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Henry Zeffman
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Henry Zeffman
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BBC Chief Political Correspondent
- One senior Labour source salivating at the prospect of Johnson redux: "In some sense, him running is the dream. Droning on about how they need a sensible, serious person to fix the mess they've made then that honking pudding turns up with his travelling circus trailing behind"
- **Nadhim Zahawi** is in the delegation of cabinet ministers about to tell the prime minister to go, I'm told
- BREAKING Labour have a 33 POINT LEAD with YouGov/Times Yes, 33. THIRTY-THREE POINTS Lab: 54 (+9) Con: 21 (-7) Lib: 7 (-2) Green: 6 (-1) Ref: 4 (+1) Fieldwork: Today and yesterday
- BREAKING: Rishi Sunak has admitted holding a US green card until October 2021. He became chancellor in February 2020
- EXCL: Simon Case and team had a Christmas party on Dec 17 2020 at 5.30 pm in room 103 of the Cabinet Office. The digital calendar invites sent in advance called it "Christmas party!" Raises serious questions about his investigation into No 10 parties thetimes.co.uk/article/police…
- Sometimes if a joke doesn't quite land you just need to wait four yearsThey would refer it to Sue Gray for urgent investigation
- People keep calling Sue Gray’s report “independent”. Jake Berry just did it on Today, several broadcast journalists have too. She might be independent-minded but she’s a serving permanent secretary — it’s not an independent report. Subtle distinction but really matters
- EXCLUSIVE The chief Treasury civil servant wrote to Labour two days ago saying that the £38 billion/£2,000 tax attack “should not be presented as having been produced by the civil service” He said he had reminded ministers of this
- Tory MP Philip Davies to Sajid Javid in the Commons just now: "Can he give me any reason at all why I shouldn’t tell my constituents to treat these rules in exactly the same way that number 10 Downing Street treated last year’s rules?"
- NEW: Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood has been stripped of the whip by Boris Johnson for failing to support the government in last night’s confidence vote
- Take a step back. The 12 alleged gatherings (of 16) being investigated by the Met include one in Johnson's flat, one he attended in the garden, and one which was to celebrate his birthday. So the prime minister is under investigation for multiple breaches of his own Covid laws
- BREAKING: Sir John Major has written to Sir Graham Brady "For the overall wellbeing of the country, Mr Johnson should not remain in Downing Street" He says either Dominic Raab should become PM or Conservatives should remove the members' stage of the leadership ballot
- "I am humbled and I have learnt a lesson" ... "Sir Beer Korma"