george osborne, of course, was editor in chief of the standard. is it a political paper?hink that's got a lot to do with our physical presence in westminster. i mean, you literally can't escape us. copies are taken by the westminster doorkeeper to the tea room and other strategic locations when you walk out as an mp or a spad or aide — you know, they're there in the tube station, if you take a taxi at the member door's, and member's entrances, there's a big pile. we're even sitting in the underground car park. so, within westminster we are widely read, very influential, we're breaking... often the time they get us is between 1:30 and 2pm, and they've got big statements to make that afternoon, often big debates. i mean, i remember on the first day i arrived here, which was injuly, so ijoined, like victoria — did you join during the pandemic? just before. just a few weeks before. i mean, ijoined after the first big lockdown. and on my very first day, i had to do the paper, put that the bed, and then go straight to westminster to interview boris johnson with our brilliant, s

george osborne was editor in chief. is it a political paper? very political. by mps. i think that's got a lot to do with our physical presence in westminster. you literally cannot escape us. copies are taken by the westminster doorkeeper to the tea room and other strategic locations when you walk out as an mp or a aide — they're there at the member store, in the tube station, if you take a taxi at the member store, and member's entrances, there's a big pile. are sitting in the underground car park. within westminster we are widely read, very influential, we are breaking often the time they get to us is between 1.30 and 2pm, and they have got big statements to make that afternoon come off big debates. i mean, i remember on the first day i arrived here which was injuly, ijoined like victoria — did you join during the pandemic orjust before? ijoined after the first big lockdown. on my very first day, i had to do the paper and put that the bed and then go straight to westminster to interview boris johnson with our brilliant editor. as his aide came out the door to

your predecessor, george osborne, dropped the word "london" from the london evening standard.yshire — what would she find interesting in the londoners diary or "my london" section at the back of the magazine? you can't be trying to make it out to be a national publication, are you? no, quite the opposite, _ since i took over, i've doubled down on all things london. excellent. all right, 0k, although londoners might not be too happy about that. the sun's hancock scoop. we have to get into that, haven't we? that's the only place to start. already a contender for story of the year, the paper showed matt hancock in a steamy clinch, liaison, whatever you want to call it, with his aide, gina coladangelo. and the images appear to have been taken from cctv footage filmed in mr hancock's government office. victoria newton, simple question — how did the sun get the story? we were contacted by a whistle—blower who said he had information about mr hancock having an illicit affair with an aide. and the whistle—blower was outraged at his behaviour — there are parts of that i can't tell you

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this is sir george osborne, the again dear officer of the brigade of guards, we attacked the left flank of the rebel army and reigning upon the brigades of sullivan where it would have been scarcery possible for them to resist. we saved much loss we might otherwise have sustained and certainly made the enemy first give way. this is colonel john stone that i think is commanding one of the brigades. he said i wheeled off but had not reached the ground before we were attacked on all quarters, and by wheeling to the left it doubled our division on the brig grade immediately in the rear of the other. thus, we were in confusion. if you can imagine two brigades trying to wheel up on this hill and the front brigade gets smashed by the guards, they'll retreat through the other brigade, utterly disrupting their formation, pushing two brigades off the battlefield before they even really got into the fight. this is what it looked like. this is a watercolor painted inside the back cover of lord can't loop's diary which is over in england. the original of this is only about the size of a postcard. it

tragicomic, and what he meant by that was the idea that people like borisjohnson, david cameron, george osborneter brycejohnson, clever but can you know, caught between his piper adviser, can you know, caught between his piperadviser, dominic cummings, his girlfriend now wife, and all in the middle of this tunnel of bracket and covid, is absolutely riveting watch. he�*s not breaking to acknowledge that bryce johnson he�*s not breaking to acknowledge that brycejohnson is rather good at winning important votes. trio. that bryce johnson is rather good at winning important votes.— winning important votes. no, he didn't. although, _ winning important votes. no, he didn't. although, again, - winning important votes. no, he didn't. although, again, to - winning important votes. no, he didn't. although, again, to be i winning important votes. no, he i didn't. although, again, to be fair, didn�*t. although, again, to be fair, i suppose he was acknowledging that borisjohnson is a rather skilful politician acting just app i sort of describing him as being committed depicting him as being clever and comple

i brought universal credit in, i designed it, at the time of the then chancellor george osborne and thesimply restores what was originally intended for universal credit. and improves their its functioning. universal credit has been one of the great success stories during the pandemic, it's taken on an unbelievable extra number of people, it's cupped, people are getting their money on time, even stephen timms of the labour party said it has become a national asset and we need to invest in it and i agree. it's notjust an unemployment benefit, when the government talks about this, they talk about unemployment benefit, it's a back to work benefit so some of that money can't move into lowering what they call the tape at rates, the withdrawal rates as people go up the hours into work to encourage them to make those steps and help them as they go up. that would be a net positive and actually would be a net positive and actually would reduce the overall cost because as they go back into work and accelerate into work, they will pay taxes and they will be receiving so much if not any of that bene

not to get rid of it and the is twofold, the money replaces money that i resigned over because george osborne people go back to work and they start paying tax so keeping it there and helping them get back to work is and helping them get back to work is a positive and in the dynamic it is notjust a positive and in the dynamic it is not just a a positive and in the dynamic it is notjust a single spending point. the government says reducing the payments would actually contribute to getting people back to work, so sure that not be the focus? ida. to getting people back to work, so sure that not be the focus? no, we not it u- sure that not be the focus? no, we got it up and _ sure that not be the focus? no, we got it up and running _ sure that not be the focus? no, we got it up and running yesterday i sure that not be the focus? no, we j got it up and running yesterday and we got stephen timms, a labour party member who was opposed at the time, he has now said this is a national asset we need to make sure that we invest in it and that is true. the point about it, you move it around. there are two