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Prime Minister's Questions coming up in 20 mins: the forgotten PM vs the forgotten leader of the opposition
Video: @IndyPolitics team standing by to comment on #PMQs as soon as it's finished facebook.com/pg/indypolitic…
PM welcomes Emily Thornberry, heckling re Grenfell, “back from her re-education camp” #PMQs
Ian Blackford calls Boris Johnson “racist” & repeats it after Speaker asks him to withdraw #PMQs
Blackford looking crestfallen that Bercow hasn’t chucked him out #failedSNPstunt
Ken Clarke inveighs against reckless promises of spending & tax cuts from leadership candidates & the outgoing govt #PMQs
PM praises “golden economic legacy” left by Clarke as chancellor, “then completely squandered by 13 years of Labour govt” #partisannonsense
Video: about to go live with Andrew Grice and @BenKentish to discuss #PMQs facebook.com/pg/indypolitic…
Video: Andrew Grice & @BenKentish start by discussing #PMQs & end by predicting @michaelgove will go into final round against Johnson facebook.com/indypolitics/v…
If you want to predict what will happen in today's ballot of Tory MPs, enter the sweepstake here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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John Rentoul
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Tory leadership 3rd ballot result (change since 2nd ballot):
Boris Johnson 143 +17
Jeremy Hunt 54 +8
Michael Gove 51 +10
Sajid Javid 38 +5
Rory Stewart 27 -10
Gove just 3 votes away from Hunt now, and could overhaul him with Stewart and Javid's votes
Seems Stewart and Javid both lost votes because MPs think they can't win, but Javid gained some from Raab's backers
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John Rentoul
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Corbyn tiptoes towards backing a new EU referendum while insisting policy is unchanged
“I have stuck faithfully to it.” Translation: I am the true servant of the sovereign annual conference, unlike metropolitan liberal remoaners
Plaudits for @oliver_wright, whose report in this morning's Times was accurate
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John Rentoul
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Tory MPs voting now; 80 entries in my 3rd ballot sweepstake – median guesses:
Johnson 141
Hunt 48
Gove 45
Stewart 39
Javid 36
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Twenty-five minutes until the ballot – and the sweepstake – closes. Hurry, hurry. Enter here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Ballot and sweepstake now closed. Median guesses (131 entries):
Johnson 141
Hunt 48
Gove 45
Stewart 39
Javid 36
Result at 6pm
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Back business or fuck business, prime minister? The fact she won’t condemn Johnson, let alone sack him, shows us whose side she’s on #PMQs
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