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Assistant Editor @Daily_Express. Ex-No10, FCDO and DIT speechwriter. Erstwhile Telegraph and HuffPost hack.
Feb 17, 2020 30 tweets 11 min read
At #guardianlive, Owen Jones declares it is a "huge honour" to be here with John Bercow Bercow says if his past young right-wing self was still around today, he would have despised modern Bercow - "and I would have despised him"
#guardianlive
May 9, 2019 14 tweets 4 min read
Gauke rules out Tory leadership bid: "My position is to resist the clamour to stand - and I remain very confident that my resistance will be greater than any clamour" Gauke aims a passing swipe at Nigel Farage, referring to Brexit Party "currently riding high in the opinion polls" under a leader who has "stood unsuccessfully for parliament seven times"
Aug 17, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
That's right, Nigel's coming home -
"Scores of people have stopped me in the street to ask: When are you coming back? Well now you have your answer: I'm back" @Nigel_Farage
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/… Farage throws his weight behind @LeaveMnsLeave, pledging to help raise funds and "go back on the road to campaign again". He hopes "millions of people will rally behind it" in the fight against "May's fraudulent Chequers plan"