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Betting on when Boris Johnson’s tenure as Foreign Secretary will end

Betting on when Boris Johnson’s tenure as Foreign Secretary will end

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Boris still wants to be PM, so he’ll try and make a success of his current role. Ladbrokes have a market up on when Boris Johnson’s tenure as Foreign Secretary will end. Like many I suspect Boris thought his ambition to be Prime Minister was over after Michael Gove’s transformation into Frank Underwood, but Gove is now looking more like Frank Spencer than Frank Underwood whilst Boris is now Foreign Secretary. Whilst I know there has been some incredulity from…

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How Theresa May could turn out to be the Labour party’s very unlikely saviour

How Theresa May could turn out to be the Labour party’s very unlikely saviour

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXVi0MikSx8 Video: A clip from John McDonnell’s appearance on The Andrew Marr Show this morning Joff Wild on how Theresa May could simultaneously increase the Tory majority and save the Labour Party from Corbyn John McDonnell’s appearance on the Andrew Marr Show this morning was among the most extraordinary television interventions that a senior politician has made in recent years. During the course of the interview, McDonnell explained how the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, did not understand the party’s policy…

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Wiping out the Lib Dems might have been Cameron’s greatest strategic mistake as Prime Minister

Wiping out the Lib Dems might have been Cameron’s greatest strategic mistake as Prime Minister

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Picture: The apotheosis of the Tory targeting of the Lib Dems at the last general election. Why Cameron might still be PM if the coalition had continued after May 2015. When David Cameron reflects on his earlier than anticipated departure as Prime Minister I wonder if in hindsight he’ll regret his and Sir Lynton’s Crosby targeting of the Lib Dem held seats at the last general election. At the time the 27 Tory gains from the Lib Dems was hailed…

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Corbyn and McCluskey, comrades in arms

Corbyn and McCluskey, comrades in arms

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Joff Wild on why Len McCluskey will never abandon Jeremy Corbyn One of the more striking aspects of Labour’s headlong plunge into seemingly permanent civil war and irrelevance is the role being played by the trade unions in the conflict; and, in particular, the unwavering and highly vocal support that Jeremy Corbyn has received from Unite leader Len McCluskey. Speaking at the Unite annual conference this week, for example, McCluskey described the mass resignation of shadow ministers from Labour’s front…

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How do you solve a problem like Jeremy Corbyn and his dire polling?

How do you solve a problem like Jeremy Corbyn and his dire polling?

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A new political party for Labour MPs who actually want to win a general election seems like the only option. Speaking as a Tory, every time I remember that Jeremy Corbyn is likely to be Labour leader at the next general election my reaction is similar to every time I remember that there’s a mineral called cummingtonite, it makes me laugh way too much. I suspect the reaction of Labour MPs who want to win the next general election won’t…

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Theresa May’s new government, we’re nearly there

Theresa May’s new government, we’re nearly there

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Priti Patel is the latest to join Theresa May's new Cabinet #CabinetReshuffle https://t.co/rGGeixOKbo pic.twitter.com/qoWpgO8E3E — Telegraph Politics (@TelePolitics) July 14, 2016 https://twitter.com/jameskirkup/status/753616343702835201 This is shaping up to be quite the egalitarian government, hardly any former public schoolboys and schoolgirls there. TSE

Theresa May’s new cabinet so far, the night and day of the long kitten heels?

Theresa May’s new cabinet so far, the night and day of the long kitten heels?

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The state of play so far in this ruthless #CabinetReshuffle. https://t.co/5QD7lFwhHA @Telegraph pic.twitter.com/foKCFIJhPJ — Michael Wilkinson (@ThatMichaelW) July 14, 2016 Department of Business, Innovation and Skills, Department for Energy & Climate Change, Department for Transport set to be shut down -reports — Michael Wilkinson (@ThatMichaelW) July 14, 2016 The new government by Mrs May is so far appearing to be very different from that it was before, which seems very appropriate on Bastille Day.  If you’ve been a follower of…

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Guest slot from CycleFree on “Uniting the country”

Guest slot from CycleFree on “Uniting the country”

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In her first words on learning that she is the new Tory leader and will be PM in 48 hours, Mrs May said: “We need to unite our country and … we need a strong, new positive vision for the future of our country – a vision of a country that works not for the privileged few, but that works for every one of us.” Guff, you might say, the sort of guff that all newly elected leaders come up…

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