"America is a modern country whose founders foresaw the potential for abuses of power, but the UK has never really had anything like that." https://t.co/hd7NIKcyAr
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) April 16, 2021
8 new lobbying revelations this week show this is now a crisis for Boris Johnson – Mirror Online. The scandals are breaking through into the mainstream media. @BylineTimes @PeterStefanovi2 @PTylerLords @LibDemLords https://t.co/zWFB4rqeqK
— Chris Rennard 🔶💙 (@LordRennard) April 16, 2021
Spot on. So called Tory "Lobbying Act" was designed to gag charities & Trade Unions not to curb paid lobbying Which is why @UKLabour opposed it:
— Angela Eagle DBE 💙 (@angelaeagle) April 16, 2021
Cameron passed a lobbying act, but it was never meant to curb corruption | Polly Toynbee https://t.co/BJCSzzzSl0
Looks like the cronyism & corruption might be contagious. Best steer clear of anyone showing symptoms. I’m hearing that Boris Johnson might be a super-spreader. https://t.co/caT1njEQxR # via @HuffPostUKPol
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) April 16, 2021
Tory corruption through the roof. Tory poll lead through the roof. No, they’re not going to be shamed into stopping any time soon. This is how it is, and how it will be.
— Paul Bernal (@PaulbernalUK) April 16, 2021
If only there was some way of knowing why India isn't on the red list for travel despite cases rising to 200,000 a day and a dangerous new variant already in the UK and oh…https://t.co/xOf0JwbCDV
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) April 16, 2021
This has aged well…. pic.twitter.com/jY6iuYYu10
— Piarais Mac Alastair (@piarais91) April 16, 2021
One of the surrealist things I've written. A loyalist group called for protests last night, but is now claiming credit for the fact that not a single person turned up. The organiser admits that to “an outsider looking in”, it “doesn’t make entire sense”.https://t.co/ehZBSp8qm0
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) April 16, 2021
Cross-border trade has increased dramatically since the start of 2021, official data suggestshttps://t.co/sJs0alVvR5
— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) April 15, 2021
Meanwhile..
Why do they look like they’re about to lose 3-0 to a second funeral procession pic.twitter.com/hdXnHeJJE0
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) April 16, 2021
James O'Brien's theory on the real reason behind the Royal family wearing civilian clothes to Prince Philip's funeral.
— LBC (@LBC) April 15, 2021
Read more: https://t.co/4qpASSoxIM@mrjamesob pic.twitter.com/52txTU1gyt
Details of the modified Land Rover designed by Prince Philip to carry his coffin, have been released by the Royal Familyhttps://t.co/CVWvR4O5wL
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 16, 2021
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Give a man 16 years, an unlimited budget & he'll make a bespoke hearse out of a Land Rover pic.twitter.com/dKT4i9cSWl
— Johnfromsoho (@johnfromsoho) April 16, 2021
They're fucking horses. https://t.co/mqT6LjXVjO
— David Stubbs (@sendvictorious) April 16, 2021
in honour of #PrincePhilip's funeral there won't be any of the usual gibberish on this feed for the next 48 hours instead there will be repeated tweets asking why Prince Andrew has not been arrested
— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) April 16, 2021
As a democrat, the very idea of monarchy is an affront, but Prince Philip's sparse funeral, conveyed in an old Land Rover, strikes the right tone. The very elderly have a phlegmatic attitude towards death.
— Kevin Meagher (@KevinPMeagher) April 16, 2021
Doubt he'd want hours of BBC fawning. https://t.co/9PsB1LaERu
"just" https://t.co/YbFYFMPCjP
— Steve (@SteveMcGookin) April 16, 2021
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POLICING CONTINUES TO DIVIDE AMERICA
“A lot of times it’s why Black people say, ‘I don’t want to watch it, because I already know what’s there. I can already see it in my head.'" https://t.co/dq3p5YPHWC
— Elahe Izadi (@ElaheIzadi) April 16, 2021
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota Mayor Mike Elliott says police should scale back their response to protests over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright. He disagrees with police using pepper spray, tear gas and paintballs during protests. (corrects mayor's name) https://t.co/a3Ij6FLU0F
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 16, 2021
Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery. https://t.co/9ogUrUFrYE
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) April 16, 2021
US police and public officials donated to Kyle Rittenhouse, data breach reveals | US news | The Guardian https://t.co/4g8M6Ed4K0
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) April 16, 2021
Attorney General Merrick Garland has rescinded a Trump-era
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) April 16, 2021
curb on consent decrees.
That will make it easier to investigate police departments and press for major changes in use-of-force and other policies. https://t.co/GlODrUnHXK pic.twitter.com/Lk74pPwDre
Breaking: A founding member of the Oath Keepers arrested in the Capitol riot has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate against others in the case — the first defendant to potentially flip in the investigation that has led to charges against 400+ people. https://t.co/ffFMDyZL2M
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 16, 2021
Jon Ryan Schaffer, wearing a blue jacket and an "Oath Keepers Lifetime Member" hat below, is also a member of the heavy-metal band Iced Earth. He is the first of any of the more than 400 people charged so far in the Capitol riot to publicly enter a plea. https://t.co/Abroyba4MM pic.twitter.com/qDCRauPJUn
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 16, 2021
"America First"…They are not even trying to hide it anymore.
— Linda W☯ (@B14Freedom) April 16, 2021
They must be removed from Congress.
This is the Ku Klux Klan staging an "America First" parade in Binghamton, NY in the 1920s. pic.twitter.com/BeHTRRVZcM
Showboating GOP jackasses @mtgreene and @laurenboebert voted against this bill because they have no bloody idea whatsoever what it's about. https://t.co/6HOtY4MhXd
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) April 16, 2021
At this stage, the GOP's words literally have no value. This is just a random group of them.
— Steve (@SteveMcGookin) April 16, 2021
BREAKING: U.S. Justice Dept. sues Roger Stone, accusing him and his wife of owing nearly $2M in unpaid income taxes. https://t.co/7qnrpImrmC
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 16, 2021
Pompeo violated ethics rules by asking State Dept employees to do personal tasks -watchdog https://t.co/qhEbIu4fwo pic.twitter.com/Jco9HCXjuc
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 16, 2021
NEWS: Mike Pompeo misused taxpayer funds, State Department inspector general finds.
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) April 16, 2021
“investigators uncovered scores of instances in which Mike or Susan Pompeo asked State Department staffers to handle tasks of a personal nature”
Scoop from @nahaltoosi https://t.co/qWrb8BNG8x
Feels inevitable that the Gaetz and Falwell Jr plot lines converge at some point.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 16, 2021
Whoops.@thespybrief https://t.co/mqdjR4CecS
— Matt Gaetz himself a hula hoop, Gaetz indicted (@fullofsquirrels) April 16, 2021
Kimmel on Matt Gaetz: ‘What’s the opposite of a criminal mastermind?’ https://t.co/bPc7OQEANN
— The Guardian (@guardian) April 16, 2021
Congress could soon get answers as to how financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in Bureau of Prisons custody in August 2019, according to testimony given by BOP Director Michael Carvajal. https://t.co/Fp4I4fWHIO
— ABC News (@ABC) April 16, 2021
— Stickernista (@stickernista) April 16, 2021
The Overnight Note 