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15 Aug, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Opposition parties have begun discussions with Speaker Lindsay Hoyle’s office on whether Parliament should be recalled to discuss Afghanistan - although they say government not keen
SNP’s Ian Blackford has confirmed his party want a recall. Here’s Labour’s Keir Starmer also calling for a recall
Meanwhile Lib Dems say the PM should “call on all political parties”
Accord to @ShippersUnbound Boris Johnson WILl interrupt his West Country holiday tomorrow - to say well done to Olympic medalists dole out cash for sports

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8 Sep
Exclusive: Ministers bowed to pressure to drop key climate commitments for UK trade deal with Australia

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Leaked email obtained by Sky News

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Sky News understands
* The treaty text will contain a reference to Paris, but the reference to specific temperature commitments is disappearing.
* Government sources confirmed that the references to temperature are now “implicit” rather than spelt out in the text of the treaty.
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31 Aug
NEW: Boris Johnson is away in Somerset until Thursday. He left on Sunday.

No10 say notwithstanding the fact he is away from Downing Street, he is working.

“He is continuing to work”, No10 spokesman says.
No 10: No plans for a reshuffle

“The PM has full confidence in his foreign Secretary”
Masks in schools are not required unless there is localised advice by local public health directors

Then it will be up to headteachers whether to follow their guidance
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24 Aug
EXC: Speaking to MPs earlier on a private call, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gave many more details of the UK plan for post than emerged in public. Here's what he told them:

news.sky.com/story/britain-…
Key points:
* Raab said "we really could do with is the Taliban being able to run a functional airport in Kabul"
* Raab warns West could block "access to the international finance system", reduce aid and impose sanctions if they don't get what they want
* Mr Raab said the ideal way of dealing with a Taliban gvt in future would mirror that used in the Balkans. He said he wanted an "international contact group" which the Western powers could use to liaise with the new Taliban gvt based on the model from the former Yugoslavia
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24 Aug
Boris Johnson post G7 pool interview

“The situation at the airport is not getting any better, public order issues, harrowing scenes … so what we’ve done is to get together and agree join approach to evacuation and a rod map which we’re going to engage with the Taliban”
The PM putting a brave face on failing to persuade President Biden to extend the Aug 31 deadline, says instead international community via the G7 will ask the new Taliban government for safe passage out of the country after August 31

Taliban already made clear they won’t
Boris Johnson says he’s “realistic” about the Taliban - but that doesn’t mean we should we shd ignore “huge” leverage we have

Links promise of aid / funds unfrozen to

- Afghanistan can’t lurch back
- can’t become narco state
- girls have to be educated to 18
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23 Aug
Exclusive with me and @haynesdeborah

A person from Afghanistan on the UK’s no fly watchlist has been flown into Birmingham as part of the British evacuation operation in a potential security breach, Sky News can reveal.
The individual, not being identified by the government, is understood to have reached UK soil on a British military plane, with officials being alerted “overnight”. 
The "no fly watchlist" is designed to block individuals who are considered a security threat from reaching UK
Opposition MPs worry this is a security breach although government sources say that the fact the individual has been identified shows the watchlist is working. They also stress that people can be flagged on the “no fly” list for a wide variety of reasons.
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21 Jul
Should Michael Gove now resign?

My analysis of Lord Frost’s statement about the Northern Ireland Protocol

In full: news.sky.com/story/boris-jo… ImageImage
Here is Michael Gove looking happy at the November deal
gov.uk/government/spe…

And here is Michael Gove calling it the “best of both worlds”

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And this is Michael Gove saying he’d solve the sausage border and Maros Sefcovic is the sausage king
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