Politics

"I almost cried when you guys left. I just thought it was so bad for Britain’s interests, and frankly the liberal democratic order’s interests across the world.”

Conservative pledge, 2019: "We have one red line" when it comes to social care: "We will protect the family home."

"I come from a country where people have to fundraise on the internet just to stay alive. That's barbaric."

“It wasn’t Johnson’s arrival in Downing Street that introduced the poison into our system, even if he significantly increased the dose. It was Brexit.”

The agreement includes moves to establish rent controls, extend free school meals and set up a publicly owned energy company.

"The problem for the government is that you cannot simply pull up the drawbridge. Controlling the country's borders requires international agreement and co-operation."

"Mike Hunt will be sure to send his regards," one person said.

Senior Tory MPs are urging the PM to ditch the plans or risk being forced into a U-turn without their support in a vote due in the Commons.

Last night a senior Government source said they are both a 'pain in the a***'.