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Liz Truss' PopCon and the UK's strangest (yet powerful) think tanks

Now that Liz Truss has launched her PopCon ‘movement’, it is worth looking at other non-governmental organisations ‘helping’ the parties with policy advise and research — just what are these think tanks up to?

Evening Standard

Digested week: regular-sounding folk suspend disbelief over Trump

As the former president wins a landslide in Iowa and appears in court, Brooklyn Beckham serves up a bacon sandwich

The Guardian - UK

Lee Anderson: I didn't vote against Rwanda Bill after Labour MPs 'sniggered and laughed' at me

'Who knew Lee Anderson was such a delicate flower?,' jibed Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesperson Alistair Carmichael

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All the MPs rebelling over Sunak's Rwanda bill as two senior Tories quit

Here are all the MPs that backed amendments to Sunak's Rwanda Bill

Evening Standard

What happened in 2023? The Christmas quiz of the year

Why did MCC members see red? Who turned down Elton? And what hobby did the CEO of Goldman Sachs have to give up? Test your recall with our festive puzzlers

The Guardian - UK

Barbie, Beatles and Bankman-Fried: how well do you remember 2023? – quiz

Why did MCC members see red? Who turned down Elton? And what hobby did the CEO of Goldman Sachs have to give up? Test your recall with our festive puzzlers

The Guardian - UK

Do we also need a Tory minister for illegal policies?

Brief letters: Rwanda safety bill | Wage threshold for visas | Describing Mark Francois | Gratitude for a wonderful GP | Israel-Gaza war

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Sunak hit by new Rwanda revolt from Tory left as talks set to ruin PM’s Christmas

PM urged to defy pressure from Tory right-wingers and ‘tweak the bill in the other direction’

The Independent UK

Tory rebels will not kill Rwanda Bill in new year, insist cabinet ministers

After a week of bitter splits among Conservative MPs, Home Secretary James Cleverly sought to turn the focus onto Labour

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash over homelessness and the UK economy at PMQs – as it happened

The prime minister faced PMQs for the final time before the Christmas recess

The Guardian - UK

Tory rebels won’t kill our Rwanda bill in new year, home secretary insists

James Cleverly says government ‘willing to listen’, as Tory right threatens to ‘kill the bill’ after Christmas

The Independent UK

UK’s Sunak wins parliament vote on deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda

Sunak faces down Conservative rebels by winning knife-edge vote on latest plans to send refugees and migrants to Rwanda.

Al Jazeera

Once more unto the breach: how Rwanda bill unleashed ‘Brexit battles all over again’

Rishi Sunak’s bill passes first vote after frantic 36 hours, but could face amendments at later stage

The Guardian - UK

Britain needs rescuing from the Tory cult of immaculate sovereignty

Rishi Sunak is a fool if he thinks he can govern in partnership with ideological fanatics who want him to fail, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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The Covid inquiry was the least of Sunak’s worries: now he has to face his own MPs

With his Rwanda plan, the PM has boxed himself into a corner, unable to satisfy the Tory left or right, says the Spectator’s political editor Katy Balls

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak desperately lobbying Tory MPs to avoid defeat on Rwanda bill

Prime minister will host emergency breakfast at No 10 after frenetic day in Westminster reminiscent of Brexit fights

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak on the rack as Tory factions feud over Rwanda bill ‘mess’

Right-wing rebel MPs urge PM to ‘pull’ Rwanda bill ahead of crucial Commons vote

The Guardian - UK

Rightwing Tories urge Sunak to amend ‘partial and incomplete’ Rwanda bill

European Research Group of backbench MPs say bill should be withdrawn before vote on Tuesday

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The Guardian - UK

Rejoice at this U-turn over rail ticket office closures – whatever the reasons for it

I would love it if Mark Harper’s about-face was a response to public opinion. But there were subtler political forces involved, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Independent UK

Robert Courts elected chairman of Commons Defence Committee

The Conservative former minister said defence is in his ‘political DNA’.

The Guardian - UK

Tobias Ellwood quits as chair of defence select committee over Taliban remarks

Tory MP steps down after four committee member called for no-confidence vote over praise for Afghan regime

Evening Standard

Who is Tobias Ellwood? Tory MP faces backlash for Taliban comments

The defence select committee chair’s video has been likened to something that ‘could have been issued by the Afghan tourist board’

The Independent UK

Tobias Ellwood facing Defence Committee no confidence vote after Taliban remarks

Labour MP and Defence Committee member Kevan Jones said Mr Ellwood’s Afghanistan video was ‘a step too far’.

The Independent UK

‘Got it wrong’: Top Tory faces vote of no confidence after he apologises for ‘lauding the Taliban’

Tobias Ellwood, chairman of parliament’s defence select committee, said he ‘got it wrong’

The Independent UK

Tory MP Tobias Ellwood deletes video ‘lauding’ Taliban in Afghanistan

The Commons Defence Committee chairman faced criticism from fellow Conservatives over the clip.

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