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šŸ”“ THE CHOICE: FOOD OR ENERGY BILL?

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research estimates 1.5 million British households, one in 20, will soon face bills for food and energy which will exceed their disposable income after housing costs.

news.sky.com/story/cost-of-ā€¦
And still, "there will be no emergency budget", says #MichaelGove to #KayBurley

#CostOfLivingCrisis
"To prevent a jump in poverty levels, the government must raise universal credit payments by Ā£25 a week immediately while handing the 11.3m lowest-income households a one-off cash payment of Ā£250, @NIESRorg said"
theguardian.com/business/2022/ā€¦
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šŸ”“The shocking findings of the Parliamentary #COVIDReport make it clear: scrutiny of the government could not be more important.

This is why TODAY @allthecitizens and @Foxglovelegal are in court to stop the use of disappearing messages apps in government.
In June 2021, a source at @DHSC told @BylineTimes that conversations between Public Health England and DHSC officials about whether or not patients should be
discharged from hospital into care homes without a negative test were taking place over WhatsApp.
bit.ly/2YE9Ccl
šŸ”„šŸ”„The source added: ā€œThe entire COVID-19 response was being conducted over WhatsApp messages.ā€šŸ”„šŸ”„

@NafeezAhmed via @BylineTimes
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šŸ”“We firmly believe in holding power to account.

This is why, with @Foxglovelegal, we are taking legal action to stop the use of disappearing message apps in government.

The hearing is tomorrow.
.@thetimes reported that more than a third of Johnsonā€™s cabinet have downloaded Signal. That includes: #BorisJohnson, #RishiSunak, #PritiPatel, #MichaelGove, Grant Shapps, Robert Jenrick, Gavin Williamson, Robert Buckland and Brandon Lewis.

thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-ā€¦
Vital evidence of government decision making is being lost to the disappearing text. That could include evidence about Brexit, the Covid response, or a political crony lobbying for government contracts.

Ask for accountability. Sign our petition
ā¬‡ļøā¬‡ļøā¬‡ļø
foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/boriā€¦
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Monks to leave #DownsideAbbey after 200 years following schoolā€™s child abuse scandal

Well ā¦@InquiryCSAā© got this result, at least ā¦@TimesONeillā©
Andrew Norfolk SUCH a šŸŒŸ

Monks quitting Downside
CSA depleted reserves...

Whoā€™d welcome THEM?! telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/0ā€¦
You probably saw this thread
As I understand it, it was #MichaelGove ringing up @InquiryCSA asking for a friend about the investigation into Downside.

That friend being Somerset MP Jacob Rees Mogg who sent some of his brood there


https://t.co/TPb8d2b2G9
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ā€œThere were two clear drop points. One of them was in May when we had the announcement of early easing of lockdown & the other one was when the news broke about #DominicCummingsā€™ trip to Durham. And confidence never recovered.ā€ (H/T @theonlypeterkay)
Also, reports today suggest that the Cummings scandal has made the British public more divided

ONS figures found the proportion of people who believed the nation would be united after the pandemic halved in three months

ā€œStill boiling!ā€ #BarnardCastle
ā€œBefore you judge a man, you should drive 60 miles in his Range Rover Discovery.ā€

#MichaelGove defends #DominicCummings decision to find out whether his eyesight was good enough to drive by driving to Barnard Castle with his wife & children.
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Michael Gove just claimed on #Marr that the UK is doing more testing than any other country.

This is an easily disprovable lie of Trumpian proportions.

This was the situation yesterday.

#Gove #MichaelGove Image
And this is the situation that Michael Gove's shameless lie about testing was intended to disguise.

The UK is nowhere near having sufficient reliable data to be in a position to safely move out of lockdown.

#Marr #MichaelGove #Gove
ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-teā€¦ Image
Michael Gove: "Any tips, Mr President?"

Donald Trump: "Sure, Mikey - when you tell a lie, make it a big one. Then tell some more."

#Marr #MichaelGove #Gove Image
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Iā€™m no fan of Lady Gove of Cocaygne or the Telletubby Macbeth, but the shock horror outrage at their bookshelf is a cheap shot imho. Having books by David Irving or Charles Murray does not ā€˜proveā€™ you are a racist or a Nazi sympathiser. Itā€™s a ridiculous line of attack.
I mean, I have bin Ladenā€™s speeches and Sayid Qutb somewhere. Also early documents of the Red Brigades - a very rare collection. Doesnā€™t mean that Iā€™m looking to become a jihadist or kneecap someone. When I was researching my history of terrorism it was even worse!
So using the Govesā€™ bookshelf for a ā€˜gotchaā€™ moment of moral indignation? Iā€™ll pass thanks. That said, I canā€™t help noticing a lot of books about cruel little men who achieved absolute power in there, and given Goveā€™s endless schemings, that may explain a lot...#MichaelGove
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I suspect the new Environment Secretary, Theresa Villiers, will be more like Owen Paterson than Michael Gove.
I fervently hope not, but the signs aren't good.
newsletter.co.uk/news/after-breā€¦
If you'd told me a few years ago that I would one day regret the departure of #MichaelGove from a government ministry, I'd have thought you were off your rocker.
But yes, I regret it.
Against all predictions (mine included), he was the best Environment Sec we've had for decades
The obvious (and predicted) candidate for Environment Secretary was @ZacGoldsmith. The fact that he was passed over for someone without any of his credentials is a worrying sign. Is this going to be yet another evidence-free ministry?
Let's hope not.
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ā€¼ļøBoris Johnson & Michael Gove

Former chair Boris Johnson of Vote Leave refuses to apologise for breaching electoral law
Michael Gove and Boris Johnson also among key figures facing growing calls to account for campaignā€™s illegal behavior
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politiā€¦
ā€¼ļøThe Beginning 2016

Vote Leave named as official Brexit campaign in EU referendum
Electoral Commission chooses group fronted by Michael Gove and Boris Johnson over Nigel Farage-backed Grassroots Out
theguardian.com/politics/2016/ā€¦
šŸ“ŒAaron Banks & Nigel Farage initially backed GrassrootsOut, but threw their support in with VoteLeaveafter VL was awarded Ā£600,000 of taxpayersā€™ money to spend on the administration costs of running a campaign.
theguardian.com/politics/2016/ā€¦
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ā€¼ļøCEO VoteLeave Mathew Elliott

In 2004, Elliott had founded the TaxPayersā€™ Alliance, a rightwing pressure group advocating low taxes and minimal govā€™t, & rose to win one of the most coveted and responsible jobs of 2016: chief executive of Vote Leave.
theguardian.com/politics/2017/ā€¦
In 2012 ā€“ or possibly earlier ā€“ Matthew Elliott was targeted by a man the Home Office now believes was a Russian spy. SERGEY NALOBIN was the first secretary in the Russian embassyā€™s political section in London when Elliott met him
theguardian.com/politics/2017/ā€¦
šŸ“ŒNalobin ā€œwas tasked with building relations with MPs [and] a regular fixture on the Westminster drinks circuit and at political party conferencesā€.
telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnewsā€¦
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Gutted ... + sat on the 8pm to #Hexham with anšŸŗ but a thread ā¬‡ļø on:
- @michaelgove + the wonderful team of #MPs, staffers/volunteers who supported #TeamGove
- the @Conservatives positives I take from the last few weeks
+ my hopes + aspiration for future of this gt country 1/ Image
Firstly my congratulations to @Jeremy_Hunt + @BorisJohnson + good luck for the month ahead of hustings/ scrutiny nationwide + on the media.
Hoping we have a robust but positive contest, showing off the best in @Conservatives #ideas, #aspirations + #values #ToryLeadership 2/
A pleasure to help @michaelgove
- the best minister since 2010 in @Conservatives govt
- best debater in @HouseofCommons + feared by #Corbyn + co
- with great policy ideas for the future
+ a track record of investing in #Hexham schools 3/
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Thread + Thoughts on the @Conservatives election from the inside: for a moment put to 1 side my / yr preferred #Leader ..I am energised by #MP colleagues engagement in policies to drive forward this great country: emphatically this leadership is not just about a single issue 1/
Standing takes courage - for #parish, #county, #MP or #leader.
I respect all colleagues who put their names forward including @SamGyimah @kitmalthouse @JamesCleverly who did not make the final list. They do so for the very best of reasons. They / I want to serve Britain 2/
I defy anyone to watch this video of @sajidjavid + not feel proud of our #UK + @Conservatives party - a place where #Aspiration + #SocialMobility are our watchwords + #opportunity is everything. Saj is a friend, although not my preferred choice 3/
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It's #WorldKindnessDay
@nickynoo007 made the brilliant suggestion to #KillBrexitWithKindness
Here's my *stab*: thank you #Brexit for honing my power point skills. In gratitude, I'm posting my top-20 most popular anti-#Brexit/#StopBrexit memes (in no particular order).
1. One of the more recent ones on @DavidDavisMP hypocrisy over his failure to release the Brexit Impact Reports or sector studies or whatever they are, which he testified existed in "excruciating detail"
Release the #BrexitImpactReports #StopBrexit #revokeA50forthwith #FBPE
2. Never has this one on the #Tory Kakistocracy seemed more relevant with @michaelgove throwing #NazaninZaghariRatcliffe under a bus on #Marr to throw a political lifeline to his dangerously incompetent buddy @BorisJohnson
#StopBrexit #exitfrombrexit #revokeA50forthwith #FBPE
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