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CCHQ to Impose Candidates on Associations
CCHQ has imposed emergency by-election rules on candidate selections to bypass standard Tory association procedures, Guido can reveal. In opposition-held key target seats and retirement seats where a...
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Ken Clarke Standing Again
Ken Clarke IS standing again, despite most news outlets reporting he was to retire. His office say: “He’s putting himself forward to be the Conservative candidate for Rushcliffe in June.” Delighted...
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Labour Emergency Selection Rules Bad News For Jez
Labour’s NEC has imposed emergency candidate selection procedures: Sitting Labour MPs will be automatically re-selected if they wish to stand again. So all the moderates can stand… Any vacant seats...
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Kim Jong-Corbyn Says “Debate Me Wu Coward”
Jeremy Corbyn came straight out at PMQs today to demand the PM face him in televised election debates. Brows furrowed throughout the House at a proposition akin to a quadruple amputee breezily...
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Arron Banks: “I Know Nothing About Clacton At All”
ICYMI: A BBC Essex exclusive: @Arron_banks says he “knows nothing about #Clacton” as he prepares to take on @DouglasCarswell to be town’s MP pic.twitter.com/4DOId4toTp — BBC Essex (@BBCEssex) 19 April...
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Campaign Report: 50 Days to Go
Tory message: This is an election to boost Brexit: only we can deliver a strong economy, strong defence and strong, stable leadership. Labour message: May broke her word on holding an election and...
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CCHQ Caught on Hop: Not Enough Candidates to Fill Seats
The Tories were quick out of the blocks with their rules for candidate selections yesterday, though CCHQ has been caught on the hop in terms of the actual candidates. The word is the Tories still do...
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Coalition of the Others Still Trails Tories
For all the talk of a “coalition of the others” (or “coalition of chaos” © T. May) it is still the case that adding the national vote share of Labour, the LibDems and the Greens gives 45%, 3% behind...
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Labour NEC Swerves Motion for Corbyn ‘Loyalty Pledge’
A motion to require every Labour candidate to pledge allegiance to Jeremy Corbyn was ignored yesterday at Labour’s NEC, Guido can reveal. Corbynista NEC member Pete Willsman proposed that every Labour...
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Barry Gardiner Loses It With Adam Boulton
A very squeaky and excitable Barry Gardiner reached for the Trump playbook and piled into Adam Boulton on Sky News this morning, accusing him of letting the Tories off the hook: “Why did you let him...
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Corbyn Crowd Boos and Shouts Down ITV Question
The first Corbynista media boos of the campaign, for ITV’s Libby Weiner who asked Jez if he was part of an “Islington elite”. Corbyn’s response: “I am very proud to represent Islington and it’s true,...
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Carswell Quits, Voting Tory
I have never felt more proud and honoured than when representing my Essex constituents in the House of Commons. Over the past twelve years I have had great fun working with, and getting to know, many...
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Corbyn’s Trump Playbook Speech in 30 Seconds
Attacking the media, “failing elites” and the “rigged system” – Corbyn’s campaign launch this morning was straight out of the Trump playbook. Jez had clearly had his Weetabix, he was energetic,...
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6 Tory Policies in Peril
Worth looking at which of David Cameron’s policies Theresa May is going to ditch. Her manifesto is in danger of looking a lot softer than Dave’s on the deficit and immigration. Here are the 2015 Tory...
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Goldman Sacks Pound Bear
Goldman’s top currency-market strategist Robin Brooks left the bank last month. Goldman Sachs was advising its clients that its “top trade” for 2017 was to short the British pound against the US...
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Tories Looking at Upminster For McVey
The departure of veteran Tory MP Angela Watkinson in Hornchurch and Upminster means the 16,000 majority seat is the subject of much interest among candidates. Guido’s local co-conspirator says Esther...
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Len Purges Coyne
On the day the votes in the Unite leadership election are counted, Len McCluskey’s rival Gerard Coyne has been suspended from his role as regional secretary in the West Midlands. He remains a Unite...
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Momentum: ‘Put a Tenner on Corbyn to Shorten the Odds’
Signs of an advanced strategy in play on campaign day three from Corbynistas at Momentum: “The odds are against Labour, but if enough of us bet a tenner on Labour to get the most seats or Corbyn to be...
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Dawn Butler: May Trying to Rig Democracy By Holding Election
Dawn Butler on Radio 4 this evening: “This election is Theresa May trying to rig democracy in our country”. Dawn voted for the election yesterday. First car crash interview of the campaign… The post...
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Campaign Report: 49 Days to Go
Tory message: The Labour, LibDem, SNP coalition of chaos would endanger Britain. Labour message: Britain suffers from a rigged system which only Labour can overturn. LibDem message: The LibDems are...
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