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Jeremy Hunt today said the UK economy is growing “even faster than the United States”.

Pretty shoddy stuff taking one quarter of growth instead of the last year.

Starmer's newest supporter is an old Bullingdon Club friend of David Cameron and Boris Johnson

If Starmer really wants to copy Blair’s presentational ideas he should bring back monthly press conferences

“Neill's emphasis on his magazine's independence from government money is just as bogus. During the pandemic the Speccie leaned heavily on furlough cash to stay afloat.”

Ridiculous point. Media industry, like many businesses, would have been finished if they didn’t use furlough

Saying Reform/Conservatives aren’t miles apart, JRM makes a common mistake, Reform voters are far from his Conservatism, they agree on migration, but are also v.anti system: most likely to back abolishing the Lords & more anti business favouring greater Government intervention

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Good texture on this from Stefan Boscia this morning politico.eu/newsletter/lon…

EXCL Sue Gray stifled Angela Rayner’s promise to get the party’s (now watered down) workers’ rights reforms introduced within 100 days of a Labour government.

All this and more on today’s showdown meeting between Starmer and the unions in Playbook.

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Several members of women’s PLP Whatsapp group posted angry messages about the latest revelations on Natalie Elphicke at the weekend, then swiftly deleted them

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EXCL Sue Gray stifled Angela Rayner’s promise to get the party’s (now watered down) workers’ rights reforms introduced within 100 days of a Labour government.

All this and more on today’s showdown meeting between Starmer and the unions in Playbook.

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Worth noting Cameron's comments to Sun Times which heavily suggest he was trying to persuade Trump by talking about his own self-interests if he wins in Nov.

“What I tried to do across US and everywhere is get across the idea that it’s in nobody’s interest that Putin is on the

For someone who talked a lot about being the positive choice in the election during his speech, Rishi Sunak is coming across as very tetchy and angry in the Q+A afterward.

Sunak comes out with a new line about Labour trying to reduce 'the last 14 years [of Tory rule] to just 49 days [of Liz Truss].'

Good to finally see a PM or senior minister call out how much of an economic/soft power force Premier League is for UK

Sunak: 'Everywhere from rural Kenya to the cityscapes of South Korea, people stay up at all times of the day and night to watch their favourite British team'

Definitely one for resignation watch 👀

Oliver Dowden is going to Saudi to try and bring billions of £ back to Britain.

But Sophie Inge writes that it comes just after Saudi has been accused of killing protesters to clear land for an infrastructure project.

Should Dowden still be going?

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