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    1. Alex Wickham‏Verified account @alexwickham 28 Sep 2019

      NEW: Dominic Cummings ordered Tory aides to “ram” the phrase Surrender Act “down their throats” at a meeting last night He said there would be an election in November and claimed Labour were trying to silence it because “they know it’s hurting them”https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-brexit-strategy-chernobyl-meltdown …

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    2. Alex Wickham‏Verified account @alexwickham 28 Sep 2019

      ☢️A Tory MP has compared Boris Johnson's Brexit strategy to the scene in HBO's Chernobyl with the red and blue cards In their analogy Cummings plays bad-tempered chief engineer Anatoly Dyatlov Read it in full here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-brexit-strategy-chernobyl-meltdown …pic.twitter.com/nis9CglbiG

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    3. Alex Wickham‏Verified account @alexwickham 28 Sep 2019

      The three key moments Tory MPs say No10 has got wrong — failing to stop the Benn law in parliament — failing to realise Labour might block an election — prorogationhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-brexit-strategy-chernobyl-meltdown …

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    4. Alex Wickham‏Verified account @alexwickham 28 Sep 2019

      💥 Growing frustrations about the performance of Liz Truss — she did not impress UK officials or her hosts on her world tour 💥Tensions with Sajid Javid over PM pinching announcements ...as Johnson mulls post-election reshuffle to promote Brexiteershttps://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-brexit-strategy-chernobyl-meltdown …

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      Alex Wickham‏Verified account @alexwickham 28 Sep 2019

      — No10 expecting Commons conference ambush this week in the form of new law to bring forward extension date, votes at 16, Lab-SNP pact to make Corbyn PM — ministers on a rota to be in London for UQs — helicopters from billionaire donor on standbyhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-brexit-strategy-chernobyl-meltdown …

      3:36 AM - 28 Sep 2019
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      • Mrs Potatohead🔶🇪🇺🇬🇧💙💙 soviet skater boi 🤝 Hilary Smith Socialist ex-Labour #Palestine🇵🇸 Lewis JJK we can't stop here, this is clown country Hamblin Approved Paul Marr KS
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        2. Alex Wickham‏Verified account @alexwickham 28 Sep 2019

          New battle for the Tory party soul in Manchester not between left/right or even leave/remain, but revolutionaries v conservatives Vote Leave see themselves as Leninists, a vanguard of the people pushing democratic norms to deliver the Brexit revolutionhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-brexit-strategy-chernobyl-meltdown …

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        3. Alex Wickham‏Verified account @alexwickham 28 Sep 2019

          Cummings ally says he is employing a Jose Mourinho strategy — making inflammatory public interventions to attract media attention to himself and relieve pressure on his players/Johnsonhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/boris-johnson-brexit-strategy-chernobyl-meltdown …

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        2. Lawrence Connolly‏ @LawrenceConnol2 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @alexwickham

          lol billionaire’s helicopter on standby, surely that should be used for the resignation and exile to friendly nation

          1 reply 2 retweets 24 likes
        3. James White‏ @JamesWhiteNI 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @LawrenceConnol2 @alexwickham

          Or evacuation from the roof of Downing Street, hopefully. #StopBrexit

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        1. Craig  🌹‏ @CraigDHoare 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @alexwickham

          Helicopter provided by billionaire donor,says it all

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        1. Oggy Boytchev‏ @oggyboytchev 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @alexwickham @stuartmillar159

          Unnamed billionaire donor? If you have a name why don’t you say it? In the light of what Hammond says in the Times today it’s your journalistic duty

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        1. Tony Hill  😷‏ @TonyHill_7 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @alexwickham

          Tony Hill  😷 Retweeted David Lammy

          Re 'helicopter from billionaire donor' #timeismoney ->https://twitter.com/DavidLammy/status/1177863339902476288?s=20 …

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          David LammyVerified account @DavidLammy
          It’s official. Philip Hammond in today’s Times confirming that Boris Johnson is committed to a hard Brexit because the disaster capitalists who backed his campaign will make money millions. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-no-longer-recognise-this-party-of-radicals-cpdmxcxwf …
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        2. Dave Arthur‏ @mortdarthur 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @alexwickham

          Let's do this. Votes at 16. Jeremy Corbyn to lead emergency coalition government. Get no deal off the table. Call a general election. @LibDems *Delia Smith voice* 'Where are you?' Time to ground the billionaire helicopters. #JohnsonMustGo

          1 reply 4 retweets 17 likes
        3. Mervyn Hartwig‏ @glyphodend 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @mortdarthur @alexwickham @LibDems

          Taking no deal off the table, i.e. getting an extension, is just what Johnson/Cummings want, so GE can be the people vs parliament. But there's no other sure way of stopping a crash out.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Human Dalek‏ @_TimTraveller 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @alexwickham

          Does it even need to be a pact to make Corbyn PM? It just needs Labour to form a minority Government for 1-2 weeks, with a confidence and supply agreement on just two policies: extending Article 50 and voting for a general election.

          1 reply 4 retweets 17 likes
        3. Jolyon Fiveaces‏ @oldirtysndrs 28 Sep 2019
          Replying to @_TimTraveller @alexwickham

          He needs a majority in order to pass those two things, to do so without would only put him in the exact same position that Johnson is trapped in now

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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