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23 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Keir Starmer welcomes progress on vaccines. But describes the PM's proposal to return to the three-tier system as "risky". He says: "It didn’t work... We ended up in national lockdown."
Starmer says: "If we’re reintroducing a three-tier system without having fixed test, trace and isolate, that is a major risk. And we all need to acknowledge it."
"Because it begs the million-dollar question: how confident is the PM that the approach he is proposing today will keep the R rate below 1? Because if it doesn’t, infections will go up, back out of control, and we could well be back in a national lockdown."
Johnson replies: "I’m aware that his support is one of those things that kind of ‘now you see it now you don’t’, but never mind. I’ll take it while it seems to be there at least temporarily."

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23 Nov
Rachel Reeves addressed the Parliamentary Labour Party tonight to outline Labour's current thinking on how to vote if a deal comes back to the Commons. Leadership wants to see the detail of any deal before they make the decision.
"Keir and I will read the deal. We are not being bounced into this decision," she told MPs according to a Labour source – but at the moment, the inclination across the board, led by Starmer, is leaning towards voting for a deal, rather than abstaining.
Labour has been pushing for a deal rather than no deal for so long that the thinking at the top is it would be very odd for Labour to then turn around and not vote for one (particularly as it will pass anyway if put to a vote).
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5 Oct
Another Labour rebellion brewing over the covert human intelligence sources (criminal conduct) bill, which has its second reading today. Expecting a response from Labour left MPs like the one we saw at the second reading of the overseas operations bill two weeks ago.
Critics say it places no specific limits on the type of criminal activity allowed, authorisations are given internally & it limits redress for victims. "There is a grave danger that this bill could end up providing informers and agents with a licence to kill," Amnesty has said.
Here's the view of the Labour frontbench – "Such activity – the licence to commit a crime to prevent something far more serious occurring - has been happening for many years, but it has not been properly legislated for. This cannot be right": independent.co.uk/voices/police-…
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1 Oct
The Call Keir with students and their parents has started. The Labour leader is joined by shadow minister Emma Hardy rather than Kate Green as advertised.
Sophie at Leeds says she is in a flat of six people and they've all tested positive after a week of living together. "It’s quite emotionally distant. I feel like I haven’t been able to make friends as easily as I would have normally"
Dylan, a Labour activist at Plymouth, noted that lectures are being prerecorded, which means you can't ask questions. "I really feel that the support from the university and government hasn’t been there"
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30 Sep
On whether Keir Starmer sympathises with students seeking tuition fee or rent refunds, his spokesperson would not be drawn – would only say: "The immediate priority is making sure every students gets a good education safely, either in person or remotely".
Added: "We understand there is deep anxiety for students and their parents across the country... We have a huge amount of sympathy for what students are having to go through, and not to forget their parents as well."
Keir's response to the idea of processing asylum seekers on Ascension Island? "Ludicrous and inhumane. It’s completely impractical and it would be hugely expensive for taxpayers."
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30 Sep
Starmer speaks for residents of lockdown areas when he says things feel as if they're getting worse not better despite tougher restrictions in their area – plus quotes Tory council leader saying the rules are "too complex" #PMQs
This causes Boris Johnson to U-turn on accusation that disobedient public is the problem, as he now says people do understand the rules and are following them #PMQs
Starmer now picking up on gaps in economic support, asks of sectors such as hospitality: "Why has the government decided that these jobs aren't worth saving?" PM utterly disengenuous in saying these areas need extra restrictions and ignoring the point about support #PMQs
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24 Sep
Anneliese Dodds responding to winter economic plan: "It’s a relief that the government has U-turned now... That delay in introducing this new scheme will have impacted on business confidence."
"Will this scheme of wage support actually keep more people in work?" Dodds asks. "Does his scheme actually incentivise short hours working?"
"Will the scheme incentivise training and retraining?" Labour wants UK version of German scheme in this area too.
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