James Heale
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Deputy Political Editor @spectator
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Joined August 2012
Echoes of Simon McDonald and Boris here: https://t.co/1Hgu8LlwGV
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Former head of Civil Service suggests there was enough evidence to go ahead, increasing pressure on Prime Minister
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In August, it was 20 years since the death of Robin Cook – probably New Labour's best performer in the House. This clip is one of only two times he handled PMQs and shows how assured he was at the despatch box: https://t.co/qyu4WwltJz
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I don’t know this gent’s name but he has stood out all conference, impressive
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History rarely names its infrastructures while they’re being built. • Gold was just metal until it became money. • TCP/IP was just plumbing until it became the internet. Bitcoin may be next. See my latest article: The Movement to Anchor Stablecoins on Bitcoin 🔗
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A grinning @maxwell_marlow proudly displays the prize purchase of conference Fellow think tanker calls him a “fucking idiot”
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Confident delivery and a proper rabbit - Kemi Badenoch gave a good speech: https://t.co/MeMOpHBc89
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Had Kemi Badenoch's conference speech been a disaster, one can imagine a flurry of letters being triggered by nervy Tory MPs
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Attendee numbers were down at conference - but not at @SpectatorEvents. Well done to the team for another great programme in Manchester
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IEA rapturous on Badenoch announcement: “Abolishing stamp duty is the single best reform any government could make to Britain's tax system.”
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Bosch?
Thomas Skinner says he was not good enough for Strictly: ‘I move like a fridge’
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7.5 million views. Polanski filling the void left by Corbyn/Sultana’s failure
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And the Oxford Union press officer that day? Sheridan Westlake. From "Out of the Blue":
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Top of the list for "how to be a candidate" training ought to be "pulling a pint". Impressive efforts from Badenoch and Philp here:
🍺 Which Tory pours the best pint? We tested 7 of them in our #POLITICOPub: Our scores out of 10: @KemiBadenoch: 9 @Katie_Lam_MP: 7 @BenHouchen: 4 @JamesCleverly: 6 @griffitha: 0 @CPhilpOfficial: 10 @pritipatel: 5 Watch our interviews with them here: https://t.co/xHbvmn3bHH
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A performance that will – to borrow from Dora Gaitskell – have all the right people crying: https://t.co/ruBWsvaxEB
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It was a performance from Robert Jenrick that will – to borrow from Dora Gaitskell – have all the right people crying
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A seasoned ex spad messages: “All the Tory twinks have gone to Reform”
The Conservative Party is dying. So what will happen to the tweed-clad Tory boys? I��m in today’s @Telegraph
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Among the defectors today are Richard Holden’s former spad Robbie Lammas and ex CCHQ regional press officer Denise Howard
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Reform trickling out a steady drum beat of defections this morning
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