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All our thoughts should be focussed on wishing Steven Woolfe a speedy recovery

All our thoughts should be focussed on wishing Steven Woolfe a speedy recovery

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  I am now told by a senior UKIP source that @Steven_Woolfe condition in a Strasbourg hospital "is life threatening" — Robert Nisbet (@MrRobertNisbet) October 6, 2016 https://twitter.com/SebastianEPayne/status/784009704649392132 https://twitter.com/asabenn/status/783995028867776512 Ukip source says Woolfe and fellow MEP decided to "take it outside" after things got heated over reports he considered defecting — Asa Bennett (@asabenn) October 6, 2016 TSE   Finally some relief from the Strasbourg hospital. Senior UKIP source says: "he is now ok – waiting final scan but he…

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Diane James has quit – But is Farage still leader?

Diane James has quit – But is Farage still leader?

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EXCLUSIVE – Ukip leader Diane James' statement to The Times on her resignation tonight. pic.twitter.com/lpuSk9cTiN — Lucy Fisher (@LOS_Fisher) October 4, 2016 THIS IS NOT A JOKE: UKIP source telling me @Nigel_Farage could technically STILL be leader as @DianeJamesMEP papers not submitted properly. — Darren McCaffrey (@darrenmccaffrey) October 4, 2016 Next #UKIP leader; latest odds from Ladbrokes. pic.twitter.com/DvcgEioisX — Ladbrokes Politics (@LadPolitics) October 4, 2016 https://twitter.com/ProfChalmers/status/783397470558621696 TSE

Another female UKIP leader is set to do a tribute to Lady Jane Grey as rumours swirl Diane James has quit as UKIP leader after just 18 days

Another female UKIP leader is set to do a tribute to Lady Jane Grey as rumours swirl Diane James has quit as UKIP leader after just 18 days

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https://twitter.com/johnestevens/status/783390492008521728 https://twitter.com/johnestevens/status/783391358581088256 https://twitter.com/johnestevens/status/783392617837068288 https://twitter.com/johnestevens/status/783394273429430272 https://twitter.com/johnestevens/status/783395558773886978 John Stevens is The Daily Mail’s Bruxelles correspondent, so this appears to be a well sourced story. After Suzanne Evans’ memorably short stint as UKIP leader, could Nigel Farage about to be the comeback kid, again, they do say, history does repeat, first as tragedy, then as Farage. TSE Update NEW: Looks like @DianeJamesMEP is on verge of resigning as UKIP leader due to her husbands ill health. More to follow. — Darren McCaffrey (@darrenmccaffrey)…

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Another EU referendum before 2020 betting

Another EU referendum before 2020 betting

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If you fancy a 25% return in a little over 3 years, this might be the market for you. SkyBet have a market up on whether we’ll have another EU referendum before 2020, unlike a few other bookies, SkyBet are offering No as an option.  One of the reasons why supporters of Remain should avoid a second referendum is that the public will not take kindly to having their verdict overturned, and we could see a Winchester 1997 rerun type…

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What The Great Repeal Bill means for triggering Article 50

What The Great Repeal Bill means for triggering Article 50

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This commitment, if made and delivered, will kill the Article 50 challenge stone dead. https://t.co/45I34Dn1Bk — Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) October 1, 2016 One of the most interesting aspects of the forthcoming Great Repeal Bill is the implications it will have for the Article 50 case currently progressing through the courts. The tweet above is from the eminent Q.C. Jolyon Maugham, who is involved in the Article 50 court case, indicates this is a clever way by Mrs May to stop…

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A new settlement for Europe?

A new settlement for Europe?

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  It was said of the Thane of Cawdor that “Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it.”  Well Britain may not be an ambitious murderer driven to evil deeds by superstitious prophecies (though some on the Remain side or in Continental Europe might well think otherwise).  And it has not left anything yet.  But two months on from the referendum, the swift defenestration of one ruler, his replacement by the well-shod Rosa Klebb of the Tory party…

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Joff Wild says the key to a Labour moderate fightback is understanding the Corbyn tribes

Joff Wild says the key to a Labour moderate fightback is understanding the Corbyn tribes

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Just because you know something bad is going to happen does not make it less painful when it does. Since the day that the Labour leadership contest was announced I had been pretty sure that Jeremy Corbyn would win again. I knew with absolute certainty that it would be so one Sunday in late August when I went – nervous, but excited – to an Owen Smith phone bank in the upstairs room of a pub around the corner from…

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