-Supports fines for people breaking self-isolation rules.
-COVID testing 'is barely serviceable' and 'a major problem'.
-Reporting neighbours to police 'depends on the circumstances'.
-Govt has 'lost control of testing' so unsure where the virus is.
-PM should apologise.
-PM should restart daily briefings.
-Children should be prioritised for tests.
-'I cannot believe we did not scenario plan' for kids returning to school and getting ill.
-Big difference between him at Corbyn: need to listen to those who didn't vote Labour or never have.
-If PM fails to get a Brexit trade deal, 'he owns that failure'.
-PM ran in election saying he had oven ready deal. Suggests he may have miss-sold the deal to the country.
-'The leave / remain argument is over'.
-Clear he wants to win: 'I didn't come into politics to be in opposition'.
-#indyref2 would be divisive. SNP should be focussing on COVID.
-Needs to be a COBR meeting.
.@Keir_Starmer dodging question of whether pro-indy majority in 2021 Holyrood elections would mean #indyref2.
-Says he is a vegetarian for environmental reasons: it's 'not the right thing for the body and the planet'.
-He misses bacon sandwiches and chicken curry.
-'I don't want to see more restrictive measures' but people need to follow rules.
-Are people following the rules? 'People have got more relaxed over the Summer'.
-'Yes of course' I'm worried about the data.
-'A number of sports fit within rules of six because of the distance' like with organised football and cricket.
-'Sports broadly are important and best done within COVID-secure' guidelines.
-'Capacity is at record levels': 250K/day.
-'We suddenly got a spike of people who don't have symptoms coming forward for a test'.
-In last 2 days 'we have seen thankfully the demand coming down again'.
-'Now demand is above capacity it's important we prioritise people with symptoms'.
-Refuses to apologise for testing problems, as requested by @Keir_Starmer earlier on #Ridge.
-Are we about to make the same mistakes again? 'No.'
-100K tests/day are sent to social care.
-People going in care homes must be isolated if they test positive.
-'We have isolation facilities outside care homes.'
Unite union leader Len McCluskey now live on @RidgeOnSunday:
-'Deeply worried' about COVID impact on job losses. 'The clock is ticking'.
-'Our workers will be having sleepless nights' unlike their counterparts in European countries where furlough scheme extended.
In 2021-22 Hannah Ingram-Moore helped judge the 'Virgin Media O2 Captain Tom Foundation Connector Awards'.
-The name of the awards included the name of the charity (The Captain Tom Foundation)
-The charity’s logo appeared on the plaques
-Hannah Ingram-Moore gave every appearance that she was representing the charity
-At the time she was its interim CEO on an £85,000 salary
Yet her appearance fee was paid not to the charity but to Maytrix Group, a company owned by Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin.
BBC Newsnight understands this payment to Mrs Ingram-Moore has been part of an investigation by her late father's own charity for 9 months.
This is because she did not seek approval from the board of trustees before entering into the commercial arrangement with Virgin Media O2.
David Davis says broad top team is necessary for Tory unity:
"Greatest mistake BJ made... was creating a cabinet of loyalists. It wasn't a meritocratic cabinet."
BREAKING: Tory MP Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, has been found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy at a house in Staffordshire in 2008.
By-election now expected in Wakefield, a marginal ‘red wall’ seat.
Tories won it from Labour’s @MaryCreagh_ in 2019 with a majority of 3,358.
NEW: Labour call for convicted sex offender Imran Ahmad Khan to resign as MP for Wakefield.
“Imran Ahmad Khan should immediately resign so a by-election can take place and the people of Wakefield can get the representation they deserve.”