.@MattCartoonist on the Tory leadership contest pic.twitter.com/DIFaGeir6v
— Matt Cartoons (@MattCartoonist) June 10, 2019
Truth bombs in every line. This is aces stuff 😆😆😆 Tory hopefuls prove you don’t need to be on drugs to be off your head https://t.co/9mEhq5zGX7
— Bimpe Archer (@BimpeIN) June 10, 2019
Michael Gove ‘“ people shouldn’t be defined by the biggest mistake they’ve made in their lives “. I wish
— Gerald Ratner (@geraldratner) June 10, 2019
This profile of Boris Johnson in the NS pulls no punches!
"If, heaven forbid, he becomes prime minister he will finally be exposed for the snake-oil salesman that he is, but the country will have paid a grievous price." https://t.co/HsH77KlCSY— Emily Thornberry (@EmilyThornberry) June 9, 2019
Tax and spending promises by leadership candidates:
– Raab: £30bn+ tax cut;
– Hunt: £20bn+ more spending on defence;
– Johnson: £10bn tax cut;
– Gove: abolish VAT;
Me in @thetimes https://t.co/8JUzyfdPMl on lack of seriousness. What are their actual fiscal strategies?— Paul Johnson (@PJTheEconomist) June 10, 2019
Little surprises me in politics any more but even I’m startled by the dire quality of debate in this Tory leadership contest. It is largely devoid of any engagement with reality; full of people saying things they don’t believe. It neatly captures how we ended up in this mess. https://t.co/1BRyMP371A
— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) June 10, 2019
What a horror show the Tory leadership election is. Tax cuts for the richest, attacks on abortion rights, hypocrisy on drugs, continued Brexit delusion. True colours well and truly on show.
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) June 10, 2019
#ToryLeadeshipContest contenders as inanimate objects: a thread
— Hazel B (@hazelbhazelb) June 10, 2019
this longer version of that Lorraine Kelly/Esther McVey clip might be the most brutal thing I've ever witnessed pic.twitter.com/B8NTPes6uT
— Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion) June 10, 2019
Brexit 'already causing serious and lasting damage to our economy' as it contracts by 0.4% https://t.co/TFLo7ZNDEM
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) June 10, 2019
It's not just the Tories who have problems with Brexit. Monday night is Fight Night at the PLP – and tonight was one of most heated for a while.https://t.co/AQyxQJhZEy
— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) June 10, 2019
After centuries, could the two-party system finally be finished by Brexit? https://t.co/4mCwWwCOrK
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) June 10, 2019
What won't be reported by the people using this news to bash the BBC: the reason this is happening is the government deciding to no longer fund the subsidy. The BBC had to either cancel the free licenses or find £750m elsewhere in its budget. Blame the Tories, not the Beeb. https://t.co/3dQYTHMcYA
— Seb Patrick (@sebpatrick) June 10, 2019
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TRUMPWORLD
President Trump teases an additional deal between the US and Mexico that the Mexican Foreign Secretary suggests doesn't exist https://t.co/yabRVFjp1i pic.twitter.com/64o4B8y1mG
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 10, 2019
President Trump: "When you look at past impeachments, whether it was Pres. Clinton or I guess Pres. Nixon never got there, he left. I don't leave. There's a big difference. I don't leave. We did nothing wrong except create the greatest economy in the history of our country." pic.twitter.com/SCbihvau6U
— The Hill (@thehill) June 10, 2019
Justice Dept. offers new insight into what it calls a "broad" and "multifaceted" review of the origins of the Russia investigation https://t.co/OhG4kojtE3
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 10, 2019
BOOM: Former US attorney tells Congress she would be willing to ‘personally’ prosecute Trump – https://t.co/NWLwgwwXfT
— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 10, 2019
House appeals ruling rejecting lawsuit to block spending on Trump border wall https://t.co/R1ug5u859E
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 10, 2019
Macron and Trump's 'friendship tree' has died https://t.co/X4ujE1YSyv
— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 10, 2019
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WORLD
A helicopter pilot is dead in a crash on top of a 51-story building in Manhattan. Officials saw no sign of terrorism. https://t.co/S870fJpUTO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 10, 2019
Trump has threatened to raise tariffs on China again if Xi Jinping doesn't meet with him at the upcoming G-20 summit in Japan https://t.co/buXnddEhTU
— Bloomberg Next China (@next_china) June 10, 2019
The slain half brother of North Korea's leader was an informant for the CIA who met on several occasions with agency operatives https://t.co/dudpA4THXD
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 10, 2019
North Korea’s Yusang-ni missile operating base is reported to stockpile ICBMs that offer first-strike capability against targets in U.S, the Pacific, and East Asia.
Read the report: https://t.co/2i5WJI8Eq4 pic.twitter.com/7HMPe2ozOo
— CSIS (@CSIS) June 9, 2019
The US has officially submitted its extradition package to the UK for Assange. No additional charges on top of the 18-count superseding indictment, as I reported last week: https://t.co/K6Uuf6PHDy
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 10, 2019
Iran has accelerated enrichment of uranium, IAEA says https://t.co/q7toovOvy3 pic.twitter.com/SRvcyoXeaj
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 10, 2019
Finally…
Out of the hospital, headed to Boston: David Ortiz.
Man who had driven a stricken Ortiz to the hospital asked him if he had problems with anyone. Ortiz had replied: “No, my brother, I’ve never wronged anyone.” https://t.co/luHguLYwFK @AP— David Beard (@dabeard) June 10, 2019
The Overnight Note 