The Tories Know All About a“£120 Billion Financial Black Hole”
Britain’s right-wing civil war continues this morning, with UKIP continuing to get the big boy club treatment. Today’s battle ground is the Times take down of UKIP’s “£120 billion black hole”. Tory MP Charlie Elphicke was wheeled out to stick the boot in:
“It is clear that there is a £120 billion financial black hole in UKIP’s economic plans. If implemented we would end up going the way of Cyprus and Greece much faster even than if we had a Labour government. UKIP’s whacky policies can only be paid for by a massive increase in borrowing or wholescale sacking of teachers, doctors and nurses.”
An £120 billion uncosted black hole of “whacky” policies, eh? A fair point perhaps, though UKIP argue it is based on an outdated manifesto, but that £120 billion figure reminds Guido of something. Oh yes, that “£120 billion financial black hole” that the Tories are currently running in the nation’s finances…
Craig Oliver, the Alan Partridge of strategic government communications, has had another brainwave for how to deal with the press. His latest wheeze for getting hacks onside is to hand them so-called 
In yesterday’s Sun on Sunday column Guido exclusively revealed that the CCHQ is moving out of its Westminster headquarters in 30 Millbank, the home of the modernisation project. Word is that since its reception was smashed up and the roof invaded by angry students in 2010, the Tories’ insurance bill has soared. Landlords of suitable replacement buildings, wary of future rioting protesters will be charging a premium come the autumn move.
Idiot of the day goes to Richard Benyon, the Environment minister and 
Of all the departments that make up Her Majesty’s government, Guido would have thought the one that doesn’t need to blow huge sums of taxpayer cash on foreign junkets would be the Department for Communities and Local Government. Somehow the department have spent £217,130 on visits abroad since 2010, no signs of a trip to a 
Downing Street sources have confirmed to Guido that Steve Hilton is back, if only in a somewhat lesser capacity. He will merely be attending meetings with Dave’s policy advisory board to “help them with formulating policy and driving a Conservative policy agenda throughout government”. 
“The Government have a duty and a responsibility to defend employment in Northern Ireland. They might not like what is being manufactured, but that industry keeps 1,100 people in jobs in Northern Ireland and puts £60 million directly into the wage economy there. More importantly, it supports tens of thousands of other smaller companies including retail shops and other minor businesses in the locality.”
