Donald Trump’s re-tweets are going to cause Theresa May some problems

Donald Trump’s re-tweets are going to cause Theresa May some problems

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https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/935841585979449345 "Theresa May will be asked about this on her trip to the Middle East and repeatedly, until she gives some kind of answer, it's very difficult" @bbclaurak on Donald Trump retweeting Britain First videos "The British government will be under pressure to respond in some way" #bbcdp pic.twitter.com/JGnwUqj1Ko — BBC Daily Politics and Sunday Politics (@daily_politics) November 29, 2017 Chuka Umunna MP tells @skynews the State Visit invitation to Donald Trump should be withdrawn immediately:“He is normalising hatred.. if…

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Betting on Time’s person of the year

Betting on Time’s person of the year

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Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named “Man (Person) of the Year,” like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 24, 2017 Following Friday night’s tweet by Donald Trump I thought it’d be fun to look at the betting markets on the winner of Time’s Person Of…

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Theresa May agrees €100 billion Brexit divorce bill with the EU

Theresa May agrees €100 billion Brexit divorce bill with the EU

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The Leave campaign was keen to use the gross figure to describe how much Brexit could save us to spend on the NHS. So it's only fair we use the gross figure for the agreed Brexit exit bill. It's €100bn pic.twitter.com/J1udRlDSt5 — Stewart Wood (@StewartWood) November 28, 2017 UK and EU agree Brexit divorce bill that could reach £57bn https://t.co/wvIjfEAQnn — The Guardian (@guardian) November 28, 2017 In August 75% of British voters told ComRes that paying £40 billion to…

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Symbols for our time

Symbols for our time

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In an age of hashtags, social media campaigns, lit candles and all the rest of it, it is easy to sneer. Such narcissism. Gesture politics is castigated as the last word in pointless posturing, mainly designed to make the politician – rather than the persons at whom it is aimed – feel good. “Action this day. Not words or images” – as Churchill did not say. But symbols and gestures do matter. Done right – an image, a simple action,…

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In defence of John McDonnell. Don Brind denounces the “interview as humiliation”

In defence of John McDonnell. Don Brind denounces the “interview as humiliation”

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEK73kjiDQ “If only we Germans had a word for it”. The BBC’s comedy news programme The Now Show came up with an imagined quote from Chancellor Angela Merkel reflecting on how her failure to form a new German coalition government was being relished by her detractors. Two alleged car crash interviews by the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell also inspired Schadenfreude and it was probably not confined to Tories. Over the years McDonnell has rubbed up against plenty of his PLP…

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Some Royal wedding betting markets

Some Royal wedding betting markets

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  I’m going for a wet May 2018 wedding with the Obamas attending. Paddy Power have some markets up following this morning’s announcement. I think May is the most logic date fitting around the bank holidays and fits the announcement of a spring wedding. 5/2 on it raining in May seems huge to me, and as for attendees to the wedding, many have said Prince Harry and President Obama have a bromance, so I’ll back the Obamas attending. As for…

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The timing of this leak makes me think it is all about ousting Damian Green, and ultimately Mrs May

The timing of this leak makes me think it is all about ousting Damian Green, and ultimately Mrs May

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Exc: Damian Green “offered to pay salary of DUP staff member from Tory party funds” after confidence and supply deal struck https://t.co/d2CaaG4ybl — Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) November 26, 2017 Timing is everything. Sam Coates of The Times has a very intriguing story in today’s Times. Damian Green offered to funnel money to the Democratic Unionist Party in a secret side deal, The Times can reveal. Theresa May’s de facto deputy ­offered Conservative Party funding for a salary for a senior DUP…

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