Carl Dinnen
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Carl Dinnen
@carldinnen
Political Correspondent, ITV News. Retweets are not endorsements.
Joined June 2009
- BREAKING - I’m told Liz Truss herself FAILED to vote on the Fracking Ban that her own Government presented as a confidence motion earlier.
- Boris Johnson NOT apologising for using the terms; - letterboxes (to describe niqab wearers) - picanninies - watermelon smiles - bumboys Seems extraordinary to me. #BBCQuestionTime
- Number 10 had more people in the garden on March 20th than in the Commons today.
- The Prime Minister won't admit that the Police Fixed Penalty Notices show the lockdown rules were broken in Downing Street, despite the Justice Secretary having said that is what they do show.
- NEW Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP says long range artillery and armoured vehicles (although not tanks) will be supplied to Ukraine as a result of today's donor conference.
- Jeremy Corbyn says workers should have a say in the merger of Asda and Morrisons. This may come as rather a shock to Sainsburys who thought they were merging with Asda.
- Blimey. The Business Minister Richard Harrington on No deal/Airbus; "This is a disaster for business. I am very happy to be public about it and very happy if the prime minister decides I am not the right person [to be business minister as a result.]" from @lisaocarroll
- NEW - The Labour leader @Keir_Starmer has joined the Lib Dems in demanding a recall of Parliament in the light of the growing economic crisis.
- Replying to @carldinnenOne Conservative MP told me the PM was so busy dealing with the Chief Whip’s resignation that she missed the vote.
- Thoughts from a few Conservative MPs who have not publicly called for the PM to go; "I'm heading back to my seat while I still have one." "There's an overwhelming sense that this has to come to an end." "It's pretty dire. The Prime Minister must take personal responsibility."
- BREAKING Tory MP William Wragg accuses the Government of intimidation and breaching the ministerial code by threatening to withdraw investment from constituencies. "The reports of which I'm aware would seem to constitute blackmail."
