Rob Powell @robpowellnews Twitter profile

Last Seen Profiles

@usdaxrugby

@MartiinezSa

@GayHunk7

@MarbeniaT

@OopsLuna

@WASEMdpi

@AlothaimDammam

@Jennife33594639

@Kritisingh45

@Nicki_Germaine

@MahienourE

@GentlyPerv

@James_d_king

@RameshKasnia02

@problem0128

@2minutes_rule

@marleegaskell44

@ianellisjones

@GiantGooner

@Timpmalonenyc

@Havas

@ICPCNews

@_Chip_maru

@Shawnimator

@TKMattya_pixiv

@MeerwijkS35342

@KlubCoin

@BridieEV

@yocline

@Samuel_Ogboye

@Ayfer91763726

@joserckeller

@JULlANESQUE

@MateaTerrell

@Gay20q

@TimmyPhillips24

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Loving Alex Scott sticking it to people on air who refused to allow their stadiums be used for women's games in previous tournaments - "you've missed the boat now" 👏👏

159

752

15K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Women & Equalities Committee Chair Caroline Nokes says she will be contacting the Commons speaker tomorrow to ask if the Political Editor of the Mail on Sunday Glen Owen, who wrote the Angela Rayner article, should have a parliamentary lobby pass.

135

1K

8K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Butterkist popcorn trying to cash in on the drama here in Westminster by setting up stall outside Downing Street!

112

1K

8K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

NEW - Labour calls for Boris Johnson to hold a press conference in the next 24 hours on A-Level results saying the PM "has been watching from the sidelines while a generation of young people are being robbed of their future".

131

1K

7K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Sky News understands the Home Secretary Priti Patel has issued a ministerial direction in connection with the Rwanda asylum partnership. Ministerial directions are used to proceed with a spending plan, despite an objection from the department permanent secretary.

182

2K

5K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Jacob Rees-Mogg has four officials/advisers with him for his morning interviews about axing a fifth of the civil service. He says that is because he covers a "wide area of public policy" and adds two are special advisers & two are from the Cabinet Office.

369

1K

3K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

Jacob Rees-Mogg says UNICEF "should be ashamed of itself" for engaging in a "political stunt of the lowest order" by spending thousands of pounds feeding hungry children in the UK when it is "meant to be looking after people in the poorest, most deprived countries in the world".

557

796

3K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

1 month

A sizeable takeaway order being delivered to the Foreign Office just now as the U.K. works out its diplomatic response to the attacks overnight .

45

121

3K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

9 months

🚨 New details on the Bibby timeline this evening... - Dorset Council says it told the contractors running the vessel about the Legionella result on Monday, the day that migrants were moved onto the barge. - The Council says it told a Home Office official verbally on Tuesday.

73

919

2K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Labour has written to the PM about P&O Ferries calling for... - Suspension of govt contracts with P&O owner DP World. - Removal of DP World from govt Transport Advisory Group. - Clawing back of govt covid support given to DP World. - The outlawing of fire and rehire.

58

576

2K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

Boris Johnson says that he got his Brexit deal “through Parliament” last night. He absolutely did not. He won a single vote on it and then promptly lost the following one (only the second ever time a govt has lost a timetabling vote). #PMQs

69

702

2K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

1 year

Former Tory Cabinet Office minister Lord Maude in the Times today saying he worked with Sue Gray for five years and "never had the slightest reason to question either her integrity or her political impartiality" & that "Starmer is fortunate to have secured her services".

8

427

2K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Personal news time - I’ve been off all week & will be away until the end of the month because last weekend I became a dad for the first time 😊 Mum & baby are home & doing well. Thanks to family & friends in & out of Westminster for all your support 😊

179

17

2K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

NEW: At the grassroots National Conservative Convention in Oxford - 80% of attendees have voted for there to be no delay to Brexit and for 'no deal' to be left on the table. Clear message there and totally the opposite of what the Rudd/Gauke/Clark piece today calls for #Brexit

161

735

2K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Cummings into No10

288

431

2K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

@SamCoatesSky Sam, I think you're breaking the golden rule again 🙃

31

62

2K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

In Newcastle, Jeremy Corbyn says the media "thrives on destruction of the individual... and the abuse of them". He says "there is a gutter, but I'm not getting in it". A couple of hours ago, on the same stage, his party chair Ian Lavery called the PM a fascist and a racist.

391

517

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Having an NHS covid app which is unable to process tests carried out in the NHS feels very much like the coronavirus edition of the ferry company with no ferries saga.

43

433

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says we’ve seen the “grotesque chaos of a Tory PM handing out redundancy notices to her own chancellor”.

32

221

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

NEW: Father of London Bridge victim Jack Merritt says Boris Johnson is a "fraud" who is using his son's death "to make political capital" #GE2019

David Merritt

@butwhatifitsall

4 years

son’s death to make political capital. Wake up Britain: this man is a fraud. He’s the worst of us, & he’s taking you for a ride. You may think the options open to you in this election are not entirely to your liking. Me neither, but I’ll be voting least worst option: anti-Tory 6/

377

2K

6K

160

739

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

Tory MP Steve Baker says he will be voting against the renewal of the coronavirus regulations next week but says the govt will get its way because Labour & the SNP will vote for "any old authoritarianism" nowadays #ridge

54

207

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

New Labour Dep Leader Angela Rayner says those with #COVID19 symptoms should self isolate for 14 days rather than seven, as govt guidance indicates. Says @MattHancock should not be out and about as he showed symptoms of the virus 11 days ago #ridge

392

415

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

I was the reporter in the Theresa May event just now (doing it on behalf of all broadcasters - we didn’t get any inside track, was just our turn). For transparency: One small private room Two video cameras Two stills cameras One reporter (me) who was allowed one question

128

821

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

NEW: Michael Gove says there will be "administrative processes" for businesses in Northern Ireland exporting to GB. But he says they will be "as light touch as possible". Earlier this month, Boris Johnson said there will be "no forms, no checks, no barriers of any kind".

146

730

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Health Sec Matt Hancock tells Sky News he is “not aware” of any link between shortages of PPE and the 19 NHS workers that have died during the #COVID19 outbreak.

615

722

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

Just spotted this in the Home Office press release announcing the stop and search changes 😬

37

563

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

9 months

Unfortunate that immigration minister Robert Jenrick was on air two days ago saying the barge was “perfectly decent accommodation”👇🏻

91

475

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

Tory MP Ken Clarke tells Sky he "probably would" support @jeremycorbyn as a caretaker PM to stop no deal. But only if he could be kept "under control" and "wouldn't have the slightest chance of implementing any bits of his Labour manifesto"

283

360

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

1 year

The details in the full report into Nadhim Zahawi are pretty jaw-dropping... - The first interaction Zahawi had with HMRC was in April 2021 with a meeting in June 2021. 1/

31

314

1K

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

The Met says it's assessing "two allegations of electoral fraud and malpractice". No specifics from the police but the complaints relate to allegations the Tories offered jobs to Brexit Party candidates to get them to stand aside. Ministers and the PM have denied this.

93

605

992

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

Text of letter sent by Boris Johnson to Tory members last night: "I don’t want an election... But Labour MPs have left us no choice. They just passed a law that would force me to beg Brussels for an extension to the Brexit deadline. This is something I will never do."

94

253

934

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Govt wins the vote on the second reading of the Northern Ireland Protocol bill by 295 to 221 votes.

13

177

960

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

NEW - Tory MP Simon Hoare tells Sky News there is “growing disquiet” at all levels in the Tory party over Dominic Cummings and that the situation is “untenable” #covid19

36

234

941

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

Jo cox's sister Kim Leadbeater has been selected as Labour candidate for the Batley and Spen by-election

55

111

941

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

"WE'LL SEND IN GUN BOATS" AKA - Four navy patrol boats will carry on doing the same job in January that they are doing now 👇

34

194

909

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

This doesn’t look great

202

205

871

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Tory MP Robert Halfon not holding back. He says the govt has been acting like "libertarian jihadists" and has "treated the country as laboratory mice to carry out ultra ultra free market experiments". He says it's been "one horror story after another". #ridge

44

226

891

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

NEW: Chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee Dominic Grieve tells Sky that Downing Street's assertion that it takes six weeks to clear reports is "completely and utterly untrue, it's a lie". He says he's "really beginning to worry" about what No10 spokespeople are saying

40

610

861

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

MORE: Asked about the possibility for violence at the Irish border, Juncker says that the EU will not be responsible for anything that happens after a no deal Brexit because the UK has chosen to leave - “we did not invent the Brexit”, he says #ridge

109

317

834

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

Went back to the Brexit Dept about this and they said the statement given to @lewis_goodall last week stands. That said the WA and associated docs outline the policy. Those docs say there WILL be declarations for NI to GB trade. DEXEU says one thing & PM says another.

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

NEW: Business Minister Kwasi Kwarteng says that the PM is right that there won't be checks or declarations between NI and GB as he "knows his deal". Asked if that means the Brexit Sec is wrong, he says that the PM is correct #ridge

26

37

80

40

545

826

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Why are people tweeting that a national lockdown leads to more deaths because of routine treatment & operations being cancelled? Surely the NHS being overwhelmed with Covid patients leads to that?

153

120

804

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

NEW: Chris Grayling has terminated a contract with Seaborne Freight to provide ferries in the event of a no deal Brexit. No tax payer money has gone to the firm. A DFT spokesperson said: "it became clear Seaborne would not reach its contractual requirements with the Government".

275

434

729

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Ooof former Labour cabinet secretary Alan Johnson says history will judge Jeremy Corbyn’s spell at the top of the party as an “awful dreadful” time and says Corbyn was “incapable of leadership” #ridge

370

151

724

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

Lib Dem leader Vince Cable says he has been approached by Labour and Conservative MPs who are thinking of forming a new political grouping. He says the Libs would work with them if they had common interests #Ridge

126

300

692

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

EXCL with @AgnesChambre ... Senior Tory Desmond Swayne said covid figures were being "manipulated" & told a leading antivaxxer in an online interview that face masks represented "social control" & there were "hidden agendas" at work behind the scenes.

COVID-19: Tory MP Sir Desmond Swayne urged anti-vaxxers to 'persist' against COVID restrictions

Sir Desmond Swayne tells Sky News he won't apologise for telling a group to continue their campaign against COVID restrictions.

news.sky.com

241

372

654

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 months

Sir Keir Starmer on that YouGov poll… He says to MPs, members & candidates to “ignore that poll” and “fight like we’re 5% behind” 👇🏻

37

143

693

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

1 year

🧐

16

57

681

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

I work for Sky News and you have literally replied to my tweet which has the video on it which you are accusing Sky of not reporting 🤦🏼‍♂️

Les stevenson

@stevenson_les

5 years

@robpowellnews Not seen this reported on @SkyNews or @BBCNews ? Is it the wrong kind of violence and doesn't meet their biased anti Trump narrative?

14

2

15

49

81

649

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

Sir Keir Starmer says he will not be calling for Matt Hancock to resign over the unlawful publishing of covid contracts saying "calling for people to resign is not what the public really want to see" #ridge

665

187

654

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

A cold caller just called the Sky Westminster news desk saying that he was from Sky and wanted to talk about our internet connection 🧐

19

65

657

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

Taking a shower at work at 4.45. Shower head isn't on properly. Water sprays out of the cubicle and soaks all my clothes. I'm hair drying my pants at 5am. End of story.

26

7

652

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

The problem with constantly saying “now is not the time to look back” is that you may keep making the same mistakes. Arguably if the govt had ‘looked back’ more in summer last year over the first lockdown, decisions over the second & third may have been made differently.

23

123

643

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

NEW: Lord Heseltine: "the economy has stalled, inflation is rising, the pound is in serious difficulties, investment is on hold, there is an atmosphere of total indecision and ineffectiveness at the heart of govt" #ridge

34

346

602

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

Tory backbencher - "If I had something to quit, I’d have quit it".

47

95

622

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

NEW - Labour Shadow Health Minister Rosena Allin-Khan says Jeremy Corbyn should be fined after he was pictured at a dinner party in a group of more than six.

40

89

605

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Remarkable caller on @LBC just now claiming the death figures are not accurate & are being manipulated by people who want to make the govt to look bad. Err... those would be the death figures that are being published by the govt?

38

142

603

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

1 year

8 mentions of "five priorities" in 8 mins. 8 mentions of "stop the boats" in 8 mins. The five priorities listed in their entirety three times in 90 secs. I'd say interviews with the PM feel like a conversation with ChatGPT nowadays, but that would probably be unfair to ChatGPT.

Beth Rigby

@BethRigby

1 year

The awkward pause…. Q:You’re one of life’s success stories. Head boy at school, a career in finance made you wealthy and now you’re PM. How do you feel when you lose?

329

144

1K

14

138

613

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

NEW: Michael Gove says the UK is going to leave the EU on October 31st and that the extension letter was only sent because Parliament insisted on it. "Parliament can't change the PM's mind" or the "government's policy" he says. #ridge

62

130

571

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

Someone appears to have accidentally phoned up the Brexit committee 👇🏻

53

75

584

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

NEW: Shadow Brexit Sec @Keir_Starmer says if @BorisJohnson can strike a deal with the EU in the coming days, Labour "will make it clear" that it needs to be subject to a public referendum against remain

48

153

579

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

NEW: So what could happen if the PM refuses to comply with the law on Brexit? The former Director of Public Prosecutions Lord MacDonald has told Sky News that Boris Johnson could go to prison if he refuses to delay Brexit in the face of court action 1/

54

282

551

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

NEW: Full time workers are being sacked or left without pay because they started new jobs in the last month so aren't eligible for the govt #COVID19 retention scheme #newstarterfurlough 👇

Coronavirus support loophole leaves workers without pay

A union boss says it "can't be right that there's no support", as Sky News speaks to a range of people affected.

news.sky.com

86

525

533

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Ex-Labour MP Anna Turley says she has started proceedings to send in the bailiffs to left wing website Squawkbox and the Unite Union as they have failed to pay damages and costs as ordered by the court after losing a libel case last month

Anna Turley 🌹🐝💙🇺🇦

@annaturley

4 years

Latest from my solicitors. Process to send in bailiffs starts Monday.

65

118

579

16

171

524

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

Transport for London says it hasn’t been notified of the daily testing pilot being used in Downing Street that the govt indicated was being used by TFL. TFL says staff shortages due to self isolation is causing disruption on the tube network 👇🏻

28

261

543

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

A special hello to the young chap outside the Feathers pub nr St James Park tube who just told me and my camera crew to “f*ck off” when we were gathering some inoffensive vox pops with people. I’m sure he wouldn’t like it if I came into his workplace & started swearing at him.

64

51

547

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

NEW - Northern Ireland Assembly set to be recalled from summer recess to discuss A-Level grading after Sinn Fein say they will support a recall petition.

8

149

529

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

Actually I've been being awful at @SkyNews for four months now... and I'm definitely not any type of replacement for Faisal. But thanks for your constructive feedback. Let me know if you ever need me to comment on your career.

97

18

529

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

Brexiteer Mark Francois says it was a “serious mistake” not to offer @SteveBakerHW a “meaningful position” in govt. ERG not happy with this one.

75

159

471

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

For context, when we have the Foreign Sec or Defence Sec in they usually just have one or two advisers.

8

66

491

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

NEW - Dominic Cummings to reporters this afternoon when asked if his trip to Durham during lockdown looked good: "Who cares about good looks. It's a question of doing the right thing. It's not about what you guys think".

119

175

472

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

Brexiteer James Gray - who sounded in the mood for compromise when he spoke to @SkyNews a month ago - seems to have hardened his view. He says "no way" he can support this deal, calls for a no deal Brexit on March 29

12

120

426

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Chairman Jake Berry says that any Tory MPs who vote against the budget would lose the whip #ridge

326

215

458

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

9 months

- Despite that, more people were moved onto the barge on Thursday & it was only evacuated on Friday. - The Home Office has said the first it found out about the test result was on Wednesday evening. - Dorset Council is now suggesting someone in the dept knew earlier.

5

104

466

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Defence Committee Chair Tobias Ellwood tells @SkyNews that the Intelligence & Security Committee should investigate this reported hack 👇

Deborah Haynes

@haynesdeborah

2 years

What a scoop by @MoS_Politics : Liz Truss’s personal phone was hacked by agents suspected of links to Russia. “They gained access to top-secret details of negotiations … as well as private messages she exchanged with her close friend @KwasiKwarteng ”

156

692

2K

29

160

429

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Someone downing a jägerbomb live on BBC News just now! 🤨

32

45

417

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

NEW: PM’s Official Spokesperson confirms MPs will NOT be given a vote on whether to extend the transition period. That’s despite what @RobertBuckland said to @DavidGauke on Oct 22 in the House 👇🏻

30

439

421

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Thought there might have been a reason why ITV were keen on asking the PM this morning in the pool interview if he could guarantee that no more embarrassing allegations would come out before the Gray inquiry reported 😏

6

66

422

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Interesting from both Robert Jenrick & Jenny Harries to @tobyhelm on outdoor activities. Making it clear that virus transmission is less likely outdoors. Could some of the initial easing of restrictions on socialising be limited to outdoor activities? #covid19

50

77

408

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

The Tories claiming the PM’s deal has passed Parliament because it cleared one vote is like a student claiming they have passed their entire degree just because they got through the first year exams.

CCHQ Press

@CCHQPress

5 years

This is simply not true. And in the Standard's own words MPs passed the new deal. “Boris Johnson's bill passed by 329 to 299 on Tuesday night, but the proposed three-day timetable for Commons debates on his plan was rejected.”

938

158

361

18

157

391

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

New from No10... "The PM has been able to do short walks, between periods of rest, as part of the care he is receiving to aid his recovery. He has spoken to his doctors and thanks the whole clinical team for the incredible care he has received".

21

46

373

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

1 year

So this isn't a small inadvertent breach, it's multiple breaches & big questions about the truthfulness of Zahawi's public statements & his use of lawyers to threaten people investigating his tax affairs. Which all makes his response letter today all the more remarkable. END/

15

67

386

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

Prof @devisridhar makes the point that globally there looks to be a trade off between opening up domestically (opening bars etc) but restricting international travel. Or keeping the country open but living with restrictions. Could be the long term balancing act for govt.

21

68

384

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

The issue is that Khan’s appeal went through months after Dec 2012 axing of IPPs by the Tories but his earlier conviction date meant the Tory changes on parole also from the Dec 2012 act didn’t apply. So he basically slipped through the gaps in two legal regimes. Who’s to blame?

Priti Patel MP

@pritipatel

4 years

Because legislation brought in by your government in 2008 meant that dangerous terrorists had to automatically be released after half of their jail term. Conservatives changed the law in 2012 to end your automatic release policy but Khan was convicted before this.

6K

15K

66

123

366

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

Locked myself out of the flat for two hours after going to buy foil from the shop. 1️⃣ Turns out we had foil in the drawer all along. 2️⃣ Just looked at what I actually bought from the shop. 🤦🏼‍♂️

27

14

380

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

That 30 Dec silly season news day... 7 - Oxford jab approved. 830 - EU sign deal. 10 - MPs vote/debate Brexit. 1030 - Vaccine briefing. 1500 - Tier update. 1500 - Lords vote/debate Brexit. 1600 - School update. 1700 - No10 press conference. ???? - Brexit bill royal assent. 🤯

20

71

383

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

"Why is it ok for thirty men to kill grouse but not for seven children to feed ducks?" A zinger from @SophyRidgeSky to Matt Hancock who says "sports are a really important priority" if they can be done in a covid-secure way #ridge

24

93

356

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

Health warning: one source familiar with Yellowhammer and v much on the anti-no deal side told me last week YH was about the “worst case scenario” that could come from no deal. In other words, all this won’t necessarily happen after a no deal.

Times Politics

@timespolitics

5 years

The Sunday Times has obtained a copy of the government's classified 'Yellowhammer' report on the chaos expected after a no-deal Brexit. Find out how Whitehall is preparing for food and medicine shortages, transport disruption and civil unrest in our comprehensive coverage.

651

3K

115

119

324

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

Matt Hancock says there are now fewer than 1000 people in hospital with covid in the UK with an average number of daily deaths of nine.

52

54

336

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Not had to dig this out for a few months, but your regular reminder that Boris Johnson signed up to level playing field commitments with the EU in the political declaration 👇

17

206

350

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

That “carnival atmosphere” in full

Matthew Thompson

@mattuthompson

5 years

A Trump supporter is milkshaked by a hostile crowd in Parliament Square. And then it all kicks off... @LBC #TrumpVisit #trumpprotests

7K

2K

5K

150

123

312

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

3 years

Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities responds to criticism of their report... "The deeply personal attacks on many of us by politicians and other public figures are irresponsible and dangerous".

21

61

345

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

Stuff that’s happened today: 1️⃣ Amber Rudd calls Diane Abbott “coloured”. 2️⃣ NI Secretary apologises for saying some Troubles deaths were “not crimes”. 3️⃣ Labour could face a Human Rights probe over antisemitism. 4️⃣ Nothing has changed on Brexit, and we’re 22 days away. 😬

32

151

343

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Lib Dem letter being sent out in two constituencies (and probably more) by pollster and former Lib Dem candidate Mike Smithson saying the race in those constituencies is between Labour & LD. In both areas the Lib Dem candidate came third in 2017 & was 25,000 behind the winner 🧐

61

222

334

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

1 year

As it happens, talking to a Tory MP this morning who suggests that Sue Gray looked for alternative employment because some in Westminster began politicising her and her work. Which is an interesting counter-narrative to her being the political sleeper.

12

85

350

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

Around half an hour ago 👇🏻 Still in there

75

134

340

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

NEW: Health Sec Matt Hancock says that 19 NHS workers have died in the #COVID19 outbreak so far #r4today

171

212

329

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

5 years

So if I was a Conservative MP calling for a Brexit delay with a slim majority in a leave voting constituency, I might be a bit worried @AmberRuddHR 🤔😬

37

117

313

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

An extraordinary first media interview from the new Chancellor. He has confirmed that the Truss vision is not only dead, but that the immediate actions of this administration will be to do almost exactly the opposite of what the PM promised during the summer campaign. 1/

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

2 years

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says he now needs to show the govt can pay for the tax and spending plans and that will mean “tough decisions”.

6

11

17

14

111

342

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

4 years

NEW: Former Labour MP and Brexiteer Gisela Stuart says she will be voting Tory at the election #GE2019

20

96

320

Rob Powell

@robpowellnews

11 months

NEW - Jeremy Corbyn's wife is part of a group set up to try and unseat Sir Keir Starmer at the next general election that is also discussing standing independent candidates against Labour in coming by-elections.

Jeremy Corbyn's wife Laura Alvarez in group aiming to unseat Sir Keir Starmer at next election

Laura Alvarez is part of the Organise Corbyn Inspired Socialist Alliance group on Facebook, which has discussed standing MPs against the Labour Party following the ban on her husband standing for the...

news.sky.com

199

95

339