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It would, I think, be completely ridiculous for there then to be another byelection later in the year. People really would then start to think the establishment are persecuting this man because they don’t want him to be prime minister…

Last year, the government gave Pakistan almost 150,000 visas. Now Pakistan is refusing to take one single criminal back. This is total weakness from Labour and a humiliation.

London and Manchester are brilliant cities and engines of innovation for our country, but Avanti Andy is heading for signal failure if he doesn’t rapidly realise there is a Britain that lies beyond the tracks connecting Euston and…

There needs to be a proper beefed up economic unit in number 10 that both the prime minister and the chancellor have access to, and that can give the prime minister a full suite of advice when they’re making these huge decisions that…

The idea that there wasn’t a cabal of men that were deliberately mistreating women around the government is just fanciful.

To pretend that I hadn’t told him and to brief so consistently and so viciously for quite a number of weeks after that was a deliberate attempt to knock my character down.

Both Morgan [McSweeney] and [Starmer] kept saying ‘well, additional information has emerged’, but at no point would any of them tell me what that additional information was.

We shouldn't be playing Mr Farage's game to escape justice.

Nobody is going to get drawn into what is a political stunt by Nigel Farage because he wants to duck and dive around the rules that apply to everyone.

We will not give up in our efforts to deport Ahmed for his heinous crimes

Changing the law to allow Ahmed's deportation would be the first step in giving victims the hope they never have to face him again

The authorities to boot this vile child rapist out of Britain

If we can do that at the local, the regional level, and the national level, I think that's hitting the right place.

Andy's done a good job with Manchester, he's done a great job during Covid, he's seen the Manchester Arena attack and dealt with that very effectively, and the economic trajectory of Manchester's in a positive way.

So, my view would be we need to get on board.

We're certainly going to be looking fairly at how these decisions are being made, and the question of fiscal sustainability for the benefit is going to be a concern as we reach these decisions.

My view is that the current level of spending is not a great concern. What would be a concern would be if it carried on going up forever more.

We've met with a number of pension [funds] and yes, they're very interested in Canada because people want to diversify their investment.