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Rachel Sylvester
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Political editor of The Observer. Email: [email protected]
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Mar 26, 2019
    Manifesto commitments dumped by Theresa May: dementia tax, scrapping free school meals for infants, means test winter fuel payments and drop pension triple lock. HS2 also under review. Strange to use manifesto as an excuse for inflexibility on Europe
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Apr 13, 2021
    The first time I met Boris Johnson he plonked himself down at the desk next to mine, declared he was writing about Northern Ireland and said: “remind me, which ones are the orange johnnies?” - my latest @prospect_uk blog
    Johnson’s carelessness over Northern Ireland is an undeniable factor in the current violence
    From prospectmagazine.co.uk
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Jun 2, 2020
    Can the Conservative and Unionist Party really ignore this? Or is it only the party of England?
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    Georgina Wright
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    Jun 2, 2020
    Welsh and Scottish governments and now NI Assembly calling for an extension to the #Brexit transition period
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Mar 8, 2019
    “I can’t leave Labour Party without rolling the dice one more time, but it doesn’t own me” - @jessphillips interview thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/j…
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Feb 20, 2020
    This is brilliant and devastating on the increasingly authoritarian nature of Boris Johnson’s Government by the former head of Margaret Thatcher’s policy unit. Being widely discussed by worried Tory grandees.
    Ferdinand Mount · Après Brexit
    From lrb.co.uk
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Jul 25, 2017
    "If we cancel Brexit we destroy ourselves if we go ahead we destroy the country" - minister sums up Tory dilemma thetimes.co.uk/article/b34e93…
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Feb 18, 2020
    Extraordinary @thetimes letters on Global Britain’s boycott of the world
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Nov 21, 2019
    Journalist asks @michaelgove a series of factual questions and is accused of making a “polemical case” and having a “left-wing” agenda. Pure Trump
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    Krishnan Guru-Murthy
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    Nov 20, 2019
    This is worth watching - ⁦@C4Ciaran⁩ asks ⁦@michaelgove⁩ about truth, lies and misleading twitter youtu.be/NO2zT9-B2X4
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Nov 15, 2017
    A better cabinet than the current one. Foreign sec - tugenhat, Chancellor - KC, lord chancellor - grieve, home sec - soubry. Welfare - Heidi Allen, Leader - nicky m?
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    BBC News (UK)
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    Nov 14, 2017
    Wednesday’s Daily TELEGRAPH: “The Brexit mutineers” #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday (via @AllieHBNews)
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Feb 8, 2019
    Remain now leads 54-46 in Brexit poll of polls according to John Curtice
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    What UK Thinks: EU
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    Feb 8, 2019
    New post on whether there has been a significant shift in public attitudes towards #Brexit. bit.ly/2SCTUcm
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Dec 15, 2018
    There is “increasing interest” in Cabinet and Number 10 for 2nd referendum, @JoJohnsonUK tells @aliceTTimes and me thetimes.co.uk/article/jo-joh…
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Dec 15, 2020
    Conservative newsletter calls for Tories to learn from Trump and “weaponise” fake news while waging war on “wokeism” - my column for @thetimes
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    Tories take a leaf out of Trump’s playbook
    Donald Trump is on his way out of the White House but some Tories remain keen to import his divisive attitudes and dishonest tactics to this country. Even as Jo
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Sep 8, 2020
    Deal or no deal, Britain’s reputation abroad is plummeting - my column for @thetimes thetimes.co.uk/article/johnso…
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    Rachel Sylvester
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    Apr 1, 2025
    Some professional news - after 17 amazing years at The Times, I’m excited to be joining The Observer as political editor. Really looking forward to getting back to Westminster and beyond
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