NEW: Boris and Carrie Johnson alleged to have used Chequers between 16th and 27th March 2020 – with the PM accused of moving between Chequers and London against government guidance.
In today's @tortoise Sensemaker:
tortoisemedia.com/2022/01/14/sen…
NEW: PM understood to have travelled to Chequers AFTER his 23 March 2020 lockdown speech, breaking his "simply instruction" to stay at home shortly after giving it.
For today's @tortoise Sensemaker:
tortoisemedia.com/2022/01/17/the…
UPDATE: Number 10 have just now admitted that this took place.
They say Johnson “commuted” between Downing Street and Chequers in the period 16th March and 27th March 2020.
Link updated with new story below.
NEW: Boris and Carrie Johnson alleged to have used Chequers between 16th and 27th March 2020 – with the PM accused of moving between Chequers and London against government guidance.
In today's @tortoise Sensemaker:
tortoisemedia.com/2022/01/14/sen…
‘We were promised an easy ride with a cash bonus thrown in’
Great stuff & worth watching whole speech from Baroness Boothroyd, who says ‘Brexit will shape these youngsters futures for the next fifty years’ #PeoplesVote
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NEW: YouGov poll for The Times puts Labour *33-points* ahead – the highest the party has ever recorded in ANY published poll since the late 1990s.
thetimes.co.uk/article/yougov…
Had fun on #BBCtw last night explaining why we need to be serious about the options facing our country. Time for a people's vote, and time for Portillo and pals to be realistic about the only route left out of the current gridlock
Exc: No10 lobbying up to 8 MPs nominated for peerages in Boris Johnson’s upcoming resignation honours list to defer them to 2024 to spare Truss by-election humiliation
But plan is constitutionally unprecedented and risks showdown with King, experts warn
thetimes.co.uk/article/f114c4…
EXC: Boris Johnson's resignation honours list has been finalised
The final list includes Nadine Dorries, three other MPs, the donor who arranged Johnson’s holiday to Mustique, and two former No 10 aides set to become the youngest life peers ever
NEW: Former cabinet minister Simon Clarke has tabled an amendment to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill to overturn the ban on new onshore wind
Tells me: "If we're going to have some anti-growth amendments on the bill we might as well have some pro-growth ones too"
Labour lead at *30 points* in this week's YouGov poll for The Times
That's the biggest Labour lead since Truss
CON 18 (=)
LAB 48 (+4)
LIB DEM 9 (-1)
REF UK 13 (-2)
GRN 7 (-1)
Fieldwork 7 - 8 May
My friend saw Corbyn today and Corbyn told him public vote still on the table. “Is that a promise?” Dom asked, “I wouldn’t have said it if I hadn’t mean it” came Corbyn’s reply. Hope?
