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Contact me - DMs open, or 📨Tips to henry.dyer @theguardian .com or protonmail hqled @pm .me 🔒PGP key: 📫 📲 Signal: henrydyer.01

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PM has done a broadcast interview to be released on Saturday, grilled by *checks notes* Esther McVey and Philip Davies, who in addition to being GB News presenters also just happen to be Conservative MPs

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call me the Grinch but the practice of politicians pretending to grant passage to Santa is cringe and should be stopped worldwide

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🎄🎅 BREAKING: Santa’s sleigh cleared for entry to UK airspace

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Amazing that it takes until the sixth paragraph to acknowledge the poll was commissioned by GB News

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Knew the room in the Mumsnet interview looked familiar

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You've seen Michael Gove dancing - here's Boris Johnson dancing at a City Hall christmas party with who I think is the then chair of the London Assembly, who is wielding a lightsaber

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Astonishing paralysis of Westminster with @SamCoatesSky reporting that government were considering recall of Parliament to discuss possible use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, but now have scrapped the plans due to the fines.

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A Personal Statement on My Interaction With Neil Coyle

Henry Dyer: A personal statement on my interaction with Neil Coyle

Henry Dyer has accused Neil Coyle MP of racist abuse. This is his story in his words.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg under investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over claims of undeclared outside interests, weeks after attempting to change the standards system.

Jacob Rees-Mogg investigated by Parliament's sleaze watchdog after he failed to declare £6 million...

Rees-Mogg led an unsuccessful attempt to reform the standards system after fellow Tory MP Owen Paterson faced suspension from the Commons.

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Laughter in the Lords as Cabinet Office minister Lord True repeats for the benefit of peers what his colleague Michael Ellis told MPs earlier this afternoon in the standards in public life UQ. Even Baroness Evans, Leader of the House of Lords, seems to find it all a bit funny.

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Fun fact: today would've been Owen Paterson's 1st day back in Parliament after 30 sitting day suspension from 4/11/21. In those 30 days: - Geoffrey Cox - No10 wine/cheese - Stratton out - No10 quiz - CCHQ bash - N. Shropshire - Case -> Gray - Geidt flat refurb 2.0 - No10 BYOB

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3️⃣9️⃣ times the government said no rules were broken in the first two weeks after the partygate allegations first broke - with denials from: - The PM - His civil servant spox - His political spox - Deputy PM - And more ministers DM me if I've missed any!

39 times the government said no rules were broken in the first two weeks after the partygate...

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that lockdown-busting events were held by government officials, breaking coronavirus regulations in the UK.

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AI-driven gig economy hellscape latest: Uber Eats cycle courier of two years shaves beard before job interview, fails real-time verification process to check if it's really him making deliveries, has account terminated

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York cycle courier set to lose his job – for shaving off his beard #yorknews

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Are we not getting the Rishi Sunak apology as a snazzy graphic with his signature on it?

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Boris Johnson quoting, er, marriage vows there

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New donation of £6,500 towards Theresa Villiers's re-election campaign in Chipping Barnet (majority of 1,212 or 2.1%) from Luba Chernukhin, better known as Lubov Chernukhin, who also gave £2,000 to Villiers's campaign in the 2019 general election.

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EXCL: BBC Board member Sir Robbie Gibb did not declare role on board of top Tory lobbying forum in BBC register of interests. Enterprise Forum say Gibb is no longer a member of their board, but neither they nor BBC nor Gibb will say when he left board.

BBC director who said appointment of ex-HuffPost editor to news role was too political didn't...

Sir Robbie Gibb, who attempted to block the appointment of a top editor, did not respond to Insider's queries about his Conservative lobbyist role.

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New poll says 14 pt lead for Labour CON 27% -18 (from GE2019) LAB 41% +8 LIB 11% -1 Reform 5% +3 Green 8% +5 2,128 online respondents on 13 January 2022. Find Out Now/Electoral Calculus

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What were the quiz questions

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The Cabinet Office has today responded after several months to an internal review, confirming their original finding that Lord Geidt was appointed with no records made related to the appointment process, no discussions on terms of reference, timeline, no job spec – nada.

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Congratulations to the Met Police for finding an officer who looks pretty similar to Line of Duty's Steve Arnott to appear in the background of Boris Johnson's photo op at a police station in Uxbridge today.

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NEW: Cabinet Office is blocking an FOI request for communications showing the “repeated assurances” to the PM “no rules were broken”, refusing to confirm or deny any records are held claiming to do so would prejudice @HoCPrivileges probe into PM’s remarks

Government accused of cover-up over refusal to disclose how Boris Johnson was assured 'no rules...

The government said revealing if the records existed might prejudice a parliamentary probe into whether Johnson knowingly misled MPs over partygate.

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Went to an entire fringe event without one mention of levelling-up. Miracles do happen. Why no mention, I asked a Tory MP – because it means nothing, they said.

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Esther McVey MP breached government rules by taking job as GB News presenter, Cabinet Office minister Lord True confirms, but won't be doing anything about it, per letter from True to Lord Eric Pickles published by ACOBA.

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EXCL: Boris Johnson in breach of ministerial code after using public funds to fly to Hartlepool to campaign in by-election, Conservative spending return suggests. Labour's @AngelaRayner demanding investigation by Lord Geidt/Simon Case

Boris Johnson broke ministerial code jetting to the Hartlepool by-election on taxpayer funds,...

The Conservatives' official spending return says it spent nothing on transport costs in the Hartlepool by-election. But Boris Johnson flew there.

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MPs across house condemn what one called ‘sickening, shameful’ disclosures about Covid procurement

Michelle Mone PPE firm revelations prompt anger in Commons

MPs across house condemn what one called ‘sickening, shameful’ disclosures about Covid procurement

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This afternoon, Neil Coyle contacted me, and he offered his apologies for his inappropriate actions of last week. He reiterated that he will be complying with the Labour Party's investigation. I am grateful for the overwhelmingly kind messages of support and solidarity.

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Update: @Direthoughts has now received an apology. Thanks to everyone who has made this happen.

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🚨Belated personal news: Very very pleased to have joined the wonderful investigations team at The Guardian under @PaulLewis . I'm going to be focussing on politics but interested in other areas too so please do get in touch if you have a tip or a story: henry.dyer @theguardian .com

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Downing Street playing silly buggers, as per, refusing FOI request for the private messages between PM and Chris Pincher around/after Pincher's resignation on the grounds they're "party political", despite the No 10 press office frequently publishing post-resignation letters.

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NEW: No 10 staff clearing phones of partygate messages could have committed criminal offences under FOIA, the ICO has warned, as separate legal challenge by @Foxglovelegal / @allthecitizens could lead to gov lawyers probing if staff were told to "clean up".

Downing Street reportedly told staff to 'clean up' their phones before a lockdown-party inquiry....

Staff were reportedly told to "clean up" their phones of messages about lockdown parties. The ICO told Insider this could be a criminal offence.

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@SamCoatesSky Somewhat weakens the argument that a change of leadership would be a threat to the ability of the UK to play a role on the world stage at the moment

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Shortest serving chancellors post-war 1. Iain Macleod, 30 days (died in office) 2? Kwasi Kwarteng, 38 days 3. Nadhim Zahawi, 63 days (caretaker) 4. Sajid Javid, 204 days 5. Peter Thorneycroft, 358 days

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Shock horror. ACOBA say they have not received an application for advice and will be writing to Johnson, following reports this morning that he is imminently taking up a new role as a columnist at the Mail.

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@damiengayle @JustStop_Oil Just stop sunflower oil?

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If they don’t appoint a new Chancellor of the Exchequer in 15 minutes you’re legally allowed to stop paying tax

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BREAKING: 22 Tory MPs investigated or censured by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards voted for Leadsom amendment to set up commission to overhaul sleaze system. Vote only passed by 18, so could not have succeeded without their support.

22 Tory MPs who were investigated or punished by Parliament's watchdog joined the vote to overhaul...

The vote prompted a furious response from opposition MPs, who accused the Conservative government of legitimising corruption.

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@HKesvani @Dominic2306 Kesvani claims in latest tweet Henry Dyer has "screen shotter mentality"

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After Greensill, you'd have to ask if Cameron even passes a HOLAC propriety check...

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Is Parliscran run by Theresa May?

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Leaving parliament tomorrow so in full parliscran style I had dinner in the terrace with friends tonight. Soup, chips and green beans. What else could it have been 💔 £2.85 terrace cafe

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🧰news - Cummings has responded to my question on his Substack AMA saying “balls lies and dishonest incompetence from you as usual, removing you and giving you refund adios”

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“What is the charge? Tariffing steel? Succulent Chinese steel?”

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There are a lot of shocking details in the report on Bone's conduct. There is also a rather damning section on failure of the Conservatives processes: a complaint about Bone's conduct was first made to Cameron in Dec '15, then again to May in Nov '17.

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Boris Johnson has been dealing with his red box work in "short updates" via WhatsApp every day since November 2020 - including for five months from November 2020 to March 2021 to a personal device not issued by Downing Street, a senior official says.

Boris Johnson has ministerial red box work cut down to 'short updates' sent via WhatsApp every day

Boris Johnson has received daily "short updates" on his ministerial work via WhatsApp since November 2020, including for five months to his private phone.

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Liz Truss should honour her Lib Dem roots and post a questionable bar chart showing the scale of her victory over Rishi Sunak, artist's impression attached

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Boris Johnson has declared £754,652.21 in earnings from three speeches he's given, received less than three months after he left No 10 on 6/9/12. His ACOBA letter for the Harry Walker Agency does note that he is "subject to a 3 month waiting period as standard". Never mind...

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NEW: Ex-Russian banker Dmitry Leus was president of a Tory party association. Leus gave £25k to Dominic Raab, and tried to make a six-figure donation to Prince Charles's foundation, blocked by ethics committee. Leus did not run again in February 2022 AGM.

Former Russian banker and Tory donor Dmitry Leus was president of a Conservative party association

Dmitry Leus, a former Russian banker who has given money to Dominic Raab, was president of a Conservative association in Surrey until last month.

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hello, I am a serious political journalist, here is my #GE2019 prediction:

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A Met Police public order event debrief, released under Freedom of Information laws, summarises incidents of note from the Sarah Everard vigil. The report says that "the Duchess of Sussex attended the bandstand”. But it was Kate Middleton who went…

Met Police confused Meghan Markle with Kate Middleton in report on Sarah Everard vigil

A Metropolitan Police report referred to the "Duchess of Sussex" when talking about an appearance by Kate Middleton at a vigil for Sarah Everard.

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Andrew Rosindell appears to have declared he took a holiday to Italy paid for by a Conservative donor during, er, the period of national mourning

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EXCL: Lord Bethell met with Randox five times but only one meeting was declared, internal records suggest. DHSC today did not deny that the meetings went ahead after the government published emails showing further meetings being organised with Randox.

Health minister had meetings on the books with the firm at the heart of the Owen Paterson scandal 5...

Health minister Jim Bethell met with Randox five times, internal emails suggest, but only one meeting was declared in government transparency logs.

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Excl w/ @PaulLewis @rowenamason and @david_conn A second company, LFI Diagnostics, that Michelle Mone lobbied ministers over in an attempt to secure government Covid contracts was a secret entity of her husband’s family office, the Guardian can reveal.

Revealed: Second firm pushed by Michelle Mone was secret entity of husband’s office

Revelation that LFI Diagnostics was entity of office that manages wealth of Douglas Barrowman deepens controversy over Tory peer

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🚨EXCLUSIVE: Video of Boris Johnson telling Tory donors at £500-a-head lunch: "I said last year we're the Saudi Arabia of wind. Probably the Saudi Arabia of penal policy, too, under our wonderful Home Secretary." More:

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🚨 Boris Johnson joked the UK is becoming the "Saudi Arabia of penal policy" under Priti Patel No 10 previously denied he made variation of remark in January. But Insider has acquired video of Johnson making the joke at a Tory party lunch on Friday.

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Good evening from the V&A, where the museum’s PCS branch is picketing the entrance to the Conservative fundraising dinner, accompanied by John McDonnell

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The company behind Liz Truss's Growth Commission seems to be missing a (b) in its objectives

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EXCLUSIVE: Johnson's decision to nominate former Tory treasurer Peter Cruddas to House of Lords faces legal challenge from the Good Law Project. Three days after entering the Lords, Cruddas gave the Conservatives his single largest donation of £500k.

Boris Johnson's decision to put donor, who gave Conservatives £3 million, in the House of Lords...

Boris Johnson's decision to overrule independent advice and nominate Peter Cruddas to the House of Lords faces a potential judicial review.

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EXCL: Dmitry Leus, a former Russian banker who gave £25k to Dominic Raab in July 2021 while Raab was Foreign Secretary, was recruited by and is "absolutely dependent on the FSB", Liam Byrne has claimed, citing intelligence sources. Leus denies allegation.

Former Russian banker Dmitry Leus who donated £25,000 to Dominic Raab is 'absolutely dependent on...

Dominic Raab accepted £25,000 from Dmitry Leus in July 2021 while Foreign Secretary. One MP claims Leus is 'dependent' on the Russian security agency.

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Additional fun fact here is that if Kwasi is indeed sacked and I can't imagine he's offered a different ministerial role, he will receive more money in his payoff (three months' pay) than he has from his ministerial salary

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it's @OOCThickOfIt world we're just living in it

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Standing order 122B.8.f: "No Member may be a candidate for the chair of the Committee of Public Accounts or the Committee on Standards unless his party is that of the official Opposition." Standards' membership same as Privileges except the lay members

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Break: @Jacob_Rees_Mogg indicates to me the government will oppose referring @BorisJohnson to the commons privileges committee on the grounds it has a Labour chair - @RhonddaBryant . More on @BBCNewsnight

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Cummings claims in latest Substack Boris Johnson told him in January 2020 that on account of his "fucking divorce, very expensive", and the pressure of being PM, he wanted to concentrate instead on writing his Shakespeare book.

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Illegal migration bill is ‘cruelty without purpose’, says Archbishop of York

Jewish leaders join Stephen Cottrell in urging government not to penalise ‘world’s most vulnerable’ as charities and businesses voice horror in open letter

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🤔 Why would James Slack be having a leaving do on April 16th, nearly a month after he's officially left the Civil Service on March 19th?

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Standards Commissioner finds Tory MP David Duguid failed to declare his wife's £50k of shares in BP in three debates on oil and gas in 2023. Finding follows Guardian investigation by me into MPs undisclosed shareholdings.

Tory MP failed to declare wife’s BP shares during oil and gas debates, standards commissioner finds

Watchdog finds three debates in which £50,000 shares ‘might reasonably’ have been thought to influence David Duguid’s actions

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Wheels down for Boris Johnson in Newquay as he makes the nearly 400km journey from London to Cornwall for G7 by plane rather than train, creating over five times as many greenhouse gases according to the government's own figures on emissions per km.

Boris Johnson flies by jet to the G7 summit in Cornwall in order to tell world leaders about...

Official figures show the decision to take a plane rather than a train to the summit will produce five times as many greenhouse gases.

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The polling is also by CT Group, Lynton Crosby's lobbying firm and political consultancy. Which, er, isn't on the British Polling Council.

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🚨 Boris Johnson has declared part of the cost of his Marbella trip - an £1,800 stay in Heathrow's VIP Windsor suite before he set off. But still nothing on his use of the Goldsmiths' reportedly £25k-a-week villa. Full story:

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Boris Johnson has declared an advance payment of £2,488,387.53 from the Harry Walker speaking agency for future speaking engagements to be arranged. Plus the now routine Bamford accommodation.

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NEW: Boris Johnson was organising Sept. bash at Chequers for ex-PMs on Friday 13/8 two days before Kabul fell, as evacuation efforts began amid deteriorating security situation. Records show PM met Chequers Trust re. "preparations for centenary dinner"

Boris Johnson was preparing lavish banquet for ex-prime ministers two days before Kabul fell,...

Boris Johnson met with the Chequers Trust to discuss a dinner to mark the centenary of prime ministers using the manor two days before Kabul fell.

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The Independent Expert Panel's just-published report on the conduct of Peter Bone. After a finding of bullying and sexual misconduct, the IEP has recommended a six-week suspension for Bone, now to be confirmed by the House of Commons:

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may I be the first to pitch for a project for the £36 billion available from the just announced scrapping of hs2 phase two: how about a high speed rail line from manchester to birmingham? think it could be a good idea

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ohhh my god you work in westminster and are inspired by the west wing? should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party? should we invite Josh and Toby to a walk-and-talk? should we "let Sunak be Sunak"?

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Matt Hancock has taken shares in Topwood Limited, a company that offers shredding, document storage, and scanning services. Optics of investing in a shredding company with an inquiry inevitably on the way are amusing to say the least.

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Boris Johnson starts new job as Daily Mail columnist day after report found he lied to Parliament

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New from me: the Whitehall lobbying watchdog has found that the Earl of Shrewsbury carried out unregistered consultant lobbying on behalf of healthcare firm SpectrumX. Shrewsbury remains under investigation by Lords Commissioners for similar allegations.

Tory peer broke lobbying rules, Whitehall watchdog finds

Earl of Shrewsbury failed to register as a lobbyist before contacting ministers about healthcare firm

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Tomorrow’s splash (and my first solo-bylined front page at the Guardian!)

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Guardian front page, Monday 10 July 2023: The 'secret' stakes held by MPs in top UK firms

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EXCLUSIVE: Investigation finds more than 50 MPs have owned stakes in publicly listed companies that raise questions about possible conflicts of interest and that until now have been in effect secret.

Revealed: shares held ‘in secret’ by scores of MPs raise questions about vested interests

Exclusive: MPs found to hold ‘in effect secret’ stock in listed firms from banks to housebuilders

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Something particularly interesting about these messages is Owen Paterson’s messages asking Hancock if he’ll be voting, proposing times they could have chats in the division lobbies — a great example of that highly special access and influence an MP acting as a paid lobbyist has.

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🚨 BREAKING / EXCLUSIVE 🚨 The Government has been forced to release private messages sent between Matt Hancock and Owen Paterson about Randox (the firm that won £600m+ in COVID contracts, that Paterson worked for). It's pretty explosive stuff...

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Wheel this one out again then

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Now more independent MPs in the Commons than Lib Dems

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no no no, stop posting

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Michael Ellis is now arguing Priti Patel was justified in declaring a ticket to the Bond premiere as a minister because "the nature of the film is connected to executive function". The man could spin for England.

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My name’s Sam Tyler. I had an accident and I woke up in 2023. Am I mad, in a coma, or forward in time? Whatever’s happened, it’s like David Cameron is a peer and foreign secretary.

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happy anti-corruption day from the cabinet office

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On anti-corruption day and everyday, we, as partners and allies, want to empower individuals to stand up against corruption and promote transparency. Democracy enables us to hold each other to account, at home and abroad. #IACD2021 #DemocracyAllies

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Johnson refusing to disclose cost of villa. @AngelaRayner says it's “utterly ludicrous that the only donation that Boris Johnson has declared related to his latest freebie luxury holiday is the hospitality he enjoyed in the lounge waiting for his plane”.

Boris Johnson declared a free £1,800 airport lounge stay on his way to Marbella, but won't disclose...

Boris Johnson has refused to disclose the cost of his holiday to Marbella, but did note a free stay in Heathrow Airport's VIP longue.

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Fair bit of speculation about Ofcom rules, etc. This note to broadcasters from Ofcom says the election period started at latest on March 28. But I wonder if this i/v might skirt the rules as none of the three are candidates in local or assembly elections.

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Rayner adds: “The Prime Minister was given a gift by someone that he gave a peerage and a ministerial job to and the Prime Minister needs to tell us the truth about his donations.”

Boris Johnson declared a free £1,800 airport lounge stay on his way to Marbella, but won't disclose...

Boris Johnson has refused to disclose the cost of his holiday to Marbella, but did note a free stay in Heathrow Airport's VIP longue.

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chuckling at the filename of this photo of Rory Stewart

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BREAKING: No 10 is “mishandling” appointment of the next Information Commissioner, say DCMS select committee who were due to hold pre-appointment hearing this week. ICO currently running two investigations linked to sacked Matt Hancock.

Boris Johnson's government accused of 'mishandling' appointment of data chief due to investigate...

A Parliamentary committee says Number 10 are the centre of delays stopping the appointment of the new Information Commissioner.

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Gibb is reported to be behind attempts to block appointment of Jess Brammar to senior editorial role at the BBC, amid concerns over "impartiality". After asking Enterprise Forum for details, they deleted all pages on their website to do with Gibb.

BBC director who said appointment of ex-HuffPost editor to news role was too political didn't...

Sir Robbie Gibb, who attempted to block the appointment of a top editor, did not respond to Insider's queries about his Conservative lobbyist role.

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2018:

Rt Hon Nadine Dorries

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David Davis is ex SAS He’s trained to survive. He’s also trained to take people out. #Brexit

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EXCLUSIVE: Lord James Wharton, controversially appointed chair of the Office for Students in February, donated £8,000 to the Conservatives in March, new figures show - while claiming up to £10,000 a month in furlough from December to March.

A Conservative Lord has donated £8,000 to the Tories while claiming thousands of pounds in furlough...

Lord Wharton, the chair of the independent Office for Students, has given £8,000 to the Conservatives while claiming aid of up to £10,000 a month from the government's furlough scheme.

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new job, first story:

Labour chief whip investigated for alleged misuse of confidential information

Inquiry by commissioner for standards into Alan Campbell concerns source of emails sent to a mailing list

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EXCL: Alexander Lebedev met with a senior Russian government official weeks before invasion of Ukraine. Photos show Lebedev and official at a factory that produces parts for Russian nuclear energy sector. Lebedev's spokesperson denies he owns the plant.

Alexander Lebedev met senior Russian government official weeks before invasion of Ukraine

The former KGB agent and father of Lord Evgeny Lebedev denies ownership of a firm that produces parts for Russia's nuclear energy industry.

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No!! Not the honours system!!

Lewis Goodall

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Lib Dem Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain: “If these complaints are upheld he should be stripped of his knighthood, or else the whole honours system risks being brought into disrepute.”

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Particularly intrigued by the allegation by Anne Milton that "some financial help was given" to an MP through the whips' office: from a donor or from party funds?

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“Make sure when you give him this cheque he knows that I now own him.” Sir Gavin Williamson has been accused of issuing an inappropriate threat to an MP in financial trouble by former deputy chief whip Anne Milton, who used to work with him when he was chief whip.

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Met’s supposed rationalisation of clear overreach on the grounds it’s “once in a generation”, which doesn’t really hold up to any scrutiny at all

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Cox told British Virgin Islands corruption about the “drawbacks” of MPs registering outside earnings. "Let me be quite candid. There are real drawbacks to open registers. It becomes a political tool for every — many, many frivolous complaints are made.”

Video shows Geoffrey Cox telling tax haven officials there are 'drawbacks' to MPs declaring outside...

The Conservative MP and former Attorney General made the claim while working for the British Virgin Islands government in a corruption inquiry.

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An astonishing feat of bureaucratic mastery to find someone to become a senior office holder without a single scrap of paper aside from the letters at the end of the process.

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New w/ @rowenamason + @matthew_weaver - Frank Hester asked if there was “no room for the Indians” and suggested staff climb on a train roof during a crowded meeting, before saying he made “a lot of jokes about racism”.

‘No room for the Indians?’: Tory donor Frank Hester suggested staff climb on train roof

Exclusive: Revelation comes as comments made about Diane Abbott are widely condemned

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I have created a helpful visual guide

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Fun fact: today would've been Owen Paterson's 1st day back in Parliament after 30 sitting day suspension from 4/11/21. In those 30 days: - Geoffrey Cox - No10 wine/cheese - Stratton out - No10 quiz - CCHQ bash - N. Shropshire - Case -> Gray - Geidt flat refurb 2.0 - No10 BYOB

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