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Kevin Schofield
@KevinASchofield
Journalist and broadcaster. Been around a bit. Political editor of HuffPost UK. Got a podcast too podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/com…
London
Joined July 2015
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    🚨 The HuffPost UK weekend read on the week that made Keir Starmer's exit from N0.10 inevitable. 💥 How Andy Burnham is heading for a "coronation" if he wins in Makerfield. 💥 Burnham allies are already gathering MPs' nominations so he can move quickly to oust the PM. 💥 But a
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    Don't think that'll do much to deter a suicide bomber.
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    Gary Neville having a pop at white, middle-aged men really seems to have annoyed a lot of white, middle-aged men.
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    Emily Thornberry to Labour conference: "The last time I stood here in 2018, I was shadowing Boris Johnson. When our conference was cancelled in 2020, I was shadowing Liz Truss. So ... I apologise in advance for the catastrophic premiership of Suella Braverman."
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    Suella Braverman has deleted this, possibly because she was Home Secretary when it happened.
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    Liz Truss: “There are plenty of areas where the government can become more efficient.” Journalist: “Can you give me an example?” Liz Truss: “Well not at the moment …”
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    Asked about the behaviour of Nadine Dorries this morning, Rishi Sunak said: "I'm not focused on the past, I'm focused on the future." Asked whether HS2 will go to Manchester, he said: "I'm not speculating on future things." 🤷‍♂️
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    What an insult to the hundreds of British troops who died alongside Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    Bad news for Starmer and Macron. Vance confirms the only US security guarantee in Ukraine will be the mineral deal. He also plays down British & French peacekeeping troops as “20k troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”.
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    That Nick Robinson monologue to Suella Braverman was quite something ...
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    A Labour MP gets in touch following the conference Brexit votes.
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    Absolutely brutal Spectator cover. The government are getting this badly wrong.
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    Worth pointing out that the foreign secretary who started the negotiations with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands in November 2022 was ... James Cleverly.
    Weak, weak, weak! Labour lied to get into office. Said they’d be whiter than white, said they wouldn’t put up taxes, said they’d stand up to the EU, said that they be patriotic. All lies! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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    James Cleverly announced the opening negotiations with Mauritius to return the Chagos Islands whilst Foreign Secretary in 2022. At the time he said he hoped the deal would be finalised in 2023. theguardian.com/world/2022/nov…
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    I appreciate Rishi Sunak's teetotal, but I'm not sure having him drink water from a pint glass in a pub is a great way of countering his "out of touch with ordinary people" image.
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