#marr asks Jeremy Corbyn whether he could really become PM in six months, and howhttps://t.co/7gUIrKUFtY pic.twitter.com/uUEYz4ZTnD
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) July 23, 2017
Chancellor blames briefings against him on hard Brexiteers: “Noise is generated by people not happy with agenda I’ve tried to advance” #marr pic.twitter.com/9vEQU1OX3G
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) July 16, 2017
On Marr Phil Hammond claimed the briefing against him in the weekend papers is coming from Brexiteers: “people who are not happy with the agenda that I have tried to advance of ensuring that we achieve a Brexit which is focused of protecting our economy”. Andrew Marr replied “I think you can guess” who that means. This might fit the narrative of Hammond, the BBC and excitable Twitter Remainers, but it isn’t true…
Tim Shipman, the Sunday Times pol ed who received today’s anti-Hammond briefing, has shot down the theory:
“Some will see this as a plot by Brexiteers to undermine the leading remainer in the cabinet. All I can say is that the majority of my sources are not Brexiteers. Others will see a plot by Hammond’s leadership rivals to kill off his chances. Again, my sourcing doesn’t stack that up.”
A Brexiteer plot against Hammond carried out by Remainers? That’s a new one…
.@johnmcdonnellMP says Corbyn’s £100bn election offer to write off student debt is just “an ambition” adding “it’s very difficult” #marr pic.twitter.com/yG4uvx5qZ0
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) July 16, 2017
During the election Jeremy Corbyn vowed “I will deal with” those who had the “historical misfortune” of large student debts, promising he would “ameliorate” their situation and write it off. Last week Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner confirmed the policy, admitting: “It is a huge amount, it is £100 billion. I like a challenge, but we’ve got to start dealing with this debt crisis that we’re foisting on our young people. It’s not acceptable”.
Today John McDonnell u-turned on that key election promise which won the votes of so many students and young people, telling Marr it was just “an ambition” and conceding for the first time “it’s very difficult” to do. All those who voted Labour to have their debts written off should watch this interview. It was fantasy politics, a pack of lies all along…
“Theresa May is a dead woman walking” says @George_Osborne #marr pic.twitter.com/Gl1UVnujmU
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) June 11, 2017
“You don’t appear to know what Government borrowing is” – @DamianGreen tells @johnmcdonnellMP on @MarrShow https://t.co/SfS5wlW0Vf pic.twitter.com/q5xHoHexqG
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 21, 2017
Damian Green gets under John McDonnell’s skin by claiming he doesn’t understand how the government borrows money. This pointy fingered exchange was revealing:
Green: “You don’t understand capitalism.”
McDonnell: “You certainly do, don’t you.“
Worth watching to see the famous McDonnell space invasion, usually only experienced by Labour MPs and staff…
Here’s Emily Thornberry saying “bollocks” on #Marr. Happy Sunday everyone! pic.twitter.com/RULU7jpaY8
— Esther Webber (@estwebber) May 14, 2017
UPDATE: Our cartoonist Rich Johnston thinks she reminds him of a Viz character:
Sofa chat with Michael Fallon and @EmilyThornberry #marr pic.twitter.com/7Ji3UJz156
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) May 14, 2017
Of course Fallon meeting Assad is not comparable to Corbyn’s support for the IRA (and Corbyn met Assad too).
Nonetheless a successful ambush from Thornberry…
Marr: “Are you a Marxist?”
McDonnell “No.”
Why so coy about his belief in Marxism? Has he changed his mind after decades of struggle since he has gone mainstream? He has said clearly many times before “I’m a Marxist…” Watch below:
Earlier this week he claimed he hadn’t noticed the Communist flag he was speaking under on May Day. Now he’s forgotten what he believes. Is he going senile or is he a liar? You decide…
UPDATE: Brillo follows up Guido’s line…
“I’m no supporter or defender of ISIS in any way” says @jeremycorbyn #marr pic.twitter.com/xQt6asEvOD
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) April 23, 2017
Here’s the headline from Marr: Corbyn won’t say if he would sanction a drone strike to kill the leader of ISIS if permission was sought by military chiefs. Jez did however clarify: “I am not a defender or supporter of ISIS in any way…”
Will Trident be in the Labour manifesto? “We haven’t completed work on the manifesto yet” @jeremycorbyn tells #marr pic.twitter.com/5gq34OtHH9
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) April 23, 2017
Corbyn reopens the old Trident wounds, suggesting a Labour government would look again at its renewal and refusing to say if it will be in his manifesto. Paging Nia Griffith…
Under what circumstances would Labour support military action against Assad? Andrew asks @EmilyThornberry #marr pic.twitter.com/DQ0Ek0Z95i
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) April 9, 2017
Miriam Clegg, who is being used increasingly by TV producers as an ‘expert’ pro-Remain talking head, made some revealing comments on Gibraltar on Mair this morning. She reckons there are “two sides” to the dispute and defended Spain’s apparently “conciliatory tone”. Brave tactic for the wife of Britain’s chief zombie Remainer. The only “two sides” are the right one and the wrong one…
WhatsApp's 'end to end' encryption is "absolutely unacceptable…there should be no place for terrorists to hide" says @AmberRudd_MP #marr pic.twitter.com/aVtDP6FRvD
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) March 26, 2017
.@RLong_Bailey says if Labour reversed Tory corporation tax cuts, it will be “£70bn by 2020” #marr pic.twitter.com/xwtba2oWGK
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) March 12, 2017
Rebecca Long-Bailey swirls round and round in the fiscal black hole that even Stephen Hawking thinks is a disaster. Marr was Brillo-like in his doggedness to get her to admit the sums don’t add up. She was Trumpian in the evasiveness of her answers…
Suggestions of the UK facing a large Brexit bill are political positioning from the EU according to @PHammondMP #Peston pic.twitter.com/DgSDYz9JXB
— Peston on Sunday (@pestononsunday) March 5, 2017
Hammond says he doesn’t “recognise” the EU’s €60 billion Brexit bill figure though says Britain will pay what it owes…
What if we don’t get a trade deal with the EU? “We will fight back and forge new trade deals around the world” says @PHammondMP #marr pic.twitter.com/ntrF9TOD8n
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) March 5, 2017
And we will “fight back and forge new trade deals around the world” if we don’t get a trade deal with the EU…
“Arron has never been UKIP’s major donor” says @paulnuttallukip #marr pic.twitter.com/i5Y8YXagf6
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) March 5, 2017
Says Carswell has it in writing that he lobbied for Farage to get a knighthood, and if that is proven “I don’t see a problem…”
Blair was asked to make Brexit speech because ‘voters had no idea of the terms of how we leave EU’ says Lord Mandelson #marr pic.twitter.com/QtjP3E58lh
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) February 19, 2017
Mandelson says that Parliament must be able to veto a Brexit deal that is bad for Britain.
Given he thinks being in the EU is good for Britain all Brexit deals will be bad by his definition…
“The polls aren’t great for us” @tom_watson says leading the polls is now a challenge for Labour #marr pic.twitter.com/X5Lq0wRtAr
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) February 12, 2017
Tranlastion: “We’re F****d.”
“The public has spoken, so we do as we’re told” says @EmilyThornberry #marr pic.twitter.com/8sVVzOFl2I
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) February 5, 2017
Emily Thornberry says “The public has spoken, so we do as we’re told”, that’s why we’re back triggering Article 50. Bingo!
"For the first time in my life last night, I felt discriminated against" @nadhimzahawi on Trump's #MuslimBan #marr pic.twitter.com/Du5C4pjnEE
— The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) January 29, 2017
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