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Jan 31 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Extraordinary low blow at @Keir_Starmer from @BorisJohnson, giving Parliamentary credence to the false online smear about Starmer not prosecuting Jimmy Savile. It's just not true. And surely the PM knows it?
Theresa May asks a zinger of a question. The PM simply bats it away, trying to use the Gray report as a holding answer.
This and more here in my take on an extraordinary day
inews.co.uk/opinion/boris-…
For the very latest on this saga, read my latest piece:

inews.co.uk/opinion/jimmy-…

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Feb 2
Nearly three years ago, when @jeremycorbyn raised bus services in #PMQs, Tory MPs yelled "Taxi!"
Today, @michaelgove is announcing plans to put buses at the heart of 'levelling up'.
Yet bus users in many areas in the north are facing even worse services/higher costs now.
One of the reasons for services being cut back is a big shortage of drivers. Add in years of budget cuts, deregulation, and you get pensioners waiting for upto an hour in the cold for buses that don't arrive.
And then having to, yes, order a taxi to do their weekly shop.
Without hard cash for public transport, Levelling Up will be another broken promise on a 'Boris Bus'.

inews.co.uk/opinion/levell…
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Feb 1
For some time, Starmer has decided to ignore this false claim, clearly believing that responding in any way would give the smear the publicity on which far right extremists thrive
But when the Prime Minister says it in the House of Commons, it's left the sewer and is in full view
I suspect Starmer and his team still have no intention of even giving this any further oxygen by rebutting it directly.
It's the classic difficulty in any case involving extremists.
But while extremists won't listen to reason, the wider public have heard this claim probably for the first time.
So there may be a case for making a statement simply setting out how baseless the smear is.
Read 4 tweets
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Jan 31
As a consummate Whitehall operator, Sue Gray's report shows a skilful civil servant can damn @BorisJohnson - even without having to directly criticise him.

My snap analysis:
inews.co.uk/opinion/sue-gr…
"The worry was that instead of the “full Gray” we would get the dull Gray..." But even the neutered version makes life difficult for the PM.
NB the word 'party' is mentioned just once in the entire 'partygate' report.
"You must not have a work Christmas lunch or party, where that is a primarily social activity and is
not otherwise permitted"

Will the PM to use that to pick the lock of the chains wrapped around him?
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Jan 27
Quite significant that Labour refusing to back new govt welfare crackdown to force ppl on Uni Credit to take any job (as opposed to job they're used to) after a month rather than 3 months.
Tactic is to paint Lab as 'soft' on welfare, but they're not buying it.
.@Alison_McGovern: “People should be supported into good jobs that match their skills, which would give them a better chance of secure work long-term.”
Are the unemployed the latest victims of @BorisJohnson's attempt to save his own job?

inews.co.uk/opinion/univer…
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Jan 26
Jacob Rees-Mogg's general election threat risks embarrassing The Queen, @BorisJohnson - and even himself.
Here's why:

inews.co.uk/opinion/jacob-…
Rees-Mogg is well liked among party activists and many MPs admire his views on tax/spend.
But some Tory backbenchers think he's at the heart of recent unforced errors:
- Paterson blunder
- Scottish party belittled
Add in the mess of a prorogation that was later ruled unlawful, plus his own role in organising a confidence vote in Theresa May and you can see why some colleagues think the Commons leader is part of the problem.
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Jan 25
As the police investigate No 10 parties, Boris Johnson may already be damned in the court of public opinion

My latest in @theipaper
inews.co.uk/opinion/no-10-…
As the Met chief points to the need to uphold ‘the legitimacy of the law’, the legitimacy of the office of Prime Minister remains the bigger question
Here's the new defence from PM's spksmn for PM's birthday celebration:
"This was a brief moment, the PM was there for less than 10 mins. It was in between the PM returning from a visit and before he started another meeting. It was on the edges of a work event."
#edgesofaworkevent
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