Car crash politics: Ministerial vehicles collide in Downing Street
Two ministerial vehicles have suffered a bump in Downing Street ahead of Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement.
In a video shared on Twitter by ITV journalist Car Dinnen, an expensive-looking silver car pranged into a Land Rover while reversing outside Number 10, the prime minister’s residence.
Downing Street Car Crash! Well ... a small prang between Prime Ministerial vehicles ahead of #PMQspic.twitter.com/gQvhiEY4Y9
— Carl Dinnen (@carldinnen) November 25, 2015
The Land Rover’s driver can be heard honking to alert the other car, but to no avail.
The collision took place less than an hour before prime minister’s questions (PMQs) gets underway in the House of Commons and on the morning of Osborne’s budget update.
Twitter users have been quick to poke fun at the incident.
@carldinnen PMs car....hope DC doesn't have any other prangs today...
— laura mosedale (@mozzamaura) November 25, 2015
@carldinnen@itvnews Was it Corbyn?
— Andreas Baader (@stop1984) November 25, 2015
@carldinnen@itvnews It goes with the car crash policies.
— Noel Barwood (@noel_grimsby) November 25, 2015
@carldinnen@itvnews any police witnesses
— paul johnson (@welshmantom) November 25, 2015