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| Brexit live: Michael Gove to set out his vision for Britain as Conservatives reel from Boris Johnson's exit | Brexit live: Michael Gove to set out his vision for Britain as Conservatives reel from Boris Johnson's exit |
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| Here’s some of the most interesting lines from the Mail’s endorsement of Theresa May, a front page which surely will have caused some ruction in the Gove household this morning. | |
| It seems Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre and his team were unimpressed with the justice secretary’s actions yesterday. | |
| This was, surely, one of the most unedifying days in modern politics. A day of treachery and opportunism on both sides of the Chamber. A day in which the currency of political discourse was devalued still further. | |
| The paper’s endorsement so soon in the race, when Gove has even yet to launch his campaign, will have come as a surprise. | |
| In normal circumstances, this paper would hesitate to declare its hand before the closing stages of such a contest. But whatever these times may be, they are anything but normal. | |
| The Mail believes only Mrs May has the right qualities, the stature and experience to unite both her party and the country — and possibly usher in a new, cleaner, more honest kind of politics. | |
| Here too, are digs at the political methods of Johnson and Gove. | |
| She does not belong to the Westminster chumocracy, which has corrupted our politics with jobs for flatmates and cronies. If she wins this contest, we can be confident that those she promotes will be chosen on merit alone by this living embodiment of meritocracy. | |
| Above all, she is not a believer in gimmicks, focus groups or conjuring policies out of the air, twisting and turning to feed the 24-hour news cycle. And if she can introduce a new, more serious, more truthful politics, she will be thanked by millions of Britons who are utterly disenchanted with the political process. | |
| The words for Gove are not brutal, but his methods are called into question. | |
| With the best will in the world, we cannot see Mr Gove as a Prime Minister for these turbulent times. A great irony of his surprise decision to throw his hat into the leadership ring yesterday is that in the very act of doing so, he raised question marks over the qualities so many have come to admire in him: consistency, strict adherence to principle and, yes, trustworthiness. | |
| Gove, the paper says, would be better suited to chief negotiator for Brexit. | |
| This paper has enormous respect for Mr Gove. He can claim a large measure of the credit for the result, which this paper remains convinced was the right one for our country and Europe. | |
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| An interesting result in a local byelection. The Liberal Democrats have defeated the Tories to take a council seat in Mole Valley, by a very large swing. | |
| Leatherhead North (Mole Valley) result:LDEM: 56.6% (+27.4)CON: 22.3% (-11.7)UKIP: 10.3% (-7.9)LAB: 8.9% (-5.7)GRN: 1.8% (-2.1) | Leatherhead North (Mole Valley) result:LDEM: 56.6% (+27.4)CON: 22.3% (-11.7)UKIP: 10.3% (-7.9)LAB: 8.9% (-5.7)GRN: 1.8% (-2.1) |
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| Thornberry apologies to Israeli ambassador | Thornberry apologies to Israeli ambassador |
| Yiftah Curiel, spokesman for the Israeli ambassador, Mark Regev, said that the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, had apologised to the embassy following the completion of Labour’s antisemitism review. At the launch of the report, Jeremy Corbyn appeared to many present to have compared Israel to Islamic extremists in prepared remarks. | |
| The text of the speech given by Corbyn had in fact referred to “Islamic states and organisations” but the remarks caused some offence at an event that was intended to be reassurance over the party’s position on antisemitism. | |
| .@AmbMarkRegev welcomed @EmilyThornberry's unequivocal apology following @jeremycorbyn's unacceptable remarks | .@AmbMarkRegev welcomed @EmilyThornberry's unequivocal apology following @jeremycorbyn's unacceptable remarks |
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| Dominic Raab, the leave campaigner and Tory minister, wrote a piece in the Sun on Thursday praising Boris Johnson, calling him the Heineken man of politics (reaching parts other politicians can’t.) | |
| But by the morning the paper was published, he’d switched support to Michael Gove. | But by the morning the paper was published, he’d switched support to Michael Gove. |
| I don’t think he’s wanted this but I think he’s seen as preparation for the leadership contest have developed, he’s the candidate that can deliver the two things we need – a ‘change’ candidate, someone with a vision, and also someone with a proven record of delivery. They are the two golden ingredients. | |
| Raab said that they had tried to get a “team ticket around Boris ... which frayed and ebbed away” and said the anger around Gove’s perceived treachery was “pantomime”. He said it was not a surprise Ken Clarke did not want to see “the most pro-Brexit candidate” as leader. (I’m sure Liam Fox might quibble over that description). | |
| There’s a lot of raw nerves around, I don’t even completely know what’s happened when I’m picking through the bones of the newspapers but I can see through the mist that we’ve got a critical choice ahead and I think Michael Gove is the change candidate with the track record to deliver. | There’s a lot of raw nerves around, I don’t even completely know what’s happened when I’m picking through the bones of the newspapers but I can see through the mist that we’ve got a critical choice ahead and I think Michael Gove is the change candidate with the track record to deliver. |
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| Liam Fox calls for 'Brexit for grown-ups | Liam Fox calls for 'Brexit for grown-ups |
| Liam Fox, himself a leadership candidate, criticised Johnson and Gove for their “Oxford Union politics” in a Radio 4 Today programme interview. | |
| We are now 10 weeks away from having a new prime minister, we’re in the process of electing a prime minister who will actually take us out of the European Union, and yet we seem to be permanently distracted by what can only be described as the politics of the Oxford Union in recent days. I think it was a distraction, we need Brexit for grown-ups and we need to be talking about the big issues. | |
| He said there was no room for membership of the single market if it meant free movement of people. | |
| Conservative leadership candidates should not be talking about who betrayed whom. | |
| We need to be talking about our aims, our trading positions, what our security relationship will be, also what domestic changes we will have to make, How will we have to restructure our government? How will we have to change Whitehall? We’ll have to introduce, for example, a department of trade.” | |
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| Ken Clarke calls for Gove to step aside | Ken Clarke calls for Gove to step aside |
| Mark Tran | Mark Tran |
| Ken Clarke, the Tory grandee, has come out strongly against Michael Gove. The pro-EU Clarke told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: | Ken Clarke, the Tory grandee, has come out strongly against Michael Gove. The pro-EU Clarke told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: |
| “Michael Gove would do us all a favour if he were to stand down now and speed up the process... all the serious candidates need to set out carefully how we would leave the EU without causing serious damage to the economy. That is the big serious question obscured by the bizarre manoeuvrings of Michael Gove.” | “Michael Gove would do us all a favour if he were to stand down now and speed up the process... all the serious candidates need to set out carefully how we would leave the EU without causing serious damage to the economy. That is the big serious question obscured by the bizarre manoeuvrings of Michael Gove.” |
| Clarke did not go so far as to endorse Theresa May – or any of the five candidates – but said she was “certainly in the right class of contenders”. | Clarke did not go so far as to endorse Theresa May – or any of the five candidates – but said she was “certainly in the right class of contenders”. |
| My colleague Jessica Elgot is now taking over. | My colleague Jessica Elgot is now taking over. |
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| Senior Tories Michael Fallon and Patrick McLoughlin have come out for Theresa May. | Senior Tories Michael Fallon and Patrick McLoughlin have come out for Theresa May. |
| Fallon said: | Fallon said: |
| As defence secretary, I’ve worked closely with Theresa on security and she is the right person to steer Britain through the serious challenges we now face. Theresa is the best person to lead our exit from the EU so that we reduce immigration and regain sovereignty while protecting our hard won economic growth. | As defence secretary, I’ve worked closely with Theresa on security and she is the right person to steer Britain through the serious challenges we now face. Theresa is the best person to lead our exit from the EU so that we reduce immigration and regain sovereignty while protecting our hard won economic growth. |
| McLoughlin, the transport secretary, writing in the Sun, said May would be able to do the required deals in Brussels in the complex negotiations to extricate the UK from the EU. | McLoughlin, the transport secretary, writing in the Sun, said May would be able to do the required deals in Brussels in the complex negotiations to extricate the UK from the EU. |
| “We know that the next prime minister needs to forge a deal from the EU as we shape our brighter future in the rest of the world. And her track record shows that when Theresa arrives in Brussels, Europe’s bosses sit up and listen.” | “We know that the next prime minister needs to forge a deal from the EU as we shape our brighter future in the rest of the world. And her track record shows that when Theresa arrives in Brussels, Europe’s bosses sit up and listen.” |
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| Mark Tran | Mark Tran |
| Jeremy Corbyn has insisted that he retains the support of Labour members – as opposed to the parliamentary party – but this could be waning, according to YouGov. It says its most recent poll for the Times shows support among members is fading fast. | Jeremy Corbyn has insisted that he retains the support of Labour members – as opposed to the parliamentary party – but this could be waning, according to YouGov. It says its most recent poll for the Times shows support among members is fading fast. |
| Corbyn’s victory last September YouGov research has consistently shown that Labour party members have stuck by their leader. In fact, it has been conventional wisdom in Westminster that Corbyn’s support amongst the Labour membership is rock solid. | Corbyn’s victory last September YouGov research has consistently shown that Labour party members have stuck by their leader. In fact, it has been conventional wisdom in Westminster that Corbyn’s support amongst the Labour membership is rock solid. |
| However, our most recent poll for the Times, carried out entirely after the Brexit vote last Thursday, shows that opinions are shifting fast – his net job approval is reduced to +3, down from +45 just last month. | However, our most recent poll for the Times, carried out entirely after the Brexit vote last Thursday, shows that opinions are shifting fast – his net job approval is reduced to +3, down from +45 just last month. |
| Meanwhile, Ed Miliband’s former adviser, Tom Baldwin, is the latest Labour figure urging the Labour leader to go. | Meanwhile, Ed Miliband’s former adviser, Tom Baldwin, is the latest Labour figure urging the Labour leader to go. |
| “He does not have the support of MPs, he does not have the support of MEPs, he does not have the support of Labour councillors,” Baldwin told ITV’s Good Morning Britain. “He cannot lead the party or MPs anymore, but if he goes into a leadership election he may well be re-elected by those members. In these circumstances a responsible leader, someone who has the party’s interests at heart, has to recognise he can no longer lead.” | “He does not have the support of MPs, he does not have the support of MEPs, he does not have the support of Labour councillors,” Baldwin told ITV’s Good Morning Britain. “He cannot lead the party or MPs anymore, but if he goes into a leadership election he may well be re-elected by those members. In these circumstances a responsible leader, someone who has the party’s interests at heart, has to recognise he can no longer lead.” |
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| Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the ructions within the Conservative and Labour parties as Britain grapples with the consequences of the EU referendum. Today, the justice secretary, Michael (Brutus) Gove, who knifed Boris Johnson, is scheduled to set out his vision for Britain. Theresa May, the home secretary – I just get on with the job – has the backing of about 70 MPs. George Osborne, the chancellor, is to speak to a business audience in Manchester. | Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the ructions within the Conservative and Labour parties as Britain grapples with the consequences of the EU referendum. Today, the justice secretary, Michael (Brutus) Gove, who knifed Boris Johnson, is scheduled to set out his vision for Britain. Theresa May, the home secretary – I just get on with the job – has the backing of about 70 MPs. George Osborne, the chancellor, is to speak to a business audience in Manchester. |
| In the Labour camp, the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, is speaking to a business audience at the Royal Festival Hall in London as Jeremy Corbyn tries to hang on despite the hostility of his fellow MPs. Meanwhile, here is a recap of yesterday’s Shakespearean drama. | In the Labour camp, the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, is speaking to a business audience at the Royal Festival Hall in London as Jeremy Corbyn tries to hang on despite the hostility of his fellow MPs. Meanwhile, here is a recap of yesterday’s Shakespearean drama. |
| The Great Betrayal | The Great Betrayal |
| There was only one story in town on Thursday – and its ramifications will continue to be felt for some time to come. The Guardian’s lead is headlined “The betrayal: Boris cannot provide the leadership for the task ahead.” | There was only one story in town on Thursday – and its ramifications will continue to be felt for some time to come. The Guardian’s lead is headlined “The betrayal: Boris cannot provide the leadership for the task ahead.” |
| “I respect and admire all the candidates running for the leadership. In particular, I wanted to help build a team behind Boris Johnson so that a politician who argued for leaving the European Union could lead us to a better future,” Michael Gove said. “But I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.” | “I respect and admire all the candidates running for the leadership. In particular, I wanted to help build a team behind Boris Johnson so that a politician who argued for leaving the European Union could lead us to a better future,” Michael Gove said. “But I have come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Boris cannot provide the leadership or build the team for the task ahead.” |
| Gaby Hinsliff notes that Michael made an odd assassin – but then Boris was a strange Caesar. | Gaby Hinsliff notes that Michael made an odd assassin – but then Boris was a strange Caesar. |
| The Sun is full of juicy detail and contains the claim that Andrea Leadsom, one of the Tory contenders, was on board to be Johnson’s chancellor – but Team Boris screwed up delivering her a note and failed to send a key tweet, | The Sun is full of juicy detail and contains the claim that Andrea Leadsom, one of the Tory contenders, was on board to be Johnson’s chancellor – but Team Boris screwed up delivering her a note and failed to send a key tweet, |
| The Telegraph suggests Osborne had a hand in the ‘cuckoo plot’ and that Gove and he met weekly throughout the campaignThe Guardian reports the consternation caused by the Gove announcement among MPs and supporters of May who had gathered at the launch of her bid. | The Telegraph suggests Osborne had a hand in the ‘cuckoo plot’ and that Gove and he met weekly throughout the campaignThe Guardian reports the consternation caused by the Gove announcement among MPs and supporters of May who had gathered at the launch of her bid. |
| Runners and riders | Runners and riders |
| Now that Gove has forced his old friend out of the Conservative leadership race, he and the four remaining candidates have embarked on a frantic bid to win the support of MPs. | Now that Gove has forced his old friend out of the Conservative leadership race, he and the four remaining candidates have embarked on a frantic bid to win the support of MPs. |
| Peter Walker takes a look at the CVs – and chances – of frontrunner Theresa May, Andrea Leadsom, Stephen Crabb and Liam Fox. | Peter Walker takes a look at the CVs – and chances – of frontrunner Theresa May, Andrea Leadsom, Stephen Crabb and Liam Fox. |
| Former Liberal Democrat business secretary Vince Cable quips: | Former Liberal Democrat business secretary Vince Cable quips: |
| They make the Borgia popes look like beginners. https://t.co/upJ4JpWVcX | They make the Borgia popes look like beginners. https://t.co/upJ4JpWVcX |
| Labour leadership | Labour leadership |
| Angela Eagle had been expected to announce a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership on Thursday, but in the end that did not materialise. | Angela Eagle had been expected to announce a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership on Thursday, but in the end that did not materialise. |
| Are new Lab members signing up in droves to back Corbyn in any leadership contest - or to oust him? Both rebels and backers are recruiting. | Are new Lab members signing up in droves to back Corbyn in any leadership contest - or to oust him? Both rebels and backers are recruiting. |
| Battle of the Somme commemorations | Battle of the Somme commemorations |
| Royals including the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will attend events in France on Friday to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will open the new Thiepval Memorial to the Missing visitors centre. | Royals including the Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will attend events in France on Friday to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will open the new Thiepval Memorial to the Missing visitors centre. |
| David Cameron will also attend the Battle of the Somme centenary service on what is the first day of July, by the way. | David Cameron will also attend the Battle of the Somme centenary service on what is the first day of July, by the way. |
| What the papers say | What the papers say |
| Apart from the Sun’s Brexecuted splash (not bad, we admit), the sensation is the decision by the Daily Mail to come out swinging for Theresa May with a puff that occupies about half the front page. The Mail, of course, counts Sarah Vine – Mrs Gove – as a star columnist. The decision could make life slightly difficult for both her and the Mail’s editor, Paul Dacre. | Apart from the Sun’s Brexecuted splash (not bad, we admit), the sensation is the decision by the Daily Mail to come out swinging for Theresa May with a puff that occupies about half the front page. The Mail, of course, counts Sarah Vine – Mrs Gove – as a star columnist. The decision could make life slightly difficult for both her and the Mail’s editor, Paul Dacre. |
| MAIL BACKS MAY: Tory day of treachery #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/4ltt9AkJen | MAIL BACKS MAY: Tory day of treachery #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/4ltt9AkJen |
| TELEGRAPH: 'An act of midnight treachery' #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/60xoGXFsyM | TELEGRAPH: 'An act of midnight treachery' #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/60xoGXFsyM |
| Thought for the day | Thought for the day |
| We know you’ve had a lot of Boris Johnson today, but we’ve saved the best for last: | We know you’ve had a lot of Boris Johnson today, but we’ve saved the best for last: |
| MAIL: Max Hastings: I advised Boris to 'lock up his willy' #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/P7c7utLDPX | MAIL: Max Hastings: I advised Boris to 'lock up his willy' #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/P7c7utLDPX |
| If the battle for the Tory leadership was a play or a film... | If the battle for the Tory leadership was a play or a film... |
| Betrayal by Harold Pinter of with the screen version starring Ben Kingsley and Jeremy Irons, with that memorable scene when Kingsley confronts his great friend Irons over the latter’s affair with his wife. It’s not politics, but the great theme is betrayal. | Betrayal by Harold Pinter of with the screen version starring Ben Kingsley and Jeremy Irons, with that memorable scene when Kingsley confronts his great friend Irons over the latter’s affair with his wife. It’s not politics, but the great theme is betrayal. |
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