David Davis – Huawei determination may very well be amongst worst ever made The previous Brexit Secretary David Davis joined Andrew Marr this morn
David Davis – Huawei determination may very well be amongst worst ever made
The previous Brexit Secretary David Davis joined Andrew Marr this morning to argue the case in opposition to involving the Chinese language tech big Huawei within the UK’s rollout of 5G infrastructure. Davis stated that as a result of this association had the facility to compromise the ‘5 Eyes’ settlement on intelligence sharing between the UK and its Anglophone companions, it might pose a severe threat to nationwide safety:
Boris Johnson’s determination over Huawei’s function in UK 5G community may very well be considered by historians because the “worst determination a British PM has made” says former Brexit Secretary David Davis#Marr https://t.co/DJ2AMwR5BV pic.twitter.com/5fHvMNl6BI
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 23, 2020
DD: China will rating successful with this if what they do is fracture the ‘5 Eyes’… [Johnson] is not going to need… historians to look again and say that was the worst determination a British Prime Minister made in nevertheless a few years.
Dominic Cummings is ‘right here in the present day, gone tomorrow’
Davis additionally aimed a small barb on the Prime Minister’s closest particular adviser Dominic Cummings, after criticising the best way wherein Cummings was making an attempt to shake up the Whitehall machine:
Former Brexit Secretary David Davis tells #Marr Dominic Cummings is a “Right here in the present day, gone tomorrow” particular adviserhttps://t.co/yFqsOEdOk6 pic.twitter.com/naguqPCL0S
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 23, 2020
Nicola Sturgeon – I intend to remain on
Scotland’s First Minister advised Marr that, regardless of some rumblings of discontent on her backbenches, she totally intends to proceed main the SNP for a superb few years to return:
Is Nicola Sturgeon planning to remain on as SNP chief and First Minister of Scotland?#Marr https://t.co/Da66VVPNci pic.twitter.com/fI9i2HzylV
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 23, 2020
NS: I do intend to guide my get together into the following Scottish Parliament election… I’ve to make sure that I wish to do that job, that I’m the most effective individual to do that job, that I’ve the drive and power, and that’s emphatically the case.
Indyref2 battle may very well be determined in courtroom
Marr quizzed Sturgeon on how she would counter Boris Johnson’s doubtless refusal to grant the SNP’s request for a second Scottish independence referendum. Although Sturgeon stated she was reluctant to pursue the high-risk technique of holding the referendum regardless, she confirmed this was at the very least on the desk:
Might courts settle whether or not Scotland can have one other independence referendum?
SNP chief’s Nicola Sturgeon: “Not dominated it out… however not my most well-liked possibility”#Marr https://t.co/1yUrnoBXqS pic.twitter.com/1vyW2mQTPS
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 23, 2020
AM: So that you’d be difficult Boris Johnson to take you to courtroom?…
NS: I’ve not dominated it out, but it surely’s not one thing I’m taking a look at actively as my most well-liked possibility proper now.
George Eustice – PM ‘has been engaged’ in flood response
Sophy Ridge spoke to the newly appointed Setting Secretary George Eustice, who defended the Prime Minister’s lack of visibility in the course of the latest spate of flooding throughout the nation:
“The place is the Prime Minister this week?”
With widespread flooding, @SophyRidgeSky asks Setting Secretary George Eustice why @BorisJohnson hasn’t visited affected areas or been seen in public for 9 days.#Ridge pic.twitter.com/Br6kVvxaIg
— Sophy Ridge on Sunday (@RidgeOnSunday) February 23, 2020
GE: It’s not true that the Prime Minister hasn’t been engaged on this… It’s proper that on sure operational issues similar to this, the Prime Minister will ask considered one of his cupboard members to guide. I can’t see something unsuitable with that.
Diane Abbott – Social media ought to have individuals’s identify and deal with
And eventually, the Shadow House Secretary Diane Abbott referred to as for an finish to on-line anonymity throughout social media so as to fight trolling:
“I believe there must be an finish to anonymity on-line.”
Labour’s @HackneyAbbott says social media platforms ought to have the names and addresses of its customers to assist comply with up complaints of on-line abuse.
Stay: https://t.co/GcZH8uJ5YB#Ridge pic.twitter.com/MUSLTSXmKp
— Sophy Ridge on Sunday (@RidgeOnSunday) February 23, 2020
DA: You may publish below a pseudonym, however Twitter or Fb or whoever ought to even have your identify or deal with, as a result of after we attempt to comply with up among the actually abusive issues and threats of violence on-line, we can not hint the individuals.