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John Rentoul
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Jeremy Hunt: I will never do anything that would threaten the Union (implying no 2nd Scottish referendum) #Lobbyhustings
Universal credit is the right way forward; doesn’t say whether it has pushed people to food banks
“When I say I broadly agree with the WA definition of a hard border in Ireland I mean I broadly agree”: Hunt
“I’m not going to comment on that because everyone makes mistakes”: Hunt, asked if Johnson contributed to continuing imprisonment of Nazanin Z-R
“I profoundly disagree with the way he has used his office”: Hunt on Bercow
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John Rentoul
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I asked @ChukaUmunna why he didn't just join the Lib Dems in the first place @Independent independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
"My values have been constant but you can't ignore what's happening around you": Umunna, asked if he's changed his mind too often
Are the Lib Dems vulnerable if Labour becomes a Remain party & backs a 2nd referendum? "What's wrong with the Labour Party is not only its position on Brexit. This is an institutionally racist party being investigated by the EHRC"
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John Rentoul
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Thread on @RoryStewartUK at #Lobbyhustings this morning
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John Rentoul
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Sajid Javid up now: he’s the person to keep Corbyn out is his opening pitch #Lobbyhustings
Javid was working in a different bit of banking at the time of the crash; nothing to do with him
I wouldn’t make any fundamental change to universal credit: Javid
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Sebastian Payne
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Overall, solid performances by the Tory leadership contenders at #LobbyHustings (except Boris Johnson obviously). In terms of who I reckon performed the best with the very quick fire questions:

1. Rory Stewart
2. Michael Gove
3. Sajid Javid
4. Jeremy Hunt
5. Dominic Raab
Stewart's answers were straightforward, if quirky and more than a little odd. But there's no denying he's been a breath of fresh air and has totally changed the dynamics of this contest.
Gove is a life-long debater who wielded his charm effectively to present himself as a Brexit believer who will also fight for the underdog. But that difficult weekend about his past drug use has clearly knocked his confidence.
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Sebastian Payne
@SebastianEPayne
Jeremy Hunt is up now, channeling 'In The Loop' about how to resolve Brexit?

"What is the easiest of the many difficult mountains we have to climb?"

@Aiannucci #lobbyhustings
@Aiannucci Hunt says "the democratic risks of no Brexit are greater than the economic risks of a no-deal Brexit". #lobbyhustings
Hunt declines to comment on Boris Johnson's handling of the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe situation because "everyone makes mistakes" as foreign secretary.
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Sebastian Payne
@SebastianEPayne
An energetic Sajid Javid is now up at #lobbyhustings. Making a pitch that he will focus on education and improving public services (similar to Michael Gove).
Javid says he was focusing on emerging markets in Asia during the financial crash, attacks for Gordon Brown for removing regulation. #lobbyhustings
Javid says he's "extremely confident" of getting the 33 MPs to make the cut in tomorrow's vote. #lobbyhustings
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Patrick Daly
@thepatrickdaly
Rory Stewart the first to face the #lobbyhustings this morning. Taking the approach to passing the withdrawal agreement that Theresa May failed to. Feels composed but not rehearsed
He defends idea of a Citizens Assembly to solve Brexit if he can't get WA through Parliament on first time of asking. Says wouldn't accept proposals that couldn't get past MPs. Says: 'I don't expect them to come up with a unicorn...we have 4 other candidates selling unicorns'
Stewart rules out holding an election before 2022 if becomes PM - says election would be 'catastrophic, divisive & a really dumb thing to do'. Says would put all energy into 'turning this country around' #lobbyhustings
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Adam Payne
@adampayne26
At #lobbyhustings where all of the candidates to be prime minister apart from Boris Johnson will shortly take Qs from a room full of journalists
Kicking off #lobbyhustings is Rory Stewart, who says it is "for the birds" to claim that the next PM could get a new Brexit deal from Brussels and says trying to do so would "waste an astonishing amount of time"
Stewart says he wouldn't serve in a Johnson Cabinet because he "doesn't have a plan"

"He doesn't talk to me, he doesn't talk to you, he doesn't talk to the public" #lobbyhustings
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Jackie Long
@JackieLongc4
Extraordinary analysis from @Alston_UNSR - “staggering” child poverty levels, more than a million and a half people in destitution and a government “in denial”. “Britain is capable of eliminating its poverty ..it doesn’t want to.”
@Alston_UNSR “The system as epitomised by #Universal Credit is driven by the desire to get across the message ‘The State does not have your back any longer. You are on your own.”
And on the story of the moment #brexit the poor he claims “will bear the brunt, the economic fall out of Brexit”.
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