Tim Baker
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Political Nerdery at Sky News. Views own etc. Tweets not subed. 🇬🇧⚽ 🇳🇿🏉. [email protected]
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Joined March 2011
27 October in the Commons:
This is the MoJ press release from October 27th confirming Lammy's new checks would kick in "from today". Two days later and the Algerian offender was mistakenly released, followed several days later by the second HMP Wandsworth inmate.
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Can't wait for the government explanation on why "immediate" is "two days"... like how summer ends up being by mid october and similar such nonsense
David Lammy says Kaddour-Cherif was released before the additional checks he ordered at prisons came into force. But on 27th October he told the Commons the extra checks would be "effective immediately". The MOJ briefed the same. Kaddour-Cherif was released on 29th October.
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The House of Commons hasn't even risen for recess, and the Lib Dems are already calling for it to be recalled over the escaped prisoners. @Alan_McGuinness negative time must be a record
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EXCLUSIVE 💥 w/@manu_midolo Nigel Farage's partner ran a eurosceptic group at the centre a secret years-long criminal investigation into fraud, money-laundering and forgery Today, two people connected to it have been convicted of diverting public funds through a network of
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Truly, a PMQs for the ages. One for the Guinness Books. History made. Bring back Lammy every week and again on Sunday. Sketch here.
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The beleaguered deputy prime minister angrily batted away questions about wrongly released prisoners but forgot one of the cardinal rules of politics
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William Smith was released from HMP Wandsworth due to a clerical error, Sky News understands. He was set free after court mistakenly told Wandsworth his custodial sentence was suspended. By the time a correction got to the right person, he'd already left.
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"Officials" definitely interesting phrasing - if civil service didn't tell ministers.... deputy heads may roll
So much to unpack with this Lammy statement: “My officials have been working through the night” - so clearly he was aware of the mistaken release at PMQs. “The public deserve answers” - which he refused to give in the Commons chamber. “I have already brought in the strongest
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EXCLUSIVE: Nvidia boss defends AI against claims of bubble by 'Big Short' investor 🔗Read more from our political reporter @TimJ_B
https://t.co/dkPDqLh7cw
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Michael Burry, who was played by Christian Bale in the 2015 film The Big Short, has bet against Nvidia and other technology stocks, causing market plunges worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
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EXCL: Jensen Huang of @Nvidia has defended his company - and the AI sector - after Big Short's @michaeljburry was revealed to have bet against them. Told me after meeting at Downing Street. Read: https://t.co/FkGFVMZQLs
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Michael Burry, who was played by Christian Bale in the 2015 film The Big Short, has bet against Nvidia and other technology stocks, causing market plunges worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Exclusive | Nvidia boss Jensen Huang to meet Technology Secretary Liz Kendall Read more from political reporter @TimJ_B ⬇️ https://t.co/rhjowvXbVF
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The head of the world's most valuable company will be meeting the minister as the government bets big on the tech sector for growth.
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EXCL w/@GLJourno: Counterterrorism police officers are examining claims that a British university broke national security laws by halting an academic’s research into forced labour in China after facing pressure from Beijing. Sheffield Hallam University suspended a project
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BREAKING - Sheffield Hallam becomes the UK’s first University to shut down research following demands from China after Britain’s Labour Government permitted foreign intervention in British Universities
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**Why is Downing Street considering breaking its manifesto promises on tax?** I’ve had chats with various folks tapped into the Budget talks that sheds light on why a path that would appear politically bonkers is now being looked at… 1/ Rachel Reeves by all accounts has
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Madush Kebatu - who sparked a 48 hour manhunt after being wrongly released from prison - says he tried to hand himself back in on Saturday, but was ignored by a police officer. He tells @SkyNews: "I [told] police, look here, police I am wanted man, I am arrested, I will give you
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Speaking to Sky News on the morning he arrived back in Ethiopia, Hadush Kebatu shared details of his accidental release from HMP Chelmsford while awaiting deportation.
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NOTE: Pentagon approved statement says, “This is not an American withdrawal from Europe or a signal of lessened commitment to NATO and Article 5.” That is not how it is being viewed by NATO Allies and Republican Armed Services Chairs in Congress where alarm about the surprise
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As part of the Secretary of War's deliberate process to ensure a balanced U.S. military force posture, the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division will redeploy as scheduled
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A budget meeting about thresholds, you say 🧐
Rachel Reeves leaving No11 this morning for PMQs forgot her must have folder, and one hears they have all had document training clearly not everyone was paying attention !! (quality crap as it was almost dark and raining) happy days (-;
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