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Matthew Elliott

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4 years

What a day! ⁦⁦ @SarahBSmithVA ⁩ went into labour in the early hours & a healthy baby girl arrived at 4am. Home birth wasn’t planned, but we are immensely grateful to the superb ⁦NHS staff who arrived within 5mins. A month premature, but well timed to avoid the lockdown 👶

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I’m delighted that the @metpoliceuk have confirmed they won’t be acting on the allegations made against Darren Grimes and Alan Halsall by the @ElectoralCommUK . This proves that the wild allegations made against @darrengrimes_ & Vote Leave since 2016 are completely baseless. (1/4)

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Looking through photos from EU referendum night, I found this one someone sent me (I was at the official count in Manchester) of the sun rising over Parliament, taken at the very moment just after 4:30am when the broadcasters declared Leave had won. What a great night #VoteLeave

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And Sir Alan even visited Vote Leave HQ to tell me he’d declare for Leave providing we made him Chairman

Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA 🗽

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I remember vividly Sir Alan approaching me with a view to him chairing Vote Leave. We met to discuss it in the Commons tearoom

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My thoughts on Brexit deal: "We will not be under the gravitational pull of the EU, we will not be bound by EU rules, the ECJ will play no role in our legal affairs and we will have taken back control of our laws, borders, money, trade and fisheries" 👍🇬🇧

Boris Johnson has pulled off a Brexit deal which many thought him incapable of negotiating

2020 has been a tough year, but the Prime Minister has notched up a victory that history will remember him for

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5 years

It's been 19 years since a British government minister visited Jerusalem and the Western Wall. As Rabbi Rabinowitz said to @sajidjavid : "Your visit here is evidence that in this small place Jews and Muslims can live together without harming each other"

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6 years

Really important letter from Anthony Bamford, Chairman of ⁦ @JCBmachines ⁩, in today’s ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩. “I feel compelled to say this about a no-deal Brexit: there is nothing to fear from trading on World Trade Organisation (WTO) terms.”

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8 years

Verdict? A slam dunk for Team @vote_leave . Congrats to @andrealeadsom @BorisJohnson & @GiselaStuart . Really proud #takebackcontrol #ITVEURef

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6 years

Very sensible article today by former Remain supporter @GregHands , who says he is “concerned at the continued attempts to refight the referendum and put the Leave campaigns in the dock” & says “we should all unite around getting the best deal for Britain”

We should all unite around getting the best deal for Britain

As one who voted Remain and led the “Stronger In” campaign in my Chelsea & Fulham constituency, I have been concerned at the continued attempts to refight the referendum and put the Leave campaigns...

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5 years

A movie should be made about @darrengrimes_ and his fight against the @ElectoralCommUK . He has shown amazing courage and fortitude over the past three years and is truly a hero of the Brexit cause. Many, many congratulations, Darren

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I really hope @AmandeepBhogal is selected as the @Conservatives candidate for Orpington. He was a huge asset to Vote Leave, and Orpington voted Leave. But aside from Brexit, what an inspirational life story! He'll be a great MP #BackAmandeep #BackBoris

Aman Bhogal 🇬🇧🇮🇳

@AmandeepBhogal

5 years

As an 8 year old, speaking just 2 words of English on day 1 of school I came to 🇬🇧 as a foreigner I made 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 my home 🇬🇧 made me one of her own Blessed to be born in 🇮🇳 Believe in 🇬🇧 Retweet if you'd like to see me elected as a @Conservatives MP under Prime Minister @BorisJohnson

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5 years

Massive congratulations to @BorisJohnson for securing a good Brexit deal. And a big thank you to the @BrexitCentral team, especially @isaby , for providing an invaluable service over the past 3+ yrs. Today's email was our 993rd morning bulletin! That's a lot of 5:30am starts... 👏

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We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control — now Parliament should get Brexit done on Saturday so we can move on to other priorities like the cost of living, the NHS, violent crime and our environment #GetBrexitDone #TakeBackControl

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🎯 “The best way to bring the country back together again & heal things is to deliver on that referendum. If we don't deal with this and exit on Oct 31, I just fear we tear that fabric in a way that we might not be able to stitch it up again” - @sajidjavid

No Brexit is worse than no deal says Sajid Javid

Failure to deliver Brexit could irreparably 'tear the fabric' of society and even a No Deal would be better than no Brexit, Sajid Javid claimed on Friday night.

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4 years

Big shout-out to @isaby for his dedication to @BrexitCentral over 3+ years. Editing 1,059 morning emails was a huge commitment, ably assisted by a great team including @darrengrimes_ @HughRBennett @DavidScullion @Drusilla_S_ & @LiamVernon . Thank you all 👍

A clean break for BrexitCentral at the end of January | BrexitCentral

Happy New Year! Of course, we greeted you at the beginning of 2019 noting that the year of our exit from the EU had finally arrived – but you need not be a devout reader of BrexitCentral to be aware...

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7 years

Superb news to wake up to! Many congratulations to the PM. Very pleased with clarity that we’re leaving the Single Market & Customs Union. We’re #TakingBackControl . And not a moment too soon, with Martin Schulz’s comments yesterday about a United States of Europe...

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5 years

If the #letwinamendment passes, "everyone tuning into the TV news tonight will find that MPs didn’t actually make a decision. It would be farcical and the public would rightly judge that the political class were evading their responsibilities yet again."

MPs must stop the dither and delay and back Boris Johnson's Brexit deal today | BrexitCentral

There have been many big days for us at BrexitCentral in the more than three years we have been chronicling the highs and lows of our journey out of the European Union. And they don’t get much bigger...

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7 years

Very proud to introduce Charlotte Elizabeth ("Lottie") to the world, born Friday, 5 weeks early. Mom & baby back home

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7 years

Useful facts from @LiamFox 's NY article: - UK attracted highest level of Foreign Direct Investment ever in 2017 - Almost 108,000 jobs were created or safeguarded thanks to FDI in 2016/17 - There were 58,000 tech start-ups in the UK – almost one an hour

Liam Fox: In this new year, let's resolve to capitalise on the huge trade and investment opportun...

The pessimism of some at home is contradicted by the successes of British businesses, and the rising interest in the UK that I see around the world.

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6 years

I hope you will join me in supporting @darrengrimes_ . Whether you're Leave/Remain, Left/Right, if you agree that young people should be encouraged to get involved in politics & commended for their activism, please give generously. It's a very worthy cause

Help me fight the biased Electoral Commission

Hi, I’m Darren Grimes. The 24-year-old Leave activist who the Electoral Commission fined £20,000 and accused of criminal conduct. I am here today to ask you for help to fight the Commission’s verdict.

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6 years

Looking forward to @ElectoralCommUK investigation into the Remain campaign. StrongerIN promoted the ads of other Remain permitted participants. Interesting @DamianCollins /DCMS select committee didn’t ask FB for Remain ads, nor the Government-funded ads

In full: Priti Patel's dossier to the Electoral Commission on possible Remain campaign overspending...

Dear Ms Edwards, Following the Sunday Telegraph article which raised fresh concerns of coordination between Remain campaigns, I am writing to you to provide additional evidence of how these campaigns...

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5 years

Looking at the ⁦ @Conservatives ⁩ candidates shortlisted for Beaconsfield, I love the idea of the great Martin Howe QC of ⁦ @lawyers4britain ⁩ going up against ⁦ @DominicGrieve1 ⁩. Martin is an intellectual stalwart of the Eurosceptic cause (h/t ⁦ @wallaceme ⁩)

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6 years

Having skimmed the EC's report, they've ignored VL's detailed evidence, so it's riddled with errors & conclusions completely wrong. We accepted their invitation for an interview in early March. Senior staff also volunteered to be interviewed. They haven't followed due process

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4 years

The role & performance of the Electoral Commission should be carefully considered to prevent future miscarriages of justice. This was not a one-off example of them being party to a carefully orchestrated witch-hunt. Their recent performance has been woeful & undemocratic. (4/4)

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4 years

Happy New Year everyone 🎆 🎉 The UK has a bright future, working and trading with countries across the world as a fully sovereign, independent country 🇬🇧👍🌍

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6 years

I've compiled this summer's no-deal Brexit scare stories for @CityAM . Some classic @LoveIsland ones - a Lab MP warning that next year's show might be cancelled & an anonymous forestry official backing up Haley's question about whether Brexit would “mean we won’t have any trees”

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6 years

This is what Louise Edwards, who conducted the EC’s investigation, emailed the lawyer of senior VL staff after they repeatedly offered to be interviewed. She also said on Facebook she “doesn’t want to live under a Tory government”. The EC didn’t follow due process

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6 years

Not many people sat down in the hall today expecting the PM to make the best speech of the week, but she did - she knocked it out of the park. A vintage party conference speech. I often skip the final day. Very pleased I stuck around #CPC18

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5 years

Howard Shore @ShoreCapital : "With the right outcome on Thursday, the UK could rise to the top of the G7 league table. With the wrong decision, it will crash and burn. I’m confident the British public will make the right decision when they go to the polls."

If Boris wins a majority, prepare for the British economy to boom

Analysts trying to predict the UK’s economic outlook for 2020 face two huge unknowns:

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5 years

"My Champagne is on ice", Brexit Party MEP @LanceForman writes. "Boris will get the deal through Parliament and we will be leaving on 31st October. ..[It] will be a deal we can live with, which can’t be said of the one presented by Boris’s predecessor." 👏

Why I - a Brexit Party MEP - trust Boris Johnson to do a deal and deliver Brexit by the end of this...

Shortly after the 2015 General Election, I received a note from Boris Johnson which read: “I don’t know what effect all that fish has had on your brain, but you seem to be the only person who...

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6 years

We need to spread the word about record UK investment. Latest @ONS Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF) figures show investment grew by 4% in 2017, higher than for any other G7 country – Italy 3.7%, France 3.5%, US 3.2% h/t @RossjournoClark #DespiteBrexit

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6 years

Very good @spectator article by Anthony Browne on 17 things we can do post-Brexit, including - cutting VAT - introducing variable Air Passenger Duty - banning the export of live animals for slaughter - & more effective procurement of public services

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6 years

So, to illustrate a FB ad about youth unemployment in the Eurozone, VL bought an image from iStock of a Young Adult Summer Beach Party. Thank you for admitting your BrexitCentral/BeLeave mistake, @carolecadwalla , perhaps you could now apologise for calling us racists?

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7 years

So, Observer, the "yearning for self-rule, free from interference by foreign powers" is OK for Kurds but not Brits?

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4 years

The electoral event of 23 June 2016 will be etched onto public consciousness for decades. In a quiz show, you certainly wouldn’t need to phone a friend. Whereas 5 May 2011 would be the final question to win £1m. Not able to guess it? It's 9 years since the AV referendum (1/19)

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4 years

The conspiracy theories around Vote Leave’s victory in 2016 were aggressively pushed by people who couldn’t believe that the country had voted to leave the EU and wanted to reverse the decision, which was of course reaffirmed by voters in 3 subsequent elections. (3/4)

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Alan Halsall, Vote Leave's Responsible Person, tells his story for the first time in today's Sunday Tel. He charts the Electoral Commission's appalling behaviour & finishes with the police confirming he had no case to answer, on the eve of VE Day this year

My ordeal at the hands of Remainers who wanted to make Vote Leave pay

Doing what I believed was right for my country cost me thousands in legal fees and badly damaged my reputation

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5 years

Delighted to have watched Channel 4’s Brexit film this evening with John Heffernan, who does an excellent job portraying me with all my tics, mannerisms and gestures. Eerily accurate!

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7 years

Superb speech from PM - everything we campaigned for @vote_leave . Inspiring vision for #GlobalBritain . Loved "Take Back Control" reference

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8 years

Brilliant job by Michael Gove. He calmly answered questions and reassured people about voting to Leave the EU. He smashed it @vote_leave

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4 years

"I voted leave for Britain to become a more liberal, internationalist, enterprising country. If we go down this route - as I believe we will - tremendous prosperity will follow. ... Boris Johnson was a One Nation Brexiteer. It is exciting to see that vision unfold." @CityAM today

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8 years

Great story from @Dannythefink 's column today in @thetimes ...

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6 years

Good speech from @theresa_may . Ahead of all the major Brexit milestones, we have weeks of speculation about how the PM is going to back away from her Lancaster House vision, but she is sticking to her position: #TakingBackControl of our money, borders, laws and trade @vote_leave

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6 years

Well said, @JakeBerry : “You are on very dangerous territory if you start from the premise that the voters were wrong or didn’t know what they were doing.” #NorthernPowerhouse #EUreferendum #Brexit

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4 years

Huge kudos to Alan, one the most decent, honest and kind men I know, and to Darren, an incredibly brave, fearless and principled young man who is an inspiration to so many people. Both of them are heroes for withstanding a 4-year witch-hunt by the Electoral Commission. (2/4)

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8 years

Fans of @DanHannanMEP will enjoy this video. He's a great debater and one of the best @vote_leave speakers -

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6 years

I'm aware of someone else receiving the same note. It's sickening

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This morning my 80-year old constituent received this note.

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Damian Collins was asked by C4 news why he hadn't given the same scrutiny to the Remain campaign/asked for their FB ads. "If people came to us with evidence of similar concerns about any data company then we would have looked at that." Wasn’t the ICO report a good enough source?

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8 years

Please RETWEET if you agree with our 5 @vote_leave pledges #TakeBackControl

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5 years

@SkyNewsBreak Both during and after the referendum VL complied with both the letter and spirit of the law. The £40,000 fine for 19 complaints they were aware of in 2016 speaks volumes about the ICO's desire to find against us after we had rebutted all of their other theories

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7 years

French polling expert just told me their intuition (NOT their polling numbers) is Le Pen 27%, Fillon 23%, Macron 21% & Melenchon 17%

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5 years

So much #darkmoney sloshing around in the #ContinuityRemain campaign

Best For Britain Begging CEOs for £500,000 of Corporate 'Dark Money' to Stop Brexit

Guido can reveal that the hardcore anti-Brexit campaign founded by Gina Miller, Best for Britain, have been sending around a begging letter in the name of

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6 years

V important splash in today’s Sunday @Telegraph on @ElectoralCommUK bias. 4 of the EC’s 10 commissioners, inc the chairman, have made statements since the referendum either criticising the Leave campaign or calling for the result to be overturned. What happened to impartiality?

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"On Dec 13, we will find out whether voters have, once again, wisely avoided the treacherously unlucky path, instead embracing not just the safer choice for the country, but an exciting, prosperous future for all." - my article for today's Sunday Telegraph

Leaving the EU is still the safer choice – and Boris is the man to make it happen

Framed at home, I have a chunk of wall from the Vote Leave war-room, which will be familiar to anyone who watched Benedict Cumberbatch’s tour de force, Brexit:

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@SkyNewsBreak We were unable to prove the 19 complainants had consented because we deleted their data after the referendum, in line with VL's privacy policy and ICO best practice guidelines which say that data should be deleted once it is no longer serving the purpose for which is collected

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6 years

Many congratulations to Lucy Harris @Lugey6 on the launch of @Leavers_Britain . It has been great to see Leave groups pop up across the country, inspired by the positivity and determination of Leavers of London. Big credit to Lucy for bringing people together & building a movement

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@Leavers_Britain

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Leavers of Britain is a nationwide community of #Brexit supporters, meeting up over a coffee or a pint across the country and making friends. Join today!

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Good to see the @Conservatives actively campaigning for Parliament to approve the EU (Withdrawal) Bill. As @JamesCleverly says, "Labour are working to frustrate Brexit and would rather play politics than make it a success for our country."

Tory HQ launches online campaign to pile pressure on anti-Brexit Labour MPs in Leave-backing seats...

During the 2016 EU referendum, the Conservative Party formally remained neutral, given that the then Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron, was endorsing a Remain vote, but allowed his MPs –...

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Deal-sceptics should remember this 👇 "There is so much positive happening in bio-science, engineering, digital, education and finance that it is not implausible to see a mini-boom in prospect. If, if, Britain gets out in an orderly fashion." @iainmartin1

Here's to a Brexit deal - it will annoy all the right people

What is that glimmer of light on the horizon? Is it the flickering and faint hope of a Brexit deal that might ensure Britain leaves the European Union in good order before Christmas? Or is it a...

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@SkyNewsBreak Today's decision by the ICO is very disappointing. Ever since the conspiracy theories about Vote Leave's use of data first emerged, we have been in correspondence with the ICO. Over the course of nearly 50 letters we have successfully rebutted all the various myths being peddled.

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5 years

Spot on, @sajidjavid . Preparing to leave without a deal is the best way of leaving with a deal #CPC19

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4 years

But a quick thought on @BorisJohnson ... Has any peacetime Prime Minister faced such a tough first 18 months? - Negotiating the Withdrawal Agreement - Persuading a hung Parliament to agree an election, and then winning with an 80 majority 2/3

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Story re Vote Leave/BeLeave ads is wrong. The ads were never requested by VL/BL & never ran. That's why they're in the 0-999 impressions box. Actual number was zero. Both Facebook (link, p3) and AIQ (attached) said this to the DCMS select committee in May

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7 years

Good point well made by @HenryNewman : "How could the EU justify FTAs with Canada and Japan, but not with the UK?"

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8 years

Very good letter in @thesundaytimes from Lord Blencathra explaining how EU membership undermines our security

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This is significant from the @cityoflondon , who predicted doom and gloom for UK financial services during the #EUreferendum . The Oliver Wyman forecast of 75,000 job losses now looks way off. @cityoflondon expects 5,000-13,000, from 1.1m employed in sector

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I was really sad when I heard yesterday that Stuart Wheeler had passed away. He was one of the most instrumental people in my career and became a good personal friend. It began with his support for @the_tpa in its early days. 1/10

Stuart Wheeler, spread-betting mogul who became a leading donor to the Conservative Party – obituary

Making his fortune by giving gamblers the chance to bet on share prices, he became a Tory kingmaker and a wide-ranging philanthropist

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So, so sorry to hear this news. I know from personal experience how strong, resilient and determined Boris is, so I know he'll pull through, but my thoughts and prayers are with @BorisJohnson and @carriesymonds tonight 🙏

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The Prime Minister has been taken to intensive care

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Good news - UK enjoys fastest economic growth in almost a year. GDP in the 3mths to July was 0.6% higher than in the previous 3mth period, gathering pace from 0.4% recorded in the 3mths to June. Despite...

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Important update to Dom’s blog refuting the accusation that the VL continued advertising during the ‘pause’ after Jo Cox’s murder

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A rare ⁦ @BrexitCentral ⁩ Leader - ⁦writing with ⁦ @isaby ⁩, we urge ⁦ @Conservatives ⁩ to vote for ⁦ @BorisJohnson ⁩ to be the UK’s next PM. Having won the referendum for @Vote_leave ⁩, Boris is now the best person to deliver Brexit

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Important article by Alan Oxley, former chairman of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade & member of the @LegatumInst Special Trade Commission: "The case for withdrawal from the EU is now even stronger than it was when the Brexit referendum was held"

Soft Brexit would tie the UK to an unwieldy, decaying bureaucracy

Why would the world’s fifth-biggest trader and second largest economy in the EU accept an arrangement to leave responsibility for setting its tariffs to the other members of the community after it...

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- Fighting a global pandemic & the economic fallout - Negotiating an EU-UK trade deal that (on first sight) is far better than the models being discussed by Brexiteers in the runup to 23rd June 2016 That's a pretty epic record for 18 months. Happy Christmas, Prime Minister 🎄3/3

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Well said, @ShankerASingham : "The difference between the May deal and the Boris deal for our US relationship is, to use Trump’s own word, huge. ... where the May deal precluded a US deal, Boris’s deal actually opens up the path for it." #GetBrexitDone

Trump and Farage are wrong - Boris Johnson's Brexit deal will not hinder a UK-US trade agreement |...

US President Donald Trump again roiled British politics with his comments in an interview with Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage last week. In that interview he said two things of note. First, he made...

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This spring marks the 10th anniversary of the MPs’ expenses scandal, so I’ve written for ⁦ @CityAM ⁩ today about the role played by Bill Clinton, the Beano and moat cleaning in the Brexit vote

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Having done brilliant work at the @ukhomeoffice , I'm delighted that @sajidjavid will be moving to @hmtreasury . He will be a great Chancellor and ensure that the country is well positioned to reap the economic rewards of Brexit

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📢 Congratulations to @SajidJavid , who has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. 🔵🌳🇬🇧

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One of my favourite moments from referendum night - ⁦ @GiselaStuart ⁩ speaking to the press pack in Manchester Town Hall once the result had been declared at roughly 5am in the morning. A well measured speech, including a passage in German #Brexit #2ndAnniversary #EURef2016

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Also, I wonder when Damian Collins is going to ask his wife, Sarah Richardson (2nd from the left), to give evidence to his Committee? She worked for ConservativesIN, so might know about the 7:30am phone calls which StrongerIN had to coordinate and agree lines to take

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New analysis from @Econs4FreeTrade shows that Brexit on the basis of the PM's Lancaster House speech would boost the UK’s economy by 2-4%. Very strange the Treasury analysis didn't model the Brexit deal the Government is seeking, and is likely to achieve

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5 years

Easy tiger! As *interim* Chief Exec of the @ElectoralCommUK - you haven't got the job yet - you need to demonstrate your impartiality. As you know, Vote Leave is appealing the fines & JR'ing you. Not sure being partisan & launching a power grab is the best strategy to get the job

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@timesredbox

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Our politics isn’t corrupt but we will prosecute those who break the law, writes Bob Posner from @ElectoralCommUK

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A favourite photo from the EU referendum count in Manchester 5 years ago, taken by the great Brexit hero @SteveBakerHW . Thank you @SarahBSmithVA for all your support during the campaign - and beyond! #TookBackControl #GotBrexitDone #GlobalBritain

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5 years

Whether you're watching the Supreme Court case or Jo Swinson addressing LibDem conference, this sense-check from @DouglasCarswell is well worth reading

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@matthew_elliott

4 years

Very sad to read this news tonight. Wishing the Prime Minister a speedy recovery. Thoughts and prayers with @BorisJohnson and @carriesymonds 🙏

BBC Breaking News

@BBCBreaking

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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus

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Matthew Elliott

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8 years

Just met a @vote_leave supporter on the tube. Please do wear your t-shirts - they're a great way to spread the word!

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@matthew_elliott

6 years

Timely pep talk from @LowTaxChloe to Cabinet ministers who supported Vote Leave, urging them to use their seat at the top table to ensure that Leave voters are not let down. Chloe also shares her memories of 24th June & why she moved to the UK. Great piece

Chloe Westley: Liam, Michael, Penny, Esther - don't let us down. Speak up in Cabinet for everyone...

Don't allow the UK to get locked into an unending transition, the single market, or the customs union - and resist the lazy 'Norway option'.

conservativehome.com

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@matthew_elliott

8 years

Thank you @Nigel_Farage . We are all focused on winning together on 23rd June #TakeControl @vote_leave

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7 years

Ignore the siren voices saying we should stay in Customs Union or EEA - @ShankerASingham explains the huge downsides

Shanker A. Singham: Lingering in the EEA and Customs Union would guarantee a bad Brexit | Conserv...

This is because in order to maximise opportunities, we must have control over our tariff schedules and our domestic regulation.

conservativehome.com

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Matthew Elliott

@matthew_elliott

6 years

Great factoid from @CitySamuel : - War and Peace is 1,200 pages long - Bleak House is 1,000 - Dodd-Frank (US’s post-2008 financial regs) is 848 - CETA (EU-Can trade deal) is 1,600 - & MiFID 2 (new EU financial regs) weighs in at 7,000 pages (= six Bibles)

If the EU refuses a Brexit deal for the City, we should abandon its vast regulatory nonsense

War and Peace is 1,200 pages long.

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Matthew Elliott

@matthew_elliott

8 years

I'm w/ John Hayes: "As Security Minister, I've seen absolutely nothing to suggest that Britain would be less safe or secure outside the EU"

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Matthew Elliott

@matthew_elliott

5 years

Better Off Out was the original Brexit campaign, set up by the Freedom Association. Good to see its CEO Simon Richards, one of the nicest people in politics & a true Brexiteer, come out firmly for the deal in his Breakfast Briefing - ⁦ @simplysimontfa ⁩ ⁦ @tfa4freedom ⁩

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4 years

A former Business for Britain supporter has just sent me this email from @CouttsandCo (no, I'm not a customer), which contemplates the break-up of the EU 1/3

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@matthew_elliott

8 years

Back in @vote_leave HQ to start my thank yous. First time I've seen it empty since Christmas. #TookBackControl

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@matthew_elliott

6 years

"With one year to go, the great prize is ahead of us. Free of the EU's rules, we can be equal partners and better friends, ready to help in times of need but free to strike our own path in the world, as a liberal, global and sovereign nation."

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@matthew_elliott

5 years

Hmmm... Tempting

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5 years

This is very true - I remember it well. And it wasn’t just a chat-up line 😉 Thank you for being there on the journey with me. X

Sarah Elliott

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On our first date in Washington DC in November 2012, Matthew told me, over two bottles of wine, that his next campaign was to take the UK out of the EU.

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In England's forgotten 'rust belt', voters show little sign of Brexit regret, according to @GuyReuters . A must read for anyone who rarely ventures outside the M25

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Having made the wrong call on MV3 (remember that? - see below), I’m looking forward to reading the detail of the new UK-EU trade deal. But early signs are very promising, especially on the ECJ. It looks like we truly have taken back control 1/3

Spartans who remade Britain | David Scullion | The Critic

It was probably the most important Commons decision since the Second World War. On 29 March, 2019, 28 so-called “Spartan” Conservatives defied the Whip under unrelenting pressure and helped vote down…

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@matthew_elliott

5 years

Do take a moment to read ⁦ @sajidjavid ⁩’s statement on why he is backing ⁦ @BorisJohnson for PM⁩. “I believe Boris is better placed to to deliver what we need to do at this critical time. The first and foremost challenge is of course delivering Brexit” #BackBoris

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@matthew_elliott

4 years

Also worth reading the Leader, where the Sunday Telegraph concludes that the Electoral Commission is "incapable of reforming itself" and "should therefore be abolished, replaced by a body that can command the trust of the British public."

The Electoral Commission should be abolished

Alan Halsall’s extraordinary account in today’s paper of his mistreatment at the hands of the Electoral Commission should be the final nail in the coffin of this failed quango.

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Matthew Elliott

@matthew_elliott

8 years

Delighted to hear @wdjstraw admit on @BBCr4today "we'd be worse off if we stay in". He'll now be locked away in same cupboard as Lord Rose..

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6 years

Incidentally, I've been told that the DCMS select committee refused to publish AIQ's letter, so it's yet another example of a group of people conducting an "impartial investigation" but only listening to one side of the story... #DueProcess

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5 years

I understand that the ERG has yet to make a final decision on their recommendation for how MPs should vote on Sir Graham Brady's amendment. I hope they support it, as I write in @CityAM today. Seems eminently sensible to me, and not incompatible with the #MalthouseCompromise

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