Labour making a better case for Plan than the Govt. Nearly a third of the Conservative party rebelling against the Govt. PM will need Labour’s support again if Plan C is coming. Not a good place for the Prime Minister to be in: https://t.co/oR6E45ELIy
— Jane Merrick (@janemerrick23) December 14, 2021
Tonight’s Tory rebellion makes England more unsafe..Even B Johnson almost knows tougher constraints are required..but will not dare to implement them because of his parliamentary party. What a bizarre dance .. a libertarian revolt against a libertarian PM.
— steve richards (@steverichards14) December 14, 2021
Or a bunch of MPs who knew they could rebel with little cost as Labour was covering them? They made their point, but achieved nothing.
— ((Paul Goldsmith)) (@PaulGoldsmith73) December 14, 2021
I often wonder whether the most nation-damaging consequence of Brexit is an entire generation of Tory MPs convinced that you don’t need to understand anything to have *very* strong opinions. These Covid ‘rebels’ are as pathetic as they are daft and there are bloody loads of them.
— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) December 14, 2021
This is the worst government in memory. Having a rant at their expense may only be a coping mechanism, but every little helps – @campbellclaret:https://t.co/jb4aznzxx1
— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) December 14, 2021
Agree with pretty much all of this. The Tory party seems to be preparing for a shift even further to the right. https://t.co/TsFnBq6LNT
— Elinor Elliot (@ElliotElinor) December 14, 2021
The box of delights i wouldn’t be surprised if the videos come soon pic.twitter.com/MSmfXOp9Ub
— Mairtín (@runyourmouthoff) December 14, 2021
BREAKING: Former Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey AM has quit as chair of City Hall's police and crime committee
— Josiah Mortimer (@josiahmortimer) December 14, 2021
It follows the Tories admitting last week that he attended a "rule-breaking" Christmas party held at CCHQ last December https://t.co/W4r0pIq1Jv
A reminder from Tory MPs:
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) December 14, 2021
NOT AUTHORITARIAN
Banning protest
Disenfranchising millions of voters
Removing citizenship arbitrarily
Quashing judicial review
Govt control of Electoral Commission
Proroguing Parliament
Removing human rights
AUTHORITARIAN
Health measures to save lives
No sympathy for Shaun Bailey. But the fact he's gone and the ghost of Winchester Christmas Present is still in post, guffawing about his jolly japes, is telling. https://t.co/VWdQ7bbPhL
— Adam Powley (@adampowley) December 14, 2021
These were the team names for the infamous Downing Street Christmas quiz – where staff were urged to leave by the back door afterwardshttps://t.co/f2Osh1Suro pic.twitter.com/QaKmmjOHOP
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) December 14, 2021
“Dammit John, I'm talking about the big idea. The dream that you and I shared. The dream of a health club that would put Uttoxeter on the goddamned map once and for all!” pic.twitter.com/6wNDOh0WXs
— Lapsedcat (@Lapsedcat) December 14, 2021
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Meadows may be least of Trump’s worries
The Jan. 6 panel recommended on Monday that Mark Meadows, the last White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, be charged with criminal contempt of Congress for defying its subpoena. The House was poised to do the same on Tuesday. https://t.co/EKglg5Ri9A pic.twitter.com/qQbn3XY9t2
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 14, 2021
Proof of “Mr. Meadows’s deep involvement in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election” is proof of seditious conspiracy punishable by 20 yrs in prison, 18 USC §2384, not just controversial political activity!https://t.co/VG9OLyiZon
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 14, 2021
Cheney: All of my colleagues, all of them knew that what happened on January 6th was an assault on the constitution. They knew it at the time yet now they are defending the indefensible… How we address January 6th is moral test of our generation pic.twitter.com/BJMJZMMt63
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 14, 2021
She is speaking to one person. Garland
— Henrynathanmia (@henrynathanmia) December 14, 2021
House proceedings on Meadows contempt resolution has ground to a halt. Rep. Steny Hoyer was getting a bit too close to the bone and Rep. Scott Perry leaped in and claimed Hoyer somehow had "disparaged" Rep. Jim Banks and moved to have Hoyer's words "taken down."
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) December 14, 2021
Meadow’s text messages are a national embarrassment. Death & violence that came from Jan 6 were direct result of actions of White House & severity of incident greater due to resulting inaction of White House after rioters breached Capitol https://t.co/BLdn4o5wNm
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) December 14, 2021
I’ll say it again, to the people dunking on him, here is his thread from 1/6/21 detailing the siege as it went down.
— Consider me hyperbole (@VFXpapa) December 14, 2021
What more did you expect him to do? He had no idea Mark Meadows was this involved at the time. How could he? https://t.co/8IXFaKZWHG
Fox News has not mentioned their hosts’ texts to Mark Meadows on Jan. 6 once since they were exposed last night
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) December 14, 2021
It's funny that Hannity and Ingraham texted Meadows to get Trump to call off the rioters. Because guess who fed the lies about 2020 that helped inspire those rioters? Hannity and Ingraham did. The rioters operationalized what Fox News wrought.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) December 14, 2021
New piece:https://t.co/a01lgHm78V
CNN: Mark Meadows contempt hearing
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 14, 2021
MSNBC: Mark Meadows contempt hearing
Fox News: Is there a Republican we can get on the line to talk about anything else? Anyone? pic.twitter.com/CsA9mvKvnJ
Why don't you hear about this more?
— Frank Amari (@FrankAmari2) December 15, 2021
"What did Jim Jordan know about the insurrection and when did he know it?"https://t.co/dLkMlIrGaF
This is pathetic. David Perdue has no platform whatsoever after Trump dragged him into the GA Governor race. At a ‘rally’ tonight, he says he is running just to try and keep Stacey Abrams from becoming Governor, while the 12 people in the audience weakly clap. pic.twitter.com/iA6CMb0NXI
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 15, 2021
Breaking: Among all the news in the past 24 hours, this may be the worst for Trump – Federal judge tosses Trump lawsuit to block income taxes from being released to Congress https://t.co/wuHAB3r6l9
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) December 14, 2021
BREAKING: Mazars accountant Donald Bender and Deutsche Bank employee Rosemary Vrablic have testified to the grand jury impaneled by the Manhattan DA. https://t.co/GPoayYOYh1
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) December 14, 2021
McFadden is not only a Trump appointee, but he has demonstrated a fondness for Trump in prior opinions. His rejection of Trump's baseless argument to prevent his tax returns from going to Congress emphatically confirms that Trump has no case and is trying to delay the inevitable. https://t.co/wduKHs5T6u
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) December 14, 2021
Breaking News: A divided Senate approved legislation that would raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion to stave off the threat of a first-ever federal default. https://t.co/Uv9K7Y3pZy
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 14, 2021
The number of Covid deaths in the US reaches 800,000, the highest reported toll of any countryhttps://t.co/Izo9qn0VZw
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 15, 2021
The Overnight Note 