Today's politicians are greener than seats in Commons

WATCHING some of our politicians appear in the media is like viewing a particularly cringe-worthy episode of The Apprentice.

- Duncan Barkes

Lord Sugar would boot them out instantly. They have the depth of a shallow puddle and zero integrity.

There are also those who think they can take us for mugs and, in some cases, blatantly tell untruths. When I was a child, we used to call it lying. Recent examples show how low the bar has fallen when it comes to those who somehow manage to make it into government.

Treasury minister Emma Reynolds gave one of the most embarrassing interviews of recent times when she appeared on Nick Ferrari’s LBC breakfast show. Nick is a genius when it comes to political interviewing and knows his brief inside out. In this interview, the minister did not. The topic was the Government’s investment in transport infrastructure, with one of the big price-tag projects being a new Lower Thames Crossing.

You would expect a Treasury minister to know the cost of this, but she was unable to give a figure beyond “several billion pounds”. The stated figure is up to £10billion. She was also unable to name the start and finish point of the project. The answer is Gravesend in Kent and east of Tilbury in Essex.

This is basic stuff.

THERE was mumbling, distraction and obfuscation. Watch the clip for yourself for the full experience and feel your toes curl.