Steve Hawkes
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Chief Reputation and External Affairs Officer, Flutter UK & Ireland. Ex-journo at The Sun, Times, Mirror, Tel. Tweets are personal views
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Not a very long time ago, it was 50-50 whether Boris may die - now he and Carrie have a baby. Can people pls stop the hate - if only for a bit? It's not a tactical move, it's life
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Friend wanted to see their GP, feeling unwell. Told no appointments for two weeks. Paid to go private. Got a Zoom appointment the very next day. Logged on and lo! It was their NHS doctor who was too busy to see them earning a bit on the side. Root and branch reform needed
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No10 spokesman confirms Boris Johnson will not be resigning . We’re in that territory already
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Kay Burley gets 6 months. Dom Cummings got nothing. Margaret Ferrier remains an MP.
Kay Burley off Sky News for six months after breaking Covid rules
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The way we’re going Britain’s going to be back in the single market on Tuesday week
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Public “too relaxed” about Covid? They were told to shop, take a summer holiday and that it would be over by Xmas
Tuesday’s Daily TELEGRAPH: “Brexit deal never made sense, PM to tell EU”
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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One thing the Govt has yet to address or admit is the degree to which Brexit is fuelling UK inflation. Business leaders say it’s the thing “no one talks about” esp firms who want to keep Govt contracts
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Turn on PMQs.. overhear a Labour backbencher shout "bring back the lettuce.."
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Labour in clear electoral pact with Lib Dems - a party that has set out a roadmap to rejoining the EU. Sir Keir Starmer says he wants to make Brexit work and has ruled out even a return to the Customs Union. Where does he really stand?
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When Rishi Sunak is spending a fortune on battling Covid and spent £500m to help people dine at a discount at places such as Wagamama and Hawksmoor, it's a tough argument to deny extra money on free school meals.
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Trade as a share of the UK's GDP has fallen 12% since 2019, two and a half times more than any other G7 country. One for the Remain/Rejoin crowd
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“We will fight hope with hate,” bellows the Home Sec, before correcting himself
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Incredible stuff in the big read from
@ShippersUnbound
tonight “Former ministers are openly discussing what would happen if Truss was ousted. “There would have to be a leader by acclamation,” one said. “And it would have to be Boris or Rishi. She’s finished already.”
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Money guru
@MartinSLewis
tells R4 Today he's worried Govt is shifting the narrative and blaming the horrors in Ukraine for the entire cost of living crisis - and saying that's why we have to make sacrifices. "This is untrue"
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"The DVLA said there were more than 54,000 applications for HGV licences awaiting processing... "
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Are people really going for a Covid test if they don’t have symptoms ? I mean it’s not Legoland is it as days out go ?
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The DUP has repeatedly - and quite passionately - argued that Northern Ireland can never be out of step with the rest of the UK
Today, Stormont is being recalled for the first time in 3 years - specifically to repeal British laws on abortion
You really couldn't make it up
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Dominic Grieve appeared near to tears just then after the vote - says he believes the only way now to stop No Deal is the “nuclear option” of a confidence vote
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I can't see the difference between egging Jeremy Corbyn or milkshaking Nigel Farage. It's wrong - end of. And those who were upset about the attacks on the Labour leader should speak out now
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Len McCluskey: “We’ve had a People’s Vote, they voted to leave.”
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Juncker last night gave the PM a perfect chance to say you know what, I'm out of here. I'm going home, holding emergency Cabinet to discuss WTO. Call me when you need to. She hasn't and the EU knows she won't
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There’s a rumour Labour wants to call tomorrow “Wednesday”
NEW: Labour is urging the government to commit to reopening schools and colleges first when lockdown restrictions are eased.
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Quite incredibly - anonymous Minister tells The Times that Boris Johnson WILL resign rather than go to Brussels for an extension. Surely that just encourages the Opposition to delay an Election
No10 spokesman confirms Boris Johnson will not be resigning . We’re in that territory already
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The absolutely seismic Jo Johnson decision will be the moment that breaks the dam.
His brother's Govt has now plunged into the "incompetent" category that did for May in 2017 and Brown in 2010
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Nigel Farage suggests a second EU Referendum to "kill off" the moaning Remainers. Someone, pls, find Brenda from Bristol now
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Well, I reckon Nigel Farage has got enough material for his Brexit Party launch tomorrow
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Big week for
@bbclaurak
.. her last as BBC’s Pol Ed after nearly seven years in one of the toughest media jobs going. Class act, great journo and great person. Sod the trolls
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Jeremy Corbyn wants sexual abuse victims to come forward? His office denied Sarah Champion a meeting about the issue last week
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EXCL Furious Tory MPs demand Graham Brady allows a secret ballot on Theresa May at tonight's 1922 showdown
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Govt in a PR mess. Minister saves tycoon millions but PM won’t pay for school meals
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Anna Soubry says the DUP "don't represent the views of Northern Ireland" - they are literally the elected party
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Nigel Dodds goes there
Wishes Jeremy Corbyn respected the rule of law when the IRA murdered judges
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Only been here 5.5 years but have never heard MP reaction like tonight
Tory MPs - and not just ERG - utterly astounded
They believe some in Cabinet agreed to this just to kill PM off
One in a marginal "She's just killed me"
Another: "She's just legitimised Corbyn."
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Barry Gardiner - referring to Brexit talks - tells James Cleverly - "We are in there trying to bail you guys out."
(one for the leaflets)
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Labour is promising free personal care for OAPs, perfect state schools, cheaper bills, better trains, lower emissions, fully funded councils, electric cars when you want em, no prescription charges, no tuition fees, no austerity, lower taxes for 95%- and all with a four day week!
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Yvette Cooper getting a lot of flak for her Brexit amendment but she is a class politician who has worked wonders holding the Home Office to account over the past year.
Lots of stuff on here now appearing to single her out which is worrying.
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Calls for Labour to suspend whip on Lisa Forbes - less than 10 hours after she was elected.
JLM's statement on the result of the Peterborough by-election.
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EXCL HMRC has decided to wave EU goods through in a No Deal - to keep trade moving. No checks at 20 ports. Will last for a "temporary" period
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Keir Starmer has everything in his favour today. And appears to be missing some open goals - again
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I feel for the Speaker
he hates these moments when the world watches him
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Working class voting preference (acc to
@YouGov
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Brexit Party 41%, Labour 17%, Lib Dem 11%, Conservative 9%
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Seems the people I spoke to a couple of weeks back weren’t the only ones. YouGov suggests the more people see Jo Swinson the less impressed they are
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MPs complaining of a power grab by the Tory government last night should read Jean Claude Juncker's speech
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Govt late last night confirmed Grenfell style cladding was on 1,700 hospitals, schools, nursing homes and towers. Was part of the pre-summer hols dump. Incredible attempt to hide the figures. More than two years on and precious little being down to avoid another tragedy
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The Business Minister is openly daring the PM to sack him
Quite incredible stuff
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An American reader writes: “Juncker came to America today and immediately offered Trump trade concessions - that's how it's done.
You Brits should ask to borrow Trump to get Brexit done right for y'all because May is selling you down the river. “
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Quite something that both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are now making big big decisions on the hoof to stop their own MPs resigning - can’t remember a time where the political leaders of our two main parties have ever been as weak
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Conservative MP Nigel Evans the latest Tory to say one way of ending all the squabbling is to leave next Friday - then it's finished, and we can move on.
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Diane Abbott says Owen Smith had to go for advancing a policy from the frontbench that wasn’t the Labour Party’s position. BBC remind her she called for the public to have a vote in her patch last year
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Gentle reminder for anyone who feels politics has gone crazy
Donald Trump arrives in 72 hours
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I truly thought Lady Hale would be better than this. She must have known the world (bubble) would have been watching
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Remember Remploy? They made protective suits, but Govt closed it down, despite the work it gave to disabled Brits. GMB campaigned tirelessly to try and keep it open. Decisions have consequences
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Last day as a journalist after 24 years - incl 6 here in Westminster. Great times. And sincerely thanks to all for following. Will still tweet from here as I move into consultancy with
@BCWGlobal
@bcwldn
It's been an absolute honour.
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Philip Hammond to warn Boris he’ll have to trigger a second referendum or Election unless he gets real on Brexit - another blistering intervention from the soft shoe Chancellor
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A growing consensus (
@JolyonMaugham
and others) that is worrying for the Govt
*Feeling that PM has lost in the Supreme Court
*That Parliament could even be recalled on Monday
Obv some way to go and the Judges may take the weekend. But a chances are - a storm is coming
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Sports presenter on the Today programme made point he was fined £60 for straying in a bus lane for 5 seconds, said “I’m going to lie down in Oxford St for 4 hours to get my money’s worth”.. This is why many will be upset by lack of police action re Extinction Rebellion
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I know politics is a different world, a different orbit, but how can you be 'rigging' something like an Election if voters have to bring ID?
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What a week for Keir Starmer. Ahead in the polls, suspends Corbyn and now the PM is forced to announce a circuit break he called for weeks ago
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Sam Gyimah quits Govt with his own front page in the Tel: he was one of the “Caxton 12” group of junior ministers that also included Jo Johnson who met to discuss what was going on in Govt. Appears Ministers are now thinking about what happens post-Theresa . Last days of Rome
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I wonder how many Labour MPs wish they'd back Theresa May's Brexit deal now?
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Biden appears to make clear Europe doesn’t want to go as far as taking action on Swift. Already a v big fault line. Putin will be happy. Ukraine let down
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Ruth Davidson quits as Scottish Tory leader
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The Sam Tarry squeeze on Keir Starmer on here tonight shows that however bad it looks for the Tories, Labour isn’t anywhere near home and dry in the next GE
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Labour councillor who lost in Barnet: “Jeremy Corbyn was supposed to come here tomorrow for a victory speech. We want him to come to Barnet anyway, to apologise to Jewish Labour activists.”
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EXCL It's WAR - Jacob Rees Mogg and the ERG table four amendments to the trade bill to block Chequers (the DUP has backed one )
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Juncker "No one explained to the British people what Brexit meant."
Cameron in 2016: "If you leave, you're quitting the single market."
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Gina Miller tells C4 News: "This election is a second referendum." .. remember that when the results come in
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A gentle reminder of what Theresa May said on March 20
"As Prime Minister I am not prepared to delay Brexit any further than 30 June.”
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John McDonnell attacks the media for attacking Jeremy Corbyn
Nothing as yet about the trolls who force Luciana Berger to turn up to her own conference with a bodyguard
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Both David Lidington and Gavin Barwell need to explain today what’s going on. Why would Brussels budge an inch when the PM’s de facto deputy and chief of staff are exploring a second referendum?
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Labour’s Andy Burnham “ultimately” backs a second referendum - just weeks after saying it would tear society apart: you can always tell the way the wind’s blowing with Andy
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Ms Sturgeon seems to forget/overlook (unwittingly) that it was one SNP MP that did precisely this
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You are seeing in Westminster this week why Labour have been so keen to keep John Bercow in place
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What are the students locked in halls of residence in Scotland supposed to think when they read about Margaret Ferrier ? Why would they continue to listen to Nicola Sturgeon if the MP remains in place ?
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Liz Truss will put forward a resignation honours list
@ShippersUnbound
writes today - after just 44 days in the job
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Labour peer Lord Mandelson says problem with Govt on Brexit is that they are "unaccountable". That's an unelected peer saying that
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Unilever is a prime eg of the craziness of the Referendum war that still rages. This time Remain has been caught out - and some. The Dutch move was only ever about tax breaks but Remain jumped all over the story for the cause. Now they have to spend a day eating humble pie
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Money guru
@MartinSLewis
on R4 Today says that unless Rishi Sunak nips the cost of living crisis in the bud "we will have people starving and freezing".
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Told around 70 Labour MPs would vote to stop a second Referendum
IMHO Corbyn hoping here that he gets the plaudits but never has to actually go through with it
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I fully expect John McDonnell to promise two Christmas Days a year; we're in that territory
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Boris has just told a hand picked audience in London that it will be possible to have "very, very minimal controls" on the Irish border.
That means controls
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Two Tory MPs have gone on the record to criticise Theresa May's social care shake-up - a day after the Manifesto. Quite something
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Govt to suggest going on holiday five days early. Just how does that look to a nation asked to work longer, ever harder, pay more tax and - for many - get by on capped pay? I think the phrase for our Ministers is “suck it up”
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A Cabinet Minister who voted to leave 3 times faces de-selection for being a 'Remainer'
Tomorrow we claim our first Cabinet scalp as
@DavidGauke
is up for deselection in South West Herts.
With a new leader and potential election, now is the time to make the Conservative party conservative again. If we fail? The Brexit Party wipes the floor with them. Win win! 👍
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Big story. Presumably the Electoral Commission are now investigating?
@PaulBrandITV
@BBCNormanS
@BethRigby
Excl: University and Labour council illegally register 850 students to vote without their knowledge. Some are only 17.
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Two years to the day since David Cameron stood up in Downing St, hailed his pre referendum EU renegotiation deal and told the public “whatever you decide, I will do my best to deliver it”. The rest, as they say, is history
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Quite incredibly Nigel Farage says Ursula Von Der Leyden’s barrow win shows she will have power but “no legitimacy” - a reminder she won with a Brexit style 52% of the vote
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David Davis tells Boris to “go back to the beach”. Andrew Marr show also has a v impressive turn from Keir Starmer
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Devil's advocate - but would we do that to another head of state or nation's PM?
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Rachel Johnson absolutely pans her brother's "tasteless, reprehensible" use of language
Says it whips up people on the far right like the very man who murdered Jo Cox
Christmas must be some occasion in the Johnson family
The prime minister's sister, Rachel Johnson, has said it was "tasteless" to say the best way to honour Jo Cox's murder is to deliver what she had campaigned against.
Read more:
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Who actually thinks SAGE will let the Govt lift a circuit breaker after two weeks?
@DPJHodges
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If you’re just waking up Rebecca Long Bailey has just spent £60 billion in promising interest free loans so people can have electric cars
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One senior Tory: ""There are now 10 billion reasons why Mrs May should go - this is not delivering the referendum in any way shape or form. Think what that £10 billion could be spent on at home, police, schools, more doctors. It's a shambles."
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