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BBC chairman Richard Sharp has sparked a row with Tory MPs who claim the former banker thinks they’re too ‘dim’ to understand taxes and Government finances.
The MPs took offence after Mr Sharp – a former adviser to Chancellor Rishi Sunak – implied last week that some MPs’ grip on key fiscal issues could be improved.
He said: ‘I venture to say that if you spoke to a number of MPs themselves, their understanding of the scale of the national debt, their understanding of fiscal issues might not be where they should be.’
BBC chairman Richard Sharp has sparked a row with Tory MPs who claim the former banker thinks they’re too ‘dim’ to understand taxes and Government finances
But the remarks sparked fury among some Tory MPs. One branded the remarks ‘incredibly patronising’ and
