Parody Ben Houchen

@FatBoyzStrong @AndyBurnhamGM @thomasforth @BeeNetwork Sorry - we've blown all our money on an airport!

@AndyBurnhamGM @thomasforth @BeeNetwork @ParodySimon your turn Bent Houchen...

We started the week by integrating buses and trams into a single tap-and-go system. We end it by confirming our plan to add eight rail lines into the @BeeNetwork - starting next year. news.tfgm.com/press-releases…

Gazette article from 2022 - gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-…

how it started: how it’s going:

A spokesperson for the supermarket said "yeah, we're not too bothered about employees stealing from us - sorry, I mean hiding stolen stuff. After calling the police we all agreed this required no further disciplinary action and were quite surprised when Steve resigned."

Yet another left-wing Labour comic takes a swipe! dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Even I have a smidgen more self awareness!

I've suddenly decided bringing back steelmaking to Teesside has nothing to do with me and the ball's entirely in the government's court!

Just trying to work out how 3 million hours = 1,442 years!

@bunce_sally Looks like it! Although the website says it's still closed.

🎂Celebrating 60 years of Teesside Airport! ✈️ I think that photo really captures the party atmosphere! 🎉

If only there was a way for politicians to communicate with each other that didn't involve having public rants on Facebook!

Timeline - m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… BBC Article - bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I hope our official timeline doesn't give the impression all 4,000 jobs are all on Teesside, rather than shared with Merseyside!

Teesworks negotiations going well...Musgrave & Corney just laughed in my face, before composing themselves and suggesting they offered such a poor deal out of love for Teesside and the vast profits, with a near infinite return on investment, hadn't even crossed theirs minds!

Julie Gillespie earning £170,000 per year is, of course, completely different to Sue Gray earning £170,000 per year. thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19518635.…

And if you were to do this on a bigger scale, would it count as industrial scale corruption?

Good question - is it corrupt to give your doners special treatment?

@eddwilson Good spot! I wonder if The Gazette made a typo or Ben simply got his figures muddled.

Just when you're popping open the Champagne, along come the BBC to remind you that Teesside Airport's 'profit' is actually a £3,000,000 pre-tax loss! Thankfully every other media outlet just copied and pasted the press release, no questions asked!

@GazNormanFenMag That's where the video clip is from!