The prime minister will address the 1922 committee of Conservative MPs, amid speculation she could be about to face a vote of no confidence in her leadership https://t.co/1fdfWfnUSG
— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 23, 2018
Further creativity from EU. Mitigating risks of Brexit UK-wide preferable & easier. But absolutely crucial that NI backstop remains as the ultimate protection until or unless a different solution is found that ensures open border in Ireland & protects GFAhttps://t.co/xG2rLuQqz0
— Stephen Farry (@StephenFarryMLA) October 23, 2018
"other cabinet ministers… hit back… They said the EU will never agree to a time limit on the Irish border backstop and the government should not be imposing unrealistic red lines on the negotiations that will destroy the chances of getting a deal"
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) October 23, 2018
A shocked cabinet was today told no-deal Brexit may force government to own or operate lorry ferries, because freight through Dover and Channel Tunnel could fall 85% and we’d run out of vital goods, food and medicine https://t.co/gbFn5wsDxH
— Robert Peston (@Peston) October 23, 2018
Brian.
The fish aren’t ours.
They’re fish, they swim where they like. They don’t really give a toss about boundaries or borders. They’ve probably never even heard of Brexit. They’re fish. https://t.co/cDOEDbQing
— Ian Aberdein (@EssexBuccaneer) October 23, 2018
National interest? Brexit means:
🔹Fewer NHS doctors
🔹Fewer NHS nurses
🔹More NHS rota gaps
🔹Longer NHS trolley waits
🔹Threatened NHS drug supplies
🔹Endangered NHS patientsAnd that, Theresa May, is a complete and utter national disgrace. https://t.co/qQE0lrPPGH
— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) October 23, 2018
Brexiteer James Dyson has opted to build his new electric car in Singapore
— Adam Boulton (@adamboultonSKY) October 23, 2018
Never seen so many UKIP members attend a meeting in Strasbourg before…the subject? ….Members entitlements after Brexit!!! pic.twitter.com/9c1nn43t7b
— Julie Girling #FBPE (@juliegirling) October 23, 2018
World's largest trading bloc makes trade deal with world's 3rd largest economy but UK will ensure they don't have access because it thinks (or 60 MPs do) that it can do better. https://t.co/6kzf8WD65g
— alt-DUP (@dup_online) October 23, 2018
The Guardian view on the Daily Mail and Brexit: a very public shift | Editorial https://t.co/fWfsqxH58V
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 23, 2018
Meanwhile..
The Telegraph has a story it can’t tell. And we know roughly what it’s about. It might not be your paper of choice but this is worth fighting to reverse. https://t.co/EBpHcDmV9K
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) October 23, 2018
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WORLD
They murdered his Dad, dismembered his body, orchestrated a cover-up, lied about the murder, then lied about the cover-up…and now are forcing Khashoggi's son, who is a captive in his own country, to participate in a photo-op shaking hands with the prince who murdered his Dad. https://t.co/LfEym9CxAR
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) October 23, 2018
It’s an episode of The Apprentice, where the biggest problem was that they got caught…
Trump: Saudis "had a very bad original concept, carried out poorly, and the cover up was the worst in the history of cover ups. The worst cover up ever.”
“Whoever thought of that idea is in big trouble, and they should be," Trump says of Khashoggi's murderers. pic.twitter.com/IyU2wkD6Sb
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) October 23, 2018
Oh. My. Word. What a quote to sum up where we are…. https://t.co/GXMbCP5YH7
— Jon Sopel (@BBCJonSopel) October 23, 2018
Crisis management?
Right now the administration does not have Ambassadors in Mexico, Saudi Arabia or Turkey, and no nominees for those posts— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) October 23, 2018
Opinion: In Erdogan’s quest for answers over Khashoggi’s murder, there’s a broader agenda https://t.co/IJXcn0pYJq
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 23, 2018
Elsewhere…
There are approximately 15,000 nuclear weapons that exist in the world, and the U.S. maintains roughly half of them. Deterrence is intact, a larger arsenal will only be destabilizing. https://t.co/Dk3gpx26Dt
— William J. Perry (@SecDef19) October 23, 2018
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TRUMPWORLD
All of the evening news broadcasts are leading with what Republicans want as the top story.
Meanwhile, they did not air a single health care segment for all of 2018. https://t.co/zZVhEOHZtJ
— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) October 22, 2018
Trump admits he has no evidence to back up his claim that "unknown Middle Easterners" are in the caravan: "There’s no proof of anything. There’s no proof of anything, but there could very well be.”
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) October 23, 2018
VP Mike Pence says he's been told by the Honduran president that the caravan was organized "by leftist organization and financed by Venezuela."
"And the Democrats, maybe?" Pres. Trump suggests. Asked for proof, the president says, "You're going to find out." pic.twitter.com/YIxAQeTPBd
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) October 23, 2018
A photo of bloodied law enforcement officers from 2012 was used to make false claims about the migrant caravan. Here’s Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, helping spread it: https://t.co/03omMOnwPS pic.twitter.com/2bqji6TwwH
— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) October 23, 2018
On the #Caravan story. First, this is NOT illegal migration. Everyone know they are coming, they will reach the border and they will (potentially) ask for asylum. That's not illegal. Asking for asylum is a right they have. 1/5
— Dany Bahar (@dany_bahar) October 23, 2018
Two weeks…
GOP heads into midterms with zero policy goals other than targeting Pelosi, refugees, and media https://t.co/6iWRLuQfiC
— Daily Kos (@dailykos) October 23, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mob rule. A socialist takeover. Terrorists marching on the U.S. border.
As President Trump embraces the role of electoral boogeyman, he’s making closing arguments to midterm voters that increasingly resemble a Halloween horror story.
https://t.co/pNMuZW9CEw— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 23, 2018
and, well, yeah…
A Florida man who was arrested for groping a woman on a Southwest flight bound for New Mexico told federal agents that President Trump said it's permissible to grab women by their "private parts." https://t.co/UEcUIrVmdX
— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) October 23, 2018
Go figure…
I have a number of questions. https://t.co/OP5rQEtDok
— Joe McNally (@GaspardWinckler) October 23, 2018