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1 year

IX Wireless are one of the biggest donors to Conservative MPs. We wanted to know why. But they told me it was company policy not to give the press office email address to...the press. So @SamCoatesSky paid them a visit. It didn't go how we expected.

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NEW: Confirmed by @robpowellnews that Nadhim Zahawi did reach HMRC settlement WHILE he was Chancellor. At the same time as he had direct oversight of the tax man. And of the nation's finances.

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The scandal we didn't report in this piece: it cost £840 for 2 standard return tickets for me and @SamCoatesSky to go to Blackburn. Insane. I've checked and for the same price we could have flown to Mauritius.

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IX Wireless are one of the biggest donors to Conservative MPs. We wanted to know why. But they told me it was company policy not to give the press office email address to...the press. So @SamCoatesSky paid them a visit. It didn't go how we expected.

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5 years

A minister just told me “this is a phantasmagorical goat fuck of the worst kind”. Which begs the question, what’s the best kind?

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2 years

🤯 Chris Bryant live on Sky with @SamCoatesSky describing the extraordinary scenes in the Commons tonight. Says he saw 4 MPs, inc Deputy PM Therese Coffey and Jacob Rees-Mogg, physically man-handling another Tory MP into their voting lobby. "I've never seen anything like this"

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1 year

⭐ Unexpected star twist to the live NHS phone-in on Sky News right now. Sir Rod Stewart has dialled in 🤯 He says stories are "devastating" and the govt should "stand aside" to give Labour a chance. Also offers to pay for cancer scans for other viewers who need them.

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Tory MP Steve Brine confirms that he's submitted a letter of no confidence in the PM: "I have said throughout this sorry saga I cannot and will not defend the indefensible. Rule makers cannot be law-breakers."

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1 year

One of the most remarkable tales of the local elections unfolded before a single vote was cast. A story about power and democracy a long way from Westminster. And this man - Steve Turner - who’s the Conservative Police Commissioner for Redcar. He wanted a second job... THREAD

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2 years

Liz Truss has not spoken publicly in the 6 days since her government announced the biggest tax cuts for 50 years. In that time: the pound has hit record lows, gilt yields over 6%, dozens of mortgage products pulled, damning IMF criticism and now an emergency BoE intervention.

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Boris Johnson to Sky News: "Richard Sharp knows absolutely nothing about my personal finances. I can tell you that for one hundred percent ding dang sure" Sharp has publicly acknowledged playing a role in a £800k loan to Johnson...

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2 years

Rebel Tory MP tells me they think the 54 letters threshold will be hit. MP has their letter in and says that "hubris and bravado" of No10 briefing that PM was safe after Sue Gray report has wound up backbenchers.

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2 years

Update: 34 Tory MPs publicly questioning PM's position. 24 now calling for him to go asap. That's up 9 since Gray report was published. Brine: "Will not defend the indefensible" Marie Morris: "Frankly insulting" Heald: "Dismayed and appalled...discussing what happens next"

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1 year

NEW: The £1m donation to Boris Johnson from a Thai-based crypto investor is the largest EVER to an individual MP on record. It's smashed the previous record by x6 - a £150k donation to Michael Gove in 2009. Big BIG money. What could he possibly be planning to use it for? 🤔

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2 years

Guilty 😬

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2 years

There's a dude on the tube literally making an excel spreadsheet of who's gone so far.

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2 years

NEW: member of '22 exec says rules likely to be changed this afternoon and a vote of confidence could be triggered TONIGHT. Would require enough MPs to re-submit letters of no confidence

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2 years

And another: Anne Marie Morris confirms that a) she's had the Conservative whip restored and b) she's re-submitted a letter of no-confidence in the PM. In Jan she said reports of parties in No10 were "frankly insulting to those who did what they were told"

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2 years

Foreign Committee Chair Tom Tugendhat: "The PM put the governance of the UK at risk to a single, severe Covid outbreak. That is to say nothing of the lack of respect it showed for the British people or the Queen. "I have made my position clear to those who need to hear it"

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10 months

🧐 Parliament's expenses watchdog is investigating the Tory Northern Research Group after our research into how it uses public cash. It's part of a bigger system you've probably not heard about. Did you know that you're funding the NRG? And the European Research Group? [THREAD]

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6 years

Metaphor alert: there’s currently no power in the room at No 10 where the PM is going to make her speech. Might delay things a bit.

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1 year

We only got digging into this story because of a quirk. Redcar was the last council to declare its results in the local elections. It raises the question - what are powerful people doing in communities a long way from the London media bubble?

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11 months

NEW: Boris Johnson did break the rules AGAIN by taking up his new job with the Mail. Angry statement from ACOBA say ex PM only told them 30 minutes before it was announced 😬 "An application received 30 mins before an appointment is announced is a clear breach."

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2 years

🚨 Here we go again... New spreadsheet of MPs publicly calling for the PM to go. Just 101 days since the end of the last one. 1. Crispin Blunt the first - tells Andrew Neil "the game is up". Plenty of others saying the same privately. How many more go public this week?

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1 year

3 months ago Rishi Sunak promised "integrity at every level". He now has: ❌ 1 minister gone over alleged bullying 🧐 Deputy PM under investigation 💰 Party Chairman reportedly paid millions + fine to HMRC 🚗 2 Fixed Penalty Notices Will the public judge him like Boris?

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2 years

New: Barrow MP Simon Fell damning of PM in email to constituents. Says Gray findings were "a slap in the face" and that "apologising after the fact is insufficient". "People have got to trust politicans... once trust is lost, the whole house of cards is at risk of collapse"

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2 years

🚨 27 resignations. 6 in the last hour 🔷 2 Cabinet Ministers 🔷 13 Ministers 🔷 9 PPS 🔷 1 Vice Chair 🔷 2 Trade Envoys

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11 months

Boris Johnson in 11 months between leaving No10 and quitting as an MP - Votes cast: 3 Commons questions: 16 Earnings: £5.1 million

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5 years

Sajid Javid says his department has looked into border technology and reported that it could be done. That report was leaked to @lewis_goodall . It said the technology doesn't exist anywhere in the world and won't be ready until 2030... #BBCOurNextPM

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2 years

Carshalton MP Elliot Coburn confirms his letter of no confidence has been handed in. In an email to constituents, he said that nothing in Met or Gray report convinced him to retract his letter which he handed in 'some time ago'. He's got a wafer thin majority over Lib Dems.

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6 months

👑 That King's Speech contained: 1. The most words in a monarch's speech since 2005. 2. The fewest Bills in a monarch's speech since 2014. Many words. Minimal action.

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2 years

Reports of Kwarteng sacking have not eased backbench fury at Liz Truss. Tory MP to @SamCoatesSky : "The idea that the Prime Minister can just scapegoat her Chancellor and move on is deluded. This is her vision. She signed off on every detail and she defended it"

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2 years

The big spreadsheet of Cabinet support making a comeback today. Currently looking a bit bare. Twitter alerts on - which minister will be first out of the blocks?

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OPERATIONAL NOTE We are waiting for Tory MPs - especially the cabinet - to issue messages of support for Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak The spreadsheet is waiting to record the timing of your statements of support Just a tweet will do @TomLarkinSky

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2 years

A @joncraig brandish for the spreadsheet live on Sky News. There is no greater honour in television

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1 year

Wow. Boris Johnson's earnings are huge. He's just declared nearly £1m in income in a month 💰🤯 - £510k book advance - £446k for two speeches - £785 chocs and flowers from UAE foreign minister

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10 months

NEW: Labour have written to Tory party chair Greg Hands demanding CCHQ investigate the Northern Research Group. Labour say "it is deeply concerning that public money may not have been used appropriately." An IPSA investigation has already begun after today's Sky News story.

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1 year

Sunak on Zahawi today: "There are questions that need answering" Sunak on Zahawi last week: "Matter addressed in full, nothing more I can add" What did the PM learn in the last 4 days that he didn't know at PMQs?

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. @KayBurley to Nadhim Zahawi, July: "What was your reaction to reports that your tax affairs were being investigated?" Zahawi: "I was clearly being smeared" He had actually been under investigation for 12 months... This statement one of SEVEN breaches of the ministerial code ❌

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2 years

Update: 34 Tory MPs publicly questioning PM's position. 24 now calling for him to go asap. That's up 9 since Gray report was published. Brine: "Will not defend the indefensible" Marie Morris: "Frankly insulting" Heald: "Dismayed and appalled...discussing what happens next"

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1 year

But Turner remains as PCC for Cleveland and Redcar. The ex Chief Exec of the PCC Association @nazirafzal told us he thinks Turner's actions are a breach of the PCC code. It explicitly bans any use of the job for personal or political ends.

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Exposed: the absolute state of the bits of @SamCoatesSky you don't see on TV 🤢 Blowing the whistle as part of our campaign for full transparency in all things. #WestminsterAccounts

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2 years

🚨 3 PPS just gone in 2 mins. Takes the total of resignations to 21 since 6pm yesterday. Johnston: "I do not believe he can provide the leadership the country needs" Saxsby: "My silence is not compatible with my views" Coutinho: "Events are preventing us from focusing"

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Simon Case to Boris Johnson, Dec 2020: 'Stop asking Richard Sharp for advice about your personal finances' Johnson to Sky News, Monday: 'Richard Sharp knows absolutely nothing about my personal finances, I can tell you that for ding dang sure'

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The letter dated December 22 2020 states: “Given the imminent announcement of Richard Sharp as the new BBC chair, it is important that you no longer ask his advice about your personal financial matters." 2/8

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2 years

3 MPs now calling for Liz Truss to go. A very bad start to another big week for the PM. Jamie Wallis the latest with a damning letter telling her to resign. Says she has "fractured our party in a potentially irreparable manner"

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🚨 Lib Dems declare victory in Tiverton and Honiton. Wiping out a huge 24k vote majority - the biggest ever over-turned in a by-election. A spokesperson said: “This is looking like a clear win. The people of Tiverton and Honiton have spoken up for the country."

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2 years

New: Opinium has the first snap poll of public view on today's confidence vote 59% think Tory MPs should vote to remove PM 28% think they should vote to keep him 13% Don't know

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For one speech in New York last October, Boris Johnson was paid at a rate of £32,485 per hour. The annual starting salary for UK nurse is £27,055. More 💰 in 60 minutes than a nurse makes in 365 days. #WestminsterAccounts

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Zahawi categorical to @KayBurley , July '22: "I was not the beneficiary of Balshore Investments that held those shares". Says it existed simply because his father lived abroad. If that were true, why pay millions + a fine to settle with HMRC...?

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A very relevant motion presented to the Commons in 2020 proposed "any MP who voluntarily leaves the political party they represented upon their election to the House of Commons becomes subject to a recall petition" One of the backers of that big idea....? Lee Anderson 🧐

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40 Tory MPs now publicly questioning the PM's position. Number 40: Andrea Leadsom, former Cab minister + leadership contender; big Brexiteer. Critcises "unacceptable failings of leadership". No confirmation that she's handed in a letter but a big name to break cover.

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London MP Nickie Aiken calls on PM to submit himself to a VONC to "end speculation". She's told constituents that "events in Downing St during the pandemic has damaged the govt and Conservative Party". Her Westminster council was a big loss to Labour in local elex

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2 years

10 Conservative MPs now openly questioning the PM's leadership after the partygate fine. 5 have publicly called for him to go immediately. 5 more have said he shouldn't lead the party at next GE or refused to back him. DMs open if I've missed any!

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2 years

🤯 A remarkable day in Westminster. 43 resignations in under 30 hours (+1 pretty 🔥🔥🔥 sacking): 🔷 3 Cabinet Ministers 🔷 15 Ministers 🔷 20 PPS 🔷 4 Trade Envoys 🔷 1 Vice Chair But the Prime Minister clings on.

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6 months

🚨 NEW: First YouGov polling on the two big reshuffle moves. What does public think? BRAVERMAN Right to sack: 57% Wrong to sack: 20% CAMERON Good decision: 24% Bad decision: 38%

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On Tuesday, Steve Turner lost his bid to become a Tory councillor after a THIRD recount. To the same Labour activist he’d triggered an investigation into. (His wife lost her seat too).

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Grateful for Sue Gray keeping the grid clear for MY news: very excited to be teaming up with @SamCoatesSky as his new producer. Sam's a scoop machine and there's a few stories around in Westminster. It's going to be fun!

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Overtaken by events within seconds of tweeting. Foolish to assume this was done for the night. NOW: 44 resignations 🔷 3 Cabinet Ministers 🔷 16 Ministers 🔷 20 PPS 🔷 4 Trade Envoys 🔷 1 Vice Chair

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🚨 NEW: First YouGov snap poll on the Rwanda judgement. What should govt do now? - Scrap the policy: 39% - Similar agreement, new country: 29% What should Britain do on ECHR? - Remain member: 51% - Withdraw: 28%

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With Andy Street's loss, the locals starting to look like a real shoeing for the Conservatives now: ❌ Lost half the seats they held ❌ Lost 10/11 mayoral races ❌ Lost control of 12 councils ❌ Lost by a mile in Blackpool South ❌ Lost to Lib Dems on council seats won

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🔥 Leaked WhatsApp messages from Tory activist group to @SamCoatesSky : - One says they should 'go to war' with liberals in the party - Moan Sunak has charisma 'of a doorknob' - Claim PM 'staged a coup' to win power - Suggest GB News' Tom Harwood as an alternative party leader

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2 years

And another critic: Dan Poulter says PM's assurances that no rules were broken "lack credibility" after Gray report - "to mislead Parliament cannot be tolerated". "A minister who knowingly misleads Parliament should resign." He says he won't be declaring if he's sent a letter.

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2 years

Andrew Bowie the 45th Tory MP to publicly question the PM's position (+ 2nd Scottish). Says he's "utterly appalled" by events and PM "must bear ultimate responsibility". "Every MP will be considering how best to move forward with this". His majority to SNP is under 1k votes.

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2 years

No Confidence spreadsheet 2.0, now with extra exciting data: 🚨 20 publicly MPs calling for immediate resignation. 29 questioning PM 👶 2019ers 2nd most mutinous intake. 2010 in front 👀 Largan, Ross + Hammond on wafer thin majorities 🟠 High % of Lib Dem 2nd places

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🚨 YouGov poll of Tory members shows Liz Truss is BIG favourite to be next PM. She hammers Sunak by 24 points - an even bigger lead than 2 days ago. Liz Truss: 62 (+2) Rishi Sunak: 38 (-2) Truss wins all age groups, male/female, Leave voters. Sunak wins Remain voters only

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. @SamCoatesSky : "Can you look me in the eye and tell me that at any point in the last 48h you believed you were going to become PM?" Rehman Chisti: "The honest answer is no."

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🚨 NEW: YouGov poll of Tory membership. The first since nominations closed. Penny Mordaunt is, to use a technical term, absolutely smashing it with the members. Head to heads are stark. Mordaunt - 67% Sunak - 28% Mordaunt - 55% Truss - 37%

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It was the fraud police. From the same police force that Steve Turner personally oversees. They were asking about campaign material. An officer said they were there because a leaflet “upset Steve”. It wasn't the only police visit...

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10 months

NEW: Sky News analysis shows how many hours MPs spend on second jobs. ⌚ 88,896 hours worked in this parliament 💰 Average hourly wage of £233 per hour. 17x higher than UK average 👱🏻‍♀️ Liz Truss made £20k per hour for one speech 🗳️ 18 of 20 highest paid are ex Tory ministers

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1 year

To clarify: we've spent more than enough time together in the last few weeks and are not actively seeking a couple's trip to Mauritius.

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Jonathan Gullis live on Sky insists he's "never going to be looking over his shoulder" at the next election. That's despite a ward in his constituency just returning a 67% Labour majority.

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New: Docs in legal challenge to Rwanda policy reveal that the UK High Commissioner warned against the plan. One of the reasons was Rwanda “has been accused of recruiting refugees to conduct armed operations in neighbouring countries”

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ANOTHER political opponent of Steve Turner was investigated by the police force it’s his job to oversee during this campaign. Lee Holmes used to chair the local Conservative party and backed Turner for PCC. He’s now a vocal critic. Recently he got a call from a police sergeant.

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Two more Labour activists had police knock on their door too. We were told the cops seemed 'a bit embarassed' to be there. Turner denies directing the force's actions.

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1 year

Big questions now for Rishi Sunak and for Boris Johnson. Did Johnson know the man he appointed to oversee the nation's finances was negotiating his own £££ tax settlement with HMRC at the same time?

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@TomLarkinSky

1 year

🚨 Did Zahawi settle his tax bill WHILE Chancellor? He now says it was "resolved prior to my appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster" What job was he in just prior to that one? Chancellor of the Exchequer. Was the CX negotiating a settlement with HMRC from No11?

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Liz Truss had her most brutal grilling of the campaign today. From kids at a nursery in Peterborough 😳 Kid 1: "Where's Boris?!" Kid 2: "We hate him!" Truss: "He's in No10" Kid 3: "Why?! Haven't you kicked him out yet?" Kid 4:"Do me a favour, when you become PM, EVICT HIM"

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We look at all of that (and more!) in our film which you can watch here. Lots of digging from @EdClowes + data wizadry from @_BvdM . @SamCoatesSky the star of the show, obviously.

Expenses watchdog launches probe into group of northern Tory MPs...

A powerful group of northern Tory MPs is being probed by the Parliamentary expenses watchdog after a Sky News investigation into the way they use public mone...

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You might remember IX Wireless from a story back in Jan. We wanted to know why they had been donating, so @SamCoatesSky went to knock at their registered address. The building was semi-derelict with a flooded entrance and nobody there. Their receptionist hung up when we called.

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10 months

Take one MP as an example. James Davies, MP for Vale of Clwyd. 14th June 2021 - gives £2,500 in public money to Northern Research Group 17th June 2021 - receives a £2,500 donation from IX Wireless And he's not the only one.

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2 years

35 Tory MPs now publicly questioning PM's position after Robert Syms tells @Steven_Swinford that he would "take a lot of persuading" to back BJ in a confidence vote. If I've missed anyone or your MP has told you they're wobbling, let me know!

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Starmer has a 30 point lead on 'better PM' amongst CONSERVATIVE VOTERS

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2 years

HALF of those who voted Conservative in 2019 would prefer Keir Starmer to Liz Truss as Prime Minister. Which of the following do 2019 Conservative voters think would be the better Prime Minister for the UK? (16 Oct) Keir Starmer 50% (+18) Liz Truss 21% (-11) Changes +/- 13 Oct

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He did make a complaint to the council though about this Labour leaflet, which automatically got passed on to police. That’s the protocol. Mrs Turner says the leaflet was “in violation of the principles of democracy”. Police told the Labour activists there was no case to answer.

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💰 NEW: Boris Johnson has just declared a HUGE £1 million donation from crypto investor Christopher Harborne to his personal company. Harborne previously donated £13.7m to Reform UK. Johnson also declared £20k from the Bamfords for use of their home for 2 months.

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The sergeant said he was under investigation for harassment and that Turner had reported Holmes for his social media posts. Turner says he made a complaint via the 101 hotline. Again, police decided there was no case to answer.

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Mr Turner ran to become a Tory councillor. His wife was already elected in the same ward. The campaign got…tough. Turner told me it was “prominent for the amount of bile and abuse aimed at me and my wife.” A week before the vote, his Labour opponent got a knock on the door.

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Things are speeding up. ELEVEN MPs now publicly calling for Liz Truss to go. +5 since last night's chaos, inc the first who backed Truss for leader. Double: "The game is up" Streeter: "It seems we must change leader" Murray: "Her position has become untenable" Big day ahead.

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10 months

24 MPs received donations from the northern broadband firm IX Wireless. 22 of them had previously given public money to fund the NRG. In a number of cases, the donation comes just a few days or weeks after the payment to the NRG.

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2 years

24 is a lot less than 54, obviously. But worth noting that in 2018 the threshold to challenge May was 48. Public letters when the VONC was triggered? About 20.

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@TomLarkinSky

2 years

Update: 34 Tory MPs publicly questioning PM's position. 24 now calling for him to go asap. That's up 9 since Gray report was published. Brine: "Will not defend the indefensible" Marie Morris: "Frankly insulting" Heald: "Dismayed and appalled...discussing what happens next"

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2 years

End (?) of Monday update: 👋27 MPs now publicly calling for PM to go asap (+3 today, +12 since Gray) 😡12 more MPs questioning his position - some heavily hinting their letters are in (+4 today) What's the option up from trickle? Stream? Today feels quite stream-y

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@TomLarkinSky

2 years

🚨🚨 @SamCoatesSky : DOWNING ST STATEMENT AT 1330

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@TomLarkinSky

10 months

We showed all that to parliament's expenses watchdog IPSA. They've now launched an investigation into whether the NRG have been breaking the rules.

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@TomLarkinSky

2 years

Back by popular demand: here's the current standings in the big No Confidence spreadsheet. Roger Gale shifting this morning from the 'not yet' to the 'go immediately' column. 15 Tory MPs now publicly calling for the PM's immediate resignation. How many more in the next 48h?

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@TomLarkinSky

2 years

1030: 13 resignations; 3 so far today 👋⏰ 🔷 2 Cabinet Ministers 🔷 3 Ministers 🔷 5 PPS 🔷 1 Vice Chair 🔷 2 Trade Envoys Plus a steady stream of backbenchers pulling support from the PM - Halfon, Anderson, Skidmore. PMQs, Liaison Committee and a '22 meeting to come...

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@TomLarkinSky

2 years

First backer out of the blocks as spokesperson for Dominic Raab tells Sky News: "Dom is loyal to the PM" Silence from all other corners of the cabinet so far

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@TomLarkinSky

1 year

One of the more remarkable series of interviews we've ever filmed. @SamCoatesSky quizzing professional lobbyists on the APPG system they use to influence policy. It's not pretty... #WestminsterAccounts

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@TomLarkinSky

2 years

I can't count this quickly

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Tom Larkin

@TomLarkinSky

2 years

🚨 @SamCoatesSky : "There is one more resignation to come"

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Tom Larkin

@TomLarkinSky

10 months

'Research groups' have sprung up to fight specific factional battles. Most are in the Tory Party. The best known is the European Research Group. Once fronted by Jacob Rees-Mogg. The hardest Brexiteers in parliament. And funded by £390,000 of public money since 2010.

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@TomLarkinSky

2 years

JRM denying these allegations on Sky now. Says it would be "quite improper" to physically encourage anyone into the lobby and denies it happened. Calls for MPs who took photos and videos to share them as they could be "quite helpful"

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@TomLarkinSky

2 years

New Lib Dem MP Richard Foord damning on the PM's impact in this race to @SamCoatesSky : "Johnson came up on every doorstep...Opposition parties can't oust him but Conservative MPs can. Tonight's result shows it would be a real mistake to retain him. It could be electoral suicide"

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Tom Larkin

@TomLarkinSky

10 months

Very rare to see this level of tailoring nowadays, even on the wealthy. So let's talk about some of the reasons why it's great. 🧵(1/0)

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@TomLarkinSky

10 months

In this parliament, they've been overtaken by the Northern Research Group. £139,760 in taxpayers' money has gone to fund the NRG. Overall £309,260 has been diverted by MPs to fund 'factional' research groups since the election 💰

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@TomLarkinSky

2 years

Fact of the night from the Lib Dems in Tiverton: the last time this area around Honiton was not represented by a Conservative MP was the year before Queen Victoria came to the throne 👑 Tory sources here think that 200 year streak might be about to end.

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Tom Larkin

@TomLarkinSky

2 years

Former Attorney General Jeremy Wright makes it 25 MPs now calling for the PM to go immediately. "For the good of this and future governments, the Prime Minister should resign"

Tom Larkin

@TomLarkinSky

2 years

35 Tory MPs now publicly questioning PM's position after Robert Syms tells @Steven_Swinford that he would "take a lot of persuading" to back BJ in a confidence vote. If I've missed anyone or your MP has told you they're wobbling, let me know!

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