BRAIN dead Dominic Raab was last night branded "ridiculous” forgetting his Covid numbers wrong on live TV.
Dim Dom sparked nationwide head-scratching as he declared 250 Omicron patients were in hospital - when there were actually only 10.
He then tried to correct his blunder by saying the real number was nine - and blamed his hearing for the cock-up.
Viewers took to Twitter to mock the Deputy PM. Referring to the No10 party scandal, one wrote: “Raab's just had whatever the opposite of a lightbulb moment is there on #SkyNews. Is he already thinking about the Christmas party?"
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