBlfQz
— Karl Turner MP (@KarlTurnerMP) January 18, 2023

10.

Or indeed this?

Shorter version:

Inflation will only come down because of the things we are doing, insists government that claimed there was nothing they could do to influence inflation when it was going uphttps://t.co/jzT8nevwDg
— NewsThump (@newsthump) January 18, 2023

Tags: Jeremy Hunt