So the line’s changed again. No.10 now claiming Boris was aware of the Rashford campaign before today. They’re just making this up as they go along now. It’s embarrassing.
@Hepworthclare So #sackcummings has moved on from being an adviser he is running the show and basically if he is to go he has to sack himself. Unelected and unaccountable democracy is dead.
So, Johnson is having some local difficulty, the Tory backbenchers are revolting (see what I did there ?)
Meeting of 1922 Executive Committee tomorrow.
They're not happy about Cummings either.
#Newsnight
Rishi Sunak is preparing to break the Conservative party’s “triple lock” state pension pledge, amid Treasury fears that the policy could soon become unaffordable because of the fallout from the coronavirus crisis.
via @FT @GeorgeWParker
https://t.co/5rq4vB9UfO
Nick Watt on anger over the handling of free school meals. A Cabinet Minister told him-
“You do have to ask questions about Dominic Cummings. He's meant to be this brilliant political operator- but this issue should have been dealt with a week ago"
@nicholaswatt | #Newsnight
Things Boris Johnson has recently said he hadn’t heard of:
- Marcus Rashford’s free school meals campaign.
- Dominic Cummings’ trip to Durham.
- “No recourse to public funds” for over a million migrants.
- BBC breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty.
#BorisJohnson has made many disgraceful decisions. To merge #DFID with the #Foreignoffice is as awful as any. 'Cashpoint in the sky'? How crude and ignorant. I have seen #DfiD projects saving lives and livelihoods of the poorest. He is killing that work. #دلع_حرمتك_في_ياسلوك
1279 new cases yesterday. 233 dead. Still performing worse than virtually every other country on earth. And one of the main reasons is currently presenting slides he has seen for the first time, and calls it ‘good progress’
We’ve been asked by readers whether it was government policy on the 19th of March to send hospital patients back into care homes without making it mandatory to test them for Covid-19.
This is correct. The policy lasted in England until 15 April.
https://t.co/3D2vURURP9
'PM understands issues facing families across UK. He'll respond to Marcus Rashford’s letter as soon as he can'
-Official Spokesman June 15
'I congratulated him on his campaign which I only became aware of very recently, in fact today'
-Boris Johnson June 16
How PM does politics
This is another welcome u-turn from Boris Johnson.
The thought of 1.3 million children going hungry this summer was unimaginable.
Well done to @MarcusRashford and many others who spoke out so powerfully about this issue.
#HolidaysWithoutHunger
Look out for Marcus Rashford. He’s dealt a blow to the Tories. The right wing media won’t forget this and won’t tolerate him setting an example for others, also he’s black.
It won’t be tomorrow, but we all know the media will come for him. Be ready to defend and back him up.
Something clearly very amiss with NO 10 political operation if PM only heard of the FREE SCHOOL MEALS campaign yesterday .What about PPS ,Whips Office ,Spads ,DWP (sayno more) ,and of course EducationDept ? #embarassinglybaddeeplydisappointingforHeavensSakegetagrip
I often share my articles on here and ask you to read them. But this article of mine, from last week, you really really need to read and share.
It’s about the growing and violent and under-reported Boogaloo threat:
https://t.co/J6kzeylhSa
Jesus! @BorisJohnson says he was only aware of the free school meals campaign today. The Tory MP who chairs the education select committee has been on this for weeks. How on earth does this clown fill his day?
Martin Gugino, the 75-year-old protester who was pushed by two Buffalo, New York, police officers earlier this month, has a fractured skull and is not able to walk, his lawyer said in a statement provided to CNN https://t.co/5anz3qUqZM