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EXC: Jeremy Hunt’s Tory leadership campaign is being funded by the UK’s official point man to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman

He is facing calls to return the money

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Hunt's campaign is being bankrolled by Ken Costa, the UK govt's special representative to Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 project

Costa is a close associate of MBS and has been described as the 'linchpin' of the partnership between the UK and Saudi

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Hunt has condemned Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and repeatedly spoken in defence of press freedom

So why is he taking money from Mohammed bin Salman's UK point man? Two weeks ago a UN report said MBS was liable for Khashoggi's death

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Labour say Hunt should give the money back. They also question whether it is inappropriate for a UK govt official to be donating to a political campaign. Here is @lloyd_rm: buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/je…
The Hunt campaign refused to comment... buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/je…
UK-Saudi envoy Ken Costa is required to abide by the 7 principles of public life including objectivity/impartiality rules... looks like @Jeremy_Hunt is going to have to give the money back or his donor is in trouble gov.uk/government/pub…
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💥 EXC: Leaked emails reveal the all out war at the heart of People’s Vote

– Alastair Campbell and Hugo Dixon’s bitter row over Tom Baldwin

– The extraordinary email from AC Grayling and others that PV is 'not fit for purpose' due to 'warring factions'

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The great and good of the pro-EU movement made an extraordinary intervention to Roland Rudd to complain about the "warring factions" in People's Vote

Here it is in full:

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Here are Alastair Campbell and People's Vote deputy chair Hugo Dixon rowing bitterly over the role of Tom Baldwin

“Enjoy your games Hugo”

"I think you have a lot more experience in political games"

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Alex Wickham
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Amber Rudd allies saying she has shifted on no deal today because “things have changed since March”. They say she accepts she has to compromise and now agree to put no deal back on the table
Rudd camp concede she has to compromise on no deal because everything else has failed and the Brexit Party changes the dynamic

They say the EU needs to compromise on a deal, ERG need to compromise to back it, and she needs to compromise to keep no deal in the govt’s “armoury”
Jeremy Hunt has also publicly questioned whether Rudd could serve in his cabinet if she didn’t shift on no deal. She says she wants to continue serving to “make a difference to people’s lives”
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NEW: Labour declares all out war on the BBC, accusing Panorama of “deliberate and malicious misrepresentations designed to mislead the public” in a detailed rebuttal of tonight’s documentary
This is an astonishing attack on the BBC’s journalism... Labour claims their responses to Panorama have been “misrepresented” by the programme and says the programme has selectively quoted and “deliberately misrepresented” the emails handed to them by hostile ex-staffers
Panorama claims Seumas Milne directly demanded to be involved in the disciplinary process. Full emails released by Labour appear to show the former employee who leaked the emails actually asked Loto for their view first... this was not mentioned by the BBC in its press release
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