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‘Own goal of the season!’ Gary Lineker skewers Nadine Dorries over Jeremy Hunt Twitter row
Gary Lineker, 61 has skewered Cabinet Minister Nadine Dorries after she admitted Tory preparation for the coronavirus pandemic were “inadequate” during a Twitter spat with fellow Conservative Jeremy Hunt.The former footballer took to Twitter to weigh in on Nadine’s public tirade in view of his 8.5 million followers.He reposted an article reporting on the politician’s admission, adding: “Serious contender for own goal of the season.”Nadine launched an attack on the Former Health and Foreign Secretary after he announced today that he would be voting against Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the upcoming vote of no confidence.He wrote in a series of tweets: “The Conservative Party must now decide if it wishes to change its leader.“Because of the situation in Ukraine this was not a debate I wanted to have now but under our rules we must do that.“Having been trusted with power, Conservative MPs know in our hearts we are not giving the British people the leadership they deserve.“We are not offering the integrity, competence and vision necessary to unleash the enormous potential of our country.“And because we are no longer trusted by the electorate, who know this too, we are set to lose the next general election.”Jeremy concluded: “Anyone who believes our country is stronger, fairer & more prosperous when led by Conservatives should reflect that the consequence of not changing will be to hand the country to others who do not share those values.“Today’s decision is change or lose.
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Piers Morgan suspects ‘quite a few’ Tories will backstab Boris Johnson in confidence vote
Piers Morgan, 57, has taken to social media to voice his prediction ahead of tonight’s no-confidence vote.The broadcaster said in full view of his 7.9 million Twitter followers that he “suspects” some ministers will vote against Boris Johnson despite having voiced their support.Piers also claimed that the Prime Minister had “lost middle England” after he was greeted by jeers upon his arrival at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee thanksgiving service at St Paul’s Cathedral on Friday morning.He typed: “Suspect there will be quite a few ministers publicly declaring their support for Boris but secretly voting against him tonight.“They all heard those boos at St Paul’s - they know he’s lost middle England.”Other social media users were quick to respond to Piers’ tweet to debate whether the Prime Minister still had support.AlistairGarnett said: “Notice to any wavering Conservative MP's...“Here in Middle England we still support Boris..“I suspect Piers knows well the boos came from lefty agitators that never supported Boris..”BSallyb wrote: “Agree - but who the heck replaces him?”Haynesey89 argued: “‘Middle England’ didn’t go to St Paul’s ffs.”Smoke_pete penned: “Nothing will happen he is Untouchable.”Piers’ remarks come after the PM’s anti-corruption Tsar quit his role this morning as pressure continued to mount on his position.It happened after Sir Graham Brady, who chairs the 1922 committee of backbench Conservative MPs, announced a vote will take place between 6pm and 8pm tonight.Under the party's rules, if 54 MPs write to Sir Graham declaring no confidence in Mr Johnson a ballot must be held.In a press release issued shortly after 8am this morning, Sir Graham announced the upcoming vote.He said: "The threshold of 15 percent of
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Emily Maitlis apologises over retweeting criticism of Nadine Dorries amid impartiality row
BBC journalist Emily Maitlis had to apologise on Twitter today after retweeting an attack on a Conservative minister that risked compromising the impartiality that she is asked to maintain as part of her job.The tweet in question was critical both of the Conservative party and of Nadine Dorries during a recent interview with Channel 4.However, some of Emily’s followers have questioned the sincerity of her apology, given that she retweeted the original post whilst saying sorry for her first retweet.Emily, 51, first retweeted former Tory minister and outspoken critic of Boris Johnson, Rory Stewart.Rory, 49, himself had retweeted another user called Jay J, who shared a clip of Channel 4's interview with Nadine, 64.In the first tweet, Jay had written: “Another Nadine Dorries interview to file under the car crash genre.”Sharing the video via Jay’s account, Rory added a caption reading: “The sheer tawdry Trumpian shabbiness of the whole thing - it is difficult to see how much more of this the party or our political system can survive.”Retweeting this post once more after deleting her previous retweet earlier this afternoon, Emily apologised to her 446,500 followers.“I have deleted my earlier retweet of the below and would like to apologise for the hurt I have caused,” she stated.In a follow-up tweet, she clarified: “For the avoidance of doubt I accept I should have added extra context - it was retweeted in haste - and was wrong to do.” Underneath the tweet, Twitter users seemed largely amused by Emily’s apology.Steven Battelle pointed out: “Fantastic skills in apologising while still retweeting, no apology was needed in the first place.”Raindrop wrote: “The brilliant @maitlis draws even more readers to her heartfelt opinion
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'Disgraceful and disrespectful' Rachel Riley hits out at government in wake of #partygate
Boris Johnson is facing mass scrutiny as it has been alleged that Downing Street staff held two parties the night before Prince Philip's funeral - at a time when Covid restrictions banned indoor mixing.Taking to social media, Countdown star Rachel Riley has shared her thoughts on the government’s actions in a scathing tweet.The newest reports of illegal Downing Street parties, first brought to light by The Telegraph, say that the events took place on April 16, 2021, and went on until the early hours.Boris is facing calls to resign from the opposition as well as some senior Tories but has urged MPs to wait for the outcome of an investigation into lockdown gatherings in government buildings by senior civil servant Sue Gray.Taking to Twitter Rachel, 36, shared a video of Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips recalling the death of his own daughter during this period. Rachel tweeted out to her 693,200 followers: “As more and more has trickled out about party after party, the image of the Queen sitting alone at her husband’s funeral, and stories like @TrevorPTweets really put the behaviour of the government into perspective. “Disgraceful and disrespectful spring to mind,” she added.The tweet she shared read: “Trevor Phillips shares his experience during lockdown, when one of his daughters was very ill.“She died not long after the funeral of Prince Philip, when it is alleged that those working for the government met despite Covid rules.”The video clip attached came from Trevor Phillips on Sunday, where the presenter could be seen trying to restrain his emotions as he challenged Oliver Dowden, one of the party’s co-chairs, over whether the prime minister understood public anger over these gatherings.During the interview, Trevor

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