Painting Union Jack on PM's plane will cost the taxpayer almost £1,000,000

Is this good value for money? 🙄

Boris Johnson

The grey RAF Voyager jet is having a makeover at an airport in Cambridge, with one defence source reportedly saying the new design sounded like something ‘from Austin Powers’. Opposition MPs have reacted furiously to the news, with acting Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey comparing the bill to the cost of drugs used to treat Covid-19 patients.Sir Ed tweeted: ‘The drug dexamethasone, that can potentially save the lives of people with coronavirus, costs £5 per patient.‘Boris Johnson could have bought 180,000 doses of that, but instead he’s painting a flag on a plane.’Labour MP Emma Hardy said: ‘For goodness sake.

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