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2 years

New: As I exclusively revealed yesterday, it has now been confirmed that the Home Secretary did issue a “ministerial direction” to get Rwanda policy through. That means the most senior figure in the Home Office- the permanent secretary - objected to the policy 1/

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I asked a Tory Mp to let me know what was happening on the Kwasi Kwarteng call and they replied: “I’m barely listening. Contemplating my next career while trying to fix my mortgage…”

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The PM has said to reporters so many times and to MPs that there were no parties that he knew of. So many times.

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Senior Tory says to me- there are going to have to be resignations.

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Breaking: Hearing that police fines are landing into people’s inboxes relating to the garden event on May 20th 2020 - the BYOB event - that Boris Johnson did go to. Met police say they won’t update until end of election period

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So Met spends weeks saying we need to wait til Sue Gray publishes and then, on the day her report is basically finished, decides to launch an active investigation (because story is undermining legitimacy of the law) scuppering any chance Gray can publish most serious allegations?

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Something has been niggling me. I understand why Rishi Sunak said this yesterday- but would a white PM feel the need to say they wanted to give back to the country “I owe so much to”? Will we 2nd generation immigrants - born & bred here - always have to feel in debt to the UK?

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It’s this line that really gets me- “Then, when we got to the door, he shoved me outside on to the street, and said: ‘This is what happens when people like you disturb our dinner.’”

Greenpeace activist: 'Mark Field needs anger management'

Janet Barker recounts assault by suspended MP and says it will not stop her activism

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Nigel Farage says no we won't be able to spend £350m to the NHS... That was a mistake for Vote Leave to say that, he says...

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Re letters of no confidence. The open talk among Tories about Boris Johnson going has exploded. We know of a handful of letters that have gone in but so many more I talk to want the PM gone. It’s timing for them. One has just texted to say theirs is “being written” now.

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New: right now Home Office sources think that everyone could end up being pulled off tomorrow’s flight - due to go to Rwanda.

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My friend, who used to be a criminal solicitor, just watched my pool interview with Boris Johnson yesterday and messaged: “Equivalent of a no comment interview I used to advise people to do in police station lol.” 🤣🤣🤣

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Liz Truss says the best thing to do with @NicolaSturgeon is ignore her. And - when it’s put to her that Sturgeon is democratically elected - describes her as an “attention seeker”.

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NEW: Sources tell me that Suella Braverman actively sought external legal advice on Manston after (they claim) she didn't like what the internal lawyers at Home Office were telling her re need to book hotels. They say she sought independent advice from Sir James Eadie KC 1/

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Exc: told PM absolutely defiant and is not going to resign. Sources tell me he told Cabinet colleagues that it was a choice between summer focused on economic growth or chaos of a leadership contest- followed by massive pressure for general election 1/

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The Cab office did today hand over all of Boris Johnson’s diaries, calendars and WhatsApps from his 2nd phone. An earlier phone- which was switched off for security reasons- remains with his lawyers & hasn’t been handed over. It is the one he had for the start of the pandemic. 1/

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There’s a rumour doing rounds that Simon Case informed downing st about this event. But they went ahead with appointing him to investigation. Neither Cab office or Downing st have responded to say true or not but am asking

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Whips in other political parties are telling me the Tories were relaxed about pairing other MPs who were away on trips. Think four are in the US with the British American all party group... They have clearly chosen to treat @Tobias_Ellwood very differently. Wonder why 🤔

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Suella Braverman just spoke about the "invasion" on our south coast, by people arriving by boat. Not sure I've heard that language before.

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Opposition parties can sense growing anger - Keir Starmer, Ian Blackford and Ed Davey have all come over to speak out. Starmer says PM should apologise & everyone should be held to account, Davey is calling for an inquiry, Blackford says the PM should go.

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2 years

The problem with arguing that the Downing Street drinks were a work event is the email. It’s sold entirely as a social event.

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Wow the Boris Johnson comments on care homes really unbelievable. We’ve spoken to a few care providers for Today in Focus - and those that fared best were the ones that ignored govt’s lack of advice, and instead acted earlier themselves.

Fury as Boris Johnson accuses care homes over high Covid-19 death toll

Industry hits back at PM’s comments, describing them as ‘huge slap in the face’ for sector

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Boris Johnson has recorded a video in which he speaks in both Russian and Ukrainian tonight. Saying in Russian “To my friends I do not believe this war is in your name, it does not have to be this way” 1/

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Labour response on Gary Lineker:

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New- Just heard the Speaker has granted Labour an Urgent Question- labour is calling the Pm to come to the House

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New. Chris Philp confirms on #peston that the government has NOT decided if benefits will be uprated in line with inflation this Autumn, as promised by @RishiSunak As I reported earlier.

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Good fact from @RhonddaBryant who tells me until 1867 the death of a monarch would have led to dissolution of parliament and forced a general election. In 2022 we’ll just have a pause to parliamentary business.

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But ultimately it does mean that the Govt has pushed ahead with a policy without proving that its worth it in terms of value of money- and therefore something that’s quite rare has been used - a ministerial direction 5/

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NEW: Hearing that the Home Office IS now subject to a judicial review over the treatment of detainees in Manston. Sources tell me that an NGO has started proceedings based around the long detention of an individual.

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Exclusive- the government’s propriety and ethics team raised Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs directly with then PM, Boris Johnson, before he appointed him as Chancellor 👇

Ethics team raised Zahawi’s tax affairs with then PM when appointed chancellor | ITV News

Sources said that officials in the Cabinet office told Boris Johnson about the questions surrounding Mr Zahawi's dispute with HMRC at the time. | ITV National News

www.itv.com

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Have heard there may be some disagreement on whether to name anyone in Sue Gray report. Had heard that she wanted to name around 15 /20 senior officials. But sounds like some not happy about that.

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Rishi Sunak keeps responding to questions about ambulance wait times by criticising Labour for not supporting minimum services legislation. The problem with that response is ambulance wait times are not about strike days. They've been growing since April 2021. 1/

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2 years

Sources tell me some no10 officials have received emails

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Munira Mirza letter saying she wanted the PM to apologise for the Keir Starmer attack concluding- “it’s not too late for you, but I’m sorry to say, it is too late for me”. 👇

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Having said the Operation Yellowhammer leak was old, the government is now releasing the same information as the leak and claiming they are updating assumptions it was based on. Hmmmm.

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New: Suella Braverman says there is an overwhelming sense of despair among Conservative MPs- “the time has come for the pm to step down”

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Ken Clarke's office have been urging him strongly to complain about his comments being broadcast. His response: nah, its what I think anyway

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One Tory MP after the 1922 meeting: “I genuinely have no idea how [Liz Truss] is going to make the maths add up on 31 October. My worry is that I don’t think she does either.” Also argued that sacking Kwasi Kwarteng “would be like her blowing her own foot off”

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7 years

Macron spoke French to Trump, without a translator, yesterday but then perfect English to Theresa May. Cheeky!

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Home office source arguing it’s that you can’t prove savings in advance: “The asylum system is costing the taxpayer over £1.5 billion per year – the highest amount in over two decades, and we are spending £4.7 million on hotels per day between those who have arrived … 3/

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Some opposition MPs claiming Liz Truss didn’t vote because she was chasing Wendy Morton out of lobby !!!

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And right on cue- Labour draw up a list of Tory mps who’ve expressed concerns about fracking in their areas. Including Jeremy Hunt and Ben Wallace.

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@guardian I find it amazing the BBC wouldn't support the best interviewer they have. Emily @maitlis is outstanding when it comes to holding the government (and Royalty!) to account which is why she wins all the awards. She was quoting the public anger that every poll shows is overwhelming.

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Breaking - @SuellaBraverman says she will run for leader

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John Lewis chair Sharon White absolutely blistering on #peston says cost of living crisis as acute as Covid and we need to be prepared to inject huge amounts of public money- says she’s terrified about energy bills rising and windfall tax is reasonable approach 1/

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Oooft…. One source claims this “blue on blue” attack has hardened some MPs to vote against the PM.

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1/4 On afternoon of 23rd July 2020 when I was health minister you telephoned me to tell me that we had to handle the pandemic following the example set by the East/China. That people testing + should be removed from their homes and placed into isolation hotels for two weeks.

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A number of civil servants have told me they were too scared to make formal complaints about Raab (or others) because Priti Patel not being punished for bullying had “chilling effect”. Comes as more formal complaints may already be in with Cabinet office 👇

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Staff 'didn't make formal complaints against Raab' after Patel's 'free pass' | @AnushkaAsthana writes

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Ooft- the prime minister on the 45p- admits it wasn’t discussed with the cabinet and says “it’s a decision the Chancellor made”. #kuenssberg

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Probably the most interesting point in the Sue Gray update is that the police ARE investigating what happened in the Downing street flat on the night of 13 November, 2020 - the day Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain left, when it was claimed there was a party upstairs.

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…illegally & thu resettlement programmes. HO officials clear that deterring illegal entry wd create sig-n savings. However, such a deterrent effect cannot be quantified with certainty.” Says “lack of precise modelling” can’t delay policy to break biz model of smuggling gangs. 4/

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Overall it was that the modelling around the policy was NOT sufficient to prove its effectiveness - specifically on deterring people from continuing to attempt to cross. So therefore Rycroft couldn’t sign it off directly cos of value for money concerns 6/

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One thing that every Tory MP I speak to agrees on - is that if Boris Johnson goes to the members - he wins. And the momentum for him in parliament has definitely surprised a lot of them.

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Exclusive: a leaked a people’s survey from Dominic Raab’s private office in 2019- when he was foreign secretary- showed that 40% of those who responded said they’d been bullied or harassed and 75% said they’d seen bullying or people being treated unfairly at work 👇

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Staff in Dominic Raab's private office claim they were 'bullied and harassed', according to a 2019 people's survey leaked to ITV News 40% reported being bullied and harassed - but the survey does not say who was accused within the team | @AnushkaAsthana

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Another message from a Tory MP: “The only reason I voted with the govt tonight was because we were told it was a confidence issue. I have no confidence in this PM. Full stop.”

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They also claim that Home Office officials are now looking at number of potential claims for compensation from those in Manston- and that it could run into the "thousands" 2/

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Strangely hearing that 2 or maybe 3 people have turned down the Northern Ireland brief. Have heard Penny Mordaunt and Sajid Javid- maybe another - what’s going on?

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EXC: ITV News understands that in the last hour Keir Starmer has written to Cabinet secretary Simon Case to start Labour's "access talks" with civil service. Given PM has okay-ed from govt side (re @breeallegretti ) talks expected to start by end of Jan 1/

Starmer requests access to start preparations for change in government | ITV News

ITV News understands the Cabinet Secretary has received a letter from the Labour leader within the past few hours. | ITV National News

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I’d say opinion of MPs right now is significantly harsher than after Boris Johnson appeared to have misled folk about Chris Pincher. Overwhelming mood is that Liz Truss will be gone soon.

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A THREAD on what I’ve learned about the asylum policy unveiled today by govt to tackle small boat crossings. Firstly there was “despair” among some home office officials. Told the mood was terrible this morning, with fears of resignations 1/

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Tory MPs have welcomed the government's Rwanda asylum policy, but @AnushkaAsthana has been told of "despair" among some Home Office officials

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Arguing that a lost election will mean a coalition that will lead to break up of Britain (sounds familiar from 2015!) and those around him think they will lose a couple more from Cabinet but not all 2/

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New: Hearing the prime minister is telling MPs (who say they are getting more time with the PM than they ever imagined) that this is a media / Labour witch-hunt, that he’s been through worse before and that he’s bounced back before and will do so again.

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A little thread on a few interesting things I’ve heard tonight. The first is that some folk say they have received a letter from Sue Gray warning they will be identified in her report. Told some are “livid” as they didn’t realise they would be 1/

Sue Gray plans to identify senior civil servants in partygate report | ITV News

Anushka Asthana has been told the report could reference messages that show individuals knew they were breaking rules and were trying to avoid being caught. | ITV National News

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Reading wiki on "nigger in woodpile" usage - I see it was used in Hardy Boys book in 1927. And then removed as unacceptable in **1959**

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I feel like this is symbolic after the craziest week in this place ever

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The lectern is coming out

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MORE THAN 200 WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT - WOOP WOOP!

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Omg just listened to @ChrisMasonBBC say that it was so hot and sweaty and hazy down in the Churchill war rooms yesterday (it really, really was! 🥵) that he asked someone in front of him directions and then realised it was a … statue! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 That made my day.

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They claim that the independent advice corroborated what was said internally - and at that point Grant Shapps (who was by then Home Secretary) acted. But - as Suella Braverman now saying in Commons - was how HO source responded 3/

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Dal Babu- former chief superintendent of the Met - tells me: “The optics look like the police and the government are colluding.” He insists there is no reason to delay Sue Gray report, saying it’s just fixed penalties, no court, no jury, and that it’s a civil report.

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They claim Sir Graham position was that he won’t be drummed out tonight and that rule change won’t come til Monday. And said he put his “14 million mandate on table”. 3/

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Anyone else finding a LOT of covid back around!?

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. @lisanandy asks “why was that statue removed in that way?“ Points out that it was because 20 years of trying to get it removed democratically failed. #peston

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Really excited to be joining ITV news as deputy political editor to @peston working with the brilliant @amberdebotton once more! Really looking forward to joining a great team...

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Very excited to have @AnushkaAsthana joining @ITVNewsPolitics as our Deputy Political Editor. I can’t wait to work with her again.

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The weirdest thing about Downing Street response is the refusal to say that any other parties reported by @PippaCrerar should be investigated. They say assurances on those alleged parties is enough- but the only difference with December 18th was the video provided extra evidence!

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Exclusive: Just now on ITV News evening news - the GMB union - one of the largest number of ambulance workers due to walk out next week - are suspending all participation in the Pay Review Body process 1/

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Jonathan Gullis - Tory mp for Stoke on Trent north - tells me he’s spoken to colleagues who have withdrawn letters of no confidence following Christian Wakeford’s defection.

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Dominic Raab denied to me- in an ITV news iv- that any senior official had ever raised his behaviour with him. He clearly denied it to Adam Tolley as well- but the lawyer concluded that perm sec Antonia Romeo had raised the issue twice after seeing her contemporaneous notes👇

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And in Ukrainian: “This crisis, this tragedy can and must come to an end. The world needs a free and sovereign Ukraine”.

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Re what happened about Wendy Morton… Apparently at one point she walked past some colleagues who asked - “is this a confidence vote?” And she replied: “I’m not the chief whip.”

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His spox says Boris Johnson is cooperating with government appointed technical consultants and has no problem with the information being handed over. That phone seems most relevant to inquiry given timing he had it 2/

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I understand perm sec, Matthew Rycroft made clear in a letter to the home secretary that he WAS satisfied for the policy to proceed and recognised potential savings from deterring people, but said the evidence around deterrence was uncertain and could not be quantified. 7/

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Thread on what happened in Tiverton- Lib Dems had 400-odd activists here yesterday, leafleted almost every home & spoke to 20,000 people. They said 3 issues dominated: 1- Tiverton High school 2- Dentistry- fury at not being able to get NHS dentists and 3- partygate. 1/

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. @RuthDavidsonPC says to me that faced with potential criminality in 12 events including one in his own flat, any other prime minister would resign. She says he’s degrading the office and contrasted him to the “dignity” of Theresa May

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Look what @amberdebotton just spotted- a little informational help from the government on December 17th, 2020- the very day of the latest revelations of yet more leaving drinks in Downing Street… 👇

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@Mick_Bailey Hi Mick, although there are exemptions for work purposes, you must not have a work Christmas lunch or party, where that is a primarily social activity and is not otherwise permitted by the rules in your tier. You can find more information here: Thanks

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Feeling pretty nervous about presenting #peston tonight - as @Peston is in quarantine! Luckily he'll be joining us from home... but also juggling all guests joining us remotely given the new rules. Wish me and @PaulBrandITV on Screeny luck. And be kind! 🙏

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Individuals making their own legal cases against removal are being taken off the flight -while the appeal is being heard about a general injunction. Lawyers pointing to UN refugee agency saying they not involved in scheme (as was claimed) and don’t think it’s lawful

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Sources say he decided to record the video after a conversation with president Zelensky this morning in which the Ukrainian leader asked for more help with military equipment but also if the pm could urge Russians to call for restraint 3/

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The response to Suella Braverman once again shows a clear divide on the Conservative backbenches. No of MPs in Commons and privately welcomed her tough rhetoric on small boats. More liberal MPs quite shocked- with some messaging to say they think she may have misled the House 1/

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It took nearly 3 years but finally, FINALLY, we persuaded her to do it. The legendary @MarinaHyde agreed to break her no-audio rule & come on Today in Focus. It’s our 674th episode (thanks @AxelKacoutie for counting!) & my last. Get those 🎧 on & enjoy 👇

Marina Hyde on five years of watching the political circus

For Anushka Asthana’s last episode, the beloved columnist makes a rare appearance to survey an era of tumult and twerps – and explain how she took it all very seriously … through jokes

www.theguardian.com

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Minister now responds to say. “Mood is sulphurous. Most people angry and resentful at having been let down. Not good.” And it sounds like plan B press conference may now not happen.

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The Economic Crime Bill will be rushed through parliament next week, to become law on 15 March. Sources say it will change the law so that from that point on, anyone who is on the EU sanctions list, can automatically be sanctioned in the UK too.

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By far the best thing about today’s trip to Morecambe was meeting Ian the “selfie king of Lancaster station” from @AvantiWestCoast and getting to announce the train! 😂😂

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2 years

It seems that the modelling around the policy was NOT sufficient to prove its effectiveness - specifically on deterring people from continuing to attempt to cross 2/

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@AnushkaAsthana

6 years

Amber Rudd tells @peston that a people’s vote could be the result of an impasse. And says that is preferable to no deal. #peston

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Anushka Asthana

@AnushkaAsthana

2 years

Hearing of a lot more no confidence letters being sent in by MPs tonight. MPs are absolutely furious. Here is one message:

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@AnushkaAsthana

2 years

Exc: ITV News obtains documents given to some asylum seekers who have been chosen to be possibly deported to Rwanda. Gives just 7 days to make written submission as to why they shouldn’t be sent. Obtained by the brilliant @lili_donlon 👇

Asylum seekers have just 7 days to prove status or be sent to Rwanda | ITV News

Asylum seekers facing being sent to Rwanda have just seven days to provide reasons as to why they shouldn't be deported, documents seen by ITV News suggest. | ITV National News

www.itv.com

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Anushka Asthana

@AnushkaAsthana

5 years

Help me out here - was Naga’s co presenter pulled up about his comments in the conversation about Trump? Because didn’t he also talk about the motives of the president?

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Anushka Asthana

@AnushkaAsthana

1 year

NEW: We've just found out the Judicial Review of Home Office is from charity @DetentionAction on behalf of a woman who they say faced "egregiously defective conditions" in Manston. The letter to the HO says the complaint includes "serious threats to the safety of children". 1/

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Anushka Asthana

@AnushkaAsthana

6 years

Suggestions like these- that women/Asian people etc only get to prominent positions as a result of unfair promotions- suggest that a perfectly fair system would deliver loads of white men and virtually no women/non white ppl. Which is such BS...

Sun Politics

@SunPolitics

6 years

Senior Tory suggests Priti Patel only got promoted to the Cabinet because she’s Asian

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Anushka Asthana

@AnushkaAsthana

2 years

Alexander Stafford being manhandled in tears into lobby - according to eyewitnesses- is something else. Normally govts ignore opposition day debates! It was labour taking control of order paper that they objected to.

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