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Keir Starmer calls Reform’s policy on indefinite leave to remain “racist”.
And Andy Burnham’s arrival causes a stir at Labour conference.
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Joe Pike
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Joe Pike
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I report on politics for @BBCNews | Author of Project Fear - Books of The Year, The Guardian & The Independent | Story? DM or [email protected]
- Tried to show @BorisJohnson the picture of Jack Williment-Barr. The 4-year-old with suspected pneumonia forced to lie on a pile of coats on the floor of a Leeds hospital. The PM grabbed my phone and put it in his pocket: @itvcalendar | #GE19
00:00 - Standing ovation at Wimbledon’s Centre Court for Dame Sarah Gilbert who designed the Oxford COVID vaccine. Very moving.
00:00 - CONFIRMED: Tomorrow opposition party leaders (Labour, SNP, Lib Dems, DUP, Plaid Cymru, SDLP, Greens, and Alliance Party) will hold a meeting to 'discuss the next steps in holding Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings to account'.
- Today I’m remembering my wonderful husband Gordon Aikman who died 5 years ago today from motor neurone disease. It seems like yesterday and also a lifetime ago. I feel so lucky to have been part of his incredible life. #CureMND youtu.be/U3D0UeJq0VU
- Two startling sentences in the Sunday Times: ‘The government has awarded £1.5bn of taxpayers’ money to companies linked to the Conservative Party during the coronavirus pandemic. None of the firms were prominent government suppliers before this year.’
- It seems like Grant Shapps and Kwasi Kwarteng have written strongly worded letters to a man who resigned as P&O chairman on 16th December 2021...
- Replying to @joepikeWATCH: Tory committee chair William Wragg MP accuses No 10 of blackmailing backbenchers who have considered calling for vote of confidence in the PM.
00:00 - I am fascinated at Labour's strategy throughout the Cummings crisis: to hold back. They've NOT called for DC to be sacked (although do want investigation). @Keir_Starmer hasn't said a word. Heeding Napoleon's advice to avoid interrupting your enemy when he's making a mistake?
- BREAK: The Metropolitan Police breached the rights of organisers of a vigil for Sarah Everard with its handling of the planned event, High Court judges have ruled.
- I think this from Phil and Holly could actually be reasonably significant. -Their show is rarely political. -Big broad audience. -Away from the bubble. -And they are losing patience with the government: #ThisMorning
- Today I’m toasting the 40th birthday of a man who did not live to see it. My beautiful husband Gordon Aikman died from Motor Neurone Disease at the age of 31. MND is one of the cruellest diseases and has no cure. But as Gordon’s body weakened and he lost the ability to walk,
