Jessica Parker
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Jessica Parker
@MarkerJParker
Berlin Correspondent 🇩🇪 @BBCNews 🇬🇧 covering Germany & Europe. Part of Emmy Award winning team for Investigative News. Ex DC, Brussels & Westminster.
- I’ve now counted a touch over 30 people emerging out of tonight’s 1922 committee meeting of Tory backbenchers The room limit says 29
- Guten Abend! Delighted to be starting as the BBC’s new Berlin Correspondent, covering Germany & beyond. Story tips, food recommendations & general wisdom all welcome!
- "The country of law and order has become lawless and chaotic," says an EU diplomat tonight "This won’t do the UK’s reputation any good and does highlight divisions in the UK, if HMG does not act when domestic rule of law is undermined."
- Labour's David Lammy says students have been: - "done over" on their A-levels - "done over" on freshers' week - & government's now "threatening to lock them up" at university The Shadow Justice Secretary calls on Gavin Williamson to come to the house tomorrow #marr
- Jeremy Corbyn says Boris Johnson will walk out of our relationship with EU, “into a relationship with nobody” because, the Labour leader says, a trade deal with America will take years #BBCDebate
- Electoral Commission to "visit" the Brexit Party's office tomorrow and "conduct a review" of its donations system
- Downing Street not denying reports that Boris Johnson's told Tory MPs that "devolution has been a disaster north of the border" and was "Tony Blair's biggest mistake" Government sources suggesting it was “more of a reference” to the SNP
- NEW: Lord Howard has NOT been won over by compromise on Internal Market Bill Tells me: “The government is still asking parliament to break international law.” The prospect of the bill getting through the Lords as it is? “Not great” 1/2
- Equalities Minister Liz Truss says there were "fundamental disagreements" between her & the now disbanded #LGBT advisory panel She says, "Members of the panel supported self-ID for gender recognition certificates & I very strongly feel... that there need to be checks & balances"
- NEW: US President Joe Biden expected to attend next week’s summit of EU leaders in person
- BREAK: Greater Manchester Police is not expected to take any further action in relation to Labour Deputy Leader, Angela Rayner. It follows claims about information she'd given regarding her main residence - via BBC's @hanrmiller
- 🔥Absolute fury from local Conservatives in Basildon & Billericay about the imposition of party chair, Richard Holden, as the sole candidate. Assoc Chair: "We don’t know him. Yes he’s Chairman of the party but so what? What has he done for Basildon and Billericay? Nothing."NEW: Conservative chairman Richard Holden is the sole candidate to represent the party in Basildon and Billericay, two local Tory officials have told the BBC. A meeting of the local association to select a candidate this evening has been cancelled.
- "I don't know what Stay Alert means." Nicola Sturgeon says she's not prepared to drop Stay at Home in favour of a message that is "vague and imprecise"
