David Gauke

David Gauke @DavidGauke

RT @TimPitt11: Aside from the £25b question about how to pay for this, the Treasury view will be that the benefits of this tax cut would fa… — PolitiTweet.org

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(By good news, I mean relative to the March forecasts. Still plenty of reasons to be worried about the public finances in the longer term.) — PolitiTweet.org

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A month until the Budget when the OBR will reveal some good news for the public finances. How will the Chancellor respond? I run through the options for @ConHome & make a few predictions: no big tax cuts, no real term spending cuts, cuts in UC taper rate. https://t.co/VChZDZgljC — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nealerichmond: Depressing but pertinent read from @DavidGauke, should be read in all EU Member State capitals. The lessons from #Brexit… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RachelSJohnson: Thanks @CamillaTominey and let’s keep talking about Labour, shortages and violence against women & girls with me on @lb… — PolitiTweet.org

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Some thoughts on labour shortages and Brexit in ⁦@NewStatesman⁩ from earlier this month. https://t.co/ZRSR1M8qlZ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @aljwhite: Apropos of nothing, here is a line in a column by @DavidGauke from a couple of months ago https://t.co/dCNA3ovO3f — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidGauke: If the Government considers that relaxing immigration rules is part of the solution isn't that also an admission that tight… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ProfTimBale Great minds indeed. — PolitiTweet.org

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To be clear, I'm sure it is right to make it easier for foreign HGV drivers to work here but the Government is conceding an important point. And this is welcome. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ministers should be worried that every time there's a story about problems caused by staff shortages an interviewer will say 'this is because of the Brexit immigration rules & you could try to fix it by relaxing them as you did with HGV drivers - why don't you?' — PolitiTweet.org

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And if tightening immigration rules has contributed to the shortage of HGV drivers and we can address that by loosening those rules, what about the shortages of agricultural workers? Or those working in social care? Or construction? Or the hospitality sector? — PolitiTweet.org

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@BarristerSecret Absence makes the heart grow fonder? — PolitiTweet.org

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@Sime0nStylites At which point they'll claim that it this proves it was nothing to do with immigration and Brexit after all. Cunning! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Simon_Nixon: Latest trolley news, free movement is fine — PolitiTweet.org

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@Sime0nStylites It is one way of governing, I suppose. — PolitiTweet.org

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If the Government considers that relaxing immigration rules is part of the solution isn't that also an admission that tightening immigration rules was part of the problem? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @publiclawprojct: We are thrilled to announce that @DavidLammy MP joins an incredible line up of speakers for our session looking at ref… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ShoaibMKhan: "Justice secretaries who enhanced reputation in office were those who took responsibility to uphold rule of law seriously… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ShoaibMKhan: Sensible advice from former Lord Chancellor @DavidGauke to new Lord Chancellor @DominicRaab: "You have a choice. You could… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @garvanwalshe: An important column by @DavidGauke in @NewStatesman today, observing that abolishing the Human Rights Act “might play wel… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @georgeeaton: "You could be a Johnsonian, populist Justice Secretary or you could be a respected reformer. It is hard to see how you can… — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

How should Dominic Raab try to make sure that the justice system is properly funded? What should be his approach to sentencing? Should he scrap the Human Rights Act or consider leaving the ECHR? Some advice for the new Lord Chancellor in @NewStatesman. https://t.co/tI1byf5ge1 — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

RT @NewStatesman: You could be a Johnsonian, populist Lord Chancellor or you could be a respected reformer. It is hard to see how you can… — PolitiTweet.org

David Gauke @DavidGauke

With a new Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary in place, what are the questions he should be asking himself and what should be the answers? I give Dominic Raab some unsolicited advice in @NewStatesman. https://t.co/tI1byf5ge1 — PolitiTweet.org

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I agree. They do. — PolitiTweet.org

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@t0nyyates This is certainly true. But the problem for Starmer is he's upsetting the Corbynistas but not getting much credit from everyone else for doing so (the justification for the proposal makes it sound like an arcane process point plus nostalgia for the days of powerful trade unions). — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jameskirkup: Despite improvements, many female inmates are on short sentences that serve no purpose but to ruin already damaged lives.… — PolitiTweet.org

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If the purpose of the proposed rule change on the election of Labour leader is to weaken the influence of Corbyn-supporting members (which is certainly necessary), Keir Starmer should say so. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @susie_dent: Word of the day is ‘throttlebottom’: an inept, bumbling, and possibly embarrassing holder of public office. — PolitiTweet.org