“It would be a suicidal thing to do in political terms.”

The government would be 'off its head' to call a summer election, David Davis tells Matt Chorley, and suggests it could be held in December.

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“They are dumbfounded. It’s inexplicable that he’s got himself into this position”.

SNP senior figures say Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf “might not even make it” to the vote of no confidence next Wednesday, says John Boothman.

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“I don’t think he has what it takes to be the first minister of Scotland.”

Humza Yousaf could “decide he’s had enough and resign”, says former chief press officer for Lord McConnell Susan Dalgety.

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“Looking at the maths, it’s quite difficult to see how he survives.”

Trevor Phillips doubts Humza Yousaf will survive for much longer as first minister.

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“I attempted suicide twice in the wake of my own assault.”

Harvey Weinstein survivor Rowena Chiu is “horrified” that his 2020 conviction of rape was overturned.

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'It is quite clear now that he is both weak, distracted and unfit to be Scotland's first minister.'

Scottish Conservative Party Chair Craig Hoy MSP says Humza Yousaf has 'done real damage' to Scotland.

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“When I’d see those corgis, I would shoot into the nearby office and hide.”

Queen Elizabeth used her “ferocious” corgis to put people at ease, but they sometimes had the opposite effect, says her former press secretary, Ailsa Anderson.

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“It would be better to transfer the responsibility and power of selecting our leaders and prime ministers back to MPs.”

Giving the power of selecting leaders to members has ‘led to calamity” says Peter Mandelson.

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“Extraordinarily rapidly after the Brexit referendum it basically turned into an English nationalist party.”

David Cameron’s former pollster Andrew Cooper tells Matt Chorley the Conservative Party has “lost entirely its unifying purpose'.

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“Politicians have thick skins.”

Shadow minister @JamesMurray_ldn defends Angela Rayner for calling Rishi Sunak “a pint-sized loser”.

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“32 years of Ruth’s career, destroyed in one word.”

Julia Waters, whose sister Ruth Perry took her own life after her school was downgraded to an ‘Inadequate’ Ofsted rating, says she's “deeply disappointed” at the decision to keep one-word rulings.

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“Too much unchecked power ends up with bad outcomes.”

@Azeem warns that the next parliament will be a “critical period” for tackling AI, in conversation with William Hague.

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“Were you trying to con the British people when you said you were going to spend 75 billion extra on defence? It’s only 20 billion.”

“Not at all.'

Stig Abell challenges defence minister @JCartlidgeMP on the increased defence spending.

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“It is a fact that there are more horses than tanks” in the British Army, confirms defence minister James Cartlidge.

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“Let’s look at what TikTok is: it’s an instrument of the Chinese state.”

John Bolton says he would have “gone further” in regulating the social media platform’s US operations.

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“I said he made some valid points about Angela Rayner. He didn't make them very well.”

Oliver Dowden’s PMQs performance was “a bit lacklustre”, agree Calum Macdonald, Matt Chorley and Tim Shipman.

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''Sunak talked about putting the defence industry on a war footing, but he said Britain was not in danger of being attacked.''

Defence analyst Tim Ripley says the government's messaging on 'war footing' is 'a bit confusing'.

Matt Chorley

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