Matthew Green
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Boris left flailing as his limitations become clear for all to see | John Crace
John Crace - the Guardian 184d 14 tweets
Rather than being seen as the man with the winning touch, many Tories are waking up to the fact that PM may be a liability
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Matthew Green This is simply superb from ⁊⁩ We are all watching the slow and painful demise of a Prime Minister. 184d
Apple 'not told' about UK's latest app plans
BBC News 259d 13 tweets
Apple says the UK government has not spoken to it about plans to develop a new "hybrid" tracing app.
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Matthew Green I cannot recall a UK Government with such a casual indifference to the truth, or one that seems more determined than any that preceeded it, to display its own incompetence for all to see. The worst possible government at the worst possible time 259d
Boris Johnson is least popular leader in the WORLD according to poll
Express.co.uk 269d 4 tweets
A NEW poll revealed today that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has the lowest approval rating worldwide based on his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Matthew Green Your eyes do not deceive you. The Express is revealing that PM Johnson has lowest approval rating in world based on response to Covid-19, even lower than Trump! Johnson's turned UK into word beater in incompetence. No other country has such an inept Govt. 269d
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Matthew Green So when Johnson said 'F**k business', it appears to be a rare example of a promise he really means to keep. via 375d
Tory MP criticised over plan to speak at event with far-right figures
the Guardian 401d 2 tweets
Daniel Kawczynski to attend Rome event with hard-right, anti-immigration speakers
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Matthew Green Shrewsbury’s embarrassment of an MP continues his personal journey towards the far right. Kawczynski seems untroubled by the destination he is heading for. 401d
Layla Moran: People still want progressive politics – but we need to deliver by working together
The Independent 446d 2 tweets
Parties need to stop this squabbling, says Layla Moran, and become a cooperative force to defeat the now united right
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Matthew Green No doubt is right. For progressive politics to return to UK in 2024, needs to be the sort of tactical co-operation between & Labour as in 1997. But it relies on pragmatists regaining control of Labour & I'm not confident of that. 446d
Hugh Grant calls for tactical voting in Cornwall to oust the Tories
cornwalllive 456d 1 tweets
'Your country needs your help'
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Matthew Green Almost missed this. has rightly called for Labour & Green voters in St Ives constituency to vote for the excellent candidate , Andrew George (MP from 1997 to 2015), was just 312 votes behind the Tory in 2017. #GE2017 456d
Two former PMs to join Final Say rally calling for tactical voting to block majority for Boris Johnson
The Independent 456d 4 tweets
Exclusive: Vote for a Final Say campaign targets seats of Dominic Raab and Iain Duncan Smith in bid to oust Brexiteers
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Matthew Green If, 4 years ago, someone said Tony Blair & John Major, would both join a rally in a General Election that's explicitly calling for tactical voting to prevent a Tory leader getting a majority, you wouldn't have believed them. #ExtraordinaryTimes #GE2019 456d
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Matthew Green New constituency poll of 507 voters in #Finchley & Golders Green gives: Con 43% #LibDem 36% Labour 21% It's clear only can beat the #Brexit Tory in Finchley & Golders Green. #GE2019 462d
Tory voters should reject Johnson's 'grand delusion' and back other candidates, Lord Heseltine says
The Independent 466d 2 tweets
Lord Heseltine lost the Conservative whip earlier this year
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Matthew Green Michael Heseltine tonight urged people who usually vote Tory to ‘either vote for defrocked Conservative candidates .. or .. vote for the ’ It’s #LibDems who can take Tory seats, deny Johnson a majority, & create the chance to #StopBrexit #GE2019 466d
Lib Dems targeting Tory big beasts like Brexiteer Dominic Raab in election campaign
The Independent 467d 2 tweets
After 12 December poll, people might be asking ‘Did you stay up for Raab?’ says Lib Dem leader
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Matthew Green Spot on : “We could be in a situation where people are asking each other ‘Did you stay up for Raab?’ poised to take significant no. of seats from Tories, provided those who wish to #StopBrexit in Tory held seats, vote #LibDems #GE2019 467d
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Matthew Green The reports the '’ headline pledge to #StopBrexit has proved popular with many businesses'. Former CBI chairman Paul Drechsler said: “We are looking at two extremes in the other parties, neither with tremendous appeal for business,” #GE2019 470d
Labour local party boss quits blasting Corbyn
BBC News 473d 1 tweets
John Thomas says he can "no longer follow the clown that leads" the party.
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Matthew Green The Chair of Leicester East constituency Labour party, Cllr John Thomas, has today resigned from the party after over 30 years as a member. He said Corbyn "has turned this great party into a laughing stock". & 'This is not the party I joined'. #GE2019 473d
One third will vote tactically in election to keep out the candidate they dislike most, poll finds
The Independent 473d 2 tweets
Experts believe strategy could change outcome of 12 December vote
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Matthew Green To vote #Remain given where polls are: In any Tory held seat vote In a LibDem held seat vote #LibDem Labour held seats are more complicated as, in some such as #Kensington, #Portsmouth South & others, it's only LibDems who can stop Tories winning. 473d
Only those who worship at the feet of the party leader are fit to stand | Nick Cohen
Nick Cohen - the Guardian 475d 8 tweets
Labour and the Tories have chosen loyalty over talent in a climate of fear and fantaticism
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Matthew Green Bleak & accurate from . There's a ray of hope however, polling from constituencies where are challenging shows #LibDems could capture enough seats to deny both Johnson & Corbyn the unrestrained power they crave. #GE2019 474d
Appalling Choice contest must start process of building something new
Evening Standard 480d 4 tweets
In years to come it will be known as the Appalling Choice of 2019. It will be cited alongside classical mythology’s Scylla and Charybdis — the one a six-headed monster and the other a whirlpool — spelling death and destruction for any passing ship....
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Matthew Green Former Conservative Minister Nick Boles , announces he's voting saying: 'I will vote for Jo Swinson’s candidate because it will not entail the kind of moral compromise that voting Conservative or Labour would.' 480d
Ken Clarke interview: I get death threats occasionally but people have to write to me
Rachel Sylvester - Thetimes.co.uk 483d 7 tweets
It’s 11am and Ken Clarke has just finished puffing on a cigar. We meet him in the lift on his last day at Westminster and he apologises if he smells of smoke. Shouldn’t he be vaping? “What is...
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Matthew Green Ken Clarke says he's a “discontented” Tory, understands why pro-European Conservatives inc. Lord Heseltine have backed . The Tories are now a “short-term, right-wing, nationalist” party & have “abandoned mainstream Conservative policies”. #GE2019 483d
Lib Dems pledge 'Remain bonus' for public services
BBC News 487d 3 tweets
Party leader Jo Swinson says cancelling Brexit will give Britain ÂŁ50bn to spend on public services.
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Matthew Green 'independent Institute for Fiscal Studies says this forecast is reasonable.' promises a ÂŁ50bn #RemainBonus for frontline services. Vote for to #StopBrexit, for more money for NHS, Schools & other services, & for #BrighterFuture for UK 487d
Distrust of Johnson haunts Tories in Remainer city
Toby Helm - the Guardian 487d 1 tweets
Tory incumbent in Winchester warns that Lib Dem success would mean more Brexit deadlock
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Matthew Green This by bodes well for 's aim to take #Winchester from the Tories. 'there is not only a deep dislike of Brexit, but also a profound distrust of the prime minister, even among people who have voted Tory in the past.' 487d
Lib Dems, Greens and Plaid Cymru in ‘remain pact’ to repeat Brecon win
Thetimes.co.uk 488d 3 tweets
The Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and Plaid Cymru are set to announce plans for a “remain pact” in up to 60 seats in a bid to deny Boris Johnson a Conservative majority. Jo Swinson’s party is...
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Matthew Green It appears on Tuesday we hear of many more moves by , Greens & Plaid to stand down in favour of single #RemainAlliance candidate from one party or an Independent. Great work by to make it happen. Respect to those putting #CountryFirst 488d