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"This is infinitely worse, because there is just so much of it."
@SophyRidgeSky asks Lord Chris Smith to compare the sleaze scandal of John Major to today's controversy.
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"You can't be at your best if you can't be yourself."
Former cabinet minister @JustineGreening she 'felt that not being frank about my relationship held me back', as she reflects on announcing her same-sex relationship on the day of London Pride in 2016.
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"There is no doubt the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill breaks international law."
@GermanAmbUK Miguel Berger says the move by the UK govt to rip up post-Brexit trade arrangements will be illegal.
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"I think we have to be very concerned."
@GermanAmbUK Miguel Berger tells @SophyRidgeSky that if Russia cuts gas supplies, Germany would need to 'stop delivery to some industries' and heating in winter "might turn into a problem".
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.@GermanAmbUK Miguel Berger says Germany has been slower than other EU countries to provide support to Ukraine, but its partnerships with other countries "are already having an effect".
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"Sorry, it's still not very clear" - @SophyRidgeSky
@ThereseCoffey is pressed on whether the prime minister knew about allegations against Chris Pincher before he was appointed deputy Chief Whip in February.
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"Reducing our army further is madness."
Former chief of the general staff Lord Dannatt says "the future is going to be a grumpy resurgent Russia and we've got to play our part in deterring Russian aggression".
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"The world might tell them to go, but the Russians will not go."
Former chief of the general staff Lord Dannatt believes the "new reality" is that Russia will occupy part of Ukrainian territory and NATO is unlikely to intervene.
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"The Russian tactics has completely changed since that early failed attack."
Former chief of the general staff Lord Dannatt tells @SophyRidgeSky that Russia will take the Donbas in the next few weeks.
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"There are other issues than the bars."
@SophyRidgeSky asks @jreynoldsMP about the bars in Parliament, who says they 'are absolutely fine' and drinking 'isn't encouraged'.
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"I have the humility to know, yes, we have problems. I'm often a person who has to respond and deal with those."
@jreynoldsMP says the Conservative Party have "made decisions they shouldn't have made".
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Labour's @jreynoldsMP accuses the Conservative Party of doing "what is politically expedient over what is right".
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Work and Pensions Secretary @theresecoffey says airlines 'did not anticipate' people's desire to travel abroad after #COVID19 when they 'released people at the end of furlough'.
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"The leadership qualities of the prime minister are very evident."
@theresecoffey says Boris Johnson demonstrates leadership in the UK and across the world, adding it's "important" formal processes around standards are followed.
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.@SophyRidgeSky: Was it right for Chris Pincher to be appointed deputy Chief Whip in February?
@theresecoffey says there is a vetting process for every ministerial appointment but ultimately is a decision for the prime minister.
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.@SophyRidgeSky: Was the PM aware of specific allegations against Chris Pincher ahead of this week?
@theresecoffey: "I don't believe Boris Johnson was aware" about any particular incident, adding "that's what I've been told today".
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Work and Pensions Secretary @theresecoffey says the government dealt with allegations against Chris Pincher "decisively", adding she was "not aware" of concerns against the MP ahead of this week.
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Watch #Ridge live: @SophyRidgeSky is joined by Work and Pensions Secretary @theresecoffey, shadow business secretary @jreynoldsMP, @GermanAmbUK Miguel Berger, and former chief of the general staff Lord Dannatt nitter.fdn.fr/i/broadcasts/1Pl…
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'A lot of people think that we have the right to choose body autonomy, but it isn’t enshrined in UK law'.
Labour MP Rosie Duffield says some MPs feel 'we should get it down in the statute books once and for all'.
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