Political Scrapbook

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Government paid London-based consultants £200,000 for 'close northern offices' report https://t.co/FwHArZTv6E

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Top Tories were star guests at 'misleading' fundraisers for Northern Irish DUP https://t.co/ZxhZTfzhf9

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Neil Hamilton on Enoch Powell's nice racism: "He wasn't a racist in the crude sense" https://t.co/2F1YR1XFTF

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Awkward: David Cameron's speech to the Ukrainian billionaire in probe over $150,000 Trump donation https://t.co/ZwoRPk2AZN

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Secret cuts: government kept 50% of children's centre closures out of official stats https://t.co/W7QVc2IOWP

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Daily Mail raves against 'indoctrination' of school kids. Better not mention what their own columnist is up to then. https://t.co/a1iwXWPcOL

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Official report: cabinet minister Chris Grayling lied to parliament over axed rail investment https://t.co/zed2KTdnUr

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More coverage of our Jacob Rees-Mogg-Russia revelation, this time in Private Eye https://t.co/aCBs3FrWF5

[Bevan Boy 💚 @mac123_m]

"We must stand up to Russia" says Jacob Rees Mogg, whilst his part owned company Somerset Capital has investments in Russian stock including Russia's largest bank Sberbank which has been on the international sanctions list since 2014.

The Tories & their dirty Russian money eh!

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Denial of problem is a principle grievance in Labour anti-semitism row. Here are #1 and #2 most-liked comments under JC statement on Facebook:

#1: "I don't know what the problem is"
#2: "I have never seen anti-semiticism [sic] in the Labour Party."
https://t.co/EYV7LmwFvv

[Craig Dempsey @SaorAlba59]

Revealed: Cambridge Analytica parent company director donated over £700,000 to Tories https://t.co/N8O6dKCuyW

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Nigel Farage was just reported for fly-tipping after dumping dead fish into the Thames https://t.co/2EsNYfYerW

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Revealed: Cambridge Analytica parent company director donated over £700,000 to Tories https://t.co/ZQf5f4Scnb

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REVEALED: UKIP could be closer to bankruptcy than previously thought https://t.co/b8IExIai9h

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And could face "an unlimited fine" or prison for it... https://t.co/BgEc3sMn9b

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Nigel Farage was just reported for fly-tipping after dumping dead fish into the Thames https://t.co/2EsNYfYerW

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Nigel Farage was just reported for fly-tipping after dumping dead fish into the Thames https://t.co/2EsNYfYerW

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Revealed: Cambridge Analytica parent company director donated over £700,000 to Tories https://t.co/ZQf5f4Scnb

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REVEALED: UKIP could be closer to bankruptcy than previously thought https://t.co/b8IExIai9h

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Our Jacob Rees-Mogg-Russia scoop is picking up traction... https://t.co/pi4k7xQgNI

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Oh look: Jacob Rees-Mogg’s fund management firm invests in a Russian bank with sanctions against it.

If he was a leftwing Labour MP, of course, your ears would currently be melting because of the screeching outrage from the right wing press

https://t.co/e6gsdamDYR

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It's four years since he quit, but Godfrey Bloom may yet play role in bankrupting UKIP https://t.co/IgYO9QSFdq

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The Tories cut £129m from the Ministry of Defence unit responsible for chemical weapons defence

Notice they have been silent about it, and instead use Jeremy Corbyn as a distraction

https://t.co/acWDGAsUAA

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Local council 'goes bankrupt' … but the area's Tory MPs want you to forget their pro-austerity rhetoric
https://t.co/CkwqQeMlhh