Reporter @LBC & @LBCNews | Former Senior Producer of @NickFerrariLBC | Stories henry.riley@global.com
Feb 24 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
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Lee Anderson has the Conservative Whip suspended
Chief Whip spokesperson: “Following his refusal to apologise for comments made yesterday, the Chief Whip has suspended the whip from Lee Anderson MP”
Just over 5 weeks ago ago he was the Tory Party Deputy Chairman
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The question is…
With a majority of less than 6,000 - and Mr Anderson likely to lose his seat - will he take up Richard Tice’s offer to join Reform UK…
Jun 6, 2023 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
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Covid Inquiry Chair Baroness Hallett says "As has been reported in the media, an issue has arisen between the Inquiry & Cabinet Office as to who decides what is relevant"
She confirms Cabinet Office invited her to withdraw her Section 21 notice, she declined.
@LBC@LBC Speaking at the prelim hearing today, the former judge adds "They [The Cabinet Office] are challenging it in court... I can say no more about it"
Baroness Hallett makes it clear she will decide what is relevant to the inquiry, & she believes the Inquiries Act supports that
Conservative MP Richard Drax is furious with the barge at Portland Harbour coming into force "within a fortnight"
Tells me "I'm against it. It is designed for 222 ensuite, it will have 506 on board. Some rooms will have 3 or 4 inhabitants. It's a quasi prison"
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Drax, who has Portland in his constituency also says “when they leave the port, if they go into Weymouth, what will they do? Who will monitor them? They’ve got £9 a week to spend - which isn’t much money- what happens if they disappear? None of these questions have been answered”
Jun 5, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
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Rishi Sunak says "our plan is starting to work", with regards to tackling illegal migration.
Says crossings are down 20% on last year.
Adds "we still have a long way to go" but the government will fix this "using every tool at our disposal"
“We have not been allocated a single place by HM Government. The longer HM Government delays in funding the places the longer the NHS will be in crisis”
May 8, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
BREAKING: 19 Just Stop Oil activists have begun ‘slow marching’ on roads by Marble Arch
Asked by James O’Brien which is *personally* most offensive: Dominic Raab’s alleged bullying, Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs or perceived cronyism in appointment of the BBC Chair
Labour’s Angela Rayner says: ‘Honestly, I think that they’re all pretty vile”
‘These people know what they’ve done. They’re all pretty serious, pretty slamdunk things that if you had an ounce of integrity you know full well that shouldn’t happen. Not all politicians are like this, including Conservative MPs’
'The UK has done a lot. The UK has been if not at the front of the pack, near the front of the pack because of a consistent policy over the last decade in'
Mark Lehain, a former special adviser to Nadhim Zahawi tells @LBC
‘He was a real treat to work for… he’s very calm, he’s very considered, he’s also very bright and focused… but he’s also very kind… he’s a good man to be around’
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Lehain, who worked with Zahawi as recently as September 2022 when he was Education Secretary, also tells me:
‘I think we’re really lucky having Nadhim, and other people like Nadhim, working in government. He could have stayed in business.’
