Alex Forsyth
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Presenter of Any Questions? on BBC Radio Four & Political Correspondent for BBC News
West Midlands, England
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Appreciate there’s a lot of news around today but this is huge for me! It is a total privilege to be the new host of a show I’ve loved and listened to for years, and to be joining the R4 presenting team.
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Boris Johnson has pulled out of a planned visit to a bakery this morning after this protest gathered 👇🏻at the entrance to the venue - understood it was due to security concerns & on police advice.
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PERSONAL NEWS: Thrilled & very excited to be taking up a new BBC role as a Political Correspondent based outside of London. The idea is big themes and great stories, politics & policy, Brexit & beyond, driven by the people who feel the impact of decisions made in Westminster.
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Timing 🙄
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Sir Martin Donnelly, former permanent secretary at the Dept for International Trade, tells
@BBCr4today
leaving the single market and customs union is like "giving up a three course meal for the promise of a packet of crisps in the future"
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NEW: The Independent Group has applied to be a political party in case they need to field candidates in the European elections if there’s a Brexit delay. They’ll be called Change UK - The Indepedent Group and Heidi Allen is the interim leader, with Chuka Umunna as lead spokesman
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BREAKING: Constituents in Peterborough opt to remove their MP Fiona Onasanya- 19,261 signed the petition which will trigger a by-election.
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According to the brilliant BBC analysis and research team; so far as we can tell this is the first time two cabinet ministers have quit within 24 hours of each other (outside cabinet reshuffles) since at least 1979. Happy to be corrected.
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So there’s going to be an external inquiry into Islamophobia in the Conservative party according to pledges made on
#BBCOurNextPM
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Justine Greening says "I don't believe this is a good deal for Britain's long term future" as she calls for another public vote
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The turnout at the Brexit Party event in Sedgefield - they’re waiting to hear from Nigel Farage on the day No10 turned down his offer of an electoral pact
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Interesting that SNP and Plaid Cymru using this debate about no confidence in the PM to press Jeremy Corbyn to move on from his General Election plan and back another referendum.
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John Bercow responds; There was nothing arbitrary about the conduct of the Chair - I require no lessons or lectures from others about how to discharge my obligations to parliament.. I'll go on doing it no matter how much abuse I get ... it is water off a duck's back
Andrea Leadsom tells the Commons - The role of the chair is to uphold the rules parliament has made for itself - not arbitrarily change them
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This from a Government minister...
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Lots of criticism of Nigel Farage at the launch of the Change UK Euro election campaign - by repeatedly singling him out is the Independent Group in fact giving him oxygen?
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Donald Trump just called himself a very stable genius
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People dressed as bees protesting about climate change have seemingly stuck themselves to the Conservative campaign bus.
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Labour confirms it will back:
- It's alternative plan amendment (K)
- Two motions about a customs union (amendments F and J)
- The "public vote" motion (M - known as Kyle/Wilson)
Also 'encouraging support’ for the Norway plus / Common Market 2.0 option (D).
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Donald Trump: Brexit is Brexit. The people voted to break it up. I imagine what that's what they'll do but it seems they're taking a different route. I'm not sure that's what they voted for.
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Keir Starmer has told the BBC Jeremy Corbyn's letter to the PM does not rule out the option of a second referendum - and the leader will be writing to members today to remind them of that.
The internal struggle goes on...
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And managed to marry myself off mistakenly at the same time
Here's the awkward moment
@DavidDavisMP
calls
@AlexForsythBBC
a Mister, and she politely corrects him.
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John McDonnell tells me result was ‘staggering’ & ‘catastrophic’ for PM and while numbers are against them he hasn’t given up hope of winning the no confidence motion tomorrow ‘let’s see’ 1/2
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Prime Minister proposes an extension until June 30 this year with the option to leave early if parliament agrees a Brexit deal before then. If a deal isn’t approved which allows the UK to leave before May 23 the PM acknowledges the UK will have to take part in Euro elections
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Update: Instead of this planned visit Boris Johnson went to a bakery in Wells High St, served some customers, did a walkabout and went into a card shop.
Boris Johnson has pulled out of a planned visit to a bakery this morning after this protest gathered 👇🏻at the entrance to the venue - understood it was due to security concerns & on police advice.
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We decided the same...
We at
@HuffPostUK
have decided not to headline the Boris Johnson education announcement with the '£14bn' figure put out by govt. Lots of other media went for '£14bn'. But we followed usual practice of avoiding cumulative totals.
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Asked if the PM is bloody difficult, Martin Selmayr says they've come to know her as a impressive woman & an impressive negotiator
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Annunziata Rees-Mogg, sister of prominent Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg, is speaking at the Brexit Party launch alongside Nigel Farage
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I understand PM has been in touch with senior members of his cabinet this morning as - I’m told - he regularly is. Seemingly no wobbles from No 10 team here in Kigali - PM was up & about exercising as usual & no plans to cut short trips to CHOGM, G7 & NATO
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I understand Theresa May will write to Donald Tusk setting out No 10’s proposals for an extension / way forward today.
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NEW: PM’s letter to a Donald Tusk on Brexit next steps
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So grateful for all the kindness about the new job - and feedback appreciated & duly noted! Thank you.
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said: ‘We truly hope a no deal Brexit will be avoided and that is the whole wish of the whole world’. He added: ‘Japan is in total support of the withdrawal agreement’
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Theresa May has announced she’ll resign on my birthday.
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'Suck it up. Suck it up and move on' says Anna Soubry
(she's talking about there being no alternative to single market & customs union btw)
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Extra funding from Govt Equalities Office will cover cost of women in Northern Ireland having abortions in England, says Justine Greening
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To all the folks whose beloved mums aren’t around today for whatever reason, much love. I know they’d want to be if they could.
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Chris Bryant says he thinks there's some "shenaniganating" going on. New word for Brexit dictionary?
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The Tories have emailed supporters briefing notes to help them tweet during tonight's debate
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George Eustice’s resignation letter - he quit over the PM’s decision to open the door to possible postponement of Brexit
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Dominic Raab - The choice is the risk of being held in the backstop and a significant risk of losing Brexit altogether
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It's now officially my birthday and I'm in the office filing pieces on Brexit backstops.
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The Prime Minister spoke with President Juncker after cabinet this morning to inform him of the statement she was going to make to parliament
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NEW: I’m told representatives from the ERG are meeting the chief whip to urge to the Govt to amend the motion otherwise ERG support cannot be guaranteed
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Johnson’s election pitch in a nutshell outside No 10; It’s parliament’s fault Brexit isn’t ‘done’, it’s MPs’ fault there’s another delay. I’ve been forced to hold this election. Vote for me and I’ll sort it out and get on to the good stuff.
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Via
@bbclaurak
- Dominic Grieve says the Government's meaningful vote amendment is 'unacceptable'
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Boris Johnson says Jeremy Corbyn has done a 'cynical shameless U-turn' in backing membership of a customs union, saying leaving is the only way to 'take back control' & do trade deals adding - staying in the customs union isn't leaving the EU
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SNP's Ian Blackford: The PM is trying to sell us a deal that's dead in the water - the PM is desperate and increasingly looking defeated
#Brexit
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Iain Duncan Smith says the EU is 'a friend of the haves rather than the have-nots' at a leave campaign speech
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No 10 sources say there's no chance of revisiting the Chequers agreement -- "agreement was reached at Chequers"
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David Lidington says what Theresa May has got from Brussels is a
"welcome first step" saying it's removed uncertainty about EU27's intentions
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Nigel Farage meets Joey Essex who tells him 'I like your coat'
#GE2015
http://t.co/WwRveeHteA
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John Mann says if the Govt accepts workers rights amendment it would make it more likely for some Labour MPs to back PM’s deal - and says this is the start of a process
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David Lidington says the PM is going to spend the next few days and weeks talking further to her counterparts in the EU and seeking "the reassurances that are needed by a wide range of MPs"
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Boris Johnson delivering milk on the campaign trail in West Yorkshire. Mrs Monaghan says ‘so nice to meet you Prime Minister...what you doing up so early?!’
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PM has just arrived to address Conservative MPs at the 1922 committee to applause and prolonged table banging. On the way in she turned to the press pack gathered outside and joked; ‘I wonder what you’re all doing here’
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MPs support the SI extending Article 50 (officially delaying Brexit) by 441 - 105
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Seriously, who brings a goldfish to put in a public loo?
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Blood donations in Kent cancelled around Brexit period - further to the below
@GiveBloodNHS
says traffic in Kent and may prevent donation teams from reaching or leaving venues, they'll hold replacement sessions at other locations & can still provide necessary blood to hospitals
@RachelLK
We have taken the decision to cancel blood donation sessions in Dover and Folkestone for a 2 week period before and a 6 week period after Britain’s exit from the EU. This is because in the event of issues in Calais and other freight ports, this could lead to significant (1/2)
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It's March! Which, if nothing else, means it's much easier to work out how many days until we're due to leave the EU...
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Iain Duncan Smith calls this a "historic moment" because the "majority of parliamentarians voted to leave the European Union"
#Brexit
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Extra £1.3bn for schools will come from 'efficiencies and savings' within existing DfE budget, says Justine Greening
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Speaker of the House of Commons 'strongly urges' MPs not to physically head to Westminster when the Commons meets on Wednesday to discuss new Covid measures unless it's 'absolutely necessary'. Says they can participate virtually.
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The Prime Minister’s planned next stop on the campaign trail has been cancelled due to protestors.
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College Green is a bit of a quagmire this morning. Metaphor anyone?
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"There is no deal that can be agreed with EU that doesn't require a NI backstop to prevent a return to borders of the past" says the PM
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Happy Valentine's
The
@CommonsLeader
has just confirmed what the PM promised on 29 January, with the next debate and votes on Brexit being announced for next Thurs 14 February, Valentine’s Day ❤️💌
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In other news No10 signals pennies are safe. The PM's spokesman said the consultation was intended to help the Govt better understand the role of cash & digital payments in the economy & whether the mix of coins meets public need - and from early reaction it looks like it does
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Marking 75 years of Any Questions with this excellent team & a special programme at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford - join us at 8pm on Radio 4
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More maths for everyone says
@PhilipHammondUK
; 'Don't say I don't know how to show the nation a good time
#Budget2017
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Brilliant to chat to
@BethRigby
@Peston
&
@ChrisMasonBBC
to get their take on Tory & Labour conferences plus insight from
@BBCJamesCook
on the upcoming SNP conference
#BBCNewscast
brought together political editors
@BethRigby
,
@Peston
and
@ChrisMasonBBC
. Beth and Robert give their verdict on Liz Truss’s future after the Tory party conference.
Watch tonight on BBC One after Question Time.
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Half standing ovation for Boris Johnson as he starts with a joke (dig) about his ‘friend’ Philip Hammond
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Government defeated by 305 votes to 301 on an amendment about the EU medicines agency
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Michael Gove: we will have own investigation into ‘Islamophobia and prejudice’. That won’t satisfy many who want a specific inquiry focused on Islamophobia.
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Please don't speculate. What we know; BBC News - 'Van hits pedestrians' on London Bridge in 'major incident'
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Valerie Vaz confirms Labour will not be voting for the Withdrawal Agreement tomorrow
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Pres Juncker says no renegotiation following ref: "(The PM) got the maximum he could receive & we gave the maximum we could give"
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The Government has postponed its planned announcement on the local govt finance settlement for next year - so councils will have to wait longer to find out the detail.
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PM to address the nation at 8pm tonight on 'further steps' to tackle spread of the virus.
Parliament to be recalled on Wednesday.
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In the NATO summit press room the White House press pack has its own reserved area cordoned off. It’s pretty big. And the chairs are white. (Everyone else’s are red). Who’s the focus of this summit?
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Martin Selmayr: Brexit will never become a success as it is a sad and sorry event but it can be managed in a professional and pragmatic way
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Juncker: 'I hate no deal'...while adding that he only had a 'superficial look' because the British press is 'superficial'
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PM just started speaking in Jordan - focus of this trip about strengthening friendship & support but expect Qs about Pres Trump's tweet
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Late shift dilemma - how to check Twitter for news without seeing Bodyguard spoilers??
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Government defeated over Cooper amendment to the finance bill limiting Govt powers in the event of a no deal Brexit - lost by 7 votes
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President Trump was just asked what he thought about the protests planned during his UK trip & said: "I think it’s fine. I think they like me a lot in the UK. I think they agree with me on immigration."
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Second candidate for next
#UKIP
leader has declared;
@RaheemKassam
former advisor to
@Nigel_Farage
says he'll stand
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Tom Watson MP, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, responding to Boris Johnson’s resignation, said: “Theresa May’s Government is in meltdown. This is complete and utter chaos."
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