David Gauke

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One reason any Chancellor should be wary of scrapping the licence fee is the likely replacement funding settlement would be subscription plus government grant. HMT would have to find the taxpayer revenue to fund the grant. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ariehkovler: As a junior politico I had to write briefs for a debate. A 5-pager for the Minister and MPs who read, and a 1-pager for MP… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @anandMenon1: So cute how they used to do it in the old days….. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidGauke: Here's how being a Minister works when you have to make a policy decision. You get a written submission from officials sett… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BBCNewsnight: "The prime minister is in a difficult position because of his behaviour... and Conservative MPs are increasingly uncomfor… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @emilysheffield: The ending seems inevitable The decision inescapable but he will hang on. @DavidGauke leads you step by step through th… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LordRickettsP: The argument here leads you step by step to its inescapable conclusion. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BBCNewsnight: TONIGHT: Boris Johnson has "categorically" denied he was warned a drinks party at No 10 risked breaking lockdown rules. W… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SirJJQC: That’s how it SHOULD have been. From one who knows — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nickmacpherson2: A concise and compelling description of how Ministers take decisions. Officials advise. Ministers decide. — PolitiTweet.org

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This means that the Prime Minister - the man who made these decisions - should have an in-depth understanding of the restrictions he had decided to impose. He shouldn't need someone else to tell him that a drinks party in his garden was against the rules. /END — PolitiTweet.org

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There have been few bigger decisions than any Minister has made in recent years than the decision to lockdown the country in March 2020. I've always assumed it was an agonising decision in which the implications of each element of the policy were exhaustively considered. /4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Having gone through this process & concluded that you were in a position to make an informed decision, you'd decide what to do. You won't get every decision right but for every big decision you'll have given it plenty of thought. /3 — PolitiTweet.org

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Assuming that the matter is important and/or complex, you'd hold a meeting with officials & political advisers. This gives you a chance to question officials to make sure you understand the implications of the choices - the likely criticisms, hard cases, boundary issues etc /2 — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's how being a Minister works when you have to make a policy decision. You get a written submission from officials setting out the issue & the possible policy responses with pros & cons & recommendations. Political advisers will also see the submission & feed in thoughts. /1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheHouseMag: "I can definitely be described as a Centrist Dad figure these days." Where Are They Now? Former Justice Secretary and Bor… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LBC: 'Everyone can see' that the government's 'red meat' policies are 'an obvious attempt to distract attention' from Boris Johnson and… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @OliverKamm: @ProfTimBale @ConHome @DavidGauke Could not agree more strongly, and the same applies to Labour. Party activists are by def… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ProfTimBale: "Conservative Party members should have no say in the election of its next leader." Top trolling of @ConHome readers by @D… — PolitiTweet.org

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@DLidington @iainmartin1 @BBCFOUR Modern version: "I can buy wine from the Co-op." — PolitiTweet.org

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Rather than writing about 'partygate' & Boris Johnson, I thought I'd change the subject entirely. My piece in @ConHome about why the next leader of the Conservative Party should be chosen by its MPs & not by its members. (This is bound to be popular.) https://t.co/7wpFUd9bob — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ConHome: From @DavidGauke: Conservative Party members should have no say in the election of its next leader https://t.co/Agk3Bc22M5 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LordRickettsP: Proposal to freeze licence fee for 2 years = real terms cut in BBC budget. Yet the 2021 Integrated Review set out the am… — PolitiTweet.org

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@jillongovt There’ll be all sorts of interesting things in them. — PolitiTweet.org

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‘Reading his briefings’. Desperate times. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nickmacpherson2: Quite striking from Dominic Lawson: not a natural opponent of the government or PM. For my part, I shall wait for Sue… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GBNEWS: 'The issue isn't whether the rules were right or not. The issue is whether the people making the rules should stick to them.'… — PolitiTweet.org

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@alanbeattie @ProfTimBale @RobDotHutton Witness for the Prosecco — PolitiTweet.org

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@RobDotHutton A fridge too far? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ProfTimBale: Very good 'state of play' analysis from Gavin here. — PolitiTweet.org