The "Legal advice" about the Priv Cttee investigation is pure Trumpism - last-minute challenge to an established process with the simple aim of undermining it. Trump pulls this at every challenge.
So now, fans of the Crime Minister have 2 avenues to pursue 👇 1 - they will demand that the Terms of Reference, agreed and voted on months ago, are changed at the last second from "Misled Parliament" to "Willingly Misled" (See attached).
"They should be allowed to do their job without interference, but in the way I insist they do it." 👇

Inspired by this stroke of genius by John Redwood, we bring you “John’ll Fix It - simple solutions to complex problems you're too dumb to think of” (1/7) “Simple – police who find HGV drivers drunk should leave them be and send them on their way – they are Keeping Britain Moving”. 2/7

Our new Trade Envoys, and their qualifications for the job - a thread 👇
1. Conor Burns 2, David Mundell

While we are all gripped by the latest government sleaze, let's not let this one slide by, which appeared over the weekend buried by Johnson/Cummings news. Because in a government reeking of sleaze, this is a doozy. 👇 Senior aide to Boris Johnson, Lord Lister, helped government broker a deal with China to buy the old Royal Mint building for their Embassy.
He was *also* a paid consultant to the company hired to choose a site.
He was *also* a paid adviser to the property firm that owned it. 👇

The anger today about Fawlty Towers is derived from a pretty standard argument, Reductio ad Absurdum. Someone saw the news about statues of slave owners being removed & realised they could take it to the extreme to induce genuine (& proper) anger about something harmless. 👇 The point of this is to reasonable people to be angry about something which can be claimed (wrongly) to be in the same vein as the original act, and hence to remove credibility *from* the original act, to make all of this seem an overreaction. 👇

Any MP or commentator who doesn't condemn Johnson for his lies, cruelty and disregard for normal human behaviour, or who suggests he will somehow improve - I have news for you. I have spent three years watching and commenting on this exact path as it laid itself out in America 👇 People start out defending it by saying its about the agenda, once that is delivered things will improve. But they don't improve, they get worse, and those who defended seemingly minor faults end up having to, or wanting to, defend bigger ones daily. And soon horrors happen 👇

My friends - Welcome to the 2019 Johnson government, a collection of the worst people ever to be involved in politics, given a second life by our esteemed PM (as long as they support everything he says and does).

[thread] 👇 Michael Gove - proved untrustworthy in the previous leadership contest by double-crossing a friend at the last minute - promoted in cabinet by the friend. 👇

I watched the Fyre festival documentary on Netflix last night. It's gripping.

A guy with a vision for a sparkling sunlit time on an island.

With no actual idea how it would be done except IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

1. Sold this dream to two groups of people - those who wanted it at any cost, and those who could help deliver it.

Turns out, without a plan, time, money or resources, those who invested their time & energy trying to make it work soon realised - it was never going to work.

2.

There are only two kinds of people still backing Brexit - those who were conned but whose own self esteem won't allow them to admit it, even to themselves, and those who were in on the con and perpetuate it. /1 Anyone quoting "the will of the people" or "democracy" at me can fuck off. Because not only is it being demonstrated daily that it is likely not the Will of the People *now*, but all of the promises made about Brexit positives have gone. /2

Dear @UKLabour, I have today cancelled my Direct Debit payment. This shouldn't be taken as an indication that I wish to leave Labour. You'll appreciate the strategic ambiguity in my position - I want to retain the benefits of membership 1/ without being a "rule taker" or having the financial burden.
I do have some tests, which if passed mean I could in good conscience stay and support the party I love and grew up with. 2/

I have a real problem with tomorrow's Local Elections. I'm a Labour member and supporter, but also very strongly against Brexit. As, it seems, are the significant majority of Labour voters 1/ Labour have moved towards a softening of Brexit but all credible analysis shows *any* Brexit will hurt the economy badly, and this will disproportionately affect the poor in or out of work. It seems clear to me that Labour should oppose Brexit unreservedly 2/