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Feb 17 • 4 tweets • 2 min read

Alcohol in No 10? “God, it was a bloody dry old do in our day.” Anji Hunter: the Blair Years @indypremium independent.co.uk/independentpre…

@indypremium Anji Hunter, one of Tony Blair’s close advisers, on drinking in No 10 independent.co.uk/independentpre…

Anji Hunter on her partnership with Sue Nye, who worked for Gordon Brown

Anji Hunter on Tony Blair’s Order of the Garter

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John Rentoul

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Feb 18

Proportional representation wouldn't "lock Tories out of power"; just make it likely they'd need coalition partners newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…

...which the Lib Dems have been in recent memory

Presumably price of Lib Dem cooperation in a hung parl would be PR without a referendum

John Rentoul

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Feb 13

Boris Johnson will need exceptional lawyers to get him out of this one. Me for @Independent independent.co.uk/voices/boris-j…

Hard to see how PM will avoid being issued with a fixed penalty notice

Recall how damning Sue Gray's update was: "failures of leadership"; "serious failure"; behaviour "difficult to justify" assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

John Rentoul

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Feb 12

Theresa May’s Brexit deal looks better with each passing day @indypremium independent.co.uk/independentpre…

We could have had a Brexit deal that did less economic damage

Two puzzles for posterity

John Rentoul

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Feb 12

Interesting chart of decreasingly deadly virus via @tomhcalver thetimes.co.uk/article/five-s…

(Log scale)

And a v important table, also from @tomhcalver

John Rentoul

@JohnRentoul

Jan 15

Colourful account from @ShippersUnbound of PM’s response when “bring your own booze” email was leaked thetimes.co.uk/article/is-bor…

Loyal “senior” minister weighs in

Booze ban planned

John Rentoul

@JohnRentoul

Jan 14

Second @YouGov poll in two days, via @patrickkmaguire
Lab 40% +2
Con 29% +1
Lib Dem 11% -2
Green 6% -1
Reform 6% +2 link.thetimes.co.uk/view/61951ae63…

Fieldwork after PM's apology in the Commons on Weds

Sunak remains the most popular politician in GB

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