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Cat Neilan
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Whitehall Editor of The Observer
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    Cat Neilan
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    Jun 20, 2023
    Exclusive: Liberal Democrats are seeking to overturn Boris Johnson’s entire resignation honours list. A letter by @cajardineMP to the Forfeiture Ctte, and seen by @tortoise calls for an investigation after Johnson was censured by Parliament last night tortoisemedia.com/2023/06/20/lib…
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    Cat Neilan
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    Jun 9, 2022
    I've been working on an incredible story that I can finally share. Please indulge me for a moment. This is Paul. He is a Tory donor, philanthropist, entrepreneur and genealogist enthusiast. His full name is Paul Edwin Lancelot Thomas Borrow-Longain. Or is it?
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    Cat Neilan
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    May 25, 2022
    Another MP gets in touch with a rather bleak assessment of the party's future: "I’ve concluded from today’s report - the PM is safe but we’ve certainly lost the next general election"
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    Cat Neilan
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    Jan 24, 2023
    New: A company with close ties to Zahawi’s family failed for six years to comply with transparency laws designed to stamp out money laundering. tortoisemedia.com/2023/01/24/sen…
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    Cat Neilan
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    Oct 21, 2022
    MPs are now suggesting that even if Boris Johnson wins, things will quickly disintegrate. Tories predicting mass resignations, meaning Truss would be unable to tell King Charles III that he commands the confidence of a majority of MPs
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    Cat Neilan
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    May 25, 2022
    Another Tory MP, who sits on a four figure majority, tells me he is planning for his next job outside Parliament. Seems reconciled to losing his seat - but his big fear is being associated with a grubby government (And yes, he's submitted a letter)
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    Cat Neilan
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    May 31, 2022
    It seems Andrea Leadsom's intervention has put the cat amongst the pigeons: 🚨MPs now saying they expect a vote on PM's leadership on Tuesday. 🚨 Boris Johnson now personally calling MPs to try and build support ahead of vote, promising jobs if they "stay with me".
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    Cat Neilan
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    Jul 1, 2022
    One Tory MP blames.... Keir Starmer "If there was a strong opposition, Pincher wouldn't have ever been deputy chief whip," he says.
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    Cat Neilan
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    Jun 21, 2023
    Exclusive: Sources dispute Charlotte Owen’s claim to have worked for George Osborne, either directly or at his constituency office Owen's LinkedIn profile says she interned for him in 2011 and again in Tatton in 2012 I'm told this is not the case 👇 tortoisemedia.com/2023/06/21/cul…
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    Cat Neilan
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    Nov 6, 2022
    The messages were sent over a period of several weeks
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    Ridge & Frost
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    Nov 6, 2022
    Cabinet Office Minister @OliverDowden says the 'abusive messages' that Sir Gavin Williamson MP sent to the then Chief Whip Wendy Morton were "sent in the heat of the moment", that he regrets the language used but adds "it's in the past now" #Ridge: trib.al/dwvcRFT
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    Cat Neilan
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    Jun 20, 2023
    Exc: A 3rd person given an honour from Boris Johnson was listed with inflated job title Ben Mallet, granted an OBE for "political & public service" is cited as "Former Strategy Director for the General Election" One source said: “He was no such thing.” tortoisemedia.com/2023/06/20/thi…
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    Cat Neilan
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    Feb 21, 2022
    Lebedev hasn't voted once since becoming a Lord. He has attended three times - once every five-ish months - just enough to avoid being suspended More here 👇
    Lord Lebedev's peerage under spotlight after his lack of contribution to Parliament since maiden...
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    Cat Neilan
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    Jun 14, 2023
    Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s aide nominated for peerage appears to have exaggerated time spent at Number 10 Charlotte Owen claims to have worked as a spad for the then-PM from Feb 2021 to Oct 2022, but sources (and documents) suggest otherwise 👇 tortoisemedia.com/2023/06/14/cha…
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    Cat Neilan
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    May 11, 2023
    Oof... Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle absolutely livid about Kemi Badenoch saying that the "sequencing we chose was not to your satisfaction" on REUL u-turn announcement. Hoyle: "Who do you think you're speaking to Secretary of State?"
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