Drama if Angela Rayner ends up in court…

Imagine all the lobby trying to remember their shorthand

“What do you mean I can’t otter”

NEW — Angela Rayner: “I am completely confident I’ve followed the rules at all times…

“I will say as I did before - if I committed a criminal offence, I would of course do the right thing and step down.”

NEW: Was Westminster honeytrapper a lone wolf 'doing it for kicks'?

It's not currently being viewed inside government as the work of a hostile state, four people w/knowledge say. Three experts (on the record) agree.

With Aggie Chambre

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i newspaper Starmer's view on China: Beijing poses a challenge with 'human rights abuses, surveillance, interference' but we must work together to tackle problems such as climate change. Doesn't rule out trip to meet Xi Jinping if he becomes PM. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

Ruby’s blow by blow reporting of the Covid inquiry has been a great public service. Very sad for her and her colleagues who were made redundant today.

Oh right. He should resign then.

NEW: William Wragg voluntarily resigns the Tory Whip:

Whips spox: “Following Will Wragg’s decision to step back from his roles on the Public Accounts and 1922 committees, he has also notified the Chief Whip that he is voluntarily relinquishing the Conservative Whip.”

Dan Bloom The man, who is being kept anonymous to protect his privacy, made the move after POLITICO confirmed four images from his Facebook account had been used as profile pictures by someone calling themselves “Charlie.”

BREAKING: A man in his late 20s has contacted the police to say photos of him were stolen for use without his permission in the Westminster honey trap scandal

By me and Aggie Chambre

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