EXCLUSIVE
— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) January 13, 2022
Downing Street staff drank into the early hours at two leaving dos the night before Prince Philip’s funeral.
April 16 2021. UK in public mourning. Indoor mixing was barred. The next day the Queen sat alone as she mourned. (With @Tony_Diver)
https://t.co/qd435fn35A
Here's the tweet Boris Johnson sent out while the Queen was sat mourning inside a church by herself due to the soci… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…—
Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) January 13, 2022
Goodbye @BorisJohnson
— Eddie Mair (@eddiemair) January 13, 2022
Prescient. https://t.co/cI6V9kcr7Z
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 13, 2022
This – I feel – won’t go down well in The Red Wall.
— Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) (@twlldun) January 13, 2022
“Johnson’s allies are increasingly confident that he can survive the report, which is due to be published at the end of next week” – the impeccably connected @Steven_Swinford reports pic.twitter.com/iQi9qBVcve
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) January 13, 2022
BREAKING: The Metropolitan Police will NOT investigate any of the Downing Street parties unless and until the Sue Gray inquiry finds evidence of criminality.
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) January 13, 2022
ie the Met are relying on an internal inquiry to decide for them whether a crime was committed.
Full statement 👇 pic.twitter.com/m0AUF7xvLw
Slogan for the next election – the Conservatives, putting the party into politics https://t.co/51z72pvZv2
— Sara-endipidy🇪🇺 #FBPE (@sara_endipidy) January 13, 2022
The amazing thing is 16% still deem him trustworthy. With what? In what situation? Where have they been the past four years? https://t.co/Vz7mrtDpPe
— Sam Thompson (@JarrieSam) January 13, 2022
Brexiteer Andrew Bridgen becomes fifth Tory MP this week to submit Boris Johnson no confidence letter https://t.co/gE1E3O0Fxf
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) January 13, 2022
The Owen Paterson strategy re-emerges for Boris Johnson now.
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) January 13, 2022
Jacob-Rees Mogg undermines the validity of the rules themselves, in the middle of an investigation, in order to assist a colleague under pressure.pic.twitter.com/ZtTkdSZmGL
Do the Cabinet members who tell us what a decent bloke and good leader Johnson is realise that they are showing us just how vacuous the current government is? #BBCQuestionTime
— Tim McKane (@timmckane) January 13, 2022
Every Tory today: "I support the PM for apologising for a thing that he may or may not have done but until Sue Gray reports I can't say whether or not the thing he apologised for was wrong or indeed happened. Vaccines."
— Matt Green (@mattgreencomedy) January 13, 2022
Rules are rules, after all. pic.twitter.com/s36HIautW6
— David Gauke (@DavidGauke) January 13, 2022
You are no longer required to isolate if a family member tests positive for Covid, as long as you are fully vaccinated. In cancelling engagements today, Johnson is now following guidelines which do not even exist, having constantly broken rules that were actually in place.
— Anne Greensmith 💙 (@snowleopardess) January 13, 2022
What's the betting the party-goers claimed their booze and cabs on expenses?
— Chrissie🇺🇦 Grech (v)🇪🇺 Register to Vote (@ChrissieGrech) January 13, 2022
The claim that Johnson “got the big calls right” on Covid is right up there with Andrew Windsor claiming he can’t sweat.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 13, 2022
Hold on though, it’s a deceased feline…
Britain's domestic spy service MI5 has warned lawmakers the Chinese Communist Party has been employing a woman to exert improper influence over members of parliament https://t.co/K2MppE2cQH 1/6 pic.twitter.com/vFsu8QihcL
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 13, 2022
NEW: Since 2005, suspected Chinese agent Christine Lee has donated £675,586.88 to either Barry Gardiner's office or directly to the Labour Party. https://t.co/J1Lu9ZEV7n
— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) January 13, 2022
I keep wondering why The Sun (Deputy Editor: James Slack) aren’t going in harder on the Downing Street parties. You may not know his name but if you remember the Mail’s utterly despicable ‘Enemies Of The People’ front page, you’ll be familiar with his work. https://t.co/03Vyson3rg
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) January 13, 2022
Bang on time. pic.twitter.com/LO9nb3HZJ4
— My Sweet Landlord (@MySweetLandlord) January 13, 2022
BREAKING: Prince Andrew stripped of his military roles and royal patronages by his mam. pic.twitter.com/bRM0fURDBN
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) January 13, 2022
Breaking News: Prince Andrew has given up his military titles and royal charities, Buckingham Palace said, a stinging rebuke by the British royal family a day after a New York judge allowed a sexual abuse case against him to go ahead. https://t.co/x88Gc5EOYN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 13, 2022
🔴The Duke of York has been stripped of all military titles and patronages and will no longer use his HRH title, Buckingham Palace has said.
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 13, 2022
He will defend his sexual abuse case as a "private citizen"https://t.co/RQ1P5qXNM2
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Jan 6th walls close in
Stewart Rhodes charged with seditious conspiracy, a major development in the DOJ’s Jan. 6th investigation and the first time that charge has been filed in connection with the attack on the Capitol. https://t.co/NCfmZjRoax
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 13, 2022
Just like to say, I've filmed the Oath Keepers since Charlottesville and on Jan 5th and 6th. They are NOT a brain trust, they are soldiers following orders. We still have to hold the generals who gave the orders
— Sandi Bachom 📹 (@sandibachom) January 13, 2022
'How high does this conspiracy go?': @joycewhitevance breaks down new Jan. 6 charges against Oath Keepers leader https://t.co/7iAsDNFLZN
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 13, 2022
NEW: US House Select Jan 6th Committee announces it's issued subpoenas to social media giants, including Twitter
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) January 13, 2022
In letter to Twitter, committee says it wants documents about "warnings… received regarding the use of the platform to plan or incite violence on January 6th"
Days after January 6th Sandberg sought to play down the role Facebook was used in organIzing the riot.
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) January 13, 2022
Will these comments line up with what the committee finds through subpoena?
pic.twitter.com/C6LVJubWHW
Oh wow. The Jan. 6th Committee has in its possession forged certificates of ascertainment declaring Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence the winners of both Michigan and Arizona and their electors after the 2020 election.
— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) January 10, 2022
This is a BFD. https://t.co/pZd87pCQgs
Sinema doubles down on support for filibuster citing "disease of division" https://t.co/XWjArzKcDi pic.twitter.com/aTjMMMbfCz
— The Hill (@thehill) January 13, 2022
US politics: voting rights are under attack, the senate is broken, the Supreme Court thinks COVID isn’t a big health risk and is probably going to overturn abortion rights soon
— @hayesbrown.bsky.social (@HayesBrown) January 13, 2022
UK politics: politicians had parties when they told people not to have parties 😡
BREAKING: The Supreme Court BLOCKS the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine-or-test requirement for large workplaces. The court ALLOWS a vaccine mandate for workers at federally funded health care facilities to take effect nationwide.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) January 13, 2022
Supreme Court blocks Biden’s coronavirus vaccination rules for businesses but lets mandate for health-care workers proceed https://t.co/XFWAkTzem1
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 13, 2022
Nominated by a president who lost the popular vote. https://t.co/XVdTjLbWqZ
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) January 13, 2022
I wonder why this party can't get anyone to care about Jan. 6th! https://t.co/IPIAXvbcQD
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) January 12, 2022
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Finally, RIP
For Ashling and her family and friends. RIP #shewasgoingforarun #AshlingMurphy pic.twitter.com/H2qjLwXSq9
— Kate Brennan-Harding (@KateBHdj) January 13, 2022
Tributes have been paid to Co Offaly teacher Ashling Murphy, who was murdered along the banks of the Grand Canal yesterday afternoon.
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) January 13, 2022
The 23-year-old was a talented musician and was well-known in music circles around the country | Read more: https://t.co/4nbMONUVFS pic.twitter.com/3Sn83UeD4p
4pm. Daylight. A public place. You think you’re safe. You think you can switch off the hyper-vigilance, the keys in the hand, calculating the distance to the car park, your front door. This poor woman (and the woman who found her). #SheWasJustOutForARun. https://t.co/KcfaNQNO6C
— Sinéad Gleeson (@sineadgleeson) January 13, 2022
Hard to put into words how it feels sitting at my classroom desk this morning, knowing that the children Ashling Murphy taught will not be greeted by their beautiful teacher. 💔
— Seána Brady (@seanabrady20) January 13, 2022
She was just going for a run. #RIPAshlingMurphy
The Overnight Note 