Labour pushes for MPs’ inquiry to head off Greensill scandal ‘cover-up’ https://t.co/7JulHvGQrl
— The Guardian (@guardian) April 13, 2021
Will The Cameron Lobbying Row Damage Rishi Sunak?
— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) April 12, 2021
The WaughZone is back:https://t.co/h4AezJRgNJ
David Cameron’s Greensill statement: key passages and what they mean https://t.co/kgAlllQ8ff
— The Guardian (@guardian) April 12, 2021
So David Cameron finally made a statement. Make no mistakes, this is down to my brilliant FT colleagues (@PickardJE, @cynthiao) and ST counterparts (@Gabriel_Pogrund, @jcollingridgeST)
— Robert Smith (@BondHack) April 12, 2021
Also: when journalists get annoyed at being ignored, it's because the public deserve answers! https://t.co/LQ9MClNXIg
I wonder if this inquiry – given it involves so many of Johnson’s serving ministers – will get to report in my lifetime. https://t.co/DABQJZhKTT
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) April 12, 2021
This is not a review into David Cameron's lobbying activities – or Rishi Sunak's decision to push civil servants to help Greensill after Cameron's lobbying.
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) April 12, 2021
You've been played. https://t.co/GehdxPLOLS
So, let’s get this clear. Johnson has appointed to investigate Cameron & Sunak’s role in setting up a corporate financing facility a senior partner from the company employed by Sunak to advise on setting up a corporate finance facility. Reassured? https://t.co/xHvBhQCHx6
— John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) April 12, 2021
This by @DrHannahWhite is fascinating and informative on how the Cameron lobbying does not actually engage, still less breach, any regulatory regimes – and that's the problem
— davidallengreen (@davidallengreen) April 12, 2021
Falls straight through the gapshttps://t.co/SaTK1u42qT
A moment’s silence for David Cameron and all those like him that find themselves “trapped in wealth” pic.twitter.com/2VJlKZbjma
— Marina Purkiss (@MarinaNigrelli) April 12, 2021
Meanwhile…
MPs line up to trot out the tropes in tribute to Prince Philip | John Crace https://t.co/Trxm6OHlw7
— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) April 12, 2021
Boris Johnson cancels plan to raise pint on Monday as pubs reopen out of respect to Prince Philiphttps://t.co/pndMYypKHp pic.twitter.com/gw3MPLx17S
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) April 9, 2021
A good point. MPs are spending seven & half hours giving tributes to Prince Philip but only spent five hours scrutinizing Boris Johnson’s final brexit deal which will affect the lives & livelihoods of millions of people for generations to come https://t.co/3unCBNmGOm
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) April 12, 2021
This sombre week of national mourning is so moving. pic.twitter.com/rFKkgAWYe4
— Brendan May (@bmay) April 12, 2021
BBC’s Prince Philip coverage breaks UK TV complaints record https://t.co/L9cvDEv7LB
— The Guardian (@guardian) April 12, 2021
Sadly this feels like a decisive moment in the relationship between the BBC and the licence fee payers. pic.twitter.com/L0ghOB17Z9
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) April 12, 2021
The chief of an indigenous group in the South Pacific island of Vanuatu that venerated Prince Philip offered condolences to Britain’s royal family https://t.co/ixCYoZU5Gz pic.twitter.com/CqaX7qkFQu
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 12, 2021
the news at the moment pic.twitter.com/x52knc2KNz
— Michael Spicer (@MrMichaelSpicer) April 12, 2021
And…
Very sad Shirley Williams has died. I was lucky to be taught by her at Harvard and to forge a friendship across the political divide in politics. Kind, eclectic with the sharpest of minds she was a female pioneer and a giant of the political centre ground https://t.co/A3zh9T5HhS
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) April 12, 2021
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ANOTHER BLACK MAN SHOT BY POLICE IN MINNESOTA
Breaking News: The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, at a traffic stop did so accidentally, and meant to fire a Taser instead, the police chief said. https://t.co/fPreyUfMxP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 12, 2021
Warning: Graphic footage, including the shooting
— The Recount (@therecount) April 12, 2021
Here's the body camera footage of the killing of Daunte Wright that was just released. pic.twitter.com/A2X8qS8ZFH
The death of Daunte Wright is not the first time police claimed an officer mistook a gun for a Taser. https://t.co/yiDtlEoNJd
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 12, 2021
Daunte Wright was stopped for expired plates, but driving while Black may have been his "crime." https://t.co/1iyj4Dkuzp
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 12, 2021
“There is structural racism embedded within the police force in this nation”.
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) April 12, 2021
Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown tells @krishgm that US policing has developed a culture of “black lives don’t matter”. pic.twitter.com/aThWQUoEAp
Another sign of a democracy in poor health: a class of citizens must live in constant fear that they will fall victim to state violence.
— Hakeem Jefferson (@hakeemjefferson) April 12, 2021
One of the officers has been terminated, according to a statement released by the town of Windsor, Virginia.
— ABC News (@ABC) April 12, 2021
"The town has also requested a full investigation by the Virginia State Police," the statement said. https://t.co/92GsbsDdea
We interrupt our interruption of the police killing trial with another police killing to bring you this breaking news of another high school shooting
— Alex Blagg (@alexblagg) April 12, 2021
Knoxville school shooting leaves one person dead, police officer injured https://t.co/5o4B5uU6bh via @WSJ
— Catherine Lucey (@catherine_lucey) April 12, 2021
Four days apart. pic.twitter.com/jYfnbghmfp
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) April 12, 2021
Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly connected to Florida shill candidate scheme https://t.co/5lmHSalCa0
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) April 12, 2021
“Felt like a setup:” In a WhatsApp chat w/a friend, Gaetz pal was in a panic before indictment for sex w/a minor he called “Vintage 99,” said he was funding her lawyer & tried to draw others into his defense
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) April 12, 2021
Prosecutors have the chat, obtained by Politico https://t.co/AwCEW1O9MM
"What we haven't seen currently is that there is clear evidence that there is actually Venmo receipts for sex. The Daily Beast reported that Gaetz gave $900 to Greenberg and had name-checked of the young woman… it is unclear what it is for" – @MarcACaputo w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/t8GiCaUYdA
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) April 12, 2021
The head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee awarded former President Trump with a round dish and dubbed him a “Champion for Freedom.” https://t.co/UgFGvPC5FD
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) April 12, 2021
No governor in this country works as hard to spread #COVID19 as GOP's @RonDeSantisFL, the Grim Reaper in "God's waiting room." The RNC should give him one of those silver-plated commodes they just gave the former President for insulting Mitch McConnell. https://t.co/amwPz1Kw9W
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) April 12, 2021
If Trump wanted to run again he would have a strong shot at the nomination (because the GOP base loves him and the GOP elite fears him). The open question is whether Trump wants to run again. https://t.co/Cwy7rOw1Lj
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) April 12, 2021
POV: you’re staying with your recently divorced dad for the weekend https://t.co/nQ5ZBShont
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) April 12, 2021
- See last night’s Week in Five Points column for Northern Slant: As violence flares, politicians wrestle with a challenge that seems beyond them
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