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18.20: Steve Double appointed government whip
18.20: Andrea Jenkyns appointed government whip
18.20: Heather Wheeler appointed government whip
16.40: Lord Bethell out as PuSS at DHSC
16.40: Baroness Berridge out as PuSS at DfE and PuSS at DfIT
15.35: James Morris appointed government whip
15.35: Marcus Jones appointed government whip
15.35: John Glen gets minister of state at HM Treasury
15.35: George Freeman appointed PuSS and minister for science research and innovation at BEIS
13.25: David Rutley appointed PuSS to DWP
13.25: Tom Pursglove appointed PuSS to Home Office and MoJ
13.25: James Cartlidge appointed PuSS to MoJ and government whip
13.22: David Duguid out as a PuSS to Scotland and a whip

The latest YouGov poll puts the Tories at 39%, up six points since last week, and four points ahead of Labour at 35%; figures that will no doubt come as a relief to the Tories after YouGov’s last poll put them behind Labour for the first time since the start of the year. No doubt this one will get a tad less attention than the last…

The Tories mustn’t think they’ve got away with the NI hike, though. Across the last four polls, their lead has dropped from 5.5% to 3%. Representing a decent swathe of red wall seats lost back to Labour…

“I’m just thinking about delivery, and you know I’ve seen a few delivery rooms. I’ve probably as many delivery rooms as anybody in this room with the possible exception of Jacob! And delivery usually involves a super human effort by at least one person in that room!”

Whoever came up with the seating plan thought it a good idea to put Truss next to Raab…

Extinction Rebellion returned to the M25 this morning for a third day of protests, although this time, finally, the police were quick to arrest most of them before they could even get to the motorway. This makes a welcome change from earlier in the week, when these climate alarmists managed to grind traffic to a halt for several hours, and ended up causing a multi-vehicle car crash. Let’s hope this is a sign of a new no-nonsense approach to the eco-terrorists… 

Brillo appeared on our screens last night for the first time since his GB News departure. The second audience question on Question Time asked the channel was heading to become a British Fox News, given the recent departures. Neil argued “I had always argued it wouldn’t be a British Fox News… Fox deals in untruths, conspiracy theories and fake news.” Pushed to explain why he left, Brillo explained:

“more and more differences between myself and the other senior managers and the board of GB News [emerged], and rather than these differences narrowing that wider and wider and I felt it was best that if that was the route they wanted to take then that’s up to them.”

Clearly confirming that he hated the culture war direction the channel has become increasingly focused on…