As I write, this is at risk of being MASSIVELY overshadowed by events. But cabinet secretary Simon Case is meant to give evidence to #covidinquiry Thursday. Should have been last year but he was sick and only returned to work in January. Another long 🧵(sorry).

“How shall we start the campaign?”

“Speech in the rain whilst Steve Bray plays the anthem that reminds people of Labour’s 1997 landslide.”

“OK. And in the evening?”

“Kick Sky out of your launch event but make sure they film it before you cut the line.”

Ben Gvir reminds me in some respects of Raynald of Châtillon (c. 1124 – 4 July 1187) the most bigoted, aggressive and uncompromising of Crusader leaders, who also claimed Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem as belonging to his side alone, and who did all he could to outrage the Muslims of the

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🚨Rishi Sunak IS calling a summer election this afternoon, sources tell The Guardian theguardian.com/politics/artic…

It’s on ! July 4th. Just had this from 3 people in last minute.

'These are some of the best legal minds in the world who gave their opinion.'

Amid the requested arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, Alicia Kearns MP tells Andrew Marr that 'there is a reason why we have the ICC and why we have been so reliant on it in the past'.

The really telling line in the Mercer email is about spads rejecting his calls for veterans to use ID at polling stations because it would “open the floodgates” to students using their cards too. Basically a tacit admission of a voter suppression strategy
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Netanyahu is out of touch with reality

I’m told Norway, Spain & Ireland will make a coordinated announcement announcing a joint move to recognise Palestine on 1967 borders. All will formally recognise on May 28 once internal processes are done. Slovenia will follow on June 13. Belgium and France also in play.

This is the government that Joe Biden and the Democrats are arming as well as protecting from international investigation. Shameful.

Jon Kay: 2 minutes ago you told us Kwasi Kwarteng & Liz Truss made mistakes... & now you're saying you're prepared to cut taxes against all the warnings from the IMF... are you potentially Kwasi Kwarteng 2.0?

Jeremy Hunt: No...

#BBCBreakfast

Johnny Mercer has let the Tory cat out of the bag...in a leaked email The Times and The Sunday Times he claimed that No 10 blocked veteran IDs for voting because it could “open the floodgates” for students to use their ID

CONCLUSION
Tories don't want everyone to vote.
Tories don't believe in a

Danny Baker, who happens to be white yet had no prior history of racism, posted a meme satirically depicting a new born Black baby as a monkey. The police investigation into him was dropped within days.

Marieha Hussain, who happens to be Asian, held a placard at a demonstration

BREAKING: The High Court rules that the Government's anti-protest legislation is unlawful, in a major victory for campaigners Liberty

The Court found Suella Braverman had lowered the threshold for police to intervene to even cover protests with 'normal' levels of disruption.

'Millions of people have been on the streets on the issue of Gaza... they've had fewer arrests than at a Glastonbury festival'

Sayeeda Warsi discusses Lord Walney's report highlighting a 'growing problem with protests' in the UK

#PMQs trib.al/dwvcRFT

📺 Sky 501

Terrific analysis👇 My deduction: IDF have failed to eliminate Hamas and are now moving to a long term counter-terrorist campaign. Which is what I advocated from the start. But without a parallel political and socio economic track this will just be a forever war. Fail.

Oh, they’re still around

LIVE: Even democratically-elected officials can commit war crimes. We cannot apply international law only when it’s convenient. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

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