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John Rentoul
@JohnRentoul
Chief Political Commentator, The Independent; visiting professor, King’s College London. Author with Jon Davis, Heroes or Villains? The Blair Govt Reconsidered
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May 10, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Either @Dannythefink has not been paying attention, or he thinks Starmer’s opposition to PR is insincere thetimes.co.uk/article/is-all… Image See bylinetimes.com/2023/04/27/kei…
May 10, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
#PMQs coming up in an hour Image Lab benches been told to make more noise
May 9, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Labour ex-minister accuses Starmer of “moral cowardice” in expelling Corbyn – latest vol of Chris Mullin’s diaries independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi… First exclusive extract from vol 4 of Chris Mullin’s diaries here @indypremium independent.co.uk/independentpre…
Sep 28, 2022 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Kwarteng’s tiny band of defenders say the top-rate tax cut was only £2bn a year & lefty markets are overreacting. Not so... He didn’t just “reverse” the national insurance rise, he reversed it & cut it by a further £4½bn a year (going more to the better-off)
Sep 28, 2022 • 39 tweets • 4 min read
Where is Liz Truss? Our prime minister has gone missing @IndyVoices independent.co.uk/voices/where-i… @IndyVoices One of our prime ministers is missing @indypremium independent.co.uk/voices/where-i… Image
Sep 27, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
If there is one thing that could persuade people that Kwarteng wasn't so bad after all... I do not understand reasoning behind IMF statement: did they think it would (a) make it more likely the govt would change policy...
Sep 27, 2022 • 18 tweets • 2 min read
Keir Starmer attacks tax cuts for the richest 1%. “Don’t forget; don’t forgive” Image 2nd standing ovation for: “We will never allow Putin's threats and imperialism to succeed”
Aug 29, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
BBC spokesperson: I say it’s “Ms Truss’s” but that’s not the main point
Aug 29, 2022 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
Govt may have to freeze gas & elec prices, says @PJTheEconomist, because targeting help is hard thetimes.co.uk/article/people… Green levies that Truss wants to suspend amount to £11 over next quarter, says @PJTheEconomist, because renewables generators have to pay back windfall profits
Aug 27, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Liz Truss, who won with fairytales, risks losing with horror stories. My Sunday article for @IndyVoices independent.co.uk/voices/liz-tru… Looks as if this has been confirmed independent.co.uk/voices/liz-tru… Image
Jun 3, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Torn between admiration and disapproval of this ruthlessly successful Labour strike PM rewrote foreword, which previously listed 7 principles of public life, which are, as they were before, in annex assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… Image
Jun 3, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Shock! Tory MP states the obvious: we will get closer to the EU in time ⁦@indypremium⁩ independent.co.uk/independentpre… @indypremium But Ellwood is going the wrong way about reversing Brexit: the Norway model requires free movement for no say
May 12, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
In almost any other country, the governing party would be in deep trouble bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla… bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…
May 12, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
So govt isn't threatening to break international law, then; it is planning to invoke article 16 thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-… Article 16 of Northern Ireland protocol allows either side to take unilateral safeguarding measures instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/nor…
May 10, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
"Her Majesty's government..." instead of "My government..." but no words of introduction or explanation Image Opening sentence uses "grow" as a transitive verb: "HM government's priority is to grow and strengthen the economy"
May 6, 2022 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Peter Mandelson, at 25th anniversary, is asked by Robert Saunders if he is a socialist. “Yes, I’m a social democrat” Would you call yourself a socialist? “No I wouldn’t actually, I’ve always described myself as a social democrat”
May 6, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
David Miliband, speaking at a New Labour 25th anniversary event: “When Tony said he didn’t want to be the Labour leader who won three elections, but the first Labour leader to do so, he actually meant it” Good speech, this Image
May 6, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
These local elections suggest Keir Starmer could be prime minister. Me for @Independent independent.co.uk/voices/keir-st… @Independent For anyone else tempted to reply to this without reading the article, I shall summarise..
Feb 18, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
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
Feb 17, 2022 • 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… Image
Feb 13, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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