Responding to government denials this morning one source who was at the leaving party tells me:
1. The PM orchestrated the event
2. He encouraged people to fill their glasses after a tense day
3. He gave a speech and chatted to everyone for 20mins or so
No10 dispute all this.
Jess Phillips MP reads the names of the women killed in the UK in the last year, where a man has been convicted or charged as the main perpetrator
It takes her more than four minutes
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@AdrianPAtkinson @SWhatmuff@richardsiddle@vinesack@Tambourine_Mgmt That’s not how I remember it: there were loads of Utd fans at school: Smith, Muncaster spring to mind. Vollands as token City fan. They just weren’t as loud as us. Can’t think why they wanted to keep it quiet...
Cummings statement gives Johnson chance to sack him and then reinstate him at a future date on the basis that “he did nothing wrong in the first place”
BREAKING: The Conservative Party is threatening to review Channel 4’s public service broadcasting obligations after it replaced Boris Johnson with an ice sculpture at tonight's debate
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