David Gauke

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RT @PoliticsForAlI: 🚨 | NEW: Boris Johnson says people should work from home, but have office Christmas parties — PolitiTweet.org

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If you watch the Allegra Stratton and genuinely think there was no party on 18 December, wouldn’t the response be bafflement not anger? You’d only be angry if you thought she was joking about an actual rule breach. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RobDotHutton: "As far as I'm aware, we followed the rules on Dec. 18 as well," Johnson says, implying that Allegra Stratton has resigne… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RuthDavidsonPC: None of this is remotely defensible. Not having busy, boozy not-parties while others were sticking to the rules, unable… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @susie_dent: Phrase of the day, from the 16th century, is ‘give someone the bauble’: to play them for a sucker or fool. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RobDotHutton: "What's the answer!?" My SKETCH of yesterday in The Party That Never Happened. https://t.co/qT1HZq4qCY — PolitiTweet.org

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They didn’t do it. — PolitiTweet.org

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A word of advice to my former colleagues. Don’t do it. — PolitiTweet.org

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It is mystifying that there could be a culture inside No 10 that rules could be ignored. How on earth could that possibly have happened? — PolitiTweet.org

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On which subject is the Government being most evasive? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SirRogerGale: The No.10 party has all the hallmarks of another ‘Barnard Castle’ moment. No.10 clearly has some serious questions to ans… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidGauke: And another day. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BBCRosAtkins: The government says “there was not a party” at No 10 last December and that no COVID rules were broken. A week into the s… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GeorgeWParker: Hmm. PM's spokesman said it was "entirely untrue" that Johnson involved in this. "Neither PM nor Mrs Johnson were involv… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SirJJQC: My letter in ⁦@thetimes⁩ asking some questions about the government’s reported plans for an annual “Interpretation Bill” enabl… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Samfr: This is just not true. Nowzad have said they contact the PM directly and it is absolutely evident that the Defence Secretary Ben… — PolitiTweet.org

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I still think this is true. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattholehouse: Marshall says the Prime Minister instructed the evacuation of the Nowzad pets, despite FCO deciding they were ineligible… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PeterWestmacott: It does indeed. I was always proud to represent a country governed by the rule of law. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidGauke: Despite putting up taxes, all the talk from Number 11 is about tax cuts. My thoughts in ⁦@ConHome⁩ about what is going on a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ConHome: Tax cuts as early as 2022 might not be affordable, coherent or wise but there is definitely a scenario in which they happen re… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jamesjohnson252: Before any Conservatives start taking on the courts, they should ask themselves - would you have liked Jeremy Corbyn a… — PolitiTweet.org

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Of course, it all depends on precisely the Govt has in mind. If retrospectively changing the law, that’s unacceptable. If prospectively, Govts have always had the ability to pass legislation. But will this involve a new procedure with less Parliamentary scrutiny? See this thread. — PolitiTweet.org

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Despite putting up taxes, all the talk from Number 11 is about tax cuts. My thoughts in ⁦@ConHome⁩ about what is going on and why we might see a tax cutting Budget in 2022. https://t.co/AA5tQ7hyIW — PolitiTweet.org

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This sounds like a very bad idea. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's my original piece. /END https://t.co/fO9XSV6kJJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Leaving the EU & the SM & prioritising sovereignty over market access has made us much more closed to our biggest market. Compensating measures will have to do a lot of work & it's reasonable to point out that there's no sign of that happening yet. /5 — PolitiTweet.org

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It is also the case that free trade is not just about tariffs. Non Tariffs Barriers matter a lot in advanced economies (see the UK Govt's complaints about GB-NI trade which is tariff free). If you want to bring down NTBs, you need a deep level of co-operation - as with the SM. /4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Tbf, this is a falsifiable proposition. But, as @EmporersNewC sets out, it is not quite straightforward to say the UK is always a force for free trade & the EU for protectionism. /3 https://t.co/E8PXvcaN66 — PolitiTweet.org

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I think he makes the best available argument from a free-market Brexiteers perspective - that the UK's instincts are more liberal & open than the EU as a whole & that this will mean that outside the EU the UK will be more free-trading etc. /2 — PolitiTweet.org