Stephen Barclay expresses regret at the government’s approach last week
All I will say is that it takes a cowardly ‘leader’ or ‘leader of the house’ to send out another minister to ‘express regret’ or apologise on behalf of the government
My guess is that Kwasi Kwarteng must be feeling very lonely and deserted this afternoon
And of course Andrea Leadsom sitting of the tory benches listening to everyone saying her amendment was the wrong approach and the government apologise should probably intervene and apologise
This is a strong response from Starmer says Johnson’s approach is one where “cynicism replaces confidence and trust”
A big shout out for politics of hope and decency leading to a better future and not afraid to reach out across party lines
In an intervention Peter Bone tries to score a specular goal but puts the ball in his own net
The blushes told the story
Back to Starmer I hope at the end of his response he steps up a gear
“He led his party through the sewers and the stench lingers … instead of leading from the front he cowered away ….not a serious leader and the joke isn’t funny anymore”
Not a bad ending

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10 Nov
I will try to explain my frustration with a lot of the discussion around the current sleaze crisis
1: the debate shouldn’t be about whether £81k is a decent salary or whether MPs should be paid more, that issue is a red herring used by people with a different agenda
2: a partial ban or an approved list of 2nd jobs won’t work, it would set profession against profession and doesn’t deal with the real issue of sleaze - with a complete 2nd job ban lobbying could and would still happen
3: As an example: the extreme case today is Geoffrey Cox, if it is true and he was working in his second job using his parliamentary office, he has broken the existing rules snd should be booted out
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9 Nov
On internal @UKLabour politics: Whenever Labour starts to improve in the polls, start leading the political agenda and voters start noticing us and are prepared to at least listen to our ideas, one thing always happens, our internal factions up the volume of their criticism
Whether we are in government, running the a council or improving our ratings in opposition it always happens
Red on Red is the main attraction for too many in @UKLabour
It is possible to criticise without doing the tories work for them
I was once told this happens because some hate the responsibility of government or running things, it is an inbuilt anti-authority thing
I used to believe that but now I’m not so sure, I think it is probably more to do with liking the party label but not it’s political views
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9 Nov
The detail of MPs expenses claims is stunning and transparent
I don’t think anyone should ever be out of pocket through work Image
While I’ve been sitting in cubicles waiting to be prodded and pricked I tried to do an easy comparison thing on MPs staffcosts/expenses without travel, comparing a very affluent constituency to a poorer constituency but I’ve found it a lot more complex than that
In one constituency I looked at the MP only claimed £5k per year for staffing
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8 Nov
Some suggest Johnson is playing a clever political game and victory is reforming the standards committee process
If you are right (you aren’t) the political capital he has used up and damage done simply isn’t worth it
He is on the run , hiding from scrutiny and out of control Image
If it was about reforming the Standards investigation process he could’ve turned up in parliament, said what Barclay said and his backbenchers would’ve started to heal and move behind him
The front pages might well have been different
He was set a leadership test and failed
There won’t be a leadership challenge anytime soon - the tories know that would lead to a civil war within the parliamentary party
I think Johnson has some political skills (campaigning) but I don’t think he has either the political courage or leadership skills to deal with this
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8 Nov
Latest poll from @RedfieldWilton tells a familiar story
Labour base shifted up and solid
Tory base dropping
The October/November cliff edge is real
Fwiw and professional pundits and commentators might have different views
1: I think it shows that after the Corbyn era voters are starting to at least look at labour again
2: A consistent new base for Labour of circa 35/36% isn’t a bad base to be after all that has happened
3: In politics it is always easier to continue moving up than it is to stop falling (momentum is everything)
4: I would be more worried by a sudden 5% Labour poll lead than I am about this new base
We are at last looking competitive again
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Five bonus questions on US STATES (Thanks
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3: What is the surname of William in the Richmal Crompton 'Just William' books
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