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EXCLUSIVE: Momentum chief Laura Parker backs Kier Starmer and Jess Phillips to spearhead Labour campaign for Remain. @jessphillips @Keir_Starmer @PeoplesMomentum .
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EXCLUSIVE: Luciana Berger on course to win Finchley after 26-point Lib Dem surge. @lucianaberger @LibDems .
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A royal revelation: The Crown lines up Helena Bonham Carter to play Princess Margaret .
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"Get registered, get voting" urges comedian @MrNishKumar, as a youth-led campaign launches today to encourage young people to register for the forthcoming European elections. It is backed by @Konnie_Huq @mrjamesob @GabbyLogan @OFOCBrexit @ellievarley13
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From today's Diary: Boris Johnson response in the cabinet call when he was congratulated on his son.
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In today's Diary, Rory Stewart ponders a return.
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In Poland, “to make an English exit” is to leave a party without telling anyone that you’re going. Now a new phrase is popular there — “to Brexit”. It means to loudly announce your intention to leave a party before staying for the next four to five hours. .
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From today's Diary: @Number10cat to be immortalised in book form by @ElizabethRadcl5 (scroll down)
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Roxy Horner and Tiger Lily Taylor were out at the @LDN_Blockchain conference last night. One course was a single tulip.
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BREAKING: Trump backs Rebekah Vardy.
The Greatest Witch Hunt in the history of the USA!.
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GB News’s Inaya Folarin Iman tells us she is “delighted” to have been appointed a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery .
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South-West England is set for an almighty Brexit battle in the European elections, as ardent Remainer Andrew Adonis @Andrew_Adonis prepares for a (probable) face-off with the Brexit Party's Annunziata Rees-Mogg @zatzi 🇪🇺🇬🇧
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George the Poet tells us he thinks back on Meghan Markle's advice to him as he approaches his first Christmas as a married man .
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In Shakespearean battle between Sherlock stars, actress @CHIMPSINSOCKS picks her husband over Cumberbatch every time http://t.co/BlWmYt1Ix6.
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From today's Diary: Philip Normal becomes the country's first openly HIV+ mayor.
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Attention Chris Whitty fans! Say thanks to the Chief Medical Officer by buying him his favourite Mexican lunch. @Santanagrill
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Former DExEU chief-of-staff, @jameschappers, hopes to run for TIG against Tory leadership contender, Dominic Raab.
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@leahcharlesking After Boris's push ups, Mark Francois tells us he does 50 each day. Do we believe him? @MarkFrancois12
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Labour candidate Danny Beales, who has been selected to take on Boris Johnson in Uxbridge at the next election, tells us time in his youth spent living in hostels shaped his politics.
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Nice day for a SpAd wedding as @samanthadmagnus (Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom’s Special Adviser) marries @jaystoll (Labour MP Tulip Siddiq’s parliamentary assistant) #crossingtheaisle
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Diary today: the Francois files. Mark Francois tells us he's seeking out the culprit we reveal his parody has a book agent @MarkFrancois12.
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The summer solstice at Stonehenge was closed off to revellers in the 80s and 90s, until a young barrister called Keir Starmer came along:.
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Presenter @ChrisGPackham wants to make posh foods sustainable: . "The problem with posh foods is that people do aspire to them, unfortunately. Vegan or vegetarian canapés. those are the things that people should start bragging about.".
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And: Jamie Oliver says the rise of takeaway apps may be stopping a generation learning to cook .
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Photographer Mary McCartney was supported by her dad Paul at a recent show opening.
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In the last Londoner's Diary of the week: The lawyer who took on Dominic Cummings over the notorious trip to Barnard Castle tells us his memoir is being adapted for the screen . @nazirafzal .
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MP Jess Phillips thinks all-female carriages are best left in Riyadh
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AJ Odudu, Maya Jama, Julie Adenuga and Siobhan Bell light up Bagatelle in Mayfair. The foursome were out for clothing brand TTYA London’s “We Move” Supper Club. More inside:
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How @wmarybeard, @Lucy_Worsley, @DrJaninaRamirez and @bettanyhughes are auctioning off @vizcomic cartoons for @NHSCharities .
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In today's Londoner: Labour MP Jess Phillips @jessphillips to get kids singing #babyshark outside the Treasury in protest at cuts forcing schools to close early on Fridays 🦈
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@thefattony @Selfridges Poet @lemnsissay says corona won't stop his Christmas Dinners for care leavers project this year - delivering this time.
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@alisonjackson @justforlaughs @CheltLitFest @susie_dent Laurence Fox says he hadn't heard of @RECLAIMproject - who are threatening to sue him - until 'a couple of days ago'. but we asked him about it last month
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.@HarrietHarman tells The Londoner that she is undaunted by her consistencies party's threat to stand a candidate against her should she become Speaker of the House of Commons
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"Cricket is like marital sex. Occasionally it's very exciting." Today's QotD from @EricIdle
http://t.co/NJgLnlk4Ps.
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A new parliament should be built in either Birmingham or Manchester and Westminster should turn into a tourist attraction, says Lord Adonis.
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In The Londoner today: London Zoo tell us about their struggles during lockdown . ‘Pygmy goats were spotted lining up at their gates each day waiting for children to arrive, they really missed the attention.’ .
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Labour MP @wesstreeting tells the Londoner he wishes he and SNP MP @StewartMcDonald had been picked as judges on the UK RuPaul’s Drag Race. “I’ve written to Ru in the hope that we can enjoy a different Queen’s Speech in the Palace of Westminster.”
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Cake and champagne for @ParkTheatre's 4th birthday last night, after Madame Rubenstein show. Hip hip.
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Quote of the day from Davos - Sanna Marin responds to a question on women in power @MarinSanna
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EXCLUSIVE: Chuka Umunna wins endorsement of Tory peer Baroness Wheatcroft. @ChukaUmunna @WminsterLibDems .
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Aisling Bea gets ire of fashion police after 'help' from Katherine Ryan @WeeMissBea @Kathbum
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What's new pussycat? We have the latest on how @Number10cat, @DiploMog and @TreasuryMog are getting through the heatwave.
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In today's diary: @LedbyDonkey have started putting posters up to show coronavirus heroes and anti heroes .
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Omid Djalili says if online abuse continues after the weekend's social media blackout then Instagram, Facebook and Twitter should stop for everyone across the world for a few days of reflection .
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Diary today - as Jamie East quits TalkRadio after their mask stunt, is there a culture problem at the station? Ex-presenter Iain Lee talks to us @Iainlee.
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In today's Diary, Daniel Radcliffe reveals he plans to work behind the camera in future.
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Told you so.
⚡️BREAKING ⚡️ Chancellor @PhilipHammondUK announces that Mark Carney will continue as the Governor of @BankofEngland until January 2020 at #TreasuryQuestions in @HouseOfCommons.
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James McAvoy takes on the ruling classes from the audience http://t.co/E37fdhoydR
http://t.co/8YLpX3kGeQ.
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@liz_sugg @Number10cat Former top Government lawyer Jonathan James @SirJJQC calls for a legally enforced ministerial code.
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Skepta says he prefers fasting to drugs and Tina Brown talks about the Queen’s soft spot for bridges.
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'Meninist' #LaurenceFox proudly recalls how rude he was to #JennaColeman on their first day filming #Victoria.
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The Londoner spotted Siobhan McSweeney aka Sister Michael @siobhni from Channel 4's Derry Girls in the Strangers' Bar after the big Brexit vote last night. We can only imagine what she was saying to MPs.
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“A third of young people in this country are not registered to vote — and there are 20 days until the European elections,” says Kumar. The campaign, called "Vote For Your Future" @vfyf2019, runs with the message: “Every election is determined by the people who show up".
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Huge alleged theft at the British Museum may not have been possible if they had a better catalogue, says academic @profdanhicks . More than 1,500 items have reportedly been taken from the Museum over a 20 year period.
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And we speak to Margaret Owen, an 89-year-old who was on hunger strike for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Owen was asked to stop to protect her health by Nazanin's husband Richard. .@ElectionMargie
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Minister told me to "f**k off" after Newsnight interview, says Mick Lynch.
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The Londoner: Scrutiny under threat if Politics Live gets the axe.
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The Londoner: Is Gandhi too divisive to be put on our currency?.
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Diary today: @missmcollins on the plight facing actors as the #PantoParade takes place today . @EquityUK @bectu
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Boris Johnson called #ExtinctionRebellion "uncooperative crusties" last night. Uh oh. @StanleyPJohnson
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@PippaCrerar Wedding party as reported by @joannambell in Londoner's Diary last week.
Boris and Carrie plan first anniversary party in Chequers.
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@ExtinctionR @XRebellionUK @XRLondon @DryWrite @fleabag @KayBurley Graham Norton, Tom Allen, Michelle Visage and Vicky Vox pop down to West End Bares charity fundraiser @tomallencomedy @WestEndBares @michellevisage @grahnort @TheVickyVox
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In today's Diary: cartoonists defy government with drawing book for refugee children. The Home Office painted over a Mickey Mouse mural earlier this year. @godfreychurch @procartoonists @Ncknwmn .
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In today's Diary: Campaign to end bias against ethnic hair types.
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In today's Londoner: Lord Kinnock says he'd bet on Lisa Nandy for Labour leader.
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Yesterday Boris Johnson dropped in on George W. Bush, who he once described as "a cross-eyed Texan warmonger"
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Mike Gapes is still a believer in Change UK: saying it is a “small acorn that might grow into a big tree” @BigTentIdeas @ChangeUK @MikeGapes.
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NEW: We reveal that Transport for London is set to take down ‘creepy’ C4 Naked Attraction bus ads .@tkingdot.
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Author @Bonn1eGreer defends the BBC after “unnecessarily anti-Churchill" documentary. http://t.co/7Ev8vFkJxc.
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Who is behind @BrexitNewYorker? Steve Baker is dying to find out. The Londoner knows, but isn't telling.
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TOP STORY: Foreign Office cat Palmerston takes work in cat food ad
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And Emma Barnett recalls sitting in a "menstrual filled silence" with a politician . @Emmabarnett.@elizabday .
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Streeting adds that his drag name would be "Eileen Toodaleft" and Scottish @StewartMcDonald would be "Diva Lution". Speaker John Bercow would be "Lauren Order". 💅.
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Farewell to Michael Bond. We'll look after Paddington
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Londoner today: Time for an Edward Jenner vaccine statue in Trafalgar Square, say historians @holland_tom and @simon_schama.
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A spoonful of sugar - not shared on Downing Street
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In today's Londoner: The Whitechapel Bell Foundry, which cast Big Ben, has been temporarily saved from being turned into a boutique bell-themed hotel.
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@Leomie_Anderson @ThatTimWalker And - Sir Vince Cable hits back at the @YoungLiberalsUK for saying he should be kicked out of the party over his comments on the Uyghurs in China.
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