'Oh it's even worse than I thought!'
In his immediate reaction to #PMQs James O’Brien delivers a compelling analogy for Liz Truss’ attempt to defend her tax cuts.
@mrjamesob | @theousherwood
If we were in the EU, we would get a share of the £122billion windfall tax on energy companies. But thanks to Brexit, we can now give energy companies £100billion instead, which you then have the pleasure of paying back for decades! #Winning
OK, I’ll say it. Every political journalist knows there’s stuff about Truss that could have brought down her campaign, just like there was more stuff about Johnson that could have finished him. I don’t have proof, other people do. Absolutely mad that we live in a world like this.
Have you ever heard a government minister say landlords should hold rent below inflation? Or told business owners they should hold down prices and take a hit on profits? Because we’re hearing a lot of them demand that of workers today!
I am autistic . Sometimes I struggle with reading messages in peoples faces , the subtleties are hard to see . Can anyone please tell me what @pritipatel ‘s face is saying here because it makes no sense to me at all .
Dominic Raab accuses Victoria Derbyshire of being partisan after she point out that the govt haven't got all the big calls right.
Raab: Your usual partisan self about all of this..
Victoria: Just because I ask you questions that you don't like, doesn't mean I'm partisan 👍
I have supported Boris Johnson for 15 years, for the London Mayoralty and for PM. Very sadly, I have written to him to say I can no longer do so, for the reasons set out below.
@GaryLineker Imagine if Angela Rayner
had maybe 6, 7 or 8 children by different men, cavorted with a male pole dancer, left her husband when he was ill, shacked up with a chap 20 odd years younger and then had two more children? Now, there's a story.