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We’re Gonna Build Some Buses and Mexico Is Gonna Pay
The UK will export 90 iconic red London buses to Mexico as export finance worth £1.7 billion enables buoyant Brexit Britain to break free into global markets. Theresa May will today visit the...
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EFTA Court Model Wins Backing of Key Brexiteers
We will find out more later, though it looks like the government is proposing to copy large aspects of the EFTA court to resolve future trade disputes with the EU. As has been evident for a while....
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New Labour MP: I Won’t Hang Out With Tory Women
New Labour MP Laura Pidcock is one to watch. Labour sources say she is one of the most hard-left people in Westminster, a true Corbynista hardliner who makes half the Shadow Cabinet look like...
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Sarah Smith Replacing Brillo on Sunday Politics
The BBC has announced its Scotland editor Sarah Smith will be replacing Andrew Neil as presenter of the Sunday Politics. Fun fact: Sarah is the daughter of former Labour leader John Smith....
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Northern Bubble
Our friends at the Guardian have attempted to get out of the London-centric politico-media bubble by appointing a Northern Editor, Helen Pidd. Their financial pressures had them even contemplating...
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Leftie Train-Segregator Chris Williamson’s 10 Looniest Moments
This is what Labour’s Chris Williamson said when @EvanHD asked if he’s closer in political philosophy to Hugo Chavez or Tony Blair… pic.twitter.com/6pT6jnIhUh — BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) 3 August...
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Wonks: Prioritise HS3 Over HS2
George Osborne is advocating a new high speed rail line (dubbed ‘HS3’) for the North of England, running from Liverpool to Hull. But it’s much more than another pressure tactic designed to trouble...
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Telegraph Bad For Business
A few years ago the Telegraph business desk was the best in Fleet Street, regularly better than the FT and streets ahead of the Times. It took a hit in 2014 when Richard Fletcher left to become Times...
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Jon Snow: Impartiality is Very Precious
Nick Robinson: “Lots of people say you, Channel 4 News, you’re not just liberal, you’re left-wing. Would it not just be more in touch if we just let go of these old rules?” Jon Snow: “I think...
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Net Migration Down 81,000
Net migration was 246,000 last year, down 81,000 from 327,000 the previous year. In total 588,000 people came to the country, down 50,000 from 638,000 the previous year. Emigration was 342,000, up...
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Mystery of Owen’s Missing £13,000 of Crowdfunding
Owen Jones launched a crowdfunding campaign during the general election called the ‘Stop a Tory Landslide Fund’. The Crowdpac page used to solicit donations records that a healthy £28,258 was raised....
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UKIP Leadership Candidate Linked to Belize Offshore Banking Firm
UKIP leadership candidate John Rees-Evans has a very eclectic CV. He claims to have been a “private soldier” working with the Ugandan People’s Defence Force to fight terrorists. He says he has worked...
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Canary Joins Impress
Corbynista spin factory The Canary has joined Max Mosley’s state-backed press regulator Impress. It might seem like they were made for each other, but The Canary‘s less than reality-based offerings...
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#Traingate II: Director’s Cut
For some inexplicable reason the usual suspects for Corbyn are trying to rehash the whole #Traingate saga. Why? Why now? The New Statesman’s Jasper Jackson has taken a fair minded look at the “new...
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Tory Brexiteer Group Welcomes Plan to End ECJ Jurisdiction
As Guido reported on Wednesday morning, the government’s proposals on ending the jurisdiction of the ECJ broadly have the support of Tory Brexiteers. Jacob Rees-Mogg, one of Leave MPs who tends to be...
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Libyan Welcome For Boris
The Libyan Army band gives a unique rendition of God Save The Queen for Boris Johnson. You’ll want the sound on for this one pic.twitter.com/M3pcONvJ3R — BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 25, 2017...
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Guardian Brexit Coverage Bewildering Remainers
Guido has spoken to several Remainers recently who have expressed bewilderment at the Guardian’s Brexit coverage. Their view is that among the Remain media, the Times, FT and online publications are...
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Dugher Unleashed
Guido has long had a grudging respect for Michael Dugher’s straight-talking approach to politics. Out of Westminster and unleashed, he’s letting Corbynistas know what he really thinks: Some good...
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Anne Marie Waters’ UKIP Candidacy Challenged
UKIP leadership hopeful Henry Bolton is challenging the candidacy of anti-Islam candidate Anne Marie Waters, accusing the party’s NEC of violating its rulebook by allowing her to stand. Bolton said:...
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Labour Candidate Who Spoke Out About Abuse Deselected
Readers will remember Amina Lone, the Muslim Labour councillor who defended Sarah Champion and spoke out about abuse by some British-Pakistani men. Just days later, Cllr Lone has been barred from...
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