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Faisal Islam
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By my calc BJ has done zero sitdown broadcast ivs let alone debates in whole of 2019, indeed 1 set (last Sept) since he resigned from Cabinet... did turn up at Commons live point after May’s lost votes couple of times..at presser this week follow up qs prevented by removing mics
Anyway - it’s not like he’s bad at doing TV interviews or debates - I guess it avoids hostages to fortune. But there genuinely are a host of very interesting policy proposals for which he claims he will have a “new mandate” which will not have been subject to public scrutiny...
This guy makes the point well 🤔
And so just to update this - Mr Johnson has announced in WATO interview that he will participate in next Tuesday’s debate with @maitlis on @bbc but not it seems Sunday’s with @krishgm & C4
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NEW: Sounds like a rather interesting call between PM Johnson and the Taoiseach... the latter ‘emphasised’ backstop “necessary as a consequence of decisions taken in the UK and by the UK government”, acc to Irish readout..
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meanwhile PMOS said he’d meet EU leaders when backstop position changes, and no contact with Varadkar
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1. Commit credibly to No Deal - thru Cabinet appointments, spending
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This is because tens of thousands of small biz have not even taken most basic step in customs preparation because its a waste of working capital if No Deal not happening
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