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Apr 28 5 tweets 2 min read
.@RishiSunak's warning of a Tory windfall tax suggests he's listening to the public on the cost of living crisis.

Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics

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“Few Chancellors make it to PM. And he just looks too awkward to be a leader,” one former minister said. “But Rishi could be remembered as the guy who kept the country going in the pandemic and then got us back in the black, with an income tax cut on top. Not a bad legacy.”
Another backbencher said Sunak had a chance at political redemption if he “stops all the naff Instagram stuff”.
Any hope of being PM seems remote, but some think the only way he can keep that dream alive is if he stops actively preparing for it and focuses totally on the Treasury. “It’s like dating isn’t it? The less desperate you look, the more likely you are to have success,” said one MP
Labour unconvinced Sunak gets it even now. "He’s basically realised we’re winning the argument and that it’s cutting through on the doorstep – he didn’t heed our warnings on NI [National Insurance] so is probably thinking again."

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Apr 30
After another mad week in politics, @theipaper Weekend has lots of scoops, analysis and long reads.
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Includes this by @HugoGye on the state of Tory plotting against @BorisJohnson - and why the Gray report may be the next trigger if the May 5 results are 'not too dramatic'.
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This by @janemerrick23 on whistleblowers' fears after the past week in Westminster.

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Apr 30
🚨Met Police have confirmed an “investigation is ongoing” into alleged Covid law breaking at Tory HQ Xmas party in 2020.
👀One of those present is standing as my local Tory candidate on May 5
🥳This chap in the braces, lying on the floor + raising a wine glass, in Mirror pic 🧵 Image
Ben Mallet’s latest leaflet for the Kingston-upon-Thames council election has tough messages on law and order…but strangely not on *Covid* law and order.

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The leaflet Q&A:
Q “What’s your most embarrassing moment, locally?” A His electric bike ran out of power once.
Q “What do your family and friends think about you standing for council?”
A “They mostly think I’m mad.”

Funnily enough, no mention of Christmas parties in lockdown. Image
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Apr 29
Tory MPs think the 'Rishi rehabiliation' is now underway.
😇 Geidt clears him re conflicts of interest
🎂 Partygate fine seen as unfair
🛢️@MumsnetTowers warning of windfall tax shows new political nous
📈Firm line against spending that wd fuel inflation
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.@RishiSunak was missing from #PMQs cos he was chairing Treasury’s new 'Efficiencies and Value for Money Committee', which overran.
Tho he dropped to bottom of the @ConHome league table after the non-dom row, that wasn't as big a fall as after the Spring Statement after tax hikes.

“The only way is up now, isn’t it?” one MP joked to me. Image
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Apr 27
.@AngelaRayner is accused today of being “a tiny bit disingenuous in her outrage” over what Tory MPs said about her.
But why can’t she both ridicule the original false accusation levelled at her AND be outraged Tory MPs would weaponise that accusation by claiming it was true?🧵
I’ve no idea what she said on the Commons Terrace, possibly to Tory MPs. But I do know her spokesman said the accusation - she "likes to put Mr Johnson ‘off his stride’ in the chamber by crossing and uncrossing her legs" and “employs the tactic” - was “categorically” untrue.
And @AngelaRayner herself has firmly described the claims as “perverted smears” and “lies”.
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Apr 27
NEW: Brexit has caused a 6% rise in food prices, according to a study out today.

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And @RishiSunak is under fire, one minister in Cabinet yday urging swift tax cuts.
Another tells me: "The VAT cut [on energy] would play perfectly into the govt’s [Brexit] narrative so well. Especially because the Treasury’s energy stuff doesn’t cut it.”

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Contrast today's research with Jacob Rees-Mogg's firm stance in 2019 on the UK replacing EU trade rules with WTO rules: "We can have cheaper food, clothing and footwear straight away."

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Apr 26
Brexit is fuelling the cost of living crisis, but some Tory MPs think Rishi Sunak risks making it worse.

Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics is in your inbox
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Includes this clash in the Lords today. City minister @JohnGlenUK told Lord Hannay: “The point is we have left the EU. I just wonder whether you are quite reconciled to that.” Hannay said that suggestion was "improper". Image
.@tnewtondunn challenges @BorisJohnson on why he's only now getting ministers to find more ways to tackle the cost of living.
PM says he'll look at parent-child ratios. But things like breakfast clubs have greater impact on school age kids.

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