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Absolute abject chaos. A government in its death spiral. Total seizure. Chaos on all fronts. Extraordinary opening statements from the nation’s broadcasters on another extraordinary day in British politics. After Liz Truss’ latest twist on the triple pension freeze at Prime Minister’s Questions, the resignation of the Home Secretary, confusion over the state of Tory …

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Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the Transport Secretary, has been asked to explain what happened in last night’s chaotic fracking vote. Tory whips said it was being treated as a vote of confidence, then a minister said no and then early this morning No 10 said yes. Ms Trevelyan said: “It was a three-line whip, it remained a …

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By saving a penalty after assisting Mohamed Salah at the weekend… Not bad at all! I’m really happy about that because we work hard every day to come here and perform. Sometimes things don’t go the way we want, but I think the last few games have gone well. In analyzing his penalty save… I …

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Suella Braverman resigns and voting chaos adds to BBC PM turmoil Home Secretary slams Liz Truss in scathing resignation letter Channel 4 News Suella Braverman: Home Secretary resignation letter to BBC Suella Braverman’s fall would be surprising at any other time. But chaos is the Guardian’s new normal Chaos engulfs government The Telegraph See full …

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Ukrainians told to ‘charge everything’ as power grid hits Russia’s BBC Ukraine forced to curtail electricity as grid damage takes toll Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Ukraine’s upcoming winter looks colder after Russia targets energy supplies The Guardian Russia launches attacks on Ukraine’s power grid CBS Evening News Ukraine says power grid threat ‘critical’ …

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Dame Judi Dench, the Oscar winner who is one of the UK’s most decorated actresses, has accused The Crown of “crude sensationalism” and said the Netflix series about the royal family is “cruelly unfair”. In a strong letter to The Times, he asked Netflix to insert a disclaimer at the start of the show to …

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T The Tory chief and deputy chief whips remain in office, Downing Street has said, after reports claimed he had resigned in dramatic fashion just before a vote on fracking in the Commons. It comes just hours after Liz Truss called for the resignation of Home Secretary Suella Braverman. It follows claims Tory MPs were …

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Suella Braverman is understood to have quit as UK home secretary after Liz Truss purged her diary and canceled a planned visit amid desperate attempts to save her prime ministership, s he told the Guardian. There is speculation that Grant Shapps, the former Transport Secretary who strongly backed Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership race, …

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My colleague Aubrey Allegretti points out that No 10 canceled Liz Truss’ planned trip to an electronics manufacturer this afternoon just an hour after she told reporters she was going ahead. U-turn not 10 faster yet? 12:33pm PM’s spokesperson: The Prime Minister will visit a UK company specializing in automated technology this afternoon “to hear …

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