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Joe Pike

10 months

What can we learn from Trump’s record Iowa win? Is it all over for Haley and DeSantis? We meet those caucusing for the first time due to Trump, a tactical Dem-to-GOP switcher, plus analysis from @FrankLuntz . @BBCNewsnight | @jasmin_dyer | @Liamweir14

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5 years

Tried to show @BorisJohnson the picture of Jack Williment-Barr. The 4-year-old with suspected pneumonia forced to lie on a pile of coats on the floor of a Leeds hospital. The PM grabbed my phone and put it in his pocket: @itvcalendar | #GE19

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Standing ovation at Wimbledon’s Centre Court for Dame Sarah Gilbert who designed the Oxford COVID vaccine. Very moving.

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CONFIRMED: Tomorrow opposition party leaders (Labour, SNP, Lib Dems, DUP, Plaid Cymru, SDLP, Greens, and Alliance Party) will hold a meeting to 'discuss the next steps in holding Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings to account'.

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Today I’m remembering my wonderful husband Gordon Aikman who died 5 years ago today from motor neurone disease. It seems like yesterday and also a lifetime ago. I feel so lucky to have been part of his incredible life. #CureMND

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Two startling sentences in the Sunday Times: ‘The government has awarded £1.5bn of taxpayers’ money to companies linked to the Conservative Party during the coronavirus pandemic. None of the firms were prominent government suppliers before this year.’

Chumocracy first in line as ministers splash Covid cash

As a former head of MI5, Lord Evans of Weardale spent a career defending British democracy against immediate threats. Last week he warned against a more insidio

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It seems like Grant Shapps and Kwasi Kwarteng have written strongly worded letters to a man who resigned as P&O chairman on 16th December 2021...

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WATCH: Tory committee chair William Wragg MP accuses No 10 of blackmailing backbenchers who have considered calling for vote of confidence in the PM.

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I am fascinated at Labour's strategy throughout the Cummings crisis: to hold back. They've NOT called for DC to be sacked (although do want investigation). @Keir_Starmer hasn't said a word. Heeding Napoleon's advice to avoid interrupting your enemy when he's making a mistake?

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BREAK: The Metropolitan Police breached the rights of organisers of a vigil for Sarah Everard with its handling of the planned event, High Court judges have ruled.

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Larry tries a piece to camera:

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I think this from Phil and Holly could actually be reasonably significant. -Their show is rarely political. -Big broad audience. -Away from the bubble. -And they are losing patience with the government: #ThisMorning

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Confused by Labour's #Brexit position? Today @jeremycorbyn told me: 🔹He's NOT sitting on the fence. 🔹His position ISN'T muddled. 🔹But when I asked EIGHT TIMES if he's pro-Remain or pro-Leave, he wouldn't say.

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NEW: Prof Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance left No 10 at approx 1820. Earlier we were told they would be appearing with the PM at the daily press conference. Why did they turn up for the presser and then leave? Have asked No 10 for comment.

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EXCL: 'I got a phonecall. It was Buckingham Palace asking me was I available to speak to the Duchess of Sussex.' Meghan Duchess of Sussex called @HollyLynch5 this morning to say thank you. It comes after the Halifax MP sent her a cross-party letter of solidarity from female MPs.

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BREAKING: Senior Tory MP William Wragg accuses govt of blackmail. -Claims whips have threatened to withdraw govt funding from rebellious MPs’ areas. -Claims some in govt have considered releasing damaging stories in press about rebellious MPs.

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NEW: Department for Transport confirm Transport Secretary @grantshapps is on holiday in Spain. He will therefore be among thousands of travellers forced to quarantine for a fortnight when he returns to the UK. #COVID19

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NEW: Labour are using Tory minister Michael Ellis’s defence of the PM in Commons today to damage his reputation among Northampton North constituents. Tory majority: 5,507. Digital ad going out today:

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UPDATE: Grant Shapps and Kwasi Kwarteng have deleted their tweets about these letters. I understand they will be writing new letters to the actual P&O chairman shortly.

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If @AlokSharma_RDG (who is now self-isolating) tests positive for #COVID19 , he’ll presumably use govt’s new Test & Trace programme. That could mean a lot of politicians and civil servants getting a text and being forced into 14 days quarantine...

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VIDEO: @jeremycorbyn is back in Doncaster - the 2nd time in 4 days - to meet people affected by flooding. @itvcalendar | #GE19

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2 years

An iconic photo and Shinzo Abe at the centre:

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8 years

My beautiful husband @GordonAikman has died. We are all heartbroken. He was my best friend, my soulmate and the love of my life.

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5 years

Bumped into Dominic Cummings. Me: Ready for the campaign Mr Cummings? DC: We’re not going to have one. Me: Really? DC: They’ll vote for EU citizens and we’ll have to pull it. #Brexit | GE19

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NEW: No 10 respond to latest Cummings allegations.

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Just talking to @IainDale at #Lab22 and a Labour member interrupts to thank him for his support with the strikes. She thought he was Mick Lynch…

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NEW: I understand @BorisJohnson has NOT personally contacted anyone in Jo Cox's family. Yet he told me 'I have tried to clear it up with her family'. I'm told Brendan Cox received contact from the PM's office. No one has spoken to Jo's sister Kim or her parents Gordon and Jean.

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VIDEO: @BorisJohnson also refused to say sorry for comments that: 🔹The ‘best way to honour the memory of Jo Cox’ would be ‘to get Brexit done’. But he told me he’s been in touch with Jo Cox’s family to 'clear it up' and and 'they’ve been very understanding'. /2

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4 years

BREAKING: No 10 source: ‘The deal is done’. #Brexit

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NEW: @Keir_Starmer calls for a recall of parliament and for government economic policy to be reversed.

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4 years

Wow. @BorisJohnson refuses to let Whitty and Vallance answer @bbclaurak question about Cummings. Say it's a political question. Surely it's one of public health?

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UPDATED: 7 Tory MPs have now called for Cummings to go: -Steve Baker -Simon Hoare -Damian Collins -Sir Roger Gale -Sir Peter Bone -Caroline Nokes -Craig Whittaker Plus William Wragg has re-tweeted Mr Baker's tweet, suggesting he is of the same view.

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4 years

My parents are watching #ItsASin one episode at a time, because my dad finds it so upsetting. Don’t think I’ve ever cried as much watching TV. Yet it’s packed with joy, energy, laughter. Give @russelldavies63 a Knighthood. For me it was all about the mums. Especially these 2:

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. @michaelgove tells @SophyRidgeSky it’s ‘grotesque’ to suggest PM missed key meetings. Yet @BorisJohnson ’s *official spokesman* confirmed to me nearly 7 weeks ago that the PM missed first 5 COBRAs on #Coronavirus :

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UPDATE: No 10 confirm today was the SIXTH emergency COBRA ctte meeting on #Coronavirus . And the first attended by @BorisJohnson . However they point out the PM has received private briefings from Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific twice a week since the outbreak began.

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Rather awkward exchange between @KayBurley and @Helen_Whately on care home deaths: KB: You can't stick this on the scientists. HW: Well I can because... Well I'm not... KB: You can stick it on the scientists? HW: No no no. That's not what I meant to say. KB: You just said that.

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WATCH: We weren’t invited. But we turned up anyway. Here’s some of our coverage of what happened when @BorisJohnson visited flood-hit communities in South Yorkshire today: @itvcalendar | #GE19 | #Floods

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Jawdropping claim that last night @BorisJohnson joked with business leaders that the effort to build more ventilators could be called ‘Operation Last Gasp’. (via @CharlieCooper8 .) #Coronavirus #COVID19

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3 years

More from @RishiSunak including an abrupt conclusion to the interview…

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WATCH: Jamie Driscoll - Labour's candidate to be the new North of Tyne Mayor - struggles to explain his position on #Brexit . It is unclear whether he: -Wants Brexit to happen or not. -Wants a second referendum or not. @itvtynetees

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A normally loyal Labour MP on Corbyn and prospects for #GE19 : ‘We’re led by a lunatic. He’s a nice but dim man who is being controlled by truly evil people.’

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VIDEO: 'Suspended?' 'This is Corbyn country.' 'He is a good man.' Immediately after @jeremycorbyn 's suspension from the Labour Party yesterday lunchtime, we got the reaction of some of his constituents in North London:

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EXCL: Sue Gray has been appointed chief of staff to Labour leader Keir Starmer. As a senior civil servant, the job offer will be subject to ACOBA process before formal confirmation. Major coup for the Labour leader and part of an effort to prove the party is preparing for govt.

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NEW: Ian Botham has been introduced in the House of Lords. He is now Baron Botham of Ravensworth (the North Yorkshire village where he lives).

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PM HEALTH UPDATE: - @BorisJohnson is receiving standard oxygen treatment & breathing without other assistance. -He does NOT have pneumonia. -He has NOT required mechanical ventilation or non invasive respiratory support. -His condition was stable overnight and is in good spirits.

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BREAK: In last 24 hrs, Labour have been contacted by civil servants in Home Office and other departments with more bullying and harassment allegations against @patel4witham . Won’t comment on the number of cases.

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3 years

When @kimleadbeater gives her maiden speech in Commons she will be standing metres from a plaque bearing her sister’s name. Designed by Jo Cox’s children, it includes her ‘More In Common’ message, the red rose of Labour, white rose of Yorkshire plus purple/green of suffragettes.

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5 years

Interesting to see the contrast between the Sun front pages: England & Wales edition and Scottish edition. No clearer evidence that @BorisJohnson has a ‘Scotland problem’.

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6 years

Eat in or take-Huawei?

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6 years

Former Defence Secretary @GavinWilliamson ⁩ living his best life on Instagram:

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VIDEO: Government resignation! International Development Minister (as well as ex Langbaurgh MP and Gateshead boy) Lord Bates has quit after missing an oral question. Just look at the reaction from other peers... @itvtynetees

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BREAK: @BorisJohnson in intensive care.

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3 years

A train named after Uncle Gordon! Very touched. Thank you @AlexHynes @ScotRail and @MNDScotland .

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UPDATED: 17 Tory MPs now calling for Cummings to go: 1. S Baker 2. S Hoare 3. D Collins 4. R Gale 5. P Bone 6. C Nokes 7. C Whittaker 8. J Sturdy 9. R Syms 10. P Maynard 11. J Gray 12. R Goodwill 13. A Jones 14. J McCartney 15. T Loughton 16. Vickers 17. Warbuton Any more?

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3 years

Headline: Dame Set Match

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Ex Tory Attorney General Dominic Grieve on No 10 refurb row: -PM 'in considerable trouble'. -'Disgraceful' for him to be 'playing games'. -'Evidence to suggest he's been dishonest' about where he got money. -'Quite extraordinary' he's 'behaving in a Donald Trump-like fashion'.

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EXCL: Tory candidate (and Sunak’s closest parliamentary aide) Craig Williams refuses to tell me whether he had any inside information when he placed a bet on the date of the general election. But he says: “I clearly made a huge error of judgement”.

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BREAK: @BorisJohnson announces limits on people leaving their homes. Only 4 reasons you should do so: -Shopping for basic necessities -One form of exercise a day -medical need, to provide care or to help a vulnerable person -Travelling to and from work #coronavirus #COVID19

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Today I’m remembering my husband Gordon Aikman and all who have died from Motor Neurone Disease. There is still no cure. He died 7 years ago today and we are incredibly proud of everything he achieved. The brilliant @GlennBBC made this film about him:

The Fight of Gordon's Life

The inspiring story of one young man's battle with a terminal condition. Diagnosed with motor neurone disease at 29, Gordon Aikman decides to fightback. He r...

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Oliver Dowden: 'Dom Cummings followed the guidelines and looked after his family. End of story.' The Observer: Um... there's more.

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Me: Did you hear from Corbyn after losing your seat? Ex Labour MP: Did I fuck.

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NEW: Doorstep with @NicolaSturgeon here. -Stands by her evidence. -Accuses opposition of having partisan motives. -Awaiting result of James Hamilton QC investigation.

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BREAKING: Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, has been found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy at a house in Staffordshire in 2008.

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WATCH: ‘It’s took you over five days. You should have been there Saturday morning having a meeting... and I’m sorry your announcements yesterday were a pittance.’ Residents in flood-hit Stainforth tell @BorisJohnson what they think of his govt’s response. @itvcalendar | #Floods

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Labour have an enormous video banner of the Queen to use at the opening of their conference tomorrow morning. Delegates will sing ‘God Save The King’ and Keir Starmer will pay tribute. Jeremy Corbyn says singing the national anthem at conference is ‘very very odd’.

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Fascinating @NicolaSturgeon is already speaking live about Coronavirus / COVID-19 after dialling into COBRA meeting earlier. Effectively beating the UK government in responding. Helps make herself seem in control and and a key player in the management of the outbreak.

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Corbyn was clearly well prepared for the ITV debate. But today with @afneil he seemed irritable, tired, not across the detail of his own policies, and without clear answers on the most obvious of questions. Damaging. #andrewneilinterviews | #GE19

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3 years

Starmer’s Piers Morgan gamble paid off. Compelling television. And a powerful introduction to voters. #LifeStories

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I've not heard this argument from PM to SNP before: 'Can I just remind the Rt Hon gentlemen gently that 56% of Scots voted for pro-Brexit parties.' Some facts: -None of 5 main Scottish parties were pro-Brexit at time of referendum -All 32 council areas returned a Remain majority

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EXCL: No 10 chief of staff Mark Fullbrook dodges @SkyNews questions about being a witness in an FBI bribery inquiry. Labour want Cabinet Secretary Simon Case to investigate his appointment:

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Rattled. #PMQs

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A senior Tory MP and Boris Johnson ally on the former PM’s appearance before the Privileges Committee this week: “It was terrible. As bad as it could have been. I don’t see how they don’t give him ten days. Get ready for a by-election.”

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6 years to the day that my beautiful husband Gordon died, this is lovely! Thanks @ScotRail . Watch his story including a glimpse of our wedding: #CureMND

The Fight of Gordon's Life

The inspiring story of one young man's battle with a terminal condition. Diagnosed with motor neurone disease at 29, Gordon Aikman decides to fightback. He r...

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💙 On the 1507 Glasgow Queen St to Inverness today? You’ve got locomotive 43134 up front, it’s named in honour of motor neuron disease campaigner and patient, Gordon Aikman. He raised £500,000 for @MNDScotland before he died aged just 31.

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I’m in Scotland to report on one job announcement. But before that, here’s another… Thrilled to soon be joining the talented team at @BBCNewsnight . Will miss brilliant colleagues at @SkyNews who have taught me loads over the past three years.

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Delighted to welcome @joepike to Newsnight's team as Insight & Investigations Editor. Joe's an indefatigable journalist who'll help Newsnight analyse events and hold power to account in Whitehall, the UK's devolved parliaments and beyond. Joe joins us in the summer - welcome!

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Just interviewed @Keir_Starmer on behalf of broadcast pool: -Taliban should NOT be recognised as Afghanistan's legitimate govt. -‘Deeply concerned’ Biden doesn’t recognise wider consequences of action. -Disagrees with blaming Afghan govt/army. -'Catastrophic error of judgement'.

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Startling quote from Therese Coffey interview w/ @KayBurley : 'If the science was wrong, advice at the time was wrong, I'm not surprised if people will then think we then made a wrong decision.' Clearest indication govt recognise they've made mistakes? Escalation of blame game?

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UPDATE: I’m super excited to be joining @SkyNews in January as Political Correspondent. Looking forward to learning loads from a brilliant team. But first, a cold and rather wet general election... /1

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NEW: Just spoken to Conservative @CWhittaker_MP who confirms (as per @FittonReporter ) that he believes the PM and Chancellor should resign over #partygate fines. But he will not be writing a letter to 1922 chair.

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BREAKING: Michael Gove announces new government advice on working from home: ‘If you can work from home, you should do so.’ He calls this a ‘shift in emphasis’. Also confirms to @KayBurley that plans to get 80% of Whitehall staff back by the end of month have been abandoned.

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Former Chancellor @KwasiKwarteng on Frank Hester’s alleged comments about Diane Abbott: “They are clearly racist and they are clearly sexist… They were very stupid remarks.” #PoliticsLive

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Marcus Rashford isn't letting this one go. MPs will be debating free school meals in Commons this afternoon. Here are some numbers for context: £117m - Food Foundation estimate of cost of extending free school meals in England. £12 billion/ month - Cost of furloughing scheme.

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1. When you wake up this morning and run your shower, take a second to think about parents who have had their water turned off during lockdown #maketheuturn

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Thank you @MickBooker and the Sunday Express for asking me to write about my late husband Gordon Aikman, who died from Motor Neurone Disease. A medical research revolution is underway in the UK, but further funding is vital: #MND #ALS #FundACure

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UPDATED: 10 Tory MPs now calling for Cummings to go: -Steve Baker -Simon Hoare -Damian Collins -Sir Roger Gale -Peter Bone -Caroline Nokes -Craig Whittaker -Julian Sturdy -Robert Syms -Paul Maynard Plus William Wragg retweeting Baker, suggesting he believes the same Any more?

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UPDATED: 5 Tory MPs have now called for Cummings to go: -Steve Baker -Simon Hoare -Damian Collins -Sir Roger Gale -Sir Peter Bone Plus William Wragg has re-tweeted Mr Baker's tweet, suggesting he is of the same view.

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NEW: @BorisJohnson tells broadcast pool he is 'looking at the potential of relaxing some measures' before mid-February.

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The Greensill/Cameron web of lobbying is growing. Who else do we need to add?

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BREAK: Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross calls for PM to go. Full interview on Sky News soon. via @jamesmatthewsky

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WATCH: ‘Too many care homes didn’t really follow the procedures’. Just weeks after clapping for carers, Prime Minister @BorisJohnson appears to blame them. #COVID19

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Unless I’m very much mistaken, the Chief Whip @Mark_Spencer just walked into No 10. Plus Director of Communications Jack Doyle has now also arrived. Strange for a Sunday afternoon…👀 #reshuffle ?

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I may be wrong, but I don't think there was a single mention of COVID in #PMQs . Yesterday daily deaths hit their highest level since March 2021.

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4 years

My evening analysis: why the relationship between @JoeBiden and @BorisJohnson may be far from special:

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Govt wins vote on Boris Johnson’s Brexit Bill: Ayes - 358 Noes -234 MPs now off for Christmas break.

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NEW: Labour’s @YvetteCooperMP responds to sacking of HM Inspector of Borders & Immigration: “This is total Tory chaos on borders and immigration. “A series of Conservative Home Secretaries have sought to bury uncomfortable truths revealed by the Chief Inspector about our

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4 years

🎉 Freshers’ week with a 6 person social limit. 💻 Lectures via zoom. 💰 £10K a year in fees plus other debts. Nightmare.

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EXCL: The Serious Fraud Office is investigating the construction of Unite the Union’s controversial Birmingham hotel & conference centre. The BBC has been told total cost was £112m. It’s been independently valued at £29m suggesting £83m has been wasted.

Serious Fraud Office probe £112m Unite union hotel

Unite spent £112m of its members’ money on the project in Birmingham, the BBC has been told.

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NEW: Grantham Conservatives have tonight voted unanimously to start process which could lead to deselection of @NickBoles . They will now ask Mr Boles whether he wants to be their candidate at next election. Chairman Philip Sagar says tone was ‘one of sadness and confusion’.

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BREAK: GOVT U-TURN No 10 announce they *will* cover the cost (£120m) of free school meals for 1.3 million vulnerable kids in England across the Summer break. But it won't be extended beyond Summer. A pretty swift campaign success for @MarcusRashford .

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1 year

Three and half brilliant years at @SkyNews finished today. See you on @BBCNewsnight soon.

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4 years

Random thought: @NicolaSturgeon and @fmwales always appear at news conferences with a British Sign Language Interpreter. Why does @BorisJohnson not do the same? It is the preferred language of 87,000 deaf people in the UK. 73.000 of them are in England.

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NEW: Labour’s 18 questions for Dominic Raab. #Afghanistan

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Joe Pike

@joepike

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NEW: @BorisJohnson is finally visiting South Yorkshire this morning - six days after the flooding hit. He is doing one pooled interview and not talking to regional media. @itvcalendar | #GE19 | #Floods

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Joe Pike

@joepike

4 years

An interesting contrast: @NicolaSturgeon is holding a press conference and taking questions from TV/radio broadcasters as well as (often hostile) newspapers like the Mail and Telegraph. In contrast, @BorisJohnson is pre-recording a statement and not taking any questions.

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