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Trevor Phillips shares his experience during lockdown, when one of his daughters was very ill.
She died not long after the funeral of Prince Philip, when it is alleged that those working for the govt met despite COVID rules.
#Phillips
"We're exiting lockdown with a larger number of deaths than we did when we actually entered lockdown"
Professor Devi Sridhar says countries that are opening up from lockdown have reduced daily infections to the low hundreds. England currently stands at 8,000 daily infections
On tomorrowโs show
@grantshapps
will be responding to the Dominic Cummings story on behalf of the government.
He may understandably not know all of the details we ask for. So weโre taking the unusual step of flagging in advance some of the questions
@SophyRidgeSky
will ask (1/4)
'Are you saying the ministers are effectively lying?' -
@SophyRidgeSky
"Yes, I am saying that", says Unite general secretary
@UniteSharon
and adds 'Im working with a government that doesn't want resolution'
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@SophyRidgeSky
travelled to Boris Johnson's constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip where there is lots of support for the prime minister.
However, not everyone is a fan...
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'I genuinely believe the government are looking to privatise the NHS' says Unite general secretary
@UniteSharon
- adding the government are not interested in doing a deal.
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Sky's Sophy Ridge reads out part of the Energy Secretary's speech where she says, 'there's no wonder Labour seem so relaxed about taxing meat...' - and asks: "You didn't write that, did you? They're not proposing a meat tax?"
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@AndyBurnhamGM
says the first past the post voting system "hands more power to the establishment than MPs or people" and changing the system to proportional representation would mean "every vote would matter".
#Ridge
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2019 Boris Johnson: "There's no question of there being checks on goods going NI-GB or GB-NIโ
@SophyRidgeSky
: 'Did Boris Johnson not understand what he was signing or was he lying?'
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Did Mr Cummings remain in self-isolation for the duration of his time in Durham?
Did he only make one trip, or multiple?
We hope that this will give Mr Shapps time to find out the answers if he does not know them. (4/4)
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starts at 8.30 on
@SkyNews
tomorrow morning.
Former England and Liverpool footballer
@officialbarnesy
tells
@SophyRidgeSky
the BBC appears to want to "pick and choose" when it wants to be impartial
#Ridge
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โExplain to me why I shouldnโt tell you where to get off?โ
@TrevorPTweets
speaks out about losing his daughter during lockdown, at the same time Matt Hancock broke COVID rules.
Brandon Lewis accepts โthe frustration and anger".
#Phillips
:
"There is no parliamentary majority for what this government is preparing to do" - Lord Heseltine stands by his op-ed saying a no deal Brexit is the "most grotesque act of national self harm committed in peacetime by a British government"
#Ridge
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@SophyRidgeSky
challenges Lib Dem leader
@joswinson
on some of the party's campaign literature which some have accused of being misleading.
Follow the day's political news live here:
Baroness Warsi says the Home Secretary has made pro-Palestine protests a live political issue because she is 'dangerous and divisive', adding she knows 'full well' the route of the march, 'well away' from Remembrance Day events.
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"How many black people are in the current cabinet?"
"Well there's a whole series of people from a black and ethnic minority background" responds Matt Hancock.
#Ridge
Follow live analysis:
'The mood is really grim around the PM tonight'.
Our deputy political editor
@SamCoatesSky
says today has been a "disaster" for the Conservative Party, adding that Rishi Sunak "really messed it up" after making a trans jibe during PMQs.
#PoliticsHub
#Ridge
asks: Do you think Boris Johnson should resign?
@Keir_Starmer
: "I haven't changed my mind on Boris Johnson. I think he has lost the moral authority to lead. I don't think he's fit to be prime minister."
So
@SophyRidgeSky
will ask
@grantshapps
:
When did Mr Cummings first display symptoms?
On what date did he travel to Durham?
Did he stop on the journey? If so, did he comply with the 2m rule at all times?
When was the Prime Minister made aware that he had made this journey? (3/4)
'Scotland should be allowed to go their own way', says US Senator
@SenSanders
, saying he 'appreciates what the people of Scotland are fighting for'.
#Ridge
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"By calling it a hate march, she creates the idea in the minds of people that it's something that needs to be resisted."
Author
@mrjamesob
says Suella Braverman's comments on Pro-Palestine marches are 'deeply deeply dangerous'.
#PoliticsHub
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"I don't have the details of that journey" says
@grantshapps
@SophyRidgeSky
"We put the questions out there on social media in the hope that you might be able to find out the answers to them and you're coming on the programme and saying you don't know them. Why not?"
#Ridge
Energy Secretary
@grantshapps
struggles to name any of Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's 'radical left' policies when questioned by
@SophyRidgeSky
.
#Ridge
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Politician vs weather: "This is going to be one of those clips that will go viral no doubt"
It's a wet and windy weekend for many - but even more for Labour's
@JonAshworth
as he battles inside out umbrellas and catches lights.
#Ridge
"The Tory Party is the Brexit Party. One nation Tories like me, they can't stay. It's moving to the right." - Anna Soubry says she has no regrets about leaving the Tory Party.
#Ridge
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All of the questions are legitimately in the public interest, but the nature of the questions mean
@grantshapps
may not know the answers without advance warning.
We would never normally do this but believe it serves viewers best to get informed answers to these questions (2/4)
.
@SophyRidgeSky
: 'Who called the meeting between Sue Gray and the PM?'
Education Secretary
@nadhimzahawi
says 'he doesn't know' and insists the investigation has been "robust and rigorous."
#Ridge
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Betrayed, disgusted and angry.
This is how
#Brexit
voters feel as parliament delays leaving the EU.
Follow live updates from
#Ridge
as Tory MPs warn the PM against a general election:
'It doesn't do anything meaningful to get people through the winter'
Greater Manchester Mayor
@AndyBurnhamGM
says the mini-budget announced on Friday was a "flagrant act of vandalism on the social cohesion of this country"
#Ridge
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"It is all about getting to mass testing as fast as possible"
Former PM Tony Blair says his "constructive advice" for the government is to institute mass testing, saying it is "crucial" that the UK knows who has the disease and who has had it.
#Ridge
Labour leader
@Keir_Starmer
says allegations of an event in Durham with Angela Rayner is "just Tory MPs trying to throw mud" ahead of the local elections "because they've got nothing to say on the cost of living".
#Ridge
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@CarolineFlintMP
has pointed the finger at Labour's 'ardent Remainers' Keir Starmer, Emily Thornberry, Hilary Benn and Yvette Cooper as a big factor in why the party lost 59 seats in the general election.
#Ridge
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Jean-Claude Juncker says there would be a border between Northern Ireland and Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit and says he believes "some members of the British Parliament" are "forgetting about history" in Ireland
#Ridge
"They are directly responsible for tens of thousands of deaths - do we care about that or not?"
Alastair Campbell accuses the government of having behaved dishonestly, describing PM Boris Johnson as "the worst of the lot".
Follow live:
Keir Starmer has 'got to show he's on the side of working people and I don't think we're seeing that'
General Sec of the RMT, Mick Lynch, says "many people can't spot the difference" between Labour and the Conservative's at the moment
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'This is huge for every single person and I think it's still not understood what no deal means' - National Farmers' Union president
@Minette_Batters
explains just how disastrous a no deal Brexit would be for farmers and the food industry in the UK.
#Ridge
'We repeatedly get ourselves into these Westminster dramas'
Responding to the Zahawi tax row,
@AndyBurnhamGM
claims there is a "disconnect" between what is going on in Whitehall and the rest of the country.
#Ridge
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When asked by
@SkyNews
who would make the best PM, 40% said Boris Johnson, 16% said Jeremy Corbyn and 14% said Jo Swinson
Election analyst James Kanagasooriam says this is "very bad news" for Labour
#Ridge
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Read the latest
#GE2019
news:
"I'm not going to bandy around figures."
Business Minister
@KwasiKwarteng
says Labour's spending plans are "reckless and unaffordable".
But he won't say how much Conservative spending plans add up to.
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#Ridge
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"It's bad for them, it's bad for us"
Former PM Gordon Brown says only 2% of people in low income countries are vaccinated and that the virus will "come back to haunt us" if more people in these countries aren't vaccinated
#Phillips
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Home Secretary
@SuellaBraverman
says 'vulnerable white girls are being targeted by British Pakistani grooming gangs', and people have been 'turning a blind eye out of political correctness'.
#Ridge
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"I don't think Boris Johnson should be anywhere near a government office, he is one of the least fit people to hold a high office of state we've ever seen" says Scotland's First Minister
@NicolaSturgeon
#Ridge
"Liberty...dies like this, with government exercising draconian powers without parliamentary scrutiny in advance," says
@SteveBakerHW
He accuses the government of "undermining the rule of law by having a shifting blanket of rules no one can understand".
#Ridge
'Grant Shapps has got some brass neck to come on your programme'
Labour's
@LisaNandy
slams the govt for presiding over "chaos" and 'pitting workers against workers' amidst "soaring" inflation rates.
#Ridge
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"Scotland will continue to take a very cautious, very slow and steady route out of lockdown"
When asked if she is concerned politicians are no longer following the science, Nicola Sturgeon says she agrees that we need to be "very cautious" when lifting lockdown
#Ridge
SNP's
@NicolaSturgeon
argues a second referendum is "increasingly" looking like the only way to sort out "this whole sorry mess". She says the option to remain in the EU should be offered
#Ridge
Should all votes be counted in a democratic election, as people called to in the
#USelection
?
"I'm not going to get drawn in" says
@DominicRaab
and accuses
@SophyRidgeSky
of dragging him into questions about recounts and appeals - before conceding "yes, in principle".
#Ridge
'If Labour announced a policy of ยฃ2.4bn without saying where that money was coming from, you'd be after them like a rocket.'
@SophyRidgeSky
asks
@SteveBarclay
if an extra ยฃ2.4bn for the NHS workforce plan will come from borrowing.
#Ridge
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โThe best way we can protect livesโฆ is by allowing the infection to spread among those who are not vulnerable.โ
Prof Sunetra Gupta says that the best way to fight
#COVID19
is to allow the virus to spread and โaggressively shield the vulnerableโ.
#Ridge
"If you asked the average person on the street if they would be happy to pay a doctor ยฃ19-an-hour I think you get a resounding yes"
@RobLaurensonD4P
told Sophy that Steve Barclay was "pinching pennies" in the dispute over the 35% pay rise demand
#Ridge
"Brandon Lewis is talking through his hat, and not for the first time."
Sinn Fein leader
@MaryLouMcDonald
tells
@SophyRidgeSky
the government's Northern Ireland Protocol bill will "undoubtable breach international law".
#Ridge
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'If it's democratic to ask MPs whether they've changed their mind on May's deal, is it actually undemocratic to ask the people again?' - Hilary Benn says a second referendum would break the Brexit deadlock.
#Ridge
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'When I'm back, let's hope that talk of new restrictions and new variants are a thing of the past.'
A special message from
@SophyRidgeSky
who will be going on maternity leave from today.
Veteran broadcaster Trevor Phillips will take on hosting
#Ridge
:
.
@SophyRidgeSky
: Was the PM aware of specific allegations against Chris Pincher ahead of this week?
@theresecoffey
: "I don't believe Boris Johnson was aware" about any particular incident, adding "that's what I've been told today".
#Ridge
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"Boris Johnson has made overtly racist comments."
@NicolaSturgeon
says she agrees with
@IanBlackfordMP
's claim this week that Mr Johnson is "racist" citing comments he previously made about the burka.
Follow
#Ridge
live here:
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@TrevorPTweets
: Matt Hancock, is he useless?
John Bercow: "I would buy Matt at my valuation, sell him at his, and realise a healthy profit in the process."
#Phillips
:
"Scandal is going to follow Boris Johnson as long as he is prime minister".
Former prime minster Gordon Brown fears Mr Johnson's administration 'won't end in anything other than scandal'.
#Phillips
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'It's not a bad apple its the whole orchard' says former chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal - adding "none of them are doing their job properly"
#Ridge
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"We had to agree to disagree".
BMA chair Dr Philip Banfield says Wes Streeting "does not understand general practice" and the Labour Party has "a lot to do between now and the election".
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Scrapping free lateral flow tests "is like being 2-1 up with ten minutes left of play and subbing your best defender", says Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting. He adds "we are not out of the woods yet" with
#COVID19
.
#Phillips
"If we can't get aid to people, they will die in front of our eyes"
Former PM Gordon Brown says the UK has a "duty to act" and must provide humanitarian aid to children and families in Afghanistan who face the "immediate threat" of starvation
#Phillips
Sir Keir Starmer is "Mr Rules" and self-isolated "six times" during the COVID pandemic, says shadow levelling up secretary
@LisaNandy
, adding that she's "absolutely confident" the Labour leader did not break lockdown rules.
#Ridge
"I had hoped" to talk about "things I'm an expert in" says Transport Secretary
@grantshapps
@SophyRidgeSky
"I'm sure it's very disappointing not to be able to talk about the A66 as much as you'd like on the programme"
#Ridge
'We've had ten years of incompetence from this government which is why we have an energy price crisis', says Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves. She adds we should tax those who have benefitted from high energy prices more.
#Phillips
"People are very reluctant to talk about the difficult issues these cases raise."
Ofsted's chief inspector describes a state-funded Islamic school in Birmingham that had books telling children it was okay for men to beat their wives.
#Ridge
More here:
A second referendum would be โfar better than this dealโ.
Shadow Brexit Secretary
@Keir_Starmer
says Theresa May is โtaking the option of a deal off the tableโ.
You can follow live updates from
#Ridge
here:
Chair of global public health at Edinburgh University
@devisridhar
says there's a "huge risk" in all children returning to school at the same time - and suggests a "slow, staged, phased" school return with testing is the way forward.
#Ridge
"I don't see...how this is going to go away unless Dominic goes"
"Everyone else understood Dominic's slogans to mean stay at home" says Conservative
@SteveBakerHW
and "mums and dads...will wonder why he's been able to do this". He thinks the No.10 adviser should resign.
#Ridge
BREAKING: Irish Foreign Affairs Minister
@simoncoveney
says UK-EU deal "won't be ratified" if the British government reintroduces parts of the internal market bill struck out by the House of Lords this week.
#Ridge
If Liz Truss wins the Conservative leadership contest, will she be an improvement on Boris Johnson?
@NicolaSturgeon
says if Truss governs as she has campaigned "she'll be a disaster for the UK".
#Ridge
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"It's one issue politics at the moment."
Former prime minister Tony Blair says that Nigel Farage and others "created the swamp" of British politics.
#Ridge
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'Boris is behaving like a spoiled brat' says shadow chancellor, John McDonnell after the PM has sent additional letters to the EU 'undermining' his request for an extension.
#Ridge
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Devi Sridhar says Donald Trump's situation shows "if you get access to early medical treatment with COVID-19, your outcomes are much better", but adds that millions of Americans without health insurance "will not have access to that kind of medical care"
#Ridge
"If you really want to show the Labour Party's changed, I would kick out John McDonnell," says independent peer
@LordIanAustin
.
Labour's
@johnmcdonnellMP
responds by claiming Lord Austin has "an instability in him".
#PoliticsHub
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'She was brought down by straightforward economics'
Labour's
@jreynoldsMP
says Liz Truss's policies were "incoherent" and many people are paying larger mortgage rates as a result of the former Prime Minister's actions.
#Ridge
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"The woman is actually quite reckless."
Campaigner and former Home Office adviser, Nimco Ali on Suella Braverman's choice of language.
"To call 100,000 people all 'hate marchers', I think that is dangerous."
Listen below.
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'What Tory leadership candidate would you be most worried about fighting in a general election?' -
#Ridge
Labour's
@bphillipsonMP
: "I'm not worried about any of them."
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Earlier today, Robert Jenrick told Sky News that '20 organisations - including Border Force and TfL' are part of the testing pilot scheme as a way to avoid self-isolation.
TfL has said its participation in the trial has not been confirmed.
#Phillips
:
"I don't think it should be automatic that people should come back."
@AndyBurnhamGM
says those who have joined groups plotting to harm the UK should not be guaranteed a return.
#Ridge
Read the latest on Shamima Begum here:
"I don't believe you're comfortable with it" -
@SophyRidgeSky
Victoria Atkins, Financial Secretary to the Treasury was asked to speak on why the mural at a children's asylum centre was painted over for being 'too welcoming'.
#Ridge
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"It's not fair to say this is an adverse effect of Brexit."
Home Secretary
@SuellaBraverman
says leaving the EU is not to blame for queues at Dover despite warnings from the port's chief executive.
#Ridge
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"She's out of control."
Shadow foreign secretary
@EmilyThornberry
hints at another confidence motion against Theresa May after her
#Brexit
defeat.
Follow live updates from
#Ridge
as Tory MPs warn the PM against a general election:
"It's absolutely unprecedented, the Prime Minister is tearing up our constitution."
Dame Margaret Beckett, MP for Derby South, says she's never seen "such chaos" in government and the consequences could be "very grave".
Follow the latest on
#Ridge
here:
"I think they should reseek a mandate."
Deputy Labour Leader
@AngelaRayner
says there should be a general election and she doesn't think the Tories would get a mandate from the public again as they've "failed so spectacularly".
#TheTake
:
'In Wales we put our efforts into planning first and making the announcement second, not making an announcement and then thinking about how you can make those things happen' says First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford.
#Ridge
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It's been reported Extinction Rebellion may be reclassified as an organised crime group after blocking newspaper presses.
"That would be ridiculous" says
@HackneyAbbott
and she says
@ExtinctionR
are protesters "in the tradition of the suffragettes".
#Ridge
Shadow home sec
@YvetteCooperMP
says Labour wants to set up "neighbourhood police hubs" across the country to tackle antisocial behaviour and "we'll pay for it by cancelling the Royal yacht".
#Ridge
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"In every single metric we are failing. In every metric women are getting less safe year-on-year if you look at the data for convictions and if you look at the number of women coming forward" - Labour's
@jessphillips
#Ridge
:
'You've got to take a position, you can't abstain.'
Gary Neville criticises the Labour party, saying there is a "lack of leadership". He adds 'you take part in the match - you're the opposition, don't sit in the stand. They sat in the stand.'
#Ridge
.
@Rehman_Chishti
: "He [Rishi Sunak] said to me 'I'm committed to this and we will work together if I become PM'"
@SophyRidgeSky
'He's PM now, has he kept his promise to you?'
Chishti: 'I've not seen the PM for over a year-and-a half'
#PoliticsHub
"There's a real hatred from the left of Boris Johnson which I haven't seen since Thatcher's funeral", said Andrea Jenkyns MP following claims that he broke lockdown rules.
"This is unfair", she adds.
#Ridge
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"Yes it was me".
Shadow work and pensions secretary
@JonAshworth
says he was the MP who shouted 'is that it?' in the Commons in response to Rishi Sunak's spring statement.
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First Minister
@NicolaSturgeon
says it would be unsustainable for Westminster leaders to oppose holding a Scottish independence referendum if the SNP succeed in the general election.
Follow
#Ridge
here:
"Whether Scotland has an independence referendum really should not be up to any UK prime minister."
@NicolaSturgeon
says it is "not a sign of strength" for Liz Truss to talk about blocking any referendum.
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โYouโll say Iโm a moaning remainer, but of course I am" says Asda chairman and Conservative peer Lord Rose.
"If you look at the stats nobody has convinced anybody that coming out of the EU was the right thing to do.โ
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