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4 May, 5 tweets, 2 min read
No.10 refuses to deny @BorisJohnson asked Tory donors to pay his childcare costs.
Story by @singharj
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-jo…
Dominic Raab dismissed the story as 'gossip' and 'tittle tattle' on Sunday, when asked about this @cazjwheeler story:
thetimes.co.uk/article/can-bo…
.@AngelaRayner says: “Boris Johnson forcing his MPs to vote against free school meals and making stealth cuts to schools at the same time as asking Tory donors to pay for his own childcare is yet more evidence that it’s one rule for him and his mates another for everyone else...
"..What did these donors expect in return for their generosity, and what were they promised?...We are seeing what looks like another cover up from the Prime Minister, who is trying to hide his attempts to fund his lifestyle through secret payments from wealthy Tory donors."

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Sad to see last of @Line_of_duty but I really liked the way @jed_mercurio linked incompetence and greed with institutional corruption. Add in corporate culture of restructuring and backside covering and it felt all too plausible.
A 'whydunnit' not just a 'whodunnit'.
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12 Apr
BREAKING: Boris Johnson orders independent probe into Cameron Greensill lobbying row
Review will be led by former City lawyer Nigel Boardman and will be expected to report "promptly", PM's official spokesperson says
Story here:
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-jo…
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Cttee is told that the Sunday before he became PM, @BorisJohnson was in Cummings' living room asking if he could "come into Downing Street to try and help sort out the huge Brexit ...nightmare"
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- is PM 'deadly serious about actually getting Brexit done and avoiding second referendum'?.
- double the science budget
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#classicdom
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16 Mar
Another great scoop from @singharj
HuffPost UK understands the foreign secretary also used the meeting to name countries where the UK had raised human rights issues with key trade partners.

See our latest update for extra remarks @DominicRaab made in the Q&A.
He added:"We don’t junk whole relationships because we’ve got issues – we have a conversation because we want to change the behaviour.

“And I think we’re in a much better position to do that if we’re willing to engage.
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