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Sarah Vine says PM “can’t be expected to live in a skip” as refurbishment debate intensifies

She said Johnson needs "decent furnishings", in comments that have been widely mocked on social media.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2021-04-28 10:35
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Sarah Vine says the prime minister “can’t be expected to live in a skip” as the debate over his flat refurbishment intensifies.

Boris Johnson will face MPs in the Commons as he battles accusations from Labour that he lied over who paid for renovations to his Downing Street flat.

He will appear at Prime Minister’s Questions for the first time since his ex-adviser accused him of planning for donors to “secretly pay” for the work.

According to reports the refurb is thought to have cost as much as £200,000 thanks to Carrie Symond’s hiring of eco designer Lulu Lytle.

It includes wallpaper that cost £840 a roll, a Baby Bear sofa that cost £9,800, a Lilly Drum table at £3,000 and an armchair at £5,900.

Prime ministers are given an annual public grant of £30,000 to spend on the Grade I-listed property.

But according to Michael Gove’s wife, Sarah Vine, the costs are entirely justified.

Speaking on Today she said the prime minister “can’t be expected to live in a skip” and if he wants “a pink rather than a green sofa that’s fair enough”.

She also said Johnson needs “decent furnishings”, in comments which have been widely mocked on social media.

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A John Lewis furnished flat is now living in a skip apparently https://t.co/nya8KfWkBG

— Jonathan Ashworth ?? (@JonAshworth) April 28, 2021

I see Sarah Vine’s being her stubborn best: “The prime minister can’t be expected to live in a skip”

— Marina Hyde (@MarinaHyde) April 28, 2021

Reminder: Boris Johnson has a £30,000 annual taxpayer funded budget available to refurbish Number 10.

He has overspent that by an estimated £170,000 – on a flat. Sarah Vine’s words show that this government’s players inhabit another world. It’s a ‘let them eat cake’ moment. https://t.co/lGpq6VnXrg

— Otto English (@Otto_English) April 28, 2021

I wondered how long it would take for this argument to surface. Let me take the Prime Minister and Sarah Vine to see some families with kids living in B&Bs and mouldy bedsits – as a direct result of Tory policies – so that they can see what life is like in the real world. https://t.co/XiaCa5ERRa

— Wes Streeting MP (@wesstreeting) April 28, 2021

Sarah Vine weighing in on the curtains for access story seems a good time to revisit Michael Gove’s £7,000 furniture bill (and house flipping). https://t.co/QEt8IA1Ncz

— Thomas Penny (@ThomasWPenny) April 28, 2021

Sarah Vine says the PM is “working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week”

….a year ago, he failed to turn up to 5 Cobr meetings about the pandemic

— Rob Merrick (@Rob_Merrick) April 28, 2021

Related: PM said he would rather let Covid ‘rip’ than lock down, in latest allegation

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