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Alex Wickham
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How No10’s bunker mentality helped bring down May

Paranoia about potential enemies, a total and unswerving belief that there was “no Brexit but theirs”, and the steady ebbing away of her senior aides’ authority

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A final week of distrust, miscommunication and an insular PM whose mind her highest-ranking aides never knew

- Barwell told friends she was done on Weds
- fury at Leadsom among out of the loop No10 staff
- a chief whip ignored: "you're going to lose"

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How Theresa May and her chief aides promised cabinet Brexiteers the backstop was "meaningless" and they would pursue a clean Brexit

Then raged at the "idiots" and "thickos" who quit over Chequers

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Gavin Barwell's private off-the-record briefing with journalists in No10 in which he begged them to back the deal

Those present accused him of capitulating to the EU

No10's "two minutes' hate against the Lobby"

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Govt aide on No10:

“They became quite fundamentalist, almost religious in their belief that there was no Brexit but theirs, and that Brexiteers opposing them were apostates deserving of nothing but contempt.”

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The view of May's chief aides and husband as she gave her resignation speech: buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/wh…
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💥 NEW: Michael Gove does not commit to leaving the EU on October 31, opening the door to another Brexit delay

Will we leave on Oct 31, deal or no deal?
“We must leave the EU before there is a general election or we risk Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street”

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NEW: The Tories have *not suspended* two sitting councillors who compared "the tide of Islam" to Nazi Germany and said "every 11 year old girl" should be "frightened of Muslims"

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Sayeeda Warsi personally asked CCHQ chief exec Mick Davis to act on John Moss, who harangued Muslims on Twitter and said "every 11 year old girl" should be "frightened of Muslims"

He is a councillor and key local organiser

CCHQ has not suspended him

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Another Tory councillor Nick Coultish said "we will stand against the tide of Islam", which he compared to Nazi Germany

He has not been suspended either and can keep his place as a Tory councillor pending investigation

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Tory chairman Brandon Lewis has privately assured MPs he is not endorsing the TV debates proposal

His team say he has no view on it and that this is a decision for 1922 committee – so eyes on Cheryl Gillan and Charles Walker
When the Hancock TV debates letter emerged there was concern among some of the One Nation MPs whose support he is trying to attract

Fear is a debate would descend into a blue-on-blue-on-blue chaotic slanging match and help Corbyn at a general (One Nation group's worst fear)
Tory chairman's team now saying it's not a matter for the 22 but for the candidates
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Last night @jeremycorbyn laid down his concrete proposals for Labour to vote with May on the #Brexit Withdrawal Agreement in the Commons.

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