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• Sean Spicer Says Hitler 'Never Used Chemical Weapons' As If He's Never Heard Of The Holocaust

  11-04-2017 21:26
  
  Sean Spicer has said Hitler “didn’t sink to using chemical weapons” so everyone else is explaining to him what the Holocaust was.
  The White House press secretary was discussing how Syrian dictator Bashar Assad had gassed his people, prompting an American missile strike last week against the regime.
  “We didn’t use chemical weapons in World War II. You know, you had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons,” he told re
  
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• Corbyn embarks on an Easter policy blitz – but is it too little, too late? | Heather Stewart

  11-04-2017 20:29
  
  Labour hopes to turn things around for the local elections with free school meals, a £10 minimum wage and campaigning on behalf of small businessesFree school meals for primary school kids; a £10-an-hour minimum wage; and a pledge to take up the cudgels on behalf of small firms short-changed by big business. The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, is on an Easter policy blitz.One of the longstanding gripes of centrist Labour MPs sceptical about Corbyn has been that having won the leadershi
  
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• Royal Marines cut by 200 as forces face staffing crisis

  11-04-2017 19:38
  Posts to be transferred to Royal Navy to help plug gaps on new aircraft carriers
  
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• Popular pledges fail to revive Corbyn’s fortunes

  11-04-2017 19:12
  Labour braced for heavy losses in local elections
  
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• Syria war: G7 fails to agree sanctions on Russia after 'chemical attack'

  11-04-2017 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK proposal fails to win support, with the US secretary of state now in Moscow for talks.
  
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• Douglas Carswell 'Very Keen' On Free Movement Of Labour After Brexit

  11-04-2017 16:11
  
  Douglas Carswell has admitted he is “very keen” for Britain to continue allowing unlimited numbers of EU workers into the country - on one condition.
  The MP, who last month left Ukip to become an independent in the House of Commons, said free movement of labour should continue, but only for migrants paid more than £24,000 a year by the companies hiring them.
  Carswell predicted setting a minimum income for EU workers would help take the “toxicity out” of immigration
  
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• The pro-European hard Brexit dream

  11-04-2017 14:21
  A contradictory idea is gaining traction, but agreements on 4 areas will be needed
  
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• This is ‘Deep England’: warm ale, village greens and cheeky milkmen

  11-04-2017 13:57
  
  Forget Little Englanders – Deep Englanders believe that life was better before the evils of industrialisation, foreign competition and, you know, immigrationName: Deep England.Born: In the good old days. Continue reading...
  
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• Journalist shouted down at Corbyn press conference – video

  11-04-2017 13:54
  
  BBC political correspondent Mark Lobel is shouted down by audience members at the Federation of Small Businesses on Tuesday when he tries to ask Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn a question on Syria. The Mirror’s Ben Glaze also got shouted down when he tried to ask about Labour’s poor poll ratings. Corbyn insists on only taking questions on small business Labour would declare war on late payers like M&S, says CorbynContinue reading...
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn Refuses To Answer BBC Question About Syria During Press Conference

  11-04-2017 13:10
  
  .@jeremycorbyn refused to answer a question on Syria at a business conference pic.twitter.com/AhLamVC7eC— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 11, 2017
  Jeremy Corbyn refused to take questions from journalists on the crisis in Syria today, as he held a press conference in central-London.
  The Labour leader took questions from the audience following a speech at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) conference.
  However he did not want to address the conflict in the Middle East. 
  BBC journalist M
  
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• Great Repeal Bill: Anatomy of a Brexit power-grab

  11-04-2017 13:06
  
  The government will be able to change or eradicate nearly half a century of law with very little scrutiny
  
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• Lone Ranger: Surrey's solitary Labour councillor takes on 81 opponents

  11-04-2017 10:25
  
  Robert Evans is the last red flag standing in Surrey
  
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• Saffiyah Khan Meets Saira Zafar After Confronting EDL's Ian Crossland At Birmingham March

  11-04-2017 09:41
  
  The woman who confronted the leader of the English Defence League (EDL) during a protest on Saturday has been reunited with the Muslim female she stepped in to protect.
  The photo of Saffiyah Khan smiling in the face of an angered Ian Crossland became a viral sensation over the weekend and details of the encounter have continued to emerge since.
  Saira Zafar, 24, had been part of a counter-demonstration at the event “to show that [the EDL’s message] is not acceptable and that
  
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• Brexit weekly briefing: time to dig in and explore our 'shared values' with Duterte

  11-04-2017 08:00
  
  The heat has been turned down on UK’s EU divorce, but trade expeditions such as Liam Fox’s meeting with the Philippines’ leader pose awkward questionsWelcome to the Guardian’s weekly Brexit briefing, a summary of developments as the UK heads towards the EU door marked “exit”. If you’d like to receive it as a weekly early morning email, please sign up here.
  While you’re here: producing the Guardian’s independent, in-depth journalism takes a lo
  
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• EU27 set to approve Tusk’s tough Brexit guidelines

  11-04-2017 06:00
  Broad support for making UK accept laws, court and budget in transition deal
  
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• Burnham and Anstee face off in Manchester derby

  11-04-2017 06:00
  Labour MP seen as frontrunner in race to be first mayor of northern conurbation
  
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• Tories race to fulfil childcare pledge

  11-04-2017 01:02
  
  Labour says the government’s attempt to meet its manifesto commitment has led to chaos in the childcare sectorThe government is making an extra £50m in grants available to schools and nurseries as it scrambles to provide the places required to fulfil the Conservatives’ pre-election pledge of 30 hours a week of free childcare.The early years minister, Caroline Dinenage, is to announce that more schools will be able to apply for capital grants to invest in new buildings and impro
  
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• Boris Johnson asks G7 to consider fresh sanctions against Russia and Syria

  11-04-2017 00:27
  
  UK foreign secretary claims Putin is ‘toxifying’ Russia’s image and says Kremlin has to choose between withdrawing support for Assad or facing penalties Vladimir Putin is “toxifying the image of Russia” by backing Bashar al-Assad and the G7 must consider fresh sanctions against Russia and Syria in response to last week’s chemical attack on civilians, Boris Johnson has said.The foreign secretary, speaking as he prepared to enter talks with his G7 counterparts i
  
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