The difference between the test and trace system and what we wanted to do, was locally run contact tracing
Andy Burnham, "The difference between the test and trace system and what we wanted to do, was locally run contact tracing... The national outsource system was taking calls that nobody was answering and we wanted the data so we could knock on doors..".
We now pay 30% of our income in rent, 40 years ago we paid 10%
"The autumn statement will alleviate the cost of living crisis by nothing at all... Over the past 40 years, the top 1% in the UK and America have seen their income rise by 4.3x... 90% of us, our incomes have remained exactly the same... At the same time, the cost of things has gone up... We now pay 30% of our income in rent, at the beginning of the period we paid 10%... So we are all absolutely totally worse off" Patrick Grant, #BBCQT
"there's no place for hate in our streets, but there's no place for hate in the Home Office either"
Chris Bryant, "It is absolutely right that there's no place for hate in our streets, but there's no place for hate in the Home Office either"
Fiona Bruce, "Should Suella Braverman go?"
Chris Bryant, "Yes"
Watch Yvette Cooper rip into Suella Braverman. 🔥
Watch Yvette Cooper rip into Suella Braverman. 🔥
Henri Murison, "It's ironic isn't it that the Home Secretary [Suella Braverman] goes abroad to give a speech that basically trashes your own government's record... She wants you to feel that this is people breaking the rules. That migrants are people that aren't playing by the rules.
The vast majority... are here completely legally. They've done nothing wrong. Yet we behave as if these people are not playing by the rules. They are."
Lisa Nandy "The problem facing this country is not people like me, or this lady here. or our inability to understand one another. The problems facing this country have one cause and one cause alone: politicians like Suella Braverman and this Tory government."
“There was huge pressure on people to attend Rupert Murdoch’s parties. People would always pick up the telephone when he called.” Former UK Secretary of State Rory Stewart reflects on Murdoch’s influence and the “deeply, deeply sick” coziness between the press and politicians.
"[Brexit] was a catastrophe and everybody knows it deep in their bones"
"The Labour Party is afraid to mention Brexit - it was a catastrophe and everybody knows it deep in their bones" Comedian Stephen Fry gives his views on the impact of Britain leaving the EU
Sir Max Hastings, "Our country does seem in the eyes of the world increasingly ridiculous... Americans and Europeans don't hate us, they look at us in disbelief... The right is now running Britain, it's a terrifying sight...
"One would like to see Keir Starmer be bolder... Anything is better than this farce which is making Britain look absurd in the eyes of the world. And that's a tragedy for those of us who care passionately about our country."
10% of Tory MPs have announced plans to “retire” before the next election. Some are suggesting it’s because they are exhausted or want a “normal life”... and not due to the polls showing that they are going to lose badly in the next election.
"The NHS is so precious to all of us.. But what we have seen over the past 13 years is the NHS really brought to its knees"
#bbcqt
Kay Burley points out to Tory minister Helen Whately that the 'independent pay review bodies' aren't actually independent and even then the govt only follows their recommendations when it's expedient for them to do so.
"I honestly believe that Brexit is one of the biggest acts of self-harm that we as a country have ever inflicted upon ourselves... I do believe that what one generation did, the next generation has the right to undo." - Alastair Campbell
The country is much better off without Boris Johnson
"The report is completely damning... It is a dreadful day to see a former Prime Minister attacking parliament when previously he said the sovereignty of parliament as an institution was so important to him... Everything is important until he decides it isn't...
We know Boris Johnson is a serial liar... and he lied through his back teeth about the circumstances relating to the breaches of the rules in No.10.... I hope he's gone for good, as the country is much better off without him." - Dominic Grieve
"The PM did sign off the honours list... those who threw a Downing Street Party, the night before the late Queen sat alone at her husband's funeral, will now receive awards from the King. If he's so tough, why didn't he block it?" Keir Starmer
#PMQs
“Your own party whips told the papers to come after you?! That is dirty.”
20 Tory MPs met to discuss Partygate, after the first few allegations. The Tory whips went after only two of them - the only two women - briefing the papers with the lies that one was having an affair and the other was a bad mother.
“Your own party whips told the papers to come after you?! That is dirty.” - Alicia Kearns Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton
Beth Rigby, "The Conservatives promised that we would have a free trade agreement with the US by the end of 2022, that is now on ice. It is not even being discussed."
"I would rather see her [Suella Braverman] sacked for being completely incompetent & useless at her job... " - Angela Eagle MP for Wallasey
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
"Who do you think you're speaking to?... I am not going to be spoken to by a Secretary of State who is absolutely not accepting my ruling"
If only Sir Lindsay Hoyle would be as passionate about other Parliamentary rules, as the PM and his ministers routinely refuse to answer direct questions given to them by MPs while in parliament.
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