Philip Hammond mocked for Brexit house analogy that 'revealed how rich he is'
Philip Hammond has been widely mocked for his Brexit analogy which some have said "revealed how rich he is".
The Chancellor said on BBC Radio 4′s Today programme that the UK needs to transition out of the EU gradually, perhaps over a four year period, instead of dropping off a “cliff edge”.
“We will have left the EU and I think what people will expect us to do is put in place arrangements to then move from where we were when we were members to where were are going to be in a longterm future partnership,” he said.
Mr Hammond continued: “When you buy a house you don’t necessarily move all your furniture in on the first day you buy it.”
Many pointed out that because most people only have one house - if they can afford to buy one at all - moving all the furniture on the first day is exactly what they do.
One Twitter account wrote: "Note to Philip Hammond: Most people only have one house."
Philip Hammond moves house differently to most of us, it would appear... https://t.co/NB3DjVPRaC
— Kate Watson (@CountrySkills) June 22, 2017
dear @PhilipHammondUK it's a poor analogy. This is EXACTLY what most people do as they can't afford a 2nd home (even temporarily) or storage
— Della Hudson (@Hudsonaccountan) June 22, 2017
Another said: "Dear @PhilipHammondUK it's a poor analogy. This is EXACTLY what most people do as they can't afford a 2nd home (even temporarily) or storage"
Sky's Sophy Ridge wrote: "Er... surely you do? Unless you have somewhere else to keep it?"
It's called Moving Day: you know, when you move all your stuff in on the first day. https://t.co/Nbbfkgfj0z
— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) June 22, 2017
Er... surely you do? Unless you have somewhere else to keep it? https://t.co/1rYeRS7Tcu
— Sophy Ridge (@SophyRidgeSky) June 22, 2017
When wealthy politicians make inadvertently revealing comments https://t.co/20L0FDIzbh
— Sean Kemp (@Sean_Kemp) June 22, 2017
What you don't do is decide to leave your old house with no idea where you will end up living https://t.co/MfHcQ9Vfoo
— Matt Chorley (@MattChorley) June 22, 2017