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4 years

Mark Francois to Britain's top general: "Please nip back to the department and ask them to sort their bloody selves out because if not Cummings is gonna come down and sort you out his own way and you won't like it" His face says it all.

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Boris Johnson lashes out at the 'formidable army of politically motivated lawyers who have made it their business to thwart removals and frustrate the government', as he announces plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda

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It all got a bit Carry on Commons in this evening's G7 debate...

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What a day for the @UKParliament official photographer to be in the Commons

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Sajid Javid blasts SNP suggestions he is 'letting Covid rip': 'The only part of the UK where cases could be described as ripping would be in Scotland, where the case rate is higher than any other part of the UK. They have 7/10 highest hotspots in terms of cases in Europe'

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‘When you’re so poor at your job I will personally attack you’ — oof, horrible exchange between Douglas Ross and Pete Wishart at Scottish Affairs Committee

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SNP's Ian Blackford calls out Boris Johnson, in the context of racial abuse suffered by England footballers, for describing Africans as 'flag waving piccaninnies with watermelon smiles' Johnson claims his words have been 'taken out of context' is there a context for that?!

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Quite telling that in a speech which promised to set out Boris Johnson's 'vision to level up the United Kingdom', the prime minister refers to Newcastle as the 'north-east of our country'....Aberdeen is the north-east fella

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5 years

Theresa May living her best life here

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Would it not make sense for Boris Johnson to drop the Union flags at these addresses? None of this is UK wide.

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No love lost between Scots Tory leader Douglas Ross and Scottish Government minister Mike Russell, yikes..

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Boris Johnson might want to read what he said about Gordon Brown in 2010…

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🐮Nicola Sturgeon's top adviser has been ridiculed after it emerged she ordered civil servants to investigate the use of the Union flag on Scottish beef during the pandemic....wow via @pressjournal

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Fisheries minister Victoria Prentis has caused anger after telling peers she didn't read the Brexit deal as she was 'very busy organising the local Nativity'...

Brexit: Fisheries minister did not read deal as she was 'very busy organising local Nativity trail'

Boris Johnson's "sea of opportunity" promise to fishermen has turned into a "nightmare", with hundreds of thousands of pounds of sales lost due to new red

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💥All 16 members of Wakefield's CLP executive ctte have resigned in protest this morning. Local party members are understood to be furious that Labour HQ have spurned local candidates in favour of those from outside the area. Full story in @NorthernAgenda_ via @RobParsonsNorth

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@AndrewBowie_MP Where’s the rest?!

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Speculation Boris Johnson has skipped campaigning in Wakefield, which the Tories are expected to lose next week, to meet Zelenskyy. Bit of a pattern emerging. May 5: Disastrous set of local election results. Number 10 brief PM has had a call with President Zelenskyy.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg mocks SNP chief exec Peter Murrell, says his evidence to the #SalmondInquiry is ‘improbable’

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Labour MPs drown out Shapps with laughter as he says the new rail plan will 'slash journey times across the North'

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'I am not on magic mushrooms', Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross says during a Facebook Q&A with the public...

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Here’s the exchange

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Fisheries minister Victoria Prentis has caused anger after telling peers she didn't read the Brexit deal as she was 'very busy organising the local Nativity'...

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'Lassie wasn't happy and she broke free without any kind of referendum and she came home, there is a lesson for all of us' Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells MPs as he rounds off day three of the Brexit debate....I need to lie down

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💥EXCL: Liz Truss will perform a major U-Turn on Northern Powerhouse Rail if she wins the Tory leadership race, the @NorthernAgenda_ understands Truss has said she would deliver NPR 'in full' - it would mean high speed connections running from Liverpool to Leeds via Manchester

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3 years

Another constitutional ding dong on the way - Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has written to John Swinney to complain that the Scottish Government's adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is 'outwith the competence of the Scottish Parliament'

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NEW: Scottish Tory sources have said informal talks are ‘ongoing’ with the Lib Dems about ensuring the SNP do not have a ‘clean sweep’ of Westminster seats at the next election — understand similar discussions happened at Holyrood in 2016

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford is up, he tells MPs Boris Johnson’s ‘attack on devolution wasn’t just a slip of the tongue, it was a slip of the Tory mask’

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Why did Home Secretary Priti Patel accept comp tickets to the Bond premiere? 'Well, the nature of the film, one could argue, is connected to executive functions', Cabinet Office Michael Ellis tells MPs....staggering

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🚨 Nurse Lucy Letby has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder a further six on a hospital neonatal unit, making her the UK's most prolific child killer in modern times.

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SNP, Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru, SDLP, Greens and Alliance Party have tabled an amendment opposing the Internal Market Bill on the grounds it rips up the devolution settlement (given the powers it grants to WM to spend in devolved areas) - where are Labour on this?

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SNP Westminster Ian Blackford mocks the PM's strategy to save the union - sending Cabinet ministers regularly north of the border - 'the more Scotland sees this UK Government, the more Scotland wants independence' Blackford says #PMQs

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Secretive UK Government polling on public attitudes towards the Union must be published in the next four weeks, a tribunal has ruled - comes after a two year battle led by @TommySheppard

Cabinet Office ordered to release secretive Union polling after two year court battle

Secretive UK Government polling on public attitudes towards the Union must be published in the next four weeks, a court has ruled. The taxpayer funded

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Strong stuff from Hazel Grove MP William Wragg this morning, he accuses government whips of blackmail and encourages MPs to get in touch with the police. Full statement 👇

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford uses #PMQs to ask why Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross - who is running for Holyrood - is refusing to step down as an MP ahead of the election

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Nicola Sturgeon says the SNP will "always be a voice for decentralisation", I can say after spending a week on the campaign trail in the Highlands there are a lot of folk who would wince at that - many powers centralised by her government to Edinburgh #BBCQuestionTime

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Confident maiden speech this afternoon from the SNP's new Angus MP @DaveDooganSNP - he tells ministers the party are in Westminster to 'settle up, not settle down'

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Scottish fish producers have been dealt a fresh Brexit blow, after it emerged SNP ministers have failed to recruit enough environmental officers to certify catches for export to the EU via @pressjournal

Brexit: Scottish fish producers hindered by recruitment 'mess'

Scottish fish producers have been dealt a fresh Brexit blow, after it emerged SNP ministers have failed to recruit enough environmental officers to

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Downing Street rules out granting #indyref2 anytime soon, PM's spokesman says UK Gov 'will continue to uphold the decisive verdict' in 2014. Number 10 had an unusually comprehensive answer on Scottish politics today, here's full quote when asked about ⬆️support for SNP/indy

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Scottish Seafood Association boss Jimmy Buchan: “Trucks laden with fresh seafood are being held due to problems with customs barcodes and lack of veterinary service capacity. “We are at the point now where the white-fish fleet may have to stop fishing."

Brexit causes delays for Scottish seafood firms

Scottish seafood exports are suffering severe hold-ups as a result of post-Brexit customs requirements. Jimmy Buchan, chief executive of the Scottish

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'If I was in England, I'd be wondering why am I expected to see my boss before I'm allowed to see my mum, can you explain that?' strong question from @MhairiBlack

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Ex-Cabinet minister David Davis is calling for an amendment to the Scotland Act to give Holyrood additional powers in light of the Salmond inquiry

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Former Scottish secretary David Mundell says he has been left "confused" by the conflicting advice on coronavirus coming from Edinburgh and London, points to the issue of face masks - in Scotland the advice is to wear one, in England there's no such advice

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SNP Westminster leader @Ianblackford_MP has a strong message for those who are flouting coronavirus advice by travelling to the Highlands and Islands — ‘go home and stay home’

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Alister 'the Union' Jack and his team open a new UK Government hub in Edinburgh. The building will house nearly 3,000 civil servants from 11 departments and, according to Jack, will allow the UK Gov to have an 'expanded and more co-ordinated presence in Scotland'

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‘I don’t have a specific Scotland figure’….if I had a pound for every time I’d heard that

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Punchy stuff from Inverness MP Drew Hendry, says the Internal Market Bill is 'a premeditated move to put devolution to the sword'

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📊Sturgeon seen as far more trustworthy than other Scottish leaders, a survation poll for the P&J has found via @pressjournal

Sturgeon seen as far more trustworthy than other Scottish leaders, polls show

More than half of Scottish voters think favourably of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, and twice as many people believe she is "trustworthy" compared to

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Liverpool MP @IanByrneMP accuses Rishi Sunak of a ‘dereliction of duty’ after he dodged calls to bring in a nationwide ‘right to food’

Rishi Sunak blasted after dodging calls to end food poverty

Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne urged the Chancellor to introduce a right to food

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford is up, he warns Labour MPs not to back the bill, says they will be ‘writing a blank cheque to the vote leave campaign that runs this government to drive the U.K. out of the EU on a no-deal basis at the end of next year’

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Less than 24 hours into Liz Truss' premiership, seems like one pledge has already been dropped. In July she told northern Tories she would appoint a 'Minister for the North' with Cabinet level responsibility, no such minister on the final list of appointments

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Scottish Lib Dems will not be returning to Westminster anytime soon, chief whip @amcarmichaelMP : "I'm not going to put my family or my community at risk just because Jacob Rees-Mogg has an aversion to modernity.

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The poll also returned some eyebrow-raising results for Salmond himself, with 71% of Scots viewing him unfavourably – closest figure to Salmond in terms of unpopularity is Boris Johnson, who is viewed unfavourably by 56% of Scots

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Boris Johnson on a visit to Hexham Hospital has encouraged people to get their booster jabs, he said 'it's the single most important thing that the Government can do at the present time'...wasn't there some advice about mask wearing too?

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Former Cabinet minister David Davis has accused senior figures in the SNP of 'collusion, perjury and criminal conspiracy' in relation to the investigation into Alex Salmond via @pressjournal

David Davis: Whistleblower evidence makes 'strong case' Alex Salmond was victim of criminal...

A former UK cabinet minister says senior SNP figures should be investigated over possible “collusion, perjury and criminal conspiracy” in relation to the

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NEW: Lord Keen tells me 'I tended my resignation to the prime minister first thing this morning, I've not yet heard back from the prime minister.' Will he be persuaded to stay? 'I tended my resignation to the prime minister first thing this morning, I really can't say anymore'

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Grant Shapps has claimed the Integrated Rail Plan will see journey times between Liverpool and Manchester 'slashed dramatically' and says anyone saying otherwise is 'disingenuous '- the planned journey will be 35mins, a time already achieved on the existing route to Manc Victoria

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6 years

Ministers were again told in the Commons that there is a need for police dogs to have extra legal protections from harm #FinnsLaw @Davewardell

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Newspaper titles across the North unite tonight to warn Rishi Sunak/Liz Truss not to turn their back on our region once in Number 10. A lot was promised in 2019 and we want to see delivery #TheNorthRemembers

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Our Survation poll puts the SNP ahead in both constituency and list votes, on 49% and 37% respectively, while the Tories sit on 21% and 18%, Labour 20% and 19%, the Liberal Democrats on 9% and 8%, the Greens on 11% in the list and the Alba Party trailing on 3%

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Oof all kicking off at Scottish Affairs, Tory MP John Lamont tries to needle SNP minister Ivan McKee over the Salmond saga...doesn’t go down well

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📢 Job news: Delighted to say I’ll be taking up the Westminster beat for the Manchester Evening News, Liverpool Echo and Newcastle Chronicle from next month. Have thoroughly enjoyed the last two years with super colleagues in the Scottish lobby

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Orkney and Shetland MP @amcarmichaelMP not impressed: 'I raised concerns about the issue almost two years ago, when the Scottish Govt itself estimated 150,000 certificates would be needed. They knew about the need for inspectors – why have they been sitting on their hands since?'

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Completely agree with Josh. This morning was one of the hardest I’ve ever had as a journalist, thoughts with all the families.

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The most harrowing two hours I've ever spent in a courtroom. I spent some of it writing through tears. The families' statements – delivered to an empty dock where Letby should have been sitting – were utterly shocking from start to finish.

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North-east MP @AndrewBowie_MP adds: 'I have real concerns the SNP are setting our councils and fishermen up to fail, judging by the lack of preparation they have put into Brexit.'

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EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier has written to @Ianblackford_MP informing him a two year Brexit extension is on the table if the UK wants it

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EXC: Boris Johnson is planning a third summer trip to Scotland next month, visit comes as Downing Street undertakes a wider shakeup of its SNP strategy via @pressjournal

Mordor squad: PM gathers top team for assault on SNP portrayal of Westminster as dark empire

Boris Johnson is planning a third summer trip to Scotland next month, as Downing Street switches its SNP strategy from “defensive” to “offensive”. The

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NEW: Boris Johnson will tonight allow opposition MPs to table a confidence vote in his Government...excerpt from his Commons statement due shortly

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SNP are calling on Victoria Prentis to resign on the back of this, statement from @Dr_PhilippaW below

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📊'It's all over for Salmond': Exclusive polling puts the Alba Party on 3% via @pressjournal

'It's all over for Salmond': Exclusive polling puts Alba Party on 3%

Alex Salmond's hopes of returning to frontline politics and securing a "supermajority" for independence at May's Holyrood election are doomed, shock new

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I'm in Byker where two men have climbed on the viaduct and draped a banner saying 'hang all the paedos'

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Never imagined I’d spend a birthday at Manchester Crown Court, big thanks to the press pack for the cakes 🎂

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Excl: A majority of red wall voters believe Boris Johnson will fail in his mission to ‘level up opportunities across all parts of the UK’, according to a major new @BestForBritain poll shared with @NorthernAgenda_

North East voters believe Boris Johnson 'will fail' in levelling up mission

North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll said he "wasn't surprised" by the results.

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Former Scottish secretary @amcarmichaelMP has said Brandon Lewis' comments amount to a breach of the ministerial code. "We cannot have lawless ministers. By stating at the despatch box that the government will break the law, Brandon Lewis has shown himself unfit for office."

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Were the views of Nicola Sturgeon, Mark Drakeford et al taken into consideration by Number 10 last year? Cummings: 'I can't really say if they were well listened to or not'

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Incredibly sad to say goodbye to @thistlejohn who’s been a fantastic comrade in the Scottish trenches at Westminster. All the best and Bon voyage pal

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MPs now gathered outside Parliament speaking out against prorogation

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford lays into Boris Johnson at #Pmqs asks if Mrs May agrees with comments such as the Scottish are a ‘verminous race who should be placed in ghettos and exterminated’ — he has just branded Johnson a racist, to outrage from Tory benches

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‘We in the North need the Government to back Northern Powerhouse Rail’, Rishi Sunak told MPs in 2017. Today the Government he’s part of is set to axe the scheme.

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On the day the first minister warned that Covid was once again 'accelerating' across the country, her adviser Kate Higgins was firing off emails saying it was “not on” for supermarkets to sell Scottish beef packaged with a Union flag

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I've had to save this e-mail as a template

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The North unites tonight to demand Boris Johnson delivers on what was promised time and time again on Northern Powerhouse Rail and the eastern leg of HS2, comes after reports the integrated rail plan will see the schemes scaled back or scrapped entirely

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Lucy Letby's conviction and the details of her heinous crimes will ring out around the world and for decades to come.

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6 years

Speaker John Bercow in full on death stare mode earlier after Boris Johnson's "sexist" remark to Emily Thornberry

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'Would you snog Ruth Davidson?' a member of the public asks.... 'I'm not sure either of us would be particularly interested in that, I'm not one for snogging colleagues' Ross tells viewers.... this is wild

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SNP's Pete Wishart tells Michael Gove he has, more than any other senior Tory, 'made the single biggest contribution to the cause of Scottish independence' with his pursual of Brexit - 'we salute him today', he adds that a statue of Gove will be going up in Aberdeen harbour

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Philip Rycroft, former Scotland Office adviser and Head of UK Governance in Cabinet Office, tells Lords consent for the Union is 'fraying' Adds: 'It's not sustainable in the long term to have around 50% of people in one part of a territory of the UK expressing a wish to leave'

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'It's going to be misery heaped on misery as Brexit and Covid appear like the twin horseman of the economic apocalypse trampling over any prospect of recovery', @PeteWishart mobilising the English language and sending it into battle once more

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Prof Martin says Westminster's 'love for the Union is like the love for a possession, rather than the love for a partner'

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‘We owe it to them’, powerful speech from @meaglemp on the need for legal reform to better support victims of public disaster — move is backed by the Hillsborough families

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EXC: Scottish Secretary Alister Jack under fire after taking RAF flight from Cardiff to London 'to get to whisky do' via @pressjournal

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Number 10 have hit back after Nicola Sturgeon suggested Boris Johnson's trip to Scotland tomorrow was not an "essential" journey. PM's spokesman said: "It's a fundamental role of the PM to be the physical representative of the UK government.

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There are four Scottish newspapers with a presence at Westminster, all were denied access to the press briefing for the @InquiryCSA report this morning. The report raises major questions for the Scottish Lib Dems and a prominent Scottish politician. Pretty poor.

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Not one of the six Scottish Tory MPs are listed to speak in this afternoon's emergency debate on international aid cuts, party sources are also refusing to say how/whether they will vote via @pressjournal

Scottish Tories challenged to break 'shameful silence' on international aid cuts

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has been challenged to break his "shameful silence" on cuts to international aid. Thirty Tories, including former prime

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SNP leader @Ianblackford_MP likens Boris Johnson to the Black Knight - he says 'it's over, it's done'

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Boris Johnson: ‘I have consulted across the political spectrum, across all four nations of the UK’ Really?

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One Labour member told @NorthernAgenda_ : 'I believe in local democracy. I believe local people should be representing people in Wakefield. If a party ignores a membership to that extent that I'm not going to be part of the membership'

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford is up, he references O’Neill’s sacking and the decision to exclude the majority of the press from a Brexit briefing this week — he asks if Johnson is ‘intentionally trying to impersonate Donald Trump’

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Corbyn amdt: Would require the Government to either call a vote on its withdrawal plan by February 27 or hand control to Parliament to decide the next steps. Blackford: Would require the Government to negotiate an extension of at least three months to the Article 50 process.

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford chastises Boris Johnson for looking at his phone in the Commons instead of listening to his response to the Queen’s Speech, ‘well say something more interesting’ the PM shoots back

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@MrDanDonoghue

4 years

Anger on SNP benches as @kirstenoswald fires a question at Boris Johnson about pay rises for peers, the PM responds ‘I hate agreeing with these people...’ shouts of ‘these people, these people’ from nat corner of the Commons

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Dan O'Donoghue

@MrDanDonoghue

3 years

Blackford says the PM put 'folk at risk of an early death', he adds 'the PM is simply not fit for office'

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