Former Times editor James Harding is the new BBC director of news. The fact that the Beeb’s news team got scooped by the Speccie on the identity of their own new boss sums up the challenge Harding faces.
Now about that whole Nightjack thing…
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Top Tips for Tory Conference | William Hague
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Cabinet Gives May’s Chequers Plan Two Weeks | The Sun
Ditch Chequers or Corbyn Takes Over | Boris
The Trouble With Labour’s Employee Share Plan | CapX
Hammond: Cuts to Low-Skilled Migration Hurts NHS | BuzzFeed
Theresa May: In Praise of Anger (Sometimes) | Comment Central
Winner and Losers in the Salzburg Shambles | ConWoman
“Jonah” Grayling | Juliet Samuel
Cabinet Backs Canada-Style Brexit Deal | Telegraph
Anti-Corbyn Labour MP Getting Bodyguards | Mail
Corbyn Will Lose 19 MPs If Labour Blocks Brexit | Express
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Quote of the Day
Stephen Bush writing in the New Statesman‘s morning briefing…
“The terrifying truth is that the Opposition is too divided – within the parliamentary party, within the trades unions, within the Shadow Cabinet and even within the leader’s office – to be anything other than a veto player as far as Brexit goes, and the party’s whole gambit is really about trying to make that weakness look like a strength. Keir Starmer saying that Labour is “increasingly likely” to vote down the deal is simply a reflection of the fact that the one thing the Labour party will be able to agree on as far as Brexit goes is that Theresa May’s deal is no good.”
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