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Mar 7 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Minister James Cleverly says the Govt carries "as a badge of honour" Putin's criticism of London's sanctions against Russia @LBC
@LBC "We are limiting his ability to wage war" - James Cleverly says the sanctions against Russia are hitting the country's economy
France 🇫🇷 says our 🇬🇧 asylum programme is 'inhumane' for turning Ukrainians away at the border.

But James Cleverly defends the record: "We've had to create a system from scratch. It will take a little time to get the system up and running, that system is now there." @LBC
@LBC James Cleverly: "I am really loathed to get into some kind of competition between us and the EU regarding refugees." @LBC

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Mar 7
Fire in a high rise on Whitechapel High Street. London Fire say ten engines & 70 firefighters are at the scene. They’re asking people to avoid the area if possible
Now 100 firefighters are tackling this blaze in Aldgate. You can see external parts of the building flying off as the flames spread. Praying everyone is ok
Now, Sadiq Khan says 20 fire engines and more than 125 firefighters are working to tackle the fire at the block of flats and offices. It's the Relay Building, also home to Houblon Apartments
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Feb 1
NEW: the police watchdog has slammed 'disgraceful' sexist, bullying, racist behaviour uncovered by officers based mostly at Charing Cross police station.

The killer line - "We believe these incidents are not isolated or simply the behaviour of a few ‘bad apples’." @LBC
This is some of what the nine independent investigations into officers (mostly PCs) found
Simply, horrifyingly, staggering.

The police watchdog found evidence that Met offices, among other things:

💥"Went to a festival dressed as known sex offenders and a molested child"
💥Sent homophobic messages
💥One officer sent a message saying "I would happily rape you"
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Jan 31
Sue Gray’s stripped back report still finds “some of the behaviour surrounding these gatherings is difficult to justify.”

Some of the parties “should not have been allowed to take place.”

Full report here assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
Ultimately, as expected, Sue Gray has gone into very little detail thanks to the Met Police’s last minute request.

But she does find “failures of leadership and judgment by different parts of No 10 and the Cabinet Office at different times.” 🔥
And how’s this for a final line on which to end the long awaited Sue Gray report

“This does not need to wait for the police investigation to be concluded.”
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Nov 16, 2021
“I’m crapping myself this morning, and I feel like crying.”

Oliver is one of nine Insulate Britain activists at the High Court this morning for breaching injunctions by blocking motorways. He tells me he’s expecting a custodial sentence. @LBC
Nine Insulate Britain defendants are due before the High Court Judge this morning.

The hearing is booked to last three days but they have little legal representation, and tell me they will admit to breaching the injunction - so it could be over much sooner. @LBC
Hearing begun. Myriam Stacey QC representing National Highways.

The 9 Insulate Britain activists all took part in a protest on the M25 on the 8th October where they blocked J25 Waltham Cross. That was two weeks after the Injunction had been granted @LBC
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Nov 15, 2021
Keir Starmer tells @LBC caller Graeme Labour will force a vote in Parliament on Wednesday to ask MPs to "get rid of their paid directorships and consultancies and to change the rules in Parliament."

Says in the main, "second jobs must go."
@LBC Sir Keir Starmer says "second jobs must go" save for "public interest or public service jobs." Says it's the difference between being paid by a commercial firm, and working in A&E during Covid....

Calls Geoffrey Cox "A barrister moonlighting as an MP." @LBC
@LBC Labour Leader Keir Starmer says Claudia Webbe should step down, and if she doesn’t, he would support a recall petition to remove her as an MP.
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Sep 3, 2021
If you're confused by that decision re. jabs for 12-15 year olds

💉The JCVI have said the health benefits alone from vaccination for 12-15 year olds are *marginally greater* than the potential known harms. But that benefit gap isn't enough for them to give the full green light.
/2 Instead they've basically passed the buck over to the Government to weigh up OTHER harms/ benefits for children in getting the vaccine. This will include the damage done by schools being shut due to outbreaks and the wider impact of community covid transmission.
3/ JCVI have just expanded the list of children with health conditions who can get jabbed. An extra 200,000 with chronic heart, lung & liver conditions join the group of 150,000 kids with things like severe neurodisability, Down's & weakened immune systems who were eligible.
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