Robert Jenrick

Reform UK shadow chancellor — Reform UK

Robert Jenrick
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TERMINAL COPIUM
Scapegoater Scapegoat: Welfare / state inefficiency

Latest Incident

Latest: Brentwood Weekly News — scored 75 (scapegoating) on 2026-08-11

Score History

Cope Entries (26)

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75
Brentwood Weekly News scapegoating
"Labour should cut the 'ballooning' benefits bill to relieve pressure on the 'hardworking majority.'"

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60
London Evening Standard deflection
"Robert Jenrick says the Prime Minister should scrap green levies and taxes on energy bills to address the cost of living."

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65
Hampshire Chronicle scapegoating
"Labour should cut the 'ballooning benefits bill' to relieve pressure on the 'hardworking majority'."

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38
BBC News scapegoating
"Jenrick says scrapping green levies on energy bills and ruling out tax rises is the key to helping people with the cost of living."

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58
Daily Express deflection
"Successive Tory and Labour chancellors have 'maxed out the nation's credit card' through mismanagement, leaving debt servicing costs exceeding education and defence combined."

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82
Yahoo News New Zealand scapegoating
"Robert Jenrick claimed 'dodgy Turkish barbers' are making high streets 'messy' and pushing out 'legitimate businesses'."

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38
GB News deflection
"Net Zero and social value tests should be scrapped from procurement; contracts should be awarded only on 'value for money' and 'backing British businesses'."

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78
Daily Express deflection
"Reform UK will keep the state pension triple lock and fund it by cutting 'billions' spent on illegal migrants, welfare for non-workers, and net zero subsidies."

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78
AOL.co.uk scapegoating
"Reform UK will back the pension triple lock and fund it by cutting 'waste' on illegal migrants, welfare for non-workers, and net zero subsidies."

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18
London Business News lucid
"Jenrick warns that Burnham's social care proposals represent an £18bn cost that will require significant tax increases, describing a proposed estate levy as 'cruel and punitive'."

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72
The London Economic fantasy_economics
"Rages about a Labour 'death tax' — including warning of 'a knock on the door by the taxman' after a relative dies — despite no such policy having been proposed."

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70
The Guardian scapegoating
"Robert Jenrick claims Andy Burnham's social care reform amounts to a 'raid' on ordinary people's savings because he refuses to cut spending on recent migrants."

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65
The Guardian scapegoating
"Reform UK's Jenrick opposes a social care levy, framing it as a 'radical tax grab' and arguing voters want 'meaningful efficiency savings' instead."

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68
BBC Politics scapegoating
"Opposes a 'universal death tax' to fund social care, arguing it unfairly raids life savings and drags hundreds of thousands more families into paying tax when loved ones pass away."

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70
BBC Politics scapegoating
"Reform would end 'the cheap migrant labour racket' by taxing employers who hire foreign workers while exempting British staff from NI hikes."

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62
The Spectator deflection
"Defended Reform UK's overtime tax policy by claiming that anti-avoidance rules would prevent people from restructuring their pay to exploit the system."

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80
BBC Politics scapegoating
"Suggested that foreign nationals living in social housing should be removed if they are not working or earning enough."

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62
BBC Politics scapegoating
"Argues that current government cost-of-living measures are insufficient and that radical reductions are needed, specifically by slashing taxes on energy bills."

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68
BBC Politics scapegoating
"Attributes the emigration of 246,000 British nationals, including entrepreneurs and investors, to the current government, labeling it 'the Starmer exodus'."

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62
Express scapegoating
"Reform UK shadow chancellor Robert Jenrick claims Chancellor Rachel Reeves is 'raking it in' from increased VAT and fuel duties during the current energy price crisis, urging people to 'take to the streets' in protest."

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68
Birmingham Live / Brave scapegoating
"Committed Reform UK to retaining the triple lock on pensions, with the article framing this alongside claims that voters 'always like having money spent on them' without acknowledging fiscal costs."

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40
Guardian Politics deflection
"The JCB PotHole Pro is a great example of using new technology to repair potholes faster."

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62
Scottish Daily Express scapegoating
"Attributes the stagnation of the Scottish economy to high taxes imposed by Nicola Sturgeon."

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28
Grimsby Telegraph deflection
"Pledged that Reform UK would not introduce a tourist tax on overnight leisure stays."

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52
Zack Polanski issued warning over state pension triple lock deflection
""found savings that would be 'more than sufficient to cover the increase in public spending' that keeping the pension provision entails.""

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74
Unemployment rate unexpectedly falls as fewer students look for work scapegoating
""the chancellor's 'disastrous tax on jobs has left job vacancies at the lowest level in five years.""
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