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Calling Theresa May a “Nazi” totally undermines Chapman’s anti-Brexit crusade

Calling Theresa May a “Nazi” totally undermines Chapman’s anti-Brexit crusade

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Threat almost over as far as ministers are concerned We’ve all been entertained this week by the stream of Tweets from the ex-political editor of the Mail and former chief aide to the BrexSec DDavis, James Chapman. It has livened up what had been a quiet August and provided some interesting revelations and attacks on his the man who was his boss until June. But moving to a position where he’s now describing the PM as a “Nazi” suggests he…

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UPDATED: On the face of it Vince Cable would be taking a risk doing anything with the Chapman “Democrats party” move

UPDATED: On the face of it Vince Cable would be taking a risk doing anything with the Chapman “Democrats party” move

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https://twitter.com/jameschappers/status/897830203233374208 The big development in the Chapman “Democrats party” move is the above Tweet from the ex-Mail political editor and former chief aids to DDavis. There’s no doubt, as the YouGov polling above shows, that LD voters are much more likely to be pro-Remain than any other party and there would have been a risk for Cable in turning down the Chapman overtures. But the LDs are a well established party where there are still bitter memories of the SDP…

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The Ladbrokes 20/1 that the Brexit Secretary, DDavis, will be next Cabinet minister out looks like a value bet

The Ladbrokes 20/1 that the Brexit Secretary, DDavis, will be next Cabinet minister out looks like a value bet

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The @jameschappers claims about DD could damage. Just bet at 20/1 that he'll be next Cabinet minister out. https://t.co/vowq0lx88K pic.twitter.com/mrSd5ZqNhh — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 16, 2017 Good bets are not predictions but an assessment that the chances of a particular outcome are better than what the bookies are offering. Given all the noise round the BrexSec in the Tweet Tsunami from former DD aide James Chapman I reckon that the Ladbrokes 20/1 that he’ll be the next cabinet minister…

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The August 2017 silly season continues – Ladbrokes now taking bets on “the Democrats” for the next General Election

The August 2017 silly season continues – Ladbrokes now taking bets on “the Democrats” for the next General Election

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https://twitter.com/timothy_stanley/status/897098640631754753 https://twitter.com/MikeH_PR/status/897085138626019328 The party doesn’t even exist yet I’m always impressed by the way bookies can sometimes create markets that appear to be designed to appeal to the wishful thinking of some punters. Today sees Ladbrokes offering 250/1 on the “Democrats” , currently a theoretical party suggested in a Tweet by James Chapman, winning most seats at the next general election. Much as personally I want to remain in the EU I’m not tempted by the bet. Mike Smithson Follow…

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There’s a case for saying that Johnson’s the best equipped to lead the Tories to Brexit and beyond

There’s a case for saying that Johnson’s the best equipped to lead the Tories to Brexit and beyond

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Who else is capable of selling what’ll be portrayed as a sell-out? Whoever is the PM as we exit the EU will have a massive task on her/his hand selling the Brexit deal or other arrangement to the party and to the country as a whole. The parliamentary Tory party is hugely divided as it has been on Europe for several decades and some are not going to compromise on issues like continuing payments or future links with European institutions….

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James Chapman’s Democrats notion is a doomed distraction

James Chapman’s Democrats notion is a doomed distraction

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The existing parties are the only ones that can stop Brexit James Chapman is not a name that many people will have been aware of before this week. Some will remember him as the Political Editor of the Daily Mail; a few might recall that he became George Osborne’s Director of Communications after the 2015 election; fewer still will have known that he was briefly Chief of Staff at David Davis’ Brexit Department. He has, however, now burst back onto…

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How an anti-Brexit party could be created without the need to leave existing parties

How an anti-Brexit party could be created without the need to leave existing parties

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The Labour/Cooperative party provides a legal template It has been rehearsed many time over – the massive challenges that a new party would face simply getting off the ground. Now LD blogger, Mark Pack has come up with an ingenious and what he says is legal solution using the provision within electoral law that allows candidates to stand as joint Labour/Co-operative Party candidates. He writes: “..”This allows a candidate to stand as the joint candidate of two different political parties,…

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Meet the ex-chief of staff to the BrexSec now the de facto Brexit opposition leader

Meet the ex-chief of staff to the BrexSec now the de facto Brexit opposition leader

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Past time for sensible MPs in all parties to admit Brexit is a catastrophe, come together In new party if need be, and reverse it #euref19 — James Chapman (@jameschappers) August 8, 2017 Boris Johnson should be jailed over Brexit claims, says ex-David Davis aide https://t.co/oHpnQuaODA — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) August 10, 2017 Suddenly what was looking like a very boring political August has been shaken up by a series strong anti-Brexit Tweets from James Chapman – former Mail political…

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