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I was gonna do another #TheWeekInTory but, try as I might, I could not find a thing they’d done wrong since Friday. No corruption. No ineptitude. No lies. No hypocrisy.

I see we've arrived at the bi-annual festival of claiming a Labour party led by anybody who isn't Jeremy is indistinguishable from the Tories.So, a quick summary of what moderate

Lockdown starts Thursday If it lifts on schedule, businesses will have just 8 working days to implement and train new software, systems and permits to handle whatever post-Brexit trading arrangements

US: It is easy: we are 26% of world trade, making deals with EU (20%) and China (17%). We don’t need your 1.8%. No deal: easyUK: But we really need

Brexit Trade Talks:UK: We don’t like our dealEU: Why not?UK: We only get 95% of what we wantEU: It only gives us 95% too. That's how negotiating goesUK: We want

A few points:1If Britain, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, sets a precedent for arbitrarily ignoring international treaties, how can the international community enforce them in future? How

This is depressing thing to say, but we're nowhere near the worst yetCovid health crisis hasn't ended. A 2nd wave combined with normal winter NHS crisis will be horrendousMass unemployment

18. Gavin Williamson is on record instructing Ofqual to design a system that could not allow grade inflation19. But this week, in a wildly unpredictable turn of events, he blamed

It’s Tuesday, #TheWeekInTory is already 80 points long, and I’m very sorry you have to read it.And even more sorry I had to write the bloody thing.Anyway, here goes. 1.

Why do migrants come here?English is the most widely spoken language on earth, and if you're a desperate migrant needing a home, a job and an application for refugee status,

Thread, and a vote.Weary of division and looking backwards, I’ve been working with @Reverend_Makers and others from all wings of Labour to state broad policies and principles we agree on.

#TheWeekInTory 1. The govt said they had to "balance the nation’s health with our economy", and in that respect, they have succeeded: both are evenly balanced as the worst in

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