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Jo Maugham Profile picture
@JolyonMaugham
Aug 16, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Corbyn's stance is now, in effect: "Make me Prime Minister or I'll let financially vulnerable families suffer the consequences of No Deal."
It's even worse than that. We could stop No Deal and then have a General Election in which Corbyn could seek the consent of voters to be PM. But that's not good enough for him. He is insisting on being made PM without a General Election - or struggling families get it.
And this is pure invention. If the Govt loses a vote of confidence, the next PM is the person able to win a confidence vote in the Commons - or you have a general election. There is no rule - none at all - that the leader of the Opposition becomes PM.
Only three weeks ago Corbyn was suggesting Johnson's Premiership was illegitimate because: "The People of our country should decide who becomes Prime Minister in a General Election."

Yet now he insists he be made PM without one.

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Jul 19
I see my tweets about the effects of Wes Streeting's ban on puberty blockers on younger trans people have been criticised by the DHSC’s adviser on suicides. 🧵
1. What is undoubtedly true is that Victoria Atkins was warned by her own civil servants about the ban on puberty blockers posing “a high risk of self-harm and suicide” and Wes Streeting followed his predecessor in ignoring that advice.
2. Before publishing my thread (below) we went to the Tavistock and Portman with these numbers for a response. Other journalists went to NHS England for a response. Neither denied the numbers and both declined to comment.
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Jul 17
It is a bit odd that the Covid Corruption Commissioner is missing from the King's Speech.

This (from Rachel Reeves' speech) suggests the role would require legislation... /1 Image
And the Speech introduces another Commissioner (which will require legislation). /2 Image
And the Briefing Notes make mention of legislation to strengthen the powers of the Victims' Commissioner.

But they contain no mention of a Covid Corruption Commissioner. /3 Image
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Jul 16
Medically, not much will change. The NHS has not prescribed PBs for years. And now families will travel abroad to collect the drugs they know their children need. Streeting can make it less safe for everyone, and impose huge sacrifices on poorer families, but he cannot stop this.
Politically, I can't recall ever feeling this depressed. When the Tories did this cruel ideological act there was hope, for they would soon be out. Now Streeting is doing worse and it feels like there is none. Personally I am finding it *very* hard to assimilate this.
There are widespread rumours (and some evidence) of more to come and inferentially what Streeting is saying is that he will not engage with the trans community or listen to warnings from civil servants or the NHS and he will not engage with suicide data.
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Jul 14
I have some questions for @wesstreeting. 🧵
First, have you investigated the explosion of deaths amongst those on the NHS waiting list since NHS England introduced a softer version of the ban?
Second, given that the structure of the ban recognises the risks to of cutting off puberty blockers for those already prescribed them by the NHS, what steps have you taken to ensure those prescribed puberty blockers privately can continue to access them?
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Jul 12
News on Victoria Atkins' emergency puberty blockers ban. Wes Streeting's position is that, subject to the outcome of the court proceedings and consultation, he will renew it and convert it into a permanent ban.
I congratulate the women in Labour's team who have, at least so far, brought thoughtfulness and sensitivity to the 'debate' about trans women. My feelings about Wes Streeting are unprintable: these measures will kill trans children.
These tweets are my own personal position and not that of @GoodLawProject.
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Jul 4
Don't forget: how they weaponised hate, what they've done to the National Health Service, how they raised your mortgage and how they trashed the economy.
Don't forget: the money they stole under cover of Covid, the Parties they held while your parents were dying, the science they ignored, the bets they placed and the Veterans they dishonoured.
Don't forget: the children going to bed and to school hungry, the state of your beaches and rivers, whose taxes they cut and whose benefits they wouldn't and their sweetheart deals.
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