Defence secretary Gavin Williamson just gave a speech this afternoon responding to the incident in Salisbury in which he told Russia to ‘go away and shut up’.
Revealed: The Tories cut £129m from the MoD unit responsible for chemical weapons defence
Defence secretary Gavin Williamson will promise £48m for a new chemical weapons defence centre this afternoon in response to events in Salisbury last week. Williamson will say:
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EXCLUSIVE: Jacob Rees-Mogg firm manages nearly £100m invested in Russia
Jacob Rees-Mogg praised the Prime Minister’s plan to impose sanctions on Russia this afternoon, saying “tyrants must be stood up to”, Adding:
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Daily Mail readers give nuanced responses to Britain First being banned from Facebook
Facebook have just deleted the official page of far-right group Britain First and those of its leader Paul Golding and deputy leader Jayda Fransen – who were jailed last week for anti-Muslim hate crimes. In a statement the site said the group and its leaders broke Facebook’s ‘Community Standards’. The Mail Online covered the ban in a fairly neutral article this afternoon, but Mail readers, who’ve shared the article over 3k times, weren’t happy. Here are some of the highest rated comments:
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FAKE FOLLOWERS: which politicians have the most fake Twitter followers?
In our era of populism, politicians around the world compete to be the true voice of the people. And what better way to judge their success – on their own terms – than on their Twitter followers. But how many of these followers are actually real? Twitter have released a handy tool to check just this… let’s take a look shall we.
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Osborne dismissed closing attainment gap between rich and poor in draft 2010 manifesto
Scrapbook has come into possession of images taken of Osborne’s draft manifesto from 2010, held in the Conservative Party Archives in Oxford.
Tory MPs on Russia Today, Part II: Philip Davies, Crispin Blunt and some more Nigel Evans
Following May’s speech to the House regarding Russian involvement in the Salisbury spy poisoning, and Labour MP Chris Bryant’s question to the PM regarding sanctions against Russian state broadcaster Russia Today (or RT), Guido thought it would be a good idea to revive their old smear that only Labour court RT.
Russian Embassy jokes about Salisbury spy poisoning
With the ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in a critical condition, after being found poisoned on a Salisbury park bench, you would have thought it wasn’t the best time for jokes.
Daily Mail “Kate’s fingers” claim disproved by own front page photo
Hard-hitting news this morning folks: Kate Middleton’s fingers might be all the same length *shock/horror/gasp*. Or at least the Daily Mail thought so, even printing an image of Kate’s fingers–with a box around them to doubly make sure–so everyone could see for themselves that…yep..right..uh huh, yeah it’s complete bollocks.
YouGov: Labour now 2 points ahead of Tories
Following the Tories’ council by-election disaster this morning, a new YouGov poll today has Labour two points ahead of the Tories if a general election were called tomorrow.