“I hated 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 second I spent on it - a total waste of time." "People should pay 𝙣𝙤 attention to these numbers - they are misleading." Former Perm. Sec to the Treasury Gus O'Donnell on the “grubbiness” of opposition policy costings. emily m | Jon Sopel

@Gus_ODonnell @maitlis @jonsopel It seems a total waste of taxpayer money too - should we be paying to help the government score political points against the opposition? Or should the party offer overtime to work on & pay for it out of their own party budget?

@Gus_ODonnell @maitlis @jonsopel Please can someone explain how it is ok to use civil servants time to complete a task that is for a political purpose. Would it be ok for the opposition to ask the treasury to do the same for the government’s projections.

@Gus_ODonnell @maitlis @jonsopel Grubby, pretty much sums up this dreadful Tory government. I'm sure we haven't seen the last of their dirty tricks and foul play during this election campaign.

@Gus_ODonnell @maitlis @jonsopel Well said, Gus. I hope Starmer abolishes this activity as part of his cleaning up of Government.

@Gus_ODonnell @maitlis @jonsopel Tories in misrepresenting facts shocker..... In other news, researchers discover that kids like ice cream....

@Gus_ODonnell @maitlis @jonsopel Tories misleading, get away.

@Gus_ODonnell @maitlis @jonsopel Who you going to believe this guy 👆 who was perm sec and I owe the job I side out or C coutino / L troot /A Mitchell etc etc who just spout lies an do anything to stay in power

@Gus_ODonnell @maitlis @jonsopel O’Donnell supported mass migration as a way of controlling inflation. It dampened demands for wage increases…not his wages obviously. Pay no attention to Gus O’Donnell