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Oct 17, 2022

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It's all going very well! ‘Bendy bananas’ rule to stay after Tories abandon Brexit bonfire

‘Bendy bananas’ rule to stay after Tories abandon post-Brexit bonfire of EU red tape

EU regulation saying the fruit should be free from ‘abnormal curvature of the fingers’ was highlighted by Boris Johnson in Brexit campaign

Calls for Brecon Beacons name to be reinstated over tourism fears

Calls for Brecon Beacons name to be reinstated over tourism fears More than 50 businesses fear naming the popular national park as Bannau Brycheiniog will put off tourists and damage their trade. mol.im/a/12076621 via

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More than 50 businesses fear naming the popular national park as Bannau Brycheiniog (pictured) will put off tourists and damage their trade.

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NEW Chopper's Politics Podcast: Jeremy Hunt should ‘reward stay-at-home mums’ with tax breaks says rising star Tory MP Miriam Cates

Jeremy Hunt should ‘reward stay-at-home mums’ with tax breaks

Miriam Cates MP says Tory party should move past Thatcherite policies and ‘recognise the investment’ of raising a family

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👀 Joe Biden says he visited Ireland to make sure ‘Brits didn’t screw around’

Joe Biden says he visited Northern Ireland to make sure ‘Brits didn’t screw around’

US president makes latest criticism of Britain during a fund-raising speech in New York

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I find it rather amusing that -so far- not a single literary festival has asked me to talk about the biggest selling book on British politics this year. I wonder why? Our institutions are hopelessly out of touch with the country that surrounds them. Read it for yourself… Show more

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TELEGRAPH: Whitehall ‘blob’ halts repeal of Brexit laws #TomorrowsPapersToday

Coronation: I wasn't Meghan Markle in disguise, says Sir Karl

This watering down of the REUL Bill is now the lightning rod for discontent among Conservative MPs over last week's disastrous local election results when the Tories lost over 1,000 councillors. It does seen like a needless political mis-step by Number 10.

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Composer Sir Karl Jenkins tells TikTok: 'I wasn't Meghan Markle in disguise at Coronation'

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Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins takes to TikTok to address those viral photos of him.

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Airship company should use Doncaster Sheffield Airport, MP says

The biggest mystery is why Rishi Sunak has picked this fight with the Brexiteer wing of his party given the unanimous support from Tory MPs for the REUL Bill in the Commons. One Tory tells me: "A Government that declares war on its backbenchers does not have much of a future."

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Brexiteer Tory MPs cannot understand why the Government has done this. They point out that not a single Tory MP voted against the REUL ill at the Second or Third Reading. Two Tories tell me they think the U-turn is part of a deal with the EU for agreeing the Windsor Framework.

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I am picking up some absolute fury of Brexiteer Tory MPs who went to see chief whip Simon Hart at 5pm tonight about the watering down of the REUL Bill. Twenty Tory MPs were there to protest. The Chief just listened. He left after 45 mins to go to see Sir Graham Brady, as normal.

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Another Tory MP tells me the major concern in the room was how "slick and strong" Labour's ground game is and how the Tories are "miles" off it

AIRPORT - ACTIONS PLEASE NOT WORDS It is excellent news that

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Nick Fletcher MP wants an airship factory to be built at the former Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

"There is still time to avert this decision and we very much hope the Government will reconsider.”

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NEW A senior ERG member tells me tonight: “We are very disappointed that the REUL Bill, which passed through the Commons with the overwhelming support of the Parliamentary Party, is now being watered down, by our own Government, in the Lords....

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last week Tories to scrap just one in five redundant EU laws in latest Brexit betrayal

Tories to leave thousands of EU laws intact in latest Brexit betrayal

Kemi Badenoch said to have told Eurosceptics it was impossible to remove the rulings despite Rishi Sunak’s pledge to abolish more than 4,000

Regrettably the Prime Minister has shredded his own promise rather than EU laws.

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Delegation of angry Brexiteer Tory MPs heading to see the Chief Whip at 5, I hear... annoyed about the REUL bill.

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👀🎇Fireworks are expected when Conservative party chairman Greg Hands meets with Tory backbenchers at the 1922 committee meeting at 5pm today after last week's drubbing at the local elections. More in Chopper's Politics Newsletter. Sign up for free: telegraph.co.uk/politicsnewsle…

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Hail stones which are the size of frozen peas still on the ground in Harpenden tonight. It is May, according to the calendar.

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Just normal weather in Harpenden in May this afternoon! 🌧️ ⛄️ ❄️

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There's an odd feeling in Parliament today. Conservative MPs are smarting about the drubbing they received last Thursday. But where is the reaction? No one is saying 'Bring Back Boris' - yet. Instead they want Rishi Sunak to inspire them. So far - nothing.

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** Today's Chopper's Politics Newsletter ** Exclusive: Security minister Tom Tugendhat 'pressed by 10 Downing St' to stand for London mayoralty Register for free: telegraph.co.uk/politicsnewsle…

📖 Tom Hanks boycotts books that are rewritten to avoid offending “modern sensitivities”

Tom Hanks boycotts books that are rewritten to avoid offending 'modern sensitivities'

Actor was asked during radio interview whether he supports censorship of problematic language in works by Roald Dahl and Agatha Christie

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Interesting. Why Rishi Sunak should follow Norway and Sweden and scrap inheritance tax

Why Rishi Sunak can learn from Sweden and Norway on inheritance tax

Binning one of Britain's most-hated taxes could prove a winning strategy ahead of the next election

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On the latest episode of ‘Hacks & Flaks’, ⁦speechwriter extraordinaire

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