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...Transfer Market Ed Woodward has a new role. Bloomsbury Football Foundation has appointed the former Manchester United executive vice-chair to its board of trustees....
...Sir Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leader, said: “For years Jacob Rees-Mogg has been on the wrong side of the argument. The last thing we need is another climate dinosaur like Rees-Mogg.”...
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...Sebastian Payne No, absolutely....
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...Sebastian Payne Well, that was the feeling that we might actually get resulting from this conference if we listen to the former Tory minister, Ed Vaizey....
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...Sir Ed Davey, Lib Dem leader, said his party could be “on the verge of a historic victory” in Tiverton, adding “it is now neck and neck between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives and every vote...
...Sebastian Payne is the FT’s Whitehall editor....
...Sir Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leader, said: “A house of cards built on lies and deceit comes crashing down.”...
...Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey pointed out that Johnson had previously told parliament: “Covid rules were followed in Number 10 at all times.”...
...Ed Miliband, Labour’s energy spokesperson, called the strategy “hopeless” and said the government was in “disarray” over the current cost of living crisis....
...Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, supported Hoyle’s suggestion that MPs’ staff could be directly employed by parliament....
...Sir Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leader, also said the prime minister was responsible for the fines. “If Boris Johnson thinks he can get away with partygate . . . he is wrong,” he added....
...Ed Miliband, Labour’s climate change spokesman, said the UK government’s messaging is totally off the mark. Ed MilibandAnd this is head-scratching, to put it mildly....
...You can easily imagine this line of attack against Truss’s plan coming from Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, Ed Davey or John McDonnell....
...George Parker, Jim Pickard and Seb Payne have the inside track on the bitter battle raging within the Tory party over the plans....
...Jim Pickard I thought there’s something really interesting about who Keir Starmer’s chosen to meet out there, and when you think about Ed Miliband’s messaging a decade ago, he had that famous speech where...
...[MUSIC PLAYING] George ParkerWelcome to Payne’s Politics, your essential insider guide to Westminster from the Financial Times with me, George Parker, in the hot seat vacated by Seb Payne, just for the...
...Sir Ed Davey, Lib Dem leader, said the gains represented a “turning point” for his party’s fortunes, representing an “almighty shockwave that will bring this Conservative government tumbling down”....
...Ed Costelloe, chair of the group, said there was “massive anger” about the scandal....
...Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leader, said Johnson was acting “more like a mafia boss than the prime minister”, but other MPs argued party whips always used tough tactics to keep them in line....
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