Emily Thornberry on whether Keir Starmer will be fined: "He won't get one because he's not broken the rules."
Rachel Wearmouth
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Rachel Wearmouth
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Journalist. Geordie. Your phone isn’t the real world.
- In the Commons, Immigration Minister Kevin Foster declines to apologise for his tweet saying Ukrainian refugees can get a visa via the agricultural workers' scheme.
- Can people give the pub-goer snobbery a rest!?! Ask yourself: would I make the same comments if it was a posh garden party?
- The Conservatives put all their chips on Brand Rishi but the PM is becoming a bit of a liability
- Keep breaking the rules? Well, if you're the Prime Minister you can just change them, you see? The "world king" strikes again ... mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
- Boris Johnson has no idea how much the carers' allowance went up by. Devastating interview. I'd not be surprised if calls for an emergency budget get louder & louder now
- Labour MP @BarryGardiner asks if the govt “has given consideration to making @PippaCrerar commissioner of the Metropolitan Police”
- Shows Rishi Sunak has a blind spot when it comes to working class voters & in appointing Lee Anderson to pump out culture wars stuff he is totally insulting their intelligence People obv know you can’t survive on 30p meals & they don’t want anyone to be in that position either🧵 My biggest surprise from our focus group in Leigh on Friday was quite how ridiculous/infuriating participants thought Lee Anderson’s comments about food-bank users were. Everyone (Tory and Labour voting alike) thought the person saying them was on a different planet. (1/6)
- Maybe replace him with someone who didn’t go to private school? Just an idea. As someone who went to a comp, I know it’s v dispiriting reading senior journos’ wiki pages sometimes. (Not that it ever put me off the job, mind)
- Tories tipped to lose 26 'Blue Wall' seats to Lib Dems in bombshell poll
- Ex victims commissioner Dame Vera Baird said cops releasing new info about Nicola Bulley was a huge error & the decision "as sexist as it comes". She says cops wouldn't have disclosed info about a man saying he was "tied down with alcohol" & "suffering from erectile dysfunction"
- 👀Starmer faces down Owen Jones: "The Labour Party has lost four elections in a row. Owen was a cheerleader at the last attempt and we failed.""I know Owen, I like Owen, I'm sorry Owen... I'm not focused on Owen, I'm focused intently on winning the next general election" @Keir_Starmer reacts to being called a "professional political conman" by @owenjones84. @theJeremyVine | #JeremyVine
00:00 - Arise, Sir Tony Blair… former Labour PM knighted in Queen’s NY Honours mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/t…
- Priti Patel breaks rules again after secret meeting with billionaire and BA mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
