-Decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn was ‘wrong’ and ‘unjust’.
-‘We’ve been knocked off the rails’ by his suspension.
-Hope we can resolve this and move on.
-Message to members: ‘stay in the party’.
NEW: 'It seems we are drifting towards a hell of a row'.
VIDEO: 'Suspended?'
'This is Corbyn country.'
'He is a good man.'
Immediately after @jeremycorbyn's suspension from the Labour Party yesterday lunchtime, we got the reaction of some of his constituents in North London:
Labour's @jon_trickett at Momentum 'Stand With Corbyn' rally:
-'We need to have [Corbyn]'s back'.
-Suspension was 'unfair and unjust' and we can get him back in the party.
-'Did we mistakes? [under JC's leadership] Of course we made mistakes'.
-'Anti-semitism is a poison.'
-'We have to be careful in our language at the moment'.
-Corbyn suspension was 'profoundly wrong and it must reversed'.
-'We could avoid a lot of grief' if various statements were clarified.
-Chakrabarti Report 'wasn't implemented fast enough or ruthless enough'.
-'The stain of antisemitism is not measured by numbers'.
-Tackling AS should bring us together, not divide us.
-'We stay in the party. This is our Labour Party'.
-'JC has always stood with us. Now more than ever we need to stand with him.'
-'Don't leave. Organise. Let's win this.'
-Media 'hasn't been exactly helpful' in creating proper impression of what JC said.
'Shocked and saddened' by Corbyn suspension.
-It is 'deeply damaging... awful for him'.
-Speaks of JC's 'incredible commitment to the Labour movement'.
-'This is about the future of the left'.
BREAK: Serious warning from scientists in new dump of SAGE docs.
From 14 Oct:
-In England, infection & hospital admission levels breaching Reasonable Worst Case planning scenario.
-Daily deaths now at Reasonable Worst Case levels & 'highly likely' to exceed them within 2 weeks
More from SAGE:
-Evidence that individuals haven't changed behaviour and are meeting same number of contacts as in past 2 months.
-US studies suggest restaurants and bars are particularly risky environments.
-Current outlook is 'concerning', if no 'decisive interventions'.
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Significant warning from govt scientific advisers on household mixing:
-'The frequency of interhousehold contacts needs to be reduced to curtail transmission, whereas limiting group size alone has only a marginal effect'.
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“In light of his comments made today and his failure to retract them subsequently, the Labour Party has suspended Jeremy Corbyn pending investigation. He has also had the whip removed from the Parliamentary Labour Party.”
NEW: I understand @JeremyCorbyn’s reaction to being suspended from Labour was complete shock: ‘What?!’
NEW: I have just interviewed @jeremycorbyn (again). This time in response to his suspension from Labour.
Full broadcast pool interview on BBC/ITV soon. And on @skynews here:
-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.
Boris Johnson's press conference now live on @SkyNews.
Says 32,065 deaths across all settings.
Q. Scott in Devon asks PM if we can see friends and family in the park if following social distancing?
A. You can go to park to:
-Exercise on your own.
-Or with members of own household.
-But if you want to meet others it should just be you and 1 person from another household.
Q. Simon in Essex asks: will schools start to accept kids when their parents are from sectors now being encouraged to return to work?
PM doesn't really answer the question, but sounds like a no. Not until June at earliest for nursery, reception and primary years 1 & 6.