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Laura Kuenssberg ‏@bbclaurak

What on earth happened between Gove and Johnson? Conspiracies start here ..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36679738

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Warning: Contains Americans doing "British" accents.

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Michael Crick ‏@MichaelLCrick now3 seconds ago

There must be a good chance that Theresa May will be Prime Minister by next Thursday, if she gets commanding lead among MPs

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Michael Crick ‏@MichaelLCrick now3 seconds ago

There must be a good chance that Theresa May will be Prime Minister by next Thursday, if she gets commanding lead among MPs

best price 5/12 now...surely buying money.

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Tom Newton Dunn Verified account
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New Opinium poll: 7% of Leavers regret the way they voted, 3% of Remainers do. That would wipe out Brexit's majority.


(personally, i thought 7% was quite low) (all hypothetical anyway)

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Tom Newton Dunn Verified account
‏@tnewtondunn

New Opinium poll: 7% of Leavers regret the way they voted, 3% of Remainers do. That would wipe out Brexit's majority.


(personally, i thought 7% was quite low) (all hypothetical anyway)

And if my auntie had bollocks etc.

I'm more surprised that even through all this one way traffic of single opinion 3% are going the other way.

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Lucy Fisher ‏@LOS_Fisher now10 seconds ago

McDonnell: I'm a critic of UK financial services, but sector tax revenue tops £66bn. Job losses & relocations won't just affect "fat cats"


currently doing a major speech

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Labour Party gains 60,000 new members in one week following attempted coup against Corbyn

total membership is was c400,000

(assuming there is a leadership contest to go to the members at some stage, the crucial thing will be how these 60k split...joining up to support Corbyn or joining up to get rid of him?)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-party-gains-60000-new-members-following-attempted-coup-against-corbyn-a7112336.html

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Tom Newton Dunn Verified account
‏@tnewtondunn

New Opinium poll: 7% of Leavers regret the way they voted, 3% of Remainers do. That would wipe out Brexit's majority.


(personally, i thought 7% was quite low) (all hypothetical anyway)

And if my auntie had bollocks etc.

I'm more surprised that even through all this one way traffic of single opinion 3% are going the other way.

Have to agree, 3% going other way makes it look utter tosh. Unless it was DC and his staff

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Andrea Leadsom has overtaken Gove to become second favourite in the leadership race - reflects mood in party

http://specc.ie/299vU8W

key takeaways post gove and mcdonnell, may yesterday are

- no article 50 this year
- all end freedom of movement
 

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Osborne abandons surplus target of 2020 blaming brexit, Alistair Campbell would be proud of that one.

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Osborne abandons surplus target of 2020 blaming brexit, Alistair Campbell would be proud of that one.

its true though? lower path of growth = lower tax revenue for starters.

nothing to do with spin, as carney said yesterday its an event shock that renders all previous forecasts moot.

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Osborne abandons surplus target of 2020 blaming brexit, Alistair Campbell would be proud of that one.

its true though? lower path of growth = lower tax revenue for starters.

nothing to do with spin, as carney said yesterday its an event shock that renders all previous forecasts moot.

Dont doubt it, but it wasnt going to happen anyway.

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Osborne abandons surplus target of 2020 blaming brexit, Alistair Campbell would be proud of that one.

its true though? lower path of growth = lower tax revenue for starters.

nothing to do with spin, as carney said yesterday its an event shock that renders all previous forecasts moot.

Dont doubt it, but it wasnt going to happen anyway.

that may be so, but we'll never know now