Roger Ellens

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

"Were Count Binface to be elected as Count Binface your mandate is as Count Binface. Now under current parliamentary rules you wouldn't be able to appear in the Chamber like this."

@nicholaswatt on the challenges facing Count Binface if he's elected in Clacton.

#Newsnight

[Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot]

Some much of this is about emphasising how Burnham is a politician to his fingertips and how he actually wants to hear what his MPs are picking up in their constituencies to test the public mood. But can he really deliver all he promises here?

[Colin the Dachshund @DachshundColin]

He's going to win if he keeps making points like this.

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

Robert Jenrick:

"Nigel Farage had the courage to put himself up for a by-election, which very few people do in politics."

Telegraph interviewer: "Well, you didn't."

Robert Jenrick: "Well, quite. Very few people do it."

It just gets funnier and funnier.

[Times Politics @timespolitics]

Nigel Farage faces new questions over timing of £5m gift https://t.co/k9BeOPZ00k

[Roger Ellens @RogerEllens]

@bencsmoke Broadcasters literally have to give him due weight during an election period. You’re going to be seeing a lot more of Binface on TV

[Mike H @mikoh123]

Nigel Farage’s gamble to call by-election in Clacton has turned out to be a massive mistake as Count Binface who seems to be his only real competitor has made it onto #newsnight
#votebinface and save the taxpayer £350,000 is surely an election winning slogan.

[LBC @LBC]

“They told me to just lie!”

Former Reform councillor @RobbieLammas reveals the story behind why he was forced to quit the party.

[politicoUK @politicouk25]

Robert Jenrick: “Nigel Farage had the courage to put himself up for a by-election”

Tim Stanley: “Well you didn’t”

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

EXCLUSIVE:

Andy Burnham has pledged to rebuild the country’s “hard power” by ensuring that billions of pounds of additional defence spending is focused on the UK rather than given to American or European companies

In his first big foreign policy intervention, the prime minister in waiting said that he wanted to “level with” the public about the amount of money that would be required to meet the UK’s pledge to spend 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2035

Writing in The Times, he said he wanted the investment to go into “regenerating and reindustrialising the country”, supporting British jobs and British workers, instead of relying on equipment bought from other countries

He said Britain needed to reduce its foreign dependency, adding that doing so was “critical for both our economic and national security” and would be a core priority for his premiership

He also pledged to build closer ties with European countries on defence and security, particularly France and Germany, while also committing to going faster in negotiations with the EU more broadly on tackling illegal migration and economic security

“It is right that we rebuild our hard power for a new era that is very different to the one in which much of our current military equipment was first designed

“Crucially, as we do so, I want to ensure we back British workers and businesses. This means we must go much further than ever before through the defence investment plan in backing British resilience, using a sustained increase in defence investment not only to provide the kit our armed forces need, but also to generate economic growth and create apprenticeships and jobs in communities that have seen opportunities drain away.

“We will also focus on reducing foreign dependency, securing inward investment and building new industrial partnerships with allies. Reindustrialisation through defence — and other sectors — is critical for both our economic and national security, building resilience in all our places. It will be a core priority for me.”

https://t.co/c3dWDD9phh

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

Presumably there will be a Question Time special with just Nigel Farage and Count Binface.

[Roger Ellens @RogerEllens]

@Fox_Claire “Becoming the Prime Minister is a gimmick”

Ok.

[Kevin Hollinrake MP @kevinhollinrake]

Every other MP manages to fill in a register of interests without blaming MI5

[Adam Boulton @adamboultonTABB]

No I didn’t like you misrepresenting what happened.

[Patrick Maguire @patrickkmaguire]

Obviously all of this is an implicit — just about — critique of Starmer’s style of party management but this bit is particularly pointed

For a long time KS was seldom seen in the division lobbies…

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Sky News has analysed how voters for Reform, Labour and the Conservatives feel about Nigel Farage's decision to resign as an MP in order to trigger a by-election.

Sky's @robpowellnews looks deeper at the numbers.

🔗 https://t.co/lwV6hBgi3P

[Roger Ellens @RogerEllens]

@GeoffNorcott Why would there be a bounce when he’s not started the job and hasn’t done anything?

[LBC @LBC]

Count Binface ‘quietly confident’ ahead of Clacton by-election run as he brands Commons dress rules ‘binnist’

https://t.co/u5VBOgcxeL

[Roger Ellens @RogerEllens]

@SuellaBraverman We’re still waiting for your byelection to be called.

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

Andy Burnham supporter MP Polly Billington and former Conservative cabinet minister David Gauke discuss whether greater public control of the water industry is the answer.

📢Today Debate: Can the next Prime Minister end the cost of living crisis?

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