Jim Davies

@MatthewStadlen @afneil When this has happened in a court, it's led to an adverse inference being drawn and potentially significant costs consequences. Now apply what we know about McSweeny being a very sharp political operator, who oddly allowed errors to be accepted and didn't tell the full picture.

Still expect so much better from a titan of British broadcasting, Andrew. I’ve had my phone nicked (from behind by a man on a speed bike). It’s not a lot of fun, and a little disorientating. Why do you use the word “almost”? If you’re really accusing Morgan McSweeney of LYING to the police - an extremely serious and potentially libellous allegation - why not just come out with it?

It’s almost as if McSweeney deliberately misleading the police call handler to sow confusion. Says Belgrave Street, not Road. When call handler thinks it’s Belgrave Street in the East End and mentions Stepney, McSweeney does not correct the handler. Indeed he then confirms the thief turning at Stepney Green Park when the handler mentions that — knowing full well that couldn’t be true.

RT @Peston: Downing Street is refusing to say whether Morgan McSweeney’s WhatsApp exchanges with Peter Mandelson were lost when his phone w…

@AyoCaesar It could happen to any footballer's wife... x.com/AyoCaesar/stat…

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🚨 NEW: The Met Police will reopen its investigation into the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phone after admitting it logged the wrong address Officers reviewed CCTV from Belgrave Street in Tower Hamlets, not Belgrave Road in Pimlico, despite the phone containing the PM's number

This mobile phone is vital to the Mandelson scandal. The Labour Prime Minister’s then Chief of Staff says it was stolen. This Labour Secretary of State told the public that the theft happened months before the Mandelson scandal. Turns out that’s not true. Why did he lie?

Is This Plausible? I am Morgan Macsweeney I am Chief Of Staff to the Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland I hold a top-secret security clearance I own a mobile phone I use this phone to conduct Government Business I use this phone to message with Lord Mandelson My phone is tracked by GCHQ There are protocols for officials using personal phones to conduct Government business My communications are monitored to ensure they are not intercepted My phone is "stolen" a month after Lord Mandelson is sacked The police do not investigate The phone is not tracked down The police are too busy to track down the phone the most senior member of the Prime Minister's team - someone with a top-secret security clearance I do not contact my service provider to block the stolen phone I do not consider asking GCHQ to do this as a national security priority I do not ask for a replacement sim I do not buy a new phone I do not activate my new phone with the new sim I do not log-in to my Google account I do not select "Restore" I do not download WhatsApp I do not recover my messages Nobody, ever, who had their phone stolen was ever able to get their messages back. @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer DO YOU THINK WE ARE ALL STUPID? It is the cover-up that will take you down

This makes me increasingly convinced the US is heading for dictatorship. If figures linked to Trump are so outrageously engaged in insider trading, they know they could end up in prison for a very long time. Unless they're convinced something will make sure that'll never happen

@owenjonesjourno Presidential pardons maybe.

As things stand, the Republicans are headed for a devastating defeat in the midterm elections. So why would figures linked to Trump engage in flagrant criminality, with a prison sentence of up to 20 years, when things are so likely to change politically?

@archer_rs @RoryStewartUK 🤣🙏🏻

@PerthPom @RoryStewartUK "The Rest is Politics" with Alastair Campbell and Nigel Farage. 😁😁😁

Alternative history @RoryStewartUK defeats Johnson and becomes UK Prime minister in 2019. He negotiates a Brexit that allows the UK to remain in the Customs Union and Free Market. Deals with Covid crises competently and UK economy recovers quickly. Relected and is still PM.

@archer_rs @PhilipRadbourne @RoryStewartUK In the number 10 house, definitely 😁

@PerthPom @PhilipRadbourne @RoryStewartUK Not in our household

@archer_rs @PhilipRadbourne @RoryStewartUK Plenty of evidence suggests otherwise.

@PhilipRadbourne @RoryStewartUK Nothing wrong with old Etonians.

@wesstreeting Racist yes. Critical of Israeli genocide, no.

The NHS is a universal service, owned by us to be there for ALL of us. Everyone should feel safe. No one should experience racism - especially from NHS staff. Following recent failures, we will make it easier to fire racist, antisemitic, NHS staff. thetimes.com/article/8404d2…

THEY. TORTURED. A. ONE. YEAR. OLD. BABY. THEY. TORTURED. A. ONE. YEAR. OLD. BABY. THEY. TORTURED. A. ONE. YEAR. OLD. BABY. THEY. TORTURED. A. ONE. YEAR. OLD. BABY.

A group of jews confronted the Aljazeera crew in Golders Green. Called them monkeys and dogs. Then told police they felt unsafe and alleged the news would go to 'terrorists'. The officer's reply: 'I understand' Not the West Bank. This is Britain.

Let me explain what just happened 👇 5 minutes before the President announced a halt to attacks on Iran… someone placed a $1.5 BILLION bet on stocks going up and dumped $192 million in oil. 5 minutes… These trades were 4 to 6 times larger than anything else in the entire market. Whoever did this wasn’t guessing. You don’t risk $1.5 billion on a hunch. There was zero public indication this announcement was coming. No leaks. No press. Nothing. The only people who knew were in the room when the decision was made. Someone in that room picked up a phone. And within minutes they made more money than most Americans will earn in a thousand lifetimes. In a single trade. On a war that cost you $4+ a gallon gas and $16 billion in tax dollars. American citizens funded this war. Politicians are profiting from it. This is not the first time. Every major announcement from this administration has had massive suspicious trades right before it dropped. Tariff reversals. Policy shifts. War decisions. This is the most blatant insider trading operation in the history of American politics. It’s not even close. And it’s happening over and over in broad daylight. You would go to federal prison for trading on a tip from your cousin. These people are front running war decisions with billion dollar bets and nobody will ever ask a single question. Nobody will be investigated. Nobody will be charged. By tomorrow this will be buried under the next satisfying headline. Just like last time. And the time before that. The game is rigged. And they’re not even trying to hide it anymore…

So @bbcnickrobinson , will you interview him, in the interest of balance?

The public emphatically doesn’t want this — any more than it wants involvement in Israel’s dirty wars in the Middle East — but it gets it anyway because of grubby little behind-the-scenes deals.

Labour minister’s line now is Keir Starmer never promised vote on “defensive” military action & it’s unprecedented. There was no “defensive” caveat in his promise.Every war has been presented as “defensive” including Iraq & Blair allowed a vote. This is embarrassing sophistry.