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Professor Colin Talbot

29 days

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4 years

Killer fact from that is this. The Cummings/Wakefield family ended up in a hospital in Durham - 260m from home. That is precisely the reason the lockdown told people to stay at home if they get sick. So as not to spread the virus around the country.

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I grew up in council houses in Dover and Barrow in a poor working class family. I didn't go to Eton. I feel I ought to apologise to @DominicRaab and the @Conservatives for daring to become a professor at one of the world's top universities. Sorry for knowing my place.

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Daughter just sent me this. Not sure who is responsible, but well done.

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WTAF did they think would happen when the UK left the EU? We are no longer an EU country. They can’t “betray” us. WE LEFT.

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This is utterly bizarre. There is no national emergency. There is nothing that could not have been said in Parliament where he could be questioned. He is trying to manufacture a national crisis to legitimise his illegitimate premiership. NO ONE ELECTED HIM

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The Prime Minister @RishiSunak on protecting our democracy.

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Boris Johnson’s “landslide”? 2017 Theresa May 42.4% 13,636,624 2019 Boris Johnson 43.6% 13,966,451 Johnson added just 1.2% or 329,767 extra votes It was WHERE he gained votes + FPTP that gave him an 80 seat “landslide”. He wasn’t massively more popular. That’s a myth.

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A short photo-thread of just some of the responses to the D Day Dodger …

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After today’s events the EDL should be proscribed as a terrorist organisation and its leaders arrested and sent to prison. RT if you agree.

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EU: who wishes we were still a member? ✋🏼

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I know closing schools is problematic. But, simple point. If we want to we can compensate for educational gaps if we want to. These kids have their whole lives before them. What we can't do is bring their grandparents, teachers, or in some cases parents, back to life.

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You wanted a hard border. You got a hard border. Now you’re complaining about there being a hard border?

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Incredibly disappointing to see French border control problems once again adding to traffic mayhem just as families are trying to getaway for the Easter holidays.

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He’s going to regret this isn’t he?

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More on Raab. One bit of the Tolley findings has been a bit under-reported. Raab lied. He claimed no Perm Sec had warned him. Two did. He even accused Antonia Romeo (Justice Perm Sec) of having fabricated notes of her verbal warnings to him. He’s a bully AND A LIAR.

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Votes per elected MP: Conservatives 38,304 Labour 50,649 Liberal Democrats 331,226 Representative democracy? Discuss.

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Victims of Post Office scandal. Rishi Sunak: wait for due process Victims of infected blood scandal. RS: wait for due process Tory PMs and MPs misbehaviour RS: wait for due process Nigel Farage’s bank account Rishi Sunak: lynch mob now!

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There are various rumours swirling as to why this woman (29-30, no-one even seems sure about her age) has been elevated to the House of Lords? Her CV certainly does not suggest this honour. So what has she done, or what is she, to deserve it?

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Anyone else feel like a horrified passenger on a bus being driven deliberately over a cliff?

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Two male journalists on @BBCr4today discussing Kamala Harris. Their repeated, dominant, question - is she up to it? She’s been Attorney General of a state of 40m people. A Senator. And Vice President. Your sexism is showing guys.

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It’s an RAF plane at an RAF base he was visiting in support of our armed forces. BEFORE he was PM. Could you get this any more wrong?

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“Socialist” Sir Keir Starmer steps aboard his big Private Jet. No difference from Sunak.

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Gary Lineker - cancelled David Attenborough - semi-cancelled (prog sidelined) Lord Sugar - allowed to publicly support Tories - nada Andrew Neil - expressed RW views on social media - nada BBC Chair - Tory BBC DG - Tory Draw your own conclusions.

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BREAKING: USA lifts ban on imports of UK lamb. ALSO BREAKING: Americans don't eat lamb. That's why they don't farm sheep.

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We had not left the EU medicines regime at the point ours was approved. This is simply a lie.

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#bbclaurak : “The UK’s huge success of the vaccine program is maybe tangentially but probably linked to the fact that we had left the EU at that point” First time Laura Kuenssberg is seen in weeks and she can’t but help defend Boris Johnson… #newscast

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Every Tory MP who defends, and makes excuses for, Priti Patel is condoning bullying at work.

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Which one got turned down for a place in the House of Lords? The Russian son of a KGB agent or Martin Lewis? Which one would you want?

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This will be the defining picture of her political life. It’s like some sort of demented Bond villain?

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In what circumstance is this an acceptable emotion from a Home Secretary on a visit to a migrant facility in Rwanda? I’m appalled.

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I am (71) part of the ‘grey vote’. The next time ai have a heart attack - which will happen - I’d like paramedics to turn up promptly. No amount of tax cuts is going to provide that you effing imbeciles.

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Elon Musk is quite literally a whole hamper short of a picnic? Does he even know what a Communist is?

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The ECHR is not anything to do with the EU The 2016 Referendum was about the EU There was no vote on the ECHR @andreajenkyns is either a fool or liar or possibly both?

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The important point here is UK could always have better controlled borders but chose not to and then blamed the EU.

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GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE is quite clear. Even if you are using private email or WhatsApp, if it Government comms it belongs to Govt.

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Why is the BBC Political Editor (Chris Mason) giving Farage a boost by attending his “Press Conference” in Dover? Farage has run away from standing in the election. So he should be ignored as the irrelevance he personally is. Talk to Reform candidates - fine. Farage - no.

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Priti Patel misled the House today (again). Asked directly about a specific case by @YvetteCooperMP she claimed the elderly Ukrainian woman would be allowed onto the EuroStar at Gard du Nord. She wasn't.

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‘Will of the people”? 👉🏽Rwanda was not in your Manifesto in 2019 👉🏽You were not the candidate to be PM in 2019 👉🏽You are the 2nd un-mandated PM since 2019 If it’s “the will of the people” just call an election and we’ll find out?

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'Do not frustrate the will of the people' In a press conference this morning @RishiSunak urged members of the House of Lords to 'do the right thing' after his Rwanda Bill passed through the Commons

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BREAKING: Labour to launch mission to Mars next year. It’s not in the Manifesto and they haven’t specifically denied it, so obviously they are going to do it?

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Mass gatherings weren't a problem. Then they were School closures weren't needed. They they were WHO rec PPE wasn't neccesary - then it was Community testing wasn't needed. Now it is (but isn't happening) Mask wearing wasn't necessary. Now it is, but we haven't got enough

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Health Sec Matt Hancock has been stopped by No. 10 from going to a European meeting to coordinate Coronovirus response? I cannot believe I just heard this on @BBCr4today just now. This is not sensible.

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@implausibleblog My state pension is not a ‘benefit’. It’s something I paid for from 1969 to 2017 - 48 years. It is unaffected by anything else I earn so why should it give the Govt the right to access my bank account?

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This is so pathetic. Starmer was talking about Friday nights only. And normal work, not crises. This is childish politics. Britain deserves better than this. And is probably about to get it.

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Virtually every military intervention we’ve carried out has happened at night, partly to keep our servicemen & women safe. The British people will wonder who would be standing in for Starmer between 6pm & 9am – Angela Rayner, David Lammy, Ed Miliband? Defending Britain's

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Nadine Dorries being allowed to make a series of slanderous allegations against Sue Gray almost without challenge on @BBCRadio4 So far about 10 mins of monologue without serious challenge. Disgraceful.

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Victoria Atkins should have been booted out of the Chamber for this. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

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So that "constructive opposition" thing lasted about five minutes

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Farage’s racism on full display. Kamala Harris is an American woman. Her mother was Tamil and her dad Jamaican. She’s no more ‘African’ than Trump is German.

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"Donald Trump will be delighted that she's the opponent!" Nigel Farage tells @NickFerrariLBC that the Republican Party won't be too worried about the prospect of Kamala Harris running for president, insisting that the Democrats 'won't get rid of a black African woman'.

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The Party that accepted £10m from someone who said Diane Abbott should be killed? Now they are all concerned? Give us a break?

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Diane Abbott learning quickly today that you just don’t know where you stand with Keir Starmer.

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A reminder for Thursday

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Training to be a Special Constable takes 200 hours (and costs a lot). Someone doing one weekend a month for a year will be doing 168 hours Community Service. They wouldn’t have even be finished training before they completed their year Dumb and dumber.

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As far back as I can remember there have been periodic outbreaks of violence in Britain. Mods and Rockers in the 60s (long before mass migration). Riots. Football hooligans. Demos. Strikes. Mass pickets. Saturday night brawls. Dunno which planet Camilla has been on?

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AS PREDICTED - FAR RIGHT UPRISING FIZZLING OUT The turn to direct action has backfired spectacularly for Yaxley-Lennon and his political wing Reform. They’re fighting like rats in sack. Their foot-soldiers are going to jail in numbers. They’ve mobilised huge opposition 👏🏽👏🏽

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Have I got this right? Nadhim Zahawi was sacked for failing to disclose he was being investigated by HMRC for tax dodging. Now he wants to change the rules to make it easier to dodge inheritance tax? Couldn’t make it up?

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There is a minimum age for MPs: 18 Younger MPs than Keir Mather (25) include: Mhairi Black: 20 William Pitt: 21 (and became PM at 24) Bernadette Devlin: 21 Charles Kennedy: 23 Matthew Taylor: 24 Really Jeremy - how long have you been reporting on politics?

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Should there be a minimum age for MPs? Last night Keir Mather became the youngest MP in the House of Commons, aged just 25. Is that too young? @JJAnisiobi | @toryboypierce | @StormHuntley | #StormHuntley

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The majority of Daily Telegraph readers thought having Liz Truss as PM was a jolly good idea.

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@PickardJE By the 2010 Election the economy was not wrecked, it was recovering well. The public finances were ‘challenging’ but interest rates were so low it wasn’t really a big problem. And the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-8 was not caused by the Labour Govt.

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TRUMP: 78 yo old man; white racist; misogynist; convicted felon; reactionary; autocrat. Insane HARRIS: 59 yo woman; of colour; prosecutor, progressive, democrat. Sane. Difficult choice America?

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Tim does not understand how checks and balances and the rule of law work in a democracy. This is exactly what the likes of Putin, Orban, Erdogan and their ilk do. It’s not democracy. There’s other words for it. Don’t be like Tim.

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My controversial view of the day. We may need to politicise the appointment of judges if judges keep undermining democratically elected politicians

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What a ridiculous ‘take’? This was not ‘pushing out the frontiers of human knowledge’ - except in the sense we now know how not to build a submersible. It was reckless, needless, gambling with people’s lives for disaster tourism.

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Big policy announcement just before a big election? We used to have rules to stop the abuse of power like this. Called ‘purdah’, a period where there were no major announcements by Govt before elections. Not with this Government. Anything goes. Cheats.

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Today, the government takes a huge step in its fight against scammers. The Home Secretary @SuellaBraverman and the Security Minister @TomTugendhat explain how a new Fraud Strategy will help protect the British public against fraudsters ⤵

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The land where women often couldn’t enter a pub, or order a drink if they could? Or died from back-street abortions? Or where “No Blacks. No Irish. No Dogs” signs were ok? Try a complete picture of Old England - not just the bits you like?

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Old England, before we became the social worker of the world. How beautiful and wholesome we once were, if we are to have this again if begins with getting behind those that genuinely seek it, not those who simply speak it. Our England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Repeat after me: YOU DO NOT NEED TO PROROGUE PARLIAMENT FOR OVER A MONTH TO DELIVER A QUEEN'S SPEECH. And it is NOT NORMAL. RT please.

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This completely misses the point. The issue is not her having a 1-2-1 course. It’s asking Civil Servants to arrange for it. It was a private matter, nothing to do with her public duties. She broke the Ministerial Code simply by asking. That’s the issue.

Suella Braverman did ‘nothing untoward’ by allegedly seeking private speeding course

Lawyer Nick Freeman, known as Mr Loophole, said providers often prefer high-profile people to take private courses

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NIGEL FARAGO AT IT AGAIN The Sub-Postmasters were prosecuted by THE POST OFFICE. The CPS/DPP played no part in this. The PO has its own powers. You utter fraud.

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Why did @Keir_Starmer not intervene in the Horizon scandal when he was Director of Public Prosecutions? The story first broke in 2009, yet the prosecutions continued until 2015. Given the mounting concern at the time and over 700 cases, he has serious questions to answer.

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Never seen a Speaker be quite so brutal with Sec of State? Deservedly so. The hubris of this Govt is getting beyond a joke.

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"Who do you think you're speaking to?... I am not going to be spoken to by a Secretary of State who is absolutely not accepting my ruling" Sir Lindsay Hoyle rebukes Kemi Badenoch over announcing changes to Retained EU Law Bill to the media

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This is nonsense. UK North Sea gas will be sold on the open market and can go anywhere. The UK Govt will have no power over who gets it. Stop lying.

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Unless we want to return to pre-industrial conditions (cold, poor, dark) we will need natural gas for some time. So either UK imports more carbon intensive gas from abroad or we increase production of own, with added economic, security & employment benefits. Video in 2 parts 1/2

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@bbclaurak The Supreme Court have not “strayed into politics” any more than a Referee “strays into fooball” when refereeing a match. They are simply upholding the rules of the politics game - the constitution. Nothing more nor less. Johnson broke the rules.

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Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge I know how, but we don’t know why?

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And I’m thinking the best one so far

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Why are we allowing the rise of political TV in Britain? GBNews and TalkTV are clearly non-commercial, sponsored, Brexit-Tory biased channels providing a platform and income to the New Brexit Elite ©

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The rewriting of history going on today is really quite astonishing. Bashir & BBC are being blamed for the breakdown of the Royal marriage, ignoring the fact it already had. They are also being blamed for her death, by the same media outlets that paid paparazzi who chased her.

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How about brining back the … National HEALTH Service?

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Introducing National Service. Wondering how it will improve your or your child’s future? Here are the five things you need to know 👇 🧵 1/6

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From a Dutch newspaper ....

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Next time you hear Johnson or some other Govt minister blathering on about how the UK is “the fastest growing economy in the G7”, just look at this chart from @TheEconomist UK = worst GDP, household income, share prices and investment of G7. “World beating” nonsense.

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Good grief. We knew it probably happened but to actually SEE it happening is still deeply shocking. Make sure this goes viral people. Every single one of these jerks needs to be fined.

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First ever Partygate video revealed as Tories drink, dance and laugh at Covid rules

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Grant Shapps claims Labour control the House of Lords. The actual membership of the Lords. But then as Mr Shapps has trouble remembering what his name is it’s hardly surprising?

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Was Lord Bethell under oath when he told the Covid Inquiry he’d lost his WhatsApp messages? Cos he might be in a wee spot of bother ….

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@MichelleMone wasn’t “honest” about her financial interest to me. She didn’t explain “from the very beginning” about her financial “involvement” - her message below was typical. It wasn’t in her Register of Interests, as you’d expect it. @RishiSunak is right to take this

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Oliver Dowden claims Sue Gray “failed to engage” with an inquiry into the circumstances of her discussions with Keir Starmer. But what inquiry? By whom? On what terms of reference and under what procedure? Dowden and Cabinet Office apparently cannot say. Which speaks volumes?

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The contempt here for Labour and for working class culture (non-league football clubs - urgh!) is palpable. I’ve been giving her the benefit of the doubt - her errors were just naive “scoop-hound” mistakes. Not any more. She’s a snob and a small c Conservative at the very least.

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@reece_dinsdale @BylineTimes She can’t seem to speak without attacking Labour

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She has to be sacked. Clear breach of the Ministerial Code. And a VERY serious one.

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EXCLUSIVE 🚨: Suella Braverman asked Home Office civil servants to help her avoid a speeding fine and points on her licence by arranging a private one-to-one driving awareness course Serious Qs over whether she may have breached ministerial code 1/4

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In January 2010 I had a heart attack. And discovered I had a deteriorating heart condition. At the time I set myself the target of surviving until 2020. 2020 has been a challenge. But I AM STILL HERE.

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I think this is contempt of Parliament?

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EVIL: its the only word for these people. They will soon be history and we will all be wondering how we ever tolerated these clowns?

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🚨 | NEW: A gang of Tory MPs led by Lee Anderson will demand that Rishi Sunak BLOCK foreign staff working in care homes - despite a record number of vacancies [ @DailyMirror ]

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I’ve been engaged in politics for about 55 years. Campaigns have rarely made a big difference, certainly not big enough to overturn a 21% deficit. And Labour can win a solid majority with less than half that number. Which you should know. But either don’t, or don’t want to?

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But... don't forget Labour has to get a MASSIVE swing to get over the line, and anyone who's been knocking around for a few years will remind you that campaigns can change things - we'll hear from Starmer in a bit - keep up with @BBCNews and #NEWSCASTERS we'll be with you in a

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Your Govt just gave a woman of 29 a lifelong seat in our Parliament. About whom we know next nothing except she did some low level political work? Care to explain that @JohnnyMercerUK ?

Rt Hon Johnny Mercer

@JohnnyMercerUK

1 year

I may be a ‘silly sod’ or a ‘twit’ - both of those are valid. But I also don’t think voters really want people who’ve spent more time at university than in a job, who get dropped in to a constituency, inserted with a party chip and parrot party lines. Glad to have stoked debate.

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

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As someone who has studied public spending policy for 3 decades and been a special adviser to the Treasury Select Cttee - Sunak is talking absolute garbage here. Govt publish multi-year spending plans all the time. On just about everything. That is what Spending Reviews do.

Best for Britain

@BestForBritain

8 months

👀Chair of Public Accounts C'tee @Meg_HillierMP now, takes Sunak to task about refusing to disclose the cost of the Rwanda scheme to Parliament. He ends up claiming he's having "secret talks" with other countries. When asked which, by Jenkin, he says they're hypothetical. 👀~AA

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

5 months

Mad. I’m 71 and I don’t recall this fantasy land. Ever.

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

11 months

When he first rose to prominence I knew I didn’t like his politics. And his manner reminded me of a senior partner from a management consultancy. But the more I’ve seen of him the more he comes across as a hugely dislikable, petulant, arrogant, self-absorbed man?

BBC Politics

@BBCPolitics

11 months

“Is there anything you admire about [Labour leader Keir Starmer]?” asks #BBCLauraK “I’m not interested in talking about personalities… what I would say is you’ve got to take a stand on things” says PM Rishi Sunak

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

7 months

Not just implicitly biased but rude with it. Completely unnecessary editorialising from @bbclaurak

David

@Zero_4

7 months

Yvette Cooper: “We’ve had low growth, low opportunities it’s time to something better.” #BBCLauraK : “Well there’s plenty of people who come to this studio who disagree with you. Many people watching might disagree with you too” She *never* does this after interviewing a Tory MP

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

5 months

She was Home Secretary. She was responsible for MI5. What is she doing freelancing with foreign governments as if she is still a Minister? Was this sanctioned? Does she have officials with her? More evidence Sunak’s “Government” has lost all authority.

Suella Braverman MP

@SuellaBraverman

5 months

Today I met with senior military & political figures in Israel to discuss the war in Gaza & the tragic strike on the aid convoy. My thoughts & prayers go out to the family & friends of those killed. This was a terrible mistake for which Israel has rightly apologised.

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

2 months

Er, wouldn’t that be economic migration? I thought that was a bad thing?

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

11 months

No you are not. You are using public money to bribe people in marginal seats to vote for you. You are not distributing our money fairly on the basis of need. It’s called political corruption.

Conservatives

@Conservatives

11 months

We’re investing over £1 billion in towns across the country 👇

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

2 months

Hearing lots of “Labour has a majority but not a mandate” this morning. All of it from people who have never raised electoral reform before. It’s pure opportunism. And very annoying to those of us who have always supported a more proportional system.

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

8 months

No, Prince Harry has not “claimed” anything - the Judge has stated clearly that Piers Morgan knew about the phone hacking.

The i paper

@theipaper

8 months

Prince Harry has claimed Piers Morgan “clearly knew about phone hacking” after a High Court judge ruled the Duke of Sussex had been the victim of the practice by Mirror Group Newspapers

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

2 months

Almost lost for words. No-one made Sunak want to be PM. No-one made him make all the mistakes and tell all the lies he has. He and his wife are worth over half a billion £. Yet he’s a victim?

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

2 months

Why do you use a dismissive, derogatory, term like “shoe-horned”?

Beth Rigby

@BethRigby

2 months

Labour has also shoehorned into the manifesto this picture of Starmer with Zelensky at the D-Day commemoration ceremony. This was the event Sunak missed

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

1 month

Caption competition. I’ll start. JDV “Aren’t you the lettuce lady?”

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

1 year

225 Conservative MPs - including the PM - did not support the Privileges Cttee. A majority of Tory MPs. Failing to uphold standards. Cowardly running away from responsibility. They will regret this.

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

3 months

This one is mine

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

2 months

It’s going to be a long time until 10pm July 4th isn’t it?

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

4 years

As some people still don't seem to see the problem, do a little thought experiment. One family with C-19 going to Durham from London might be a small risk. But what about 10 families, or a 100, or a 1,000? See why we need(ed) the rules now? And STAY HOME was the rule.

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Professor Colin Talbot

@colinrtalbot

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“Reform” and the “Workers Party of Britain” between them won 6 councillors yesterday. SIX. Out of 2,447. Compared to, for example the Greens - who won 159. Yet guess who we’ll see on @bbcquestiontime and other media most?

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