David Gauke

David Gauke @DavidGauke

Would love to believe that all these points explain the number of people testing positive. A few days ago people said ‘can’t rely on cases, look at hospital admissions’. That number now very close to where we were on 23 March. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ProfTimBale: When somebody points out a delicious irony/huge bloody paradox that's been staring you in the face for ages and you wonder… — PolitiTweet.org

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@anandMenon1 True. A bad deal is better than no deal (to coin a phrase). — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

@anandMenon1 And, in any event, even if a deal is reached, it is likely to be so thin that I’m not convinced it will meet the definition of ‘sensible deal’. — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

@anandMenon1 Very fair point. Of course, if the economy had been the priority, most of the MPs critical of COVID restrictions should have taken a very different approach to Brexit for many years. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Sime0nStylites Very kind. — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

And if Conservative MPs are worried about the economy, they might want to consider that when it comes to the long term health of the economy, ensuring that the UK has a sensible deal in place before the end of the transitional period would be a better focus for their energies. — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

MPs are right to worry about the economy but there's no easy shortcut on the economy. Most of the economic damage caused by a virus is driven by people voluntarily changing their behaviour because of fear of the virus. More deaths will increase fear. — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

If the Government adopted a 'Swedish approach' at a time when death numbers are rising sharply (which sadly looks likely) it is hard to see how any Government, if it could survive, could come back from an approach that would be so spectacularly unpopular. — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

Today's piece for @ConHome. Whatever the merits of the argument to relax restrictions - as some Conservative MPs are demanding - consider where we're likely to be in a few weeks with daily deaths in the 100s & everywhere else tightening the rules. https://t.co/Ohq9vBgdYj — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

Well, this sounds sensible.🤔 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidHenigUK: Every time this happens a UK-EU deal becomes more difficult to achieve, given it will require (as does the Northern Irela… — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

This is very good on the dangers of no deal and the Government following the logic of the Internal Market Bill. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TomMcTague: Don’t write off Boris quite yet. Here’s why👇 https://t.co/ebYChZqMYR — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @martindvz: Food inflation U.K. v Ireland....look at from late 2016 on. OECD. Incredible https://t.co/xytX5LSKjM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Gilesyb: Offshore wind to “create “hundreds of thousands, if not millions of jobs” in the next decade.” I have questions, or rather ma… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davidallengreen: The problem with govt seeking to carve out Human Rights Act challenges from Northern Ireland State Aid provisions in I… — PolitiTweet.org

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@StevePeers @sevanslux @CER_Grant True. But not sure it cut through much (didn’t move the polls either way). In any event, neither option (make concessions & get a thin deal that still has quite a lot of disruption OR hang tough and not get a deal at year end) is great electorally. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CER_Grant I’m not dismissing the possibility that the PM concludes that moving on state aid & fish to get a deal is his least worst option. It’s still a very hard Brexit. But it’s far from inevitable. — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

@CER_Grant ... there’ll be plenty of Tory MPs worrying about their seats. (Of course, the bigger worry should be about people’s livelihoods but if that had been BJ’s primary concern, he’d have published his alternative column!) And he can blame the EU for the economic fallout of no deal. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CER_Grant I think he should be willing to stand up to the hardliners. But, his position is less secure than it was because of COVID, especially with that wing of the Party. Also, by doing a deal, he’d fear creating space for Farage and a ‘betrayal’ narrative. If the Leave vote splits.... — PolitiTweet.org

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@kwrmag Good example (although not a happy one for an Ipswich fan). — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kwrmag: @DavidGauke Thought exactly the same ! 1963 a good example! https://t.co/r49SGkcY7S — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

Today’s football has the feel of Boxing Day fixtures back in the day when everyone was hung over and anything could happen. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jillongovt: PM says we can prosper mightily with no deal.. er not so fast - here's @UKandEU on No Deal https://t.co/62Dn7f0Bpt — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @UKCovid19Stats: Nearly 13K COVID-19 positives reported for the UK yesterday. Technical issues delaying the reporting of data (now reso… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @matt_dathan: Boris Johnson's face sums it up when asked what are the chances of a Brexit deal: https://t.co/warIUsrl0t — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

No sign that the PM will defy the Brexit purists in order to get a deal #Marr — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

To avoid no deal, Boris Johnson will have to stand up to the wing of the Party that put him in power. Not impossible. But certainly not inevitable. — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

Two points. First, the EU isn’t convinced that Boris Johnson will capitulate. It’s just that it’s not going to capitulate. Second, if the PM shows some flexibility to get a deal, he’ll have hell to pay from Tory Brexiteers. Just like his predecessors. — PolitiTweet.org