Whitehall source says tomorrow's Cabinet cancelled.
— Harry Cole (@MrHarryCole) September 3, 2012
Developing…
“Deluded communist idiot” (Farage, 2012) and EU boss Jose Manuel Barroso claims he has launched a new Twitter account today. Barroso’s spokesman was quick to boast about the man-with-no-mandate’s new-found popularity:
Le nouveau compte Twitter du President #Barroso gagne pres de 5000 followers en moins de 20 minutes @BarrosoEu
— Olivier Bailly (@OlivierBaillyEU) September 3, 2012
…Roughly translating as “the new Twitter account of the EU President has gained nearly 5,000 followers in less than 20 minutes“. The only problem being that the account isn’t new at all, has been open for over a year and already had a large number of followers before today. Nice try…
Asked by Dennis Skinner on whether he would accept a seat in the Lords, Nick Clegg at first tried to joke that he would not be very welcome given what he has said about the upper chamber, but was pinned down and confirmed that it would “stick in the throat” for him to accept the honour having apparently campaigned against it all his life. Presumably a nice job in the unelected EU will suit his democratic outlook though…
Clegg did leave himself some wriggle room by saying he would not accept the seat in an “unreformed House of Lords.” Such caveats never worried Prezza, Clegg’s predecessor as Deputy Prime Minister, though. We’ll hold him to this one…
Strong steer from Downing Street sources that Baroness Warsi about to become ex-Tory party chairman #bbcdp
— Andrew Neil (@afneil) September 3, 2012
Not too late to call for The Miner…
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Sent: 03 September 2012 15:26
Subject: EVENT POSTPONEDDue to unforeseen circumstances we have unfortunately had to postpone the below event.
Kindest regards,
Harriet McKenzie | Head of Events
Towards the next Conservative manifesto
Securing rising living standards by making Britain more competitive
Delivered by Nick Boles MPPolicy Exchange invites you to a keynote speech by Nick Boles MP, former Director of Policy Exchange on Tuesday 4th September.
Registration for the event is from 9am for a 9.30am start in The Ideas Space, Clutha House, 10 Storey’s Gate, Westminster, SW1P 3AY.
Guido presumes that the “unforeseen circumstances” are “because the speaker has just been promoted into government”.
Who is in? Who is out? Shouting at politicians and unexpected cats. What more could you want from a piece to camera…
