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Emily No Friend of the Forces

Each week Labour’s defence team rounds up “all the stories and issues” of the past week and emails it to the Labour Friends of the Forces group. For some reason this morning’s email omits to mention the Shadow Defence Secretary’s refusal to respond to a Falklands heroes on Wednesday. Or the revelation yesterday that she doesn’t know what Defcon One means as she has only heard it in films. What’s more, today’s email comes from Vernon Coaker, “Shadow Secretary of State for Defence”, a position he relinquished way back in September last year. Emily Thornberry isn’t mentioned in the round-up at all. Keep calm and carry on as if she isn’t Labour’s Defence spokesman…

April 4, 2016 at 10:11 am

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Rich’s Monday Morning View

April 4, 2016 at 7:30 am

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Saturday Seven Up

This week 134,356 visitors visited 357,811 times viewing 552,629 pages. The top stories in order of popularity were:

You’re either in front of Guido, or behind…

April 2, 2016 at 7:05 am

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Corbyn Demolishes Labour

A co-conspirator has sent in a snap from One Brewers Green, the former Labour HQ that is now currently being demolished and turned into luxury flats. Destroying the heart of the Labour Party? Clearly that’s a job for Corbyn…

April 1, 2016 at 5:22 pm

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Diane Abbott Jetting Off to Zurich Six Days Before May Elections

Just six days before the London mayoral election and local elections in May, Diane Abbott will be jetting off to Switzerland to dine with investment bankers, tax avoiders and the one percent. Diane will be the guest of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce at a three course lunch at one of the most spectacular hotels in Zurich, the iconic Zunfthaus zur Meisen:

Zurich-based businessmen who want to pay £100-a-head to lunch with Diane will enjoy a menu offering veal fricassee with mashed saffron potatoes, roasted pike-perch with parsley foam on potato cream and ratatouille, and white chocolate mousse with apricots jelly and tarragon cream. The cheapest bottle of wine is £32. The two hour lunch followed by keynote speech and Q&A session will take place on April 29. Labour campaigners back home will be delighted Diane thinks schmoozing the gnomes of Zurich is a better use of her time…

April 1, 2016 at 4:37 pm

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BSE Rehash Debunked Football Flop

In January the Remain campaign tried and failed to convince us that Brexit would prevent Premier League clubs from signing the best talent from the continent. Three months on and they’re still pushing this rot:

De Gea, Payet, Kante – stars could have been hit by new rules if we were outside EU. ukstronger.in/football https://t.co/YmsDlrTywE—
Stronger In (@StrongerIn) March 31, 2016

“A Brexit could lead to the most talented players in Europe not being able to come to the Premier League, threatening its status as one of the world’s most exciting leagues.”

As Guido previously noted, hundreds of non-EU players have been easily signed by Premier League clubs with no fuss at all. With only a handful of exceptions, non-EU players have been granted fast-track work permits by the Home Office. For example: Arsenal signed Kolo Touré from Ivorian club ASEC Mimosas, West Ham signed Carlos Tevez from Brazilian side Corinthians, and Dwight Yorke signed for Aston Villa having previously only played in his native Trinidad and Tobago. None of these players came from Europe or were even playing for sides in Europe when they joined the Premier League.

What if BSE were telling the truth? Well, young English players would get more of a chance at the highest level, strengthening the national team. By BSE’s logic Brexit boosts the chances of an England World Cup win…

April 1, 2016 at 3:54 pm

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Media Minister Monitor: Fireman Fallon Deployed

In February referendum fever saw government ministers make 55 broadcast appearances, in March Downing Street entered bunker mode and the number plunged to just 35. The statistics show Craig Oliver is enforcing a “one minister a day” policy for broadcast appearances as they look to dodge accountability. Viewers are repeatedly being told the government refused to put anyone up for interview.

You know it’s a been a tough month for Downing Street when “Fireman” Fallon tops the charts. Fallon is always deployed by No. 10 as a safe pair of hands when things are not going well, and in a month of Tory splits and Budget flops he made four appearances. Nicky Morgan is – inexplicably – being used with increasing regularity. ‘Super’ Soubry remains high up the list as a Remain spokesman, while Grayling is once again leading the charge for Leave. The highly ambitious Dominic Raab, another Outer, is an interesting new entry. The submarine Chancellor’s Budget went so well he faced interview questions just twice this month…

Here is the spreadsheet with all the ministerial broadcast appearances for March. The rules: we monitor which ministers appeared answering questions in interviews. Note this will not include doorsteps, only scheduled appearances.

April 1, 2016 at 2:38 pm

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Friday Caption Contest (Grin and Bear It Edition)

Entries in the comments please…

April 1, 2016 at 1:29 pm

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Labour Take Note: UKIP Expel Anti-Semite

UKIP have formally expelled their London chairman out of the party he shouted anti-Semitic slurs at a fellow member. John Hellings apparently called Nigel Sussman a “north London Jewish c**t”. Farage says “The party has strict rules governing this […]

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April 1, 2016 at 12:43 pm

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Trotskyist Corbyn Ally Leads Leave Campaign

Dave Nellist of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition has loudly called for a reunion with his former parliamentary comrade Jeremy Corbyn, even offering to merge the hard-left group with Labour. Corbyn’s own sympathies clearly lie with Nellist, the Labour […]