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Woodcock: I Can’t Endorse Corbyn, Still Time For Him to Stand Down
Corbyn-hating Labour moderate John Woodcock, who has a majority of just 795, has said he cannot endorse his party leader to be Prime Minister and called for him to step down: “I will not countenance...
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Labour Have No Slogan, Key Seats List Or Campaign Budget
Labour HQ staff have been told tonight that the party has no election slogan, no agreed key seats list and no campaign budget signed off. Revealing the chaotic response to the snap election...
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Snap Election Blows Speaker Race Wide Open
The snap election has potentially huge consequences for the race to be the next Speaker. The Commons votes to elect a Speaker at the beginning of each parliamentary term – custom dictates that John...
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Corbyn Gets Beers In Early: Son Plans Jezza Ale
It may only be the first week of a gruelling election campaign but Jeremy Corbyn’s son Tommy is getting the beers in early. He is in discussions with a friend to brew a special ‘Corbyn’s Courage’...
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No, May Is Not Like Erdogan
Theresa May’s snap election has caused the Guardianista class to lose their minds. Martin Kettle writes that “Theresa May in Downing Street sounded like Turkey’s authoritarian president Recep Tayyip...
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Will Tories Drop MOAB on Corbyn?
It has long been assumed that the Tories have a ton of dirt of Jeremy Corbyn that they were holding back for the election. That somewhere in the archives at the bottom of a filing cabinet in CCHQ sits...
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Election PMQs: Who’s Asking the Questions?
At 12 noon Oral Questions to the Prime Minister Q1 Alberto Costa (South Leicestershire) If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 19 April Q2 Michelle Donelan (Chippenham) Q3 Jeff Smith...
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Osborne Quits as MP “For Now”
“I am stepping down from the House of Commons – for now. But I will remain active in the debate about our country’s future and on the issues I care about, like the success of the Northern Powerhouse....
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#Yvette2017 Underway: “We Can’t Believe A Single Word May Says”
Huge cheers from the Labour benches as Yvette Cooper skewered Theresa May on her broken snap election promise. Manoeuvring underway, Yvette is 13/1 (UPDATE: Now into 8/1) to be next Labour leader…...
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#Clive2017: Lewis Cancels Honeymoon, Wedding Could Be Postponed
Clive Lewis will be taking the next six weeks very seriously indeed. His 7,654 majority means Norwich South isn’t in the bag yet – anything under 8,000 is under threat. And he will be carefully and...
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ITV Threaten Losers’ Debate
ITV are threatening to hold a leaders’ debate without the leader of the country, with Theresa May ruling out appearing. Corbyn says he welcomes ITV’s decision to hold a debate, though Team Jez say...
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13 MPs Who Voted Against Election
Here is the full list of 13 MPs who just voted against the general election: Dennis Skinner Ronnie Campbell Ann Clwyd Paul Farrelly Jim Fitzpatrick Lady Hermon Clive Lewis Fiona Mactaggart Liz McInnes...
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CCHQ to Impose Candidates on Associations
CCHQ has imposed emergency by-election rules on candidate selections to bypass standard Tory association procedures, Guido can reveal. In opposition-held key target seats and retirement seats where a...
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Ken Clarke Standing Again
Ken Clarke IS standing again, despite most news outlets reporting he was to retire. His office say: “He’s putting himself forward to be the Conservative candidate for Rushcliffe in June.” Delighted...
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Labour Emergency Selection Rules Bad News For Jez
Labour’s NEC has imposed emergency candidate selection procedures: Sitting Labour MPs will be automatically re-selected if they wish to stand again. So all the moderates can stand… Any vacant seats...
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Kim Jong-Corbyn Says “Debate Me Wu Coward”
Jeremy Corbyn came straight out at PMQs today to demand the PM face him in televised election debates. Brows furrowed throughout the House at a proposition akin to a quadruple amputee breezily...
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Arron Banks: “I Know Nothing About Clacton At All”
ICYMI: A BBC Essex exclusive: @Arron_banks says he “knows nothing about #Clacton” as he prepares to take on @DouglasCarswell to be town’s MP pic.twitter.com/4DOId4toTp — BBC Essex (@BBCEssex) 19 April...
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Campaign Report: 50 Days to Go
Tory message: This is an election to boost Brexit: only we can deliver a strong economy, strong defence and strong, stable leadership. Labour message: May broke her word on holding an election and...
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CCHQ Caught on Hop: Not Enough Candidates to Fill Seats
The Tories were quick out of the blocks with their rules for candidate selections yesterday, though CCHQ has been caught on the hop in terms of the actual candidates. The word is the Tories still do...
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Coalition of the Others Still Trails Tories
For all the talk of a “coalition of the others” (or “coalition of chaos” © T. May) it is still the case that adding the national vote share of Labour, the LibDems and the Greens gives 45%, 3% behind...
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