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NEW: PM understood to have travelled to Chequers AFTER his 23 March 2020 lockdown speech, breaking his "simply instruction" to stay at home shortly after giving it. For today's @tortoise Sensemaker:

The commuter - Tortoise

In March 2020 Boris Johnson pre-recorded a broadcast in which he told the country to stay at home. But Tortoise now believes that he then ignored his own advice by moving back and forth between...

Young aides included on Boris Johnson’s Lords list

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UPDATE: Number 10 have just now admitted that this took place. They say Johnson “commuted” between Downing Street and Chequers in the period 16th March and 27th March 2020. Link updated with new story below.

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@lara_spirit

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NEW: Boris and Carrie Johnson alleged to have used Chequers between 16th and 27th March 2020 – with the PM accused of moving between Chequers and London against government guidance. In today's @tortoise Sensemaker:

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‘We were promised an easy ride with a cash bonus thrown in’ Great stuff & worth watching whole speech from Baroness Boothroyd, who says ‘Brexit will shape these youngsters futures for the next fifty years’ #PeoplesVote

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NEW: YouGov poll for The Times puts Labour *33-points* ahead – the highest the party has ever recorded in ANY published poll since the late 1990s.

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6 years

Had fun on #BBCtw last night explaining why we need to be serious about the options facing our country. Time for a people's vote, and time for Portillo and pals to be realistic about the only route left out of the current gridlock

Our Future, Our Choice

@OFOCBrexit

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Our @lara_spirit explains to @Afneil why this Brexit deal would tear the country apart. But it's up to the People to judge the deal. #BBCtw

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Exc: No10 lobbying up to 8 MPs nominated for peerages in Boris Johnson’s upcoming resignation honours list to defer them to 2024 to spare Truss by-election humiliation But plan is constitutionally unprecedented and risks showdown with King, experts warn

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Labour lead at 25 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 19 (-1) LAB 44 (=) LIB DEM 9 (=) REF UK 15 (+1) GRN 8 (+1) Fieldwork 19 - 20 March

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EXC: Boris Johnson's resignation honours list has been finalised The final list includes Nadine Dorries, three other MPs, the donor who arranged Johnson’s holiday to Mustique, and two former No 10 aides set to become the youngest life peers ever

Boris Johnson has nominated two loyal advisers to become the youngest life peers in history and plans to elevate four Tory MPs to the Lords, The Times has been

Shadow whipping: The men who saved Boris - Tortoise

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NEW: Former cabinet minister Simon Clarke has tabled an amendment to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill to overturn the ban on new onshore wind Tells me: "If we're going to have some anti-growth amendments on the bill we might as well have some pro-growth ones too"

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Labour lead at *30 points* in this week's YouGov poll for The Times That's the biggest Labour lead since Truss CON 18 (=) LAB 48 (+4) LIB DEM 9 (-1) REF UK 13 (-2) GRN 7 (-1) Fieldwork 7 - 8 May

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My friend saw Corbyn today and Corbyn told him public vote still on the table. “Is that a promise?” Dom asked, “I wouldn’t have said it if I hadn’t mean it” came Corbyn’s reply. Hope?

Dom Baker

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Lucky to catch @jeremycorbyn at my uni this morning - sounds like a ‘public vote’ is still on the table - hope for the left

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“My view of Penny is that she is woke, yes”, Suella Braverman tells @TimesRadio . “I have no disrespect to her for her woke views, but I think we should call it out for what it is”

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NEW: Number 10 don't deny that Boris Johnson offered constituency funding and jobs directly to MPs in return for personal support during partygate. On Johnson's very particular use of prime ministerial patronage, with @GaryJMarshall90 in @tortoise .

Political wisdom says Ukraine has saved Boris Johnson’s skin – a global crisis so grave that it looks self-indulgent to question his leadership. But the really successful operation to rescue the...

Rishi Sunak may block Boris Johnson’s peerages

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1 million people! A historic day and one I and other young people at @OFOCBrexit were incredibly proud to be a part of.

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EXC: Rishi Sunak considering blocking Boris Johnson's plan to elevate four Tory MPs to the Lords Government view that they can't be members of Commons and Lords at same time — and only “limited” precedent exists to allow them to defer

Rishi Sunak is considering blocking Boris Johnson’s plan to elevate four Conservative MPs and loyal supporters to the House of Lords.The former prime minister u

Opinion | The only way out of Brexit lies with the people

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& new information on Mrs Johnson's movements: - to Chequers 20 March 2020, - back to Downing St for a night on 24 March 2020 - to Chequers again 25 March 2020 - & back to Downing St 28 March 2020 Reminder that non-essential travel guidance issued 16 March and lockdown 23 March

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Labour lead up to 24 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 23 (=) LAB 47 (+3) LIB DEM 10 (+1) REF UK 8 (-1) GREEN 7 (-2) Fieldwork 7 - 8 November

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Labour lead at 25 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 21 (-2) LAB 46 (+2) LDEM 9 (=) RefUK 12 (=) GRN 7 (+1) Fieldwork 7 - 8 February

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Labour lead at 26 points in this week's YouGov poll for The Times CON 18 (-2) LAB 44 (-1) LIB DEM 10 (+1) REF UK 15 (+2) GRN 8 (+1) Fieldwork 30 April - 1 May

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From the 16th March, the country was told to cease all non-essential travel. From the 22nd, this was clarified to include second homes. On the 23rd, Johnson announced the first national lockdown, which became law on the 26th.

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At least one member of the Chequers staff caught the virus at the same time as the PM, entering isolation on the 28th March – a day after the PM tested positive for the virus himself.

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Labour lead at 26 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 19 (-1) LAB 45 (+2) LIB DEM 8 (=) REF UK 15 (-1) GRN 7 (-1) Fieldwork 10 - 11 April

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My article in the @washingtonpost about why I have more faith in the one million who marched this weekend than the 13-strong cast of men at Chequers this weekend #PeoplesVote

Brexit was always an ideological fantasy fostered by Britain’s elite.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Labour lead up four to 23 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 22 (-3) LAB 45 (+1) LIB DEM 9 (-1) REF UK 10 (+1) GREEN 7 (=) Fieldwork 29 - 30 November

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Labour lead at 27 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 20 (=) LAB 47 (+1) LIB DEM 9 (+2) REF UK 13 (-1) GRN 7 (=) Fieldwork 6 - 7 March

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New information, too, on Chequers: The house was actually forced to close on 28 March 2020 on account of Covid-related absences, after at least one staff member tested positive. PM tested positive 27 March; Mrs Johnson revealed on 4 April she'd been sick for seven days...

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Labour lead at 25 points in this week's YouGov poll for The Times CON 20 (-1) LAB 45 (+1) LIB DEM 9 (+1) REF UK 13 (-1) GRN 7 (-1) Fieldwork 23 - 24 April

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Exc: Nadine Dorries has told colleagues she plans to stand down in October, as PM prepares to offer her a peerage – and hand his successor an early by-election headache.

Nadine Dorries peerage will trigger by-election battle for Tories

Boris Johnson is preparing to offer Nadine Dorries a peerage, giving his successor as Tory leader an early by-election headache.The culture secretary has told colleagues that she intends to stand...

Boris Johnson’s ‘disgraceful’ plan for 30 new peers

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Labour lead at 26 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 20 (=) LAB 46 (=) LIB DEM 7 (-2) REF UK 14 (+1) GRN 7 (=) Fieldwork 28 - 29 February

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Exc: Boris Johnson accused of "dumping" peers in the Lords under plans for 30 new peers. Senior allies of Sunak brand the plan a "disgrace".

Rishi Sunak’s allies have branded Boris Johnson’s plans to appoint 30 new peers a “disgrace” amid concerns that it will be worse than Harold Wilson’s Lavender L

Boris Johnson is the last person young Britons would vote for | Lara Spirit

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Letter to Sue Gray asking that she consider the understood breach of lockdown by PM - on the *same day* he told nation “you must stay at home” - part of her investigation. Still just more non-denials from Downing St on this… Full letter in @tortoise

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My letter in today's Times

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Labour lead at 26 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 20 (-4) LAB 46 (+2) LIB DEM 9 (=) REF UK 13 (+2) GRN 7 (-1) Fieldwork 20 - 21 February

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The idea that Johnson could hope to bring in young voters come a general election is ridiculous. Me for @guardian :

It’s not just his destructive Brexit stance, his values are entirely opposed to ours, says Lara Spirit, co-president of Our Future Our Choice

Opinion | Britain’s leaders have failed. It’s time to give the people another say.

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Absolutely - appreciate the support from some but felt @afneil was v fair!

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I really don’t think you understand how this works. Lara wants a second referendum. So my job was to put to her the arguments against yo test her position. If she had been against a second referendum I would have put to her the reasons for one.

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Young people have forced themselves to the centre of the Brexit debate and they intend to stay there Me for @washingtonpost

The younger generation wants to be heard — and its members want to stay with Europe.

www.washingtonpost.com

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EXC: Labour’s pledge to abolish the Lords is set to be watered down in favour of “reform” after an eleventh hour row between Gordon Brown and Starmer aides Story with @patrickkmaguire @hzeffman

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So: No10 have confirmed that - with the country told not to travel to second homes - the PM commuted between London and Buckinghamshire nonetheless. Remember: on 23rd March 2020 PM announced the first national lockdown. Up until the 27th, however, he was himself “commuting”.

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Now 100% (!!!!!) increase in the rate of young people registering to vote compared to the same period after the election announcement in 2017. REGISTER TO VOTE ! @vfyf2019

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Labour lead at 23 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 20 (-1) LAB 43 (+3) LIB DEM 8 (-2) REF UK 16 (=) GRN 8 (=) Fieldwork 2 - 3 April

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6 years

Great to deliver the petition to Downing St today - 1.5 million people demanding a #PeoplesVote on the deal (and counting!)

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Wow - around 1.5 million signatures on petition for a #PeoplesVote #FinalSay ! Delighted to join ⁦ @JustineGreening ⁩ ⁦ @ChukaUmunna ⁩ ⁦ @lara_spirit ⁩ & @christian_b to hand in petition to PM in Downing St Parliament is gridlocked - only way forward is to give people a say

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My piece on the joy of yesterday and why the many young people who came along matter. @OFOCBrexit

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Unbelievable that our futures could be determined by campaigns who delete their data and can’t prove what continent their funding has come from... If you want to change 👉

Help Young People Stop Brexit

OFOC is a group of young people trying to get a People's Vote. We're not going to let Boris Johnson force his awful Brexit on our future.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Holac will vet these names. Should they be approved, it is unclear if the four sitting MPs would trigger by-elections or seek to defer their peerages until the next election Deferral is without constitutional precedent and risks a showdown with the King

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Labour lead unchanged at 23 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 22 (=) LAB 45 (=) LIB DEM 10 (+1) REF UK 11 (+1) GREEN 7 (=) Fieldwork 6 - 7 December

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Enjoyed speaking to @SkyNews about why I think a people's vote is the only democratic solution to this mess & why more young people than ever are campaigning for their chance to have a say on Brexit

Our Future, Our Choice

@OFOCBrexit

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WATCH @lara_spirit "You've seen promises that can't be kept because the problem is with Brexit itself" That's why we need a #PeoplesVote to get us out of this mess!

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Labour lead at 23 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 24 (=) LAB 47 (+2) LIB DEM 9 (-2) REF UK 8 (=) GREEN 6 (-1) Fieldwork 11-12 October

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EXC: Boris Johnson and Liz Truss have joined a backbench rebellion on onshore wind Both former PMs have added their names to Simon Clarke's “pro-growth and pro-green” proposal to overturn ban

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The embarrassing theatre in Westminster over the last few weeks risks alienating a generation from politics for good. My piece:

Our elders are supposed to be older and wiser. But not these Brexit clowns | Lara Spirit

Parliament seems hellbent on frittering away my generation’s future, says activist Lara Spirit

UK academics face furious backlash for encouraging students to vote

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5 years

Thank you to Prof Carrie Paechter for DARING to inform students that they can register to vote in two locations. It is a legal requirement that universities encourage students to register, not a reason to be referred to the police or the EC.

Universities have a legal obligation to encourage voter registration. This has prompted an angry reaction in some areas

Sensemaker: Porking up - Tortoise

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UPDATE: Downing St again refused to deny the PM travelled to Chequers *the same day* he announced lockdown, as understood. The only disputed detail in the story is the term "Covid related absences" – they say the decision was made, instead, following staff anxiety re Covid...

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NEW: PM understood to have travelled to Chequers AFTER his 23 March 2020 lockdown speech, breaking his "simply instruction" to stay at home shortly after giving it. For today's @tortoise Sensemaker:

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EXC: Ben Wallace accused of personally intervening to ensure the new £5bn National Cyber Force HQ is sited on the border of his constituency. For @tortoise .

What just happened

The Times & The Sunday Times

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5 years

We went to Norway to find out if their deal might work for us. Everybody we spoke to told us it’s been great for the Norwegian economy but leaves them rule-takers. People voted to take back control. This would be the opposite.

The Independent

@Independent

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Femi Oluwole and Lara Spirit interview experts in Norway on relationship with EU @OFOCBrexit

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Labour lead at 27 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 20 (=) LAB 47 (=) LIB DEM 8 (=) REF UK 13 (+1) GREEN 6 (-1) Fieldwork 23 - 24 January

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1 year

Professional news: I’m very excited to be taking over as Red Box Editor for @thetimes next month. Nice and quiet year to be writing a newsletter…

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@timesredbox

1 year

BREAKING: More seat changes GAIN: The brilliant @lara_spirit becomes Red Box Editor on Aug 21. And after 3 years of early starts @patrickkmaguire is the new weekly Friday columnist for @TheTimes & @TimesRadio senior political correspondent.

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“it is possible to work on particular issues cross-party, and that doesn’t mean that you’ve sold out any of your policies, it just means you recognise the overwhelming threat facing this country, and you put that first” Absolutely right - and @OFOCBrexit get a mention too!

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“A new campaign around a second referendum has to be about a different kind of future – a hopeful, positive vision of how EU membership is crucial - It’s not about preserving an economic status quo.” Me in @ObserverUK #PeoplesVote

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This is Reform's largest vote share so far North: Tories 18, Reform 21 Midlands: Tories 21, Reform 21

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Labour lead at 19 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 21 (+2) LAB 40 (-4) LIB DEM 10 (+1) REF UK 16 (+1) GRN 8 (=) Fieldwork 26 - 27 March

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Some of the amazing @OFOCBrexit team. Overwhelming to see so many young people out today speaking up for their futures. I looked v hard but couldn’t find the elite anywhere - only the faces of 1 million marching to put an end to this mess. ( @Femi_Sorry where are you?!)

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Senior Tory MP: “Never has a politician done so much in such a short period of time to destroy a party's reputation” More reaction from colleagues in @timesredbox tomorrow morning...

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NEW: YouGov poll for The Times puts Labour *33-points* ahead – the highest the party has ever recorded in ANY published poll since the late 1990s.

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Today is my first day at @thetimes – and what a time to start! DMs open for any coffees/lunches/ideas...

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‘It will affect young people most of all. So let’s be sure’ @CarolineLucas putting her case for a PV to a heavy round of applause. Brilliantly put on #C4

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And one final familiar face: Shaun Bailey, former mayoral candidate forced to resign from his London Assembly role over a lockdown party, is also on the list

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Labour would allow 16-year-olds to vote in future general elections Story with @TomHCalver

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

Susan Hall: Tory mayoral candidate liked tweet praising Enoch Powell

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6 years

Depressing that @Jacob_Rees_Mogg gets to the end of his pitch for a ‘clean Brexit’ without saying a single thing about what it would look like

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Labour lead at 19 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 21 (+2) LAB 40 (-4) LIB DEM 10 (+1) REF UK 16 (+1) GRN 8 (=) Fieldwork 26 - 27 March

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Labour lead at 25 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 21 (+1) LAB 46 (-1) LIB DEM 8 (-1) REF UK 15 (+3) GRN 6 (-1) Fieldwork 29 - 30 May

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Exc: Susan Hall liked tweets praising Enoch Powell and describing Sadiq Khan as “our nipple height mayor of Londonistan” Also in @timesredbox this morning: Starmer in Montreal, a blow for Labour in YouGov Scotland poll, and Theresa May's 275 cookery books

The Conservative London mayoral candidate liked tweets praising Enoch Powell and describing Sadiq Khan as “our nipple height mayor of Londonistan”.Susan Hall li

Labour vows to cut student loan repayments without spending a penny

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2 years

NEW: Sajid Javid set to endorse Rishi Sunak

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5 years

Great article by ⁦ @BenedictSpence ⁩ - another Brexit supporter getting behind a referendum. ‘No matter how hard the government tries to sell it as Brexit, nobody voted for her deal’

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Labour lead at 27 points in this week's YouGov poll for The Times CON 20 (+2) LAB 47 (-1) LIB DEM 9 (=) REF UK 11 (-2) GRN 8 (+1) Fieldwork 15 - 16 May

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2 years

Quite the speech from @IoWBobSeely on Westminster’s record with oligarchs: criticised not just his own party’s co-Chairman, Ben Elliot, but also the record of Lords, Labour advisers, and others… “Do I think it’s great that Hawthorn does PR for oligarchs? No, I really don’t.”

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Labour lead at 25 points in this week's YouGov poll for The Times CON 21 (+1) LAB 46 (-1) LIB DEM 9 (=) REF UK 12 (+1) GRN 7 (-1) Fieldwork 21 - 22 May

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1 year

EXC: Boris Johnson has nominated his father for a knighthood In tomorrow’s @thetimes

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6 years

We’re here in Brussels today to protest the govt’s Brexit deal - it sucks & we’ll be in the bus for the next two weeks saying so

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@GreenPartyMolly

6 years

Wonderful work by @lara_spirit and @Femi_Sorry from @OFOCBrexit 'The deal being agreed today is a betrayal of young people'

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EXC: Starmer would cut monthly student loan repayments for graduates After u-turn on free tuition, Labour make first comments on their new plans They say no additional cost to taxpayer

Sir Keir Starmer has said that Labour would cut monthly student loan repayments for graduates in the first indication of his plans for university finance since

The Times & The Sunday Times

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2 years

Rishi Sunak faces rebellion threat from Tory MPs over accounting trick that will see nearly half of the UK’s aid budget spent domestically Exclusive with @oliver_wright

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NEW: Cabinet minister and former Truss backer Chris Philp set to endorse Rishi Sunak Has joined the Sunak WhatsApp group and pledged his support to fellow MPs

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3 years

Johnson claim that vaccine stockpiling hasn't made evasive variants more likely totally ridiculous – until very recently SA problem was one of supply and in most of Africa it still is (the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust has received just 7 per cent of its contracted doses)...

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🔥 Lord Frost, once prominent backer, calls for Liz Truss to go

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And the claim "the UK has been leading" in vaccinating the world completely untrue: govt has shipped less than 10m of the 100m pledged (the US has shipped 230m+, and pledged over 1bn)...

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Very excited to be joining The Times as Red Box reporter from next month, with @patrickkmaguire and @MattChorley , after a wonderful year at @tortoise .

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@patrickkmaguire

2 years

Delighted to welcome the excellent @lara_spirit to The Times as our new Red Box reporter from next month

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EXC with @steven_swinford Tory MPs nominated for peerages by Boris Johnson would have to stand down from the Commons – forcing Sunak to face three by-elections Holac has advised that Alok Sharma, Nadine Dorries & Nigel Adams must quit to take Lords seats

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

It’s not too late to stop Brexit. Saturday’s march will force politicians to hear us | Lara Spirit

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SO excited to be part of this campaign. Only 1/3rd of young people currently on the electoral register - and we've only got three weeks to change that! Follow @vfyf2019 NOW! #VoteForYourFuture

Nish Kumar

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5 years

REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE EUROPEAN ELECTIONS YOUNG BRITISH PEOPLE @vfyf2019 #voteforyourfuture

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Labour lead at 24 points in latest YouGov poll for The Times CON 20 (=) LAB 44 (-3) LIB DEM 9 (=) REF UK 14 (+1) GRN 7 (=) Fieldwork 12 - 13 March

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6 years

Hello Twitter! #myfirstTweet

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MARCH WITH US TOMORROW! I wrote about why tomorrow’s #PutItToThePeople march could change the course of history for my generation👇 @OFOCBrexit

The Put it to the People March is our chance to demand a say, says Lara Spirit, co-president of Our Future Our Choice

The Times & The Sunday Times

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Keir Starmer confirms our Times story that votes at 16 a priority for a Labour government As I reported this morning, Labour confident it can easily be implemented within the first year, as per the examples of Scotland and Wales Full report👇

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

Poorer nations are being denied vaccines, and Britain must take much of the blame | Lara Spirit

Darren McCaffrey

@darrenmccaffrey

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WATCH: 🗳️🔴 @Keir_Starmer confirms to me Labour will extend voting rights to 16-17 year olds if elected "If you can work, if you can pay tax, if you can serve in your armed forces, then you ought to be able to vote."

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@lara_spirit

1 year

Exc: Four names in the running in No10 to replace Dominic Raab as justice secretary should he be forced to quit - Victoria Atkins - Victoria Prentis - Lucy Frazer - Alex Chalk

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@lara_spirit

3 years

Failing to share surplus vaccines is a choice to roll the dice again and again on variants. And Britain has delivered fewer of its promised doses to poorer countries than any G7 nation – just 10% of 100m pledged. My piece for @guardian

Omicron’s emergence is no surprise, as richer countries’ broken promises lead to low vaccination rates, says Lara Spirit of Tortoise Media

The polls are clear – Labour’s Brexit tactics are failing spectacularly | Peter Kellner

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@lara_spirit

2 years

The four MPs on the list are: - Dorries, former culture secretary - Alok Sharma, Cop26 president - Alister Jack, Scottish secretary - Nigel Adams, former Cabinet Office minister

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@lara_spirit

5 years

The consequences of voting through May's deal. Boris would be a disaster for this country. Pls RT/share to remind MPs of what could happen should they support the PM's awful deal at the last moment...

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@lara_spirit

6 years

Tune in!

BBC This Week

@bbcthisweek

6 years

Time for another EU referedum? @lara_spirit will make the case for one in her #bbctw film coming up before she joins @afneil Michael and Alan in the studio Thu 11.45pm BBC1

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@lara_spirit

5 years

Me for @timesredbox this morning. Should Parliament land on a softer Brexit, that would require careful scrutiny - and the public's consent. This includes a Norway-style deal, which the majority of young people are opposed to.

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@lara_spirit

5 years

!!! LADIES FOR A PV !!! Two wonderful women, fresh from their meeting with Michel Barnier this afternoon - these guys, with @OFOCNI , have been standing up for the rights of young people in NI and are doing a BRILLIANT job 🙌 #PeoplesVote #W4PV

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@lara_spirit

5 years

My piece in the Red Box about why I still think a people's vote will be the solution to this crisis - please march with us on March 23rd if you agree with me!

Red Box

@timesredbox

5 years

The battle for a people’s vote is not lost — it’s just beginning, insists @lara_spirit of @OFOCBrexit

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5 years

What a year! Amazing to think of everything that’s happened since we launched 12 months ago. Huge thanks to everybody who has supported @OFOCBrexit and @peoplesvote_uk . April 15 and still in the game...

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5 years

‘The number of Labour remain defectors to remain parties is three times as large as Labour leave defectors to leave parties – and has continued to grow’ This should be of serious concern to any Labour supporter who thinks ambiguity still pays:

The party is haemorrhaging remain voters, says pollster Peter Kellner