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Nov 29 2024

Met Police refers itself to information watchdog after Westminster honeytrap victims’ identities revealed to each other | Politics News

The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office after the names of the alleged victims of the Westminster honeytrap scandal were revealed to each other.

The force has said it apologises “sincerely for any distress” after an email was “sent in error”.

According to reports, the Met sent an email to all those thought to be victims of the scandal, where the addresses were visible to every recipient.

The recipients’ names were mistakenly visible to each other, and officers will be reminded of their care that should be taken when sending group emails, Sky News understands.

The email is understood to have been a short, routine update to the investigation.

A Met Police spokesperson said: “An email relating to an ongoing investigation was sent in error today.

“We recognise the impact on those involved and apologise sincerely for any distress.

“A referral to the Information Commissioner’s Office has been made and we await advice on next steps.

“Officers will be reaching out to those impacted to personally apologise and provide reassurance.”

The honeytrap scandal was a sexting scam that saw former Tory MP William Wragg give out fellow politicians’ phone numbers to the suspected perpetrator.

Earlier this year, at least 12 men in political circles received unsolicited, flirtatious WhatsApp messages from people calling themselves “Charlie” or “Abi”, Scotland Yard previously said.

Explicit images were exchanged in some instances.

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The ICO had earlier told Sky News it had not received a report, but has been asked for an update given the Met’s announcement.

In their previous statement, the watchdog said: “Organisations must notify the ICO within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal data breach, unless it does not pose a risk to people’s rights and freedoms.

“If an organisation decides that a breach doesn’t need to be reported they should keep their own record of it and be able to explain why it wasn’t reported if necessary.”

Parliamentary authorities have also been updated to the incident.

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In June, a man was arrested as part of the investigation into the scandal.

The Metropolitan Police said they arrested a man in his mid 20s in Islington, north London on suspicion of harassment and offences under the Online Safety Act.

Sky News understands that he was a member of the Labour Party, but has since been suspended.

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Jun 21 2024

Euro 2024: Eight England fans arrested in Frankfurt – as offences revealed | World News

Eight England fans have been arrested in Frankfurt, where the Three Lions took on Denmark on Thursday night in their Euro 2024 clash.

One was detained for riding an e-scooter while under the influence of alcohol.

Others were held for bodily harm and violating narcotics laws.

The police also confirmed one arrest had been made after a person attempted to enter the stadium dressed as a referee – though their nationality was not specified.

Hessen Police said no Danish fans were arrested in the city yesterday.

A spokesman added that there was an “exuberant mood” among the fan groups – and despite the arrests, there was a “peaceful togetherness on the streets”.

On Wednesday, three England fans were also arrested by German police.

Their alleged offences included bottle throwing, throwing a missile at an officer, and being in possession of drugs.

Although there was a small amount of unrest, the UK Football Policing Unit said no major issues were reported as 2,000 fans packed into the main city square.

“This is indicative of what we have seen across Germany so far, with the vast majority of England fans behaving extremely well,” the statement added.

Ahead of the Group C clash – which ended in a 1-1 draw – local detectives had classed the match as “high risk”.

But while there was an increased police presence in and around the stadium, there was no ban on alcohol sales within the venue.

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In the run-up to England’s match against Serbia last weekend, riot police were forced to intervene outside a restaurant festooned with Serbian flags.

Video posted on social media showed men throwing chairs at each other.

Seven Serbia supporters and one England fan were detained after the brawl and missed the game.

Last week, Sky News spoke to the British officers deployed to Germany to help monitor England fans.

PC Stuart Dickerson, from the UK Football Policing Unit, said: “We have seen people openly taking cocaine off the back of their hands.

“They’re drinking beer that’s a lot stronger than they’re used to and people tend to get carried away and do things they don’t do at home.”

He warned that “the slightest thing” can change the dynamic in the crowd after hours of drinking – with something as little as a smashed bottle or a cross word sparking a fight.

“They’re singing a song and all of a sudden, they just turn, and you see the body language change, the chest puffs up,” he added.

Spotters in the crowd have identified English supporters who have previous convictions for football violence – and at the time of the interview, PC Dickerson said about 100 known hooligans had been seen.

After a disappointing draw, attention now turns to England’s final group game in Cologne.

Gareth Southgate’s side will face Slovenia in Cologne at 8pm UK time on Tuesday.

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Mar 16 2024

Vaughan Gething or Jeremy Miles to be revealed as Welsh Labour’s new leader | UK News

The result of the race to become the next first minister of Wales will be revealed today.

Jeremy Miles, the current minister for education and Welsh language, and Vaughan Gething, the minister for the economy, have been competing to see who will lead Welsh Labour and the country.

Which of the two has succeeded will be announced this morning, after voting closed at midday on Thursday.

The pair are bidding to replace Mark Drakeford, who has been first minister since 2018 and announced his intention to resign late last year.

The election of either candidate would be a historic milestone for Wales.

Mr Gething would be the country’s first Black first minister and Mr Miles the first to be openly gay.

Whoever succeeds will be the country’s fifth leader since the Senedd was established in 1999.

Only Labour members or those who are part of an affiliated organisation, such as a trade union, were able to participate in the vote – meaning about 100,000 people were able to take part.

Mr Gething had the backing of most of the large unions and Lord Kinnock, who led the UK party from 1983 to 1992.

Mr Miles saw support from the majority of the Labour members of the Senedd.

Mr Drakeford is not expected to stand down immediately, with his final first minister’s questions on Tuesday next week.

A vote will also need to take place in the Senedd at which opposition groups can put forward their own candidates.

With Labour the largest party, it is unlikely that any other group would take the role.

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The handover in power comes as Wales faces a challenging time, with farmers protesting, NHS waiting lists hitting record highs and an economy recovering from the COVID pandemic.

Mr Drakeford accepted there would be issues for his successor to deal with.

He told the PA news agency: “At whatever point anybody takes on this job there will always be an in-tray that is full, and it will always be an in-tray that’s got some challenging issues in it.”

Asked what advice he would give his successor, Mr Drakeford told them to “be bold” and to “push the boundaries”.

He said: “I’ve long argued that the danger for my party having been in power for an extended period in Wales is that we might look as though we’re simply sort of resting on our laurels, just sort of sitting back and just turning the handle on government.

“The Labour Party is ambitious, it is radical, it is reforming, it will grasp the really challenging issues.”

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Mar 8 2024

UK has no ‘credible’ plan to fund military equipment as multibillion-pound deficit revealed, report | UK News

The UK has no “credible” plan to buy all the weapons it needs after a huge jump in the cost of the nuclear deterrent helped to create a record funding gap, a group of MPs has warned.

Inflation and a weak pound also contributed to the hole of at least £16.9bn in a rolling, 10-year plan to procure equipment for the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, the Public Accounts Committee said in a scathing report.

The actual deficit is likely to be closer to £30bn if all the capabilities required by the Army – rather than only those it can afford – are included in the costs, the MPs said on Friday.

The committee accused the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of putting off painful decisions about what equipment programmes would have to be cancelled for the plan to be affordable.

Instead, defence chiefs were found to have been basing their sums around the optimistic belief that the government would boost defence spending to 2.5% of national income from around 2.1% – even though there is no guarantee when this will happen.

The findings came after MPs and military experts expressed dismay at a failure by the Treasury to increase defence spending in the Spring Budget despite mounting security threats and at a time when friends and foes are ramping up their own military investments.

Dame Meg Hillier, the chair of the Public Accounts Committee, said: “In an increasingly volatile world, the Ministry of Defence’s lack of a credible plan to deliver fully funded military capability as desired by government leaves us in an alarming place.”

She said this was not a new problem, with defence procurement characterised by ballooning costs and delays.

‘Clear deterioration in affordability’

“We’re disappointed that not only are the same problems we’re used to seeing on display here, but they also appear to be getting worse,” Dame Hillier said.

“Despite a budget increase, this year’s plan shows a clear deterioration in affordability. The MoD must get a better grip, or it won’t be able to deliver the military capabilities our country needs.”

The committee said the £16.9bn gap in affordability was the largest since the MoD started publishing its rolling 10-year equipment plan in 2012.

It came despite the government increasing planned spending on military equipment over the ten years to 2033 – the period that the MPs were examining – by £46.3bn to £288.6bn from 12 months earlier.

However, any hope of balancing the books was then sunk by a £38.2bn rise in funding over the same period for the Defence Nuclear Organisation – which is charged with renewing a fleet of nuclear-armed submarines and the missiles and warheads it carries.

The MPs voiced concern the spiralling costs for what is the UK’s top defence priority could further squeeze the budget for its conventional military capabilities.

Adding to the pressure, the MoD said inflation would push up costs for the equipment programme by £10.9bn over the decade, while unfavourable foreign exchange rates – such as when buying equipment from US companies when the pound is weak against the dollar – would add a further £2.2bn.

“The MoD, however, is unwilling to address this deficit by making major decisions about cancelling programmes,” the report said.

“It asserts that such decisions should wait until after the next Spending Review, which is expected in 2024 but might conceivably be delayed by the forthcoming general election, the timing of which is also uncertain.”

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Shortfalls across the board

There was also a shortage of skilled officials to oversee the delivery of complex procurement programmes – the equipment plan covers some 1,800 different projects to buy everything from communications gear to warships.

In a sign of strain, only two out of 46 projects included in the Government Major Projects Portfolio – so the most important equipment programmes – are ranked as being highly likely to be delivered to time, budget and quality.

By contrast the successful delivery of five other big projects – including new communications technology, nuclear submarine reactors and missiles – are rated as unachievable.

Asked about the findings of the report, a Ministry of Defence spokesperson said: “Our Armed Forces stand ready to protect the UK and as a leading contributor to NATO, we continue to defend our national interests and those of our allies.

“We are delivering the capabilities our forces need – significantly increasing spending on defence equipment to £288.6 billion over the next decade, introducing a new procurement model to improve acquisition, and confirming our aspiration to spend 2.5% GDP on defence.

“By maintaining part of our equipment plan as uncommitted spend, we have the flexibility to better adapt to changing technology and emerging threats.”

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Jan 12 2024

Queen ‘slipped away in her sleep’ in ‘very peaceful’ death, private secretary’s newly revealed memo says | UK News

Queen Elizabeth II “slipped away in her sleep” and had a “very peaceful” death, according to a memo written by her private secretary.

Sir Edward Young wrote a note about the late monarch’s final moments at Balmoral Castle, where she died on 8 September 2022, aged 96.

In a memo reported by the Daily Mail, Sir Edward wrote: “Very peaceful. In her sleep. Slipped away. Old age. She wouldn’t have been aware of anything. No pain.”

The document – now housed in the Royal Archives – is featured in a new biography of the King, entitled Charles III: New King, New Court. The Inside Story – by the Mail’s royal writer, Robert Hardman. The book is being serialised by the newspaper.

However, the book reveals the Queen died very suddenly – with Charles rushing to Balmoral by helicopter and reading the plans for events following her death, dubbed “London Bridge”, on the way.

The now-king and Queen Camilla spent an hour with his mother privately before she died.

Princess Anne and the late Queen’s senior dresser, Angela Kelly, took turns sitting at her bedside, together with Reverend Kenneth McKenzie, a minister at nearby Crathie Kirk – the church where the Royal Family worship when they are staying at Balmoral.

Charles called both Prince William and Prince Harry and told them to travel to Scotland as quickly as possible to say their final goodbyes, the biography says.

He went out to gather mushrooms and clear his head after seeing his mother – before being informed she had died as he was driving back to Balmoral, according to the Mail.

His most senior aide took a call, prompting Charles to pull over, when he was addressed for the first time as “Your Majesty”.

When Charles called William via the Palace switchboard to break the news, he simply told the operator “it’s me” – as he could not yet reveal that he was king.

He tried to contact Harry, but he was already on a flight, the book says.

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According to the book, shortly after Sir Edward wrote the memo, a footman brought a locked red box of paperwork found at the Queen’s deathbed containing two sealed letters.

One was addressed to her son and heir, while the other was for Sir Edward, the Mail reports.

The box also held the Queen’s choice of candidates for the Order of Merit for “exceptionally meritorious service” across the Commonwealth.’

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The King later described the death of his mother as a “profound loss”.

He said of the late Queen: “During her life, she remained a constant source of inspiration for us all.”

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Dec 30 2023

Liz Truss resignation honours revealed as Kwasi Kwarteng and cabinet miss out | Politics News

Kwasi Kwarteng, Therese Coffey and the rest of Liz Truss’s cabinet have missed out on getting gongs or places in the House of Lords as part of her resignation honours list.

There has been sizeable speculation about who the UK’s shortest-serving prime minister would choose to elevate to the upper house or make a knight or dame.

But none of her top ministerial team, nor those who were credited with her tenure’s disastrous mini-budget, are included on the list agreed with Downing Street.

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But she has conferred honours on eight people – including political allies and former advisers – and elevated three people to the House of Lords.

These include Matthew Elliot, the political strategist and former chief executive of Vote Leave being added to the upper house, as well as former Vote Leave chair Jon Moynihan and Ms Truss’s former deputy chief of staff in Number 10 Ruth Porter.

Tory MP Jackie Doyle-Price has been made a dame, while fellow Conservative Alec Shelbrooke has been made a knight.

David Hills, the Conservative association chairman for Ms Truss’s North West Norfolk constituency, has been handed an MBE. Back in 2009 he was rumoured to be heading up the so-called “turnip Taliban” which opposed Ms Truss being selected as a Commons candidate due to her having an affair with a married Tory MP, although he later supported her.

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The biggest surprise in Liz Truss’s resignation honours list may well be who is not on it.

There are no names from the former prime minister’s cabinet.

No Kwasi Kwarteng. No Therese Coffey. No Ranil Jayawardena.

Other free-market economists – and inspirations for Liz Truss’s platform for government – are also not there.

All in all, allies of the former prime minister may have a point when they say this is a “relatively modest list” focussed on long-standing colleagues.

That said, there have been reports that one person fell short of the vetting process and others may have declined the gongs.

As ever, it may take a few days before the full picture emerges of how the initial submission was whittled down.

There is a potential row brewing over the timing of the publication of this honours list though.

Number 10 has decided to release it at the same time as the regular New Year gongs and while MPs are out of Westminster on their Christmas break.

Some may smell an attempt by the government to bury the announcement to try and avoid too much public association between Rishi Sunak and his predecessor’s chaotic time in office.

Friends of Liz Truss are somewhat perplexed as to why it has taken until Christmas to put the names out, given they were submitted in March.

Not for the first time this year, the honours of a prime minister from the past could have a political impact on the present.

Ms Truss said of her list: “I am delighted these champions for the conservative causes of freedom, limited government and a proud and sovereign Britain have been suitably honoured.”

Labour’s shadow Cabinet Office minister, Jonathan Ashworth, said: “This list is proof positive of Rishi Sunak’s weakness and a slap in the face to working people who are paying the price of the Tories crashing the economy.

“Honours should be for those committed to public service, not rewards for Tory failure. Rather than apologise for crashing the economy and driving up mortgages rates, costing families thousands, Rishi Sunak has nodded through these tarnished gongs because he is too weak to lead a Tory party completely out of touch with working people.”

The Liberal Democrat’s deputy leader Daisy Cooper said: “This shameless move to reward Liz Truss’s car crash cronies is matched only by Sunak’s weakness in failing to block it.”

A Downing Street source said it was “long-standing convention” for former prime ministers to issue honours lists – and it is also convention that “the incumbent prime minister does not block the political peerage proposals of others”.

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Who will be added to the House of Lords?

• Matthew Elliott

Matthew Elliott is most well known as the former chief executive of Vote Leave, the pro-Brexit campaign group.
He also founded the low tax thinktank the Taxpayers’ Alliance.

According to his LinkedIn page, Mr Elliot is currently a non-executive director at the Latis group housing developer, as well as being a senior political adviser at Shore Capita, a senior adviser at the communications consultancy MHP Group, and president of The Jobs Foundation.

• Jon Moynihan

Jon Moynihan is a Conservative Party donor who has given hundreds of thousands of pounds to the Tories since 2001, according to the Electoral Commission.

Since 2019, he has given £53,000 to Ms Truss alone.

He has been described as a “businessman and venture capitalist”, having worked as chief executive of the PA Consulting Group.

Mr Moynihan chaired the Vote Leave finance committee, and was also appointed to the board of trustees of the Institute of Economic Affairs.

• Ruth Porter

Ruth Porter was a key aide of Ms Truss.

Ms Porter served as deputy chief of staff in Number 10 during the ill-fated stretch in Downing Street.

She has since returned to the job she held before as a managing director at strategic advisory company FGS Global.

She had previously worked as an adviser to Ms Truss when she was environment secretary, and worked on her leadership campaign.

Who has been made a dame or a knight?

• Shirley Conran

Shirley Conran, an author and former journalist, has been made a dame for her work on maths education.

She also donated £5,000 to Ms Truss since 2019, according to Sky News’ Westminster Accounts.

As well as her work in media, Ms Conran founded the Maths Anxiety Trust, which aims to help people who struggle with numbers due to anxiety over the subject.

She has written a free eBook – Money Stuff – which aims to teach girls maths without a teacher.

• Jackie Doyle-Price

Jackie Doyle-Price has been the MP for Thurrock, Essex, since 2010.

She was a member of governments under David Cameron and Theresa May, and served as construction minister in the Truss administration.

It was for this work that she was made a dame.

• Alec Shelbrooke

Alec Shelbrooke has been the Conservative MP for Elmet and Rothwell in West Yorkshire since 2010. Both he and Ms Doyle-Price joined parliament at the same time as Ms Truss.

He has been knighted for “public and political service as minister of state for defence procurement”, the role he held for less than two months under the Truss administration.

Who has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

• Sophie Jarvis

Sophie Jarvis was an adviser to Ms Truss during her time as trade secretary and foreign secretary, and also worked in Downing Street.

• Shabbir Merali

Shabbir Merali was an economic adviser to Ms Truss during her time as a Treasury minister, as well as in her trade and foreign roles and in Downing Street.

Who was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

• Robert Butler

Robert Butler is the MP for Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, and worked as Ms Truss’s parliamentary private secretary in the Foreign Office.

• Suzanne Webb

Suzanne Webb is the MP for Stourbridge in the West Midlands, and worked as parliamentary private secretary for Ms Truss in the Department for International Trade and in Downing Street.

Who has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

• David Hills

David Hills is the Conservative association chairman for Ms Truss’s South West Norfolk constituency.

Who missed out?

• Kwasi Kwarteng

Kwasi Kwarteng was chancellor under Liz Truss, and delivered the ill-fated mini-budget which ultimately sunk the pair’s time in Downing Street.

Mr Kwarteng had to U-turn on the pair’s pledge to axe the top band of income tax in the middle of the Conservative Party conference. He later found out he had been sacked as chancellor from a tweet from The Times.

He had been a long-term ally of Ms Truss, having co-authored the Britannia Unchained pamphlet in 2012.

• Mark Littlewood

Mark Littlewood is the director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs, a free market thinktank.

He was a proponent of “Trussonomics”, and backed the former prime minister’s mini-budget which caused economic upheaval and precipitated the collapse of Ms Truss’s administration.

• Jason Stein

Jason Stein was an adviser to Liz Truss during her time in the House of Commons, and also helped run her campaign to be leader of the Conservative Party.

Mr Stein was suspended during his time working in Downing Street following reports he negatively briefed against former cabinet ministers.

• Ranil Jayawardena

Ranil Jayawardena was a vocal supporter of Liz Truss in the race to replace Boris Johnson, and served as her environment secretary once she became prime minister.

He had previously been a junior minister in the Department for International Trade, and deputy chair of the Conservative Party.

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• Therese Coffey

Therese Coffey was one of Liz Truss’s closest political allies, and even chaired her campaign as she ran to be party leader.

And once in power, Ms Truss made Ms Coffey her deputy prime minister, as well as the secretary of state for health and social care.

• Mark Fullbrook

Mark Fullbrook was Liz Truss’s chief of staff during her time in Downing Street,

Mr Fullbrook was at the centre of controversy during his time in Number 10 after it was revealed he was being paid through a lobbying firm and not as a government employee.

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Dec 3 2023

Euro 2024: England and Scotland’s groups revealed as live draw overshadowed by prank | UK News

Euro 2024 draw in full

Group A – Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland

Group B – Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania

Group C – Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England

Group D – Poland/Wales/Finland/Estonia, Netherlands, Austria, France

Group E – Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Israel/Bosnia & Herzegovina/Ukraine/Iceland

Group F – Turkey, Georgia/Greece/Kazakhstan/Luxembourg, Portugal, Czech Republic

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Nov 14 2023

‘Political suicide’: Grassroots Tories’ fury at Rishi Sunak after sacking Suella Braverman revealed in leaked WhatsApps | Politics News

Sacking Suella Braverman means “suicide” for the Tory party and Rishi Sunak has just “thrown the election away” according to leaked WhatsApp messages between members of a grassroots Conservative organisation leaked to Sky News.

Members of the Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO), a momentum-style group created out of frustration at the ousting of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss and backed by Priti Patel, called on Tory MPs to submit letters of no confidence in Rishi Sunak after Monday’s reshuffle.

Conversations between CDO members on Monday reveal they believe “Sunak has committed political suicide” and “the cabinet is pretty much the exact opposite of what we voted for in 2019” while another asks “is it April Fool’s day???”

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The CDO, whose president is Lord Peter Cruddas, aims to change the rules of the Tory party to give the membership a bigger voice in its running.

Sky News has seen messages from regional WhatsApp groups where CDO members give their views on the reshuffle. Many, but not all, are Conservative members, and almost none are nationally recognisable figures so are not being named by Sky News.

These views are not representative, therefore, of the whole Tory membership, but represent a slice of Conservative thinking inside and outside the party. It chimes with some Tory MPs on the right who believe the reshuffle will bolster Reform UK, the right-wing party created from the Brexit Party.

In the South East CDO group, one contributor calls the appointment of David Cameron a “very weak decision”, another calls it the “undoing of the party” and a third says “FFS”.

One says “the only good news would be if Kemi [Badenoch, business secretary] replaces [Chancellor Jeremy] Hunt but I can’t see it”.

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Some in relation to Cameron refer to conspiracy theories about an elite in Davos controlling the world.

“His biggest regret was Brexit, even though he was always a eurosceptic. Why? Because it robbed him of post PM £s on the Davos circuit. He’s back to redeem himself under Davos darling Nutsak”. “Nutsak” is an occasional nickname for Sunak in this group.

“I’ve not been this angry since Boris was forced out”, says one.

In the same group, they respond to the sacking of Ms Braverman as home secretary with dismay.

“I call on Conservative MPs to submit their VoNC [vote of no confidence] letters to the 1922 [Committee]. Rishi Sunak & his out-of-touch squad, must be outed from No10,” said one. Later that day, Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns did submit such a letter.

“Is Suella a member of the CDO?” asks one. “How can we help her and thereby help ourselves and our country? I am really unhappy about this… Let’s push for letters to go in.”

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Richard Holden’s appointment as party chairman is also the source of dismay because he is seen as close to Mr Sunak.

“Apparently an ex CCHQ staffer, otherwise known as a full commitment to the lunatics taking over the asylum,” one said.

Read the full exchanges below.

CDO SOUTH EAST

[08:39] Activist 1: Reshuffle starting now…

[08:40] Activist 1: Suella has just been sacked. The end of the Conservative party

[08:40] Activist 2: Harry Cole was reporting that it was expected because of the vague agenda for today.

[08:42] Activist 2: Let’s hope it’s the beginning of the end for Sunak

[08:4?] Activist 2: He’s now jumping to the bark of Labour

[08:45] Activist 3: If Suella has been sacked, then he should go. Is Suella a member of CDO? How can we help her and thereby help ourselves and our country? I am really unhappy about this.

[08:46] Activist 2: Now it’s time for the backbenchers to put up.

[08:46] Activist 3: Let’s push for the letters to go in.

[08:46] Activist 4: He is demonstrating he is a follower not a leader.

[08:47] Activist 2: It’s so weak. Even if he wanted to sack her he shouldn’t indulge in the left

[08:47] Activist 3: An unelected one at that. Disgraceful.

[08:47] Activist 5: Suella has been sacked – it’s on the news websites now.

[08:50] Activist 6: I call on Conservatives Mp’s to submit their VoNC letters to the 1922. Rishi Sunak & his out-of-touch squad, must be ousted from NO.10. To those few are still members, please write your Association(s). #Ready4Rishi2Go

[08:58] Activist 7: Sunak & he party is sunk. They’ve backed the wrong horse(s)

[08:59] Activist 2: Cleverly as HS

[09:00] Activist 8 : Not sure what he was thinking, she can do more damage to him on the backbenches! Thanks for that was about to write to Cleverly about a matter abroad!

CDO SOUTH WEST

[08:41] Activist 1: Suella has been sacked

[08:41] Activist 2: What an idiot!

[08:42] Activist 3: Activist Sunak got to go

[08:42] Activist 4: Well on the bright side Suella is free now to replace him when the time comes…

[08:43] Activist 5: It’s nothing like the party I joined in the 1970’s when we had a clear vision and direction. My MP doesn’t share many of my Conservative principles sadly like many of his colleagues.

[08:43] Activist 6: I think this trigger for letters to go in

[08:51] Activist 6: Tell your MP’s!

[08:54] Activist 5: Just sent an email to my MP

[08:57] Activist 6: Great yes pile on everyone

[10:13] Activist 2: There are no pliable MPs left for Sunak and his squad to call upon. What an utter clown show. What now Activist 6?

[10:15] Activist 6: Now letters must go in and Sunak replaced urgently. We could have a leadership election in 3 weeks including limited hustings and members vote.

[10:16] Activist 7: Do you think there are enough MPs with a backbone to do it though?

CDO LONDON

[07:08] Activist 1: The current Tory government

Rishi Sunak: Stabbed the one person who gave him a top job, rejected by us, done nothing in the year he’s been the cuckoo prime minister, rejected by the people according to the pills.

Hunt: Rejected by us 4 times and disliked by the people according to the polls.

Cameron: Didn’t like the result of a democracy so ran away and let down his constituency by resigning. Got caught being a naughty man.

Did I miss anything? :/

[08:42] Activist 2: He’s sacked Suella! He’s on a suicide mission for the party!

[08:43] Activist 3: Sunak has committed political suicide

That being said, I’m sure this is a positive step towards a Bravermen leadership.

[08:45] Activist 4: Time for the letters to go in! Let’s see what mess is made of reshuffle too.

[08:49] Activist 2: I’m furious.

[08:49] Activist 2: He is no Politician. He doesn’t understand that the Tory faithful are pretty much only still faithful because of Suella.

[08:52] Activist 2: I’m a party member, I’ve always voted Tory. I’m active in the local association and I am really struggling with the idea of voting for them at the next GE. Sorry, but they need a kicking.

[08:52] Activist 3: I would be furious if I wasn’t rather excited to watch Sunak’s unravelling and a (potential) leadership bid by Suella.

Rishi has signed his political death warrant, and Suella will be back – so the situation is bittersweet.

[09:50] Activist 5: This is just awful.

[09:50] Activist 5: Sunak is not even a Tory

[09:50] Activist 5: MPs: Get him out NOW!

[09:50] Activist 2: I’m so angry I can’t focus on work.

[10:13] Activist 6: I feel the same, I’m furious. Just watched the idiots on GB News saying Suella was out of control. She was the first minister in years I actually felt was a real Conservative with genuine Conservative values. I hope she runs for leadership and kicks Sunak to touch.

[10:19] Activist 2: This cabinet is pretty much the exact opposite of what we voted for in 2019.

[10:44] Activist 7: If she does and gets voted in overwhelmingly by the membership, the snakes will oust her, ignore us all and install another puppet!

[10:45] Activist 8: It’s 10:45.

What’s the delay in those letters to Sir Graham? There’s not a postal strike is there?

[10:45] Activist 9: Exactly, as we are unfortunately accustomed to.

[13:15] Activist 10: I see the ‘one nation’ tories are full of glee today.

[13:34] Activist 11: They won’t be after next year’s general election results.

[13:36] Activist 11: Although saying that, they might actually be gleeful, since they seem so hellbent on causing as much reputational damage to the party as possible.

CDO YORKSHIRE & HUMBER

[10:12] Activist 1: I can’t believe it. Suella sacked and Cameron in as foreign secretary!

[10:13] Activist 1: Is it April fools day????

[10:14] Activist 2: Incredible – has just thrown the election away! I bet Starmer sends him a crate of champagne to thank him! We need to get off our bums and write in and voice our anger.

[11:08] Activist 3: I wonder who made him sack her? Dr. No or another member of the cabal really running the country? Looks like time to quit the party for me.

[11.10] Activist 4: Stay as a member. You will have more influence in the future.

[11:10] Activist 5: It’s not our party anymore… It hasn’t been for a while.

[11:10] Activist 3: Exactly true!

[11:16] Activist 6: I’m not quitting. I want the satisfaction of being involved in rebuilding once these people have moved on. Unfortunately unless the backbenchers grow a pair we are going to have to go a few years of socialism in order to move them on .

[11:18] Activist 7: A few years? We’ll never get into power again… Votes will be opened up to 16 year olds, non-British nationals too.. We’ll then have another referendum and be back under the globalists boot. Democracy will be dead, and this party with its blatant corruption, enabled it.

[11:39] Activist 8:v I heard they’re going to change the membership vote for PM, just in case we have the audacity of not choosing the right person. It breaks my heart to say this, but the conservative party, that I’ve supported for years, is well and truly finished. A vote for this shower is a wasted vote.

[11:43] Activist 9: Will Cameron become leader?

[13:24] Activist 9: Hague orchestrated Cameron. It’s to stop a Boris or Farage come back.

[13:26] Activist 9: We need to split.

[13:38] Activist 9: Right wing members of 2 groups meeting this afternoon. Let’s see the letters but i think we need a breakaway.

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Cardiff revealed as UK’s first child-friendly city | UK News

The UK’s first child-friendly city has been revealed.

UNICEF UK has announced that Cardiff is the first city in the country to be awarded the status.

The globally recognised award aims to celebrate cities where children’s rights have been embedded in policies and services.

As part of the process, UNICEF UK works with councils and their partners over a period of three to five years, to achieve the title.

The status “recognises progress, not perfection”, according to UNICEF.

Cities and communities have to develop a sustainability plan, outlining how they aim to build on progress.

At the start of their period working with UNICEF, cities have to set out an action plan, with those objectives reviewed against the evidence councils submit.

‘Commitment and hard work’

Cardiff Council has worked with organisations across the city to implement projects and strategies to support children and young people to make the most of their rights.

As part of Cardiff’s work on children’s rights, more than 5,500 council and partner staff have completed child rights training.

A total of 3,595 children and young people have also received participation and rights training.

Chief executive of the UK committee for UNICEF, Jon Sparkes, said becoming the first UNICEF child-friendly city in the UK was “testament to the significant commitment and hard work” of the council and its partners.

‘Children’s voices at heart of local decisions’

“It also marks a promise to Cardiff’s children and young people – that the council will continue to make sure children’s voices are at the heart of local decisions,” he added.

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Leader of Cardiff Council, Councillor Huw Thomas, said the council’s aim was that all children “feel safe, heard, nurtured and able to thrive”.

“The foundation of this change has been the development of a rights-respecting culture across the council and city-wide partners to ensure our staff are knowledgeable and confident regarding rights and their practice.

“This has been supported by policy which has empowered children and young people to be meaningfully involved in decisions that matter to them.”

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Domestic abuse victims put at risk after data breaches revealed their locations to alleged abusers | UK News

Domestic abuse victims have been put at risk after data breaches meant their locations were disclosed to their alleged abusers, the UK Information Commissioner has said.

The breaches have taken place at organisations including a law firm, a housing association, an NHS trust, a police service, a government department and local councils.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued reprimands to seven organisations for data breaches affecting domestic abuse victims since June 2022, with four of those cases related to inappropriate disclosure of the victim’s safe address to alleged perpetrators.

In one case, a family had to be immediately moved to emergency accommodation.

In another, an organisation gave the home address of two adopted children to their birth father, who was in prison on three counts of raping their mother.

Organisations had also revealed the identities of women seeking information about their partners to those partners.

There was also a breach in which an unredacted assessment report about children at risk of harm was sent to their mother’s ex-partners.

The people they trusted exposed them to further risk

John Edwards, the UK Information Commissioner, has called on organisations to handle personal information properly to avoid putting vulnerable people at further risk.

Mr Edwards said: “These families reached out for help to escape unimaginable violence, to protect them from harm and to seek support to move forward from dangerous situations. But the very people that they trusted to help, exposed them to further risk.”

He called on organisations to handle personal information properly and stressed that “getting the basics right is simple” through training, double checking records and contact details and restricting access to information.

A lack of staff training and failing to have robust procedures in place to handle personal information safely were among the various reasons for the breaches.

Mr Edwards continued: “This is a pattern that must stop. Organisations should be doing everything necessary to protect the personal information in their care.

“The reprimands issued in the past year make clear that mistakes were made and that organisations must resolve the issues that lead to these breaches in the first place.”

He added: “Protecting the information rights of victims of domestic abuse is a priority area for my office, and we will be providing further support and advice to help keep people safe.”

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‘A data breach can be a matter of life or death’

Nicole Jacobs, the domestic abuse commissioner for England and Wales, said: “It takes a huge amount of bravery for victims and survivors of domestic abuse to come forward, and many go to extreme lengths to protect themselves from the perpetrator. To then be exposed to further harm due to poor data handling is a serious setback.

“That seven organisations have breached victims’ data in the past two years, with some sharing their address with the perpetrator, is extremely dangerous. For victims of domestic abuse, a data breach can be a matter of life or death.”

Kelly Andrews, the chief executive of Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid, said: “In the most serious cases lives are at risk.

“We encourage organisations to read the guidance and ensure staff are trained in handling confidential and sensitive data to better protect victims and prevent further harm.”

The ICO revised its approach to public sector enforcement last year. It aims to reduce the impact of fines on the public by working more closely with the public sector, encouraging compliance with data protection law to prevent harms before they happen.

The reprimands give instructions to the organisations on how to improve their data protection practices.

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