Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May’s speech to mark the centenary of women’s suffrageLunchtime summary 2.06pm GMT Theresa May is delivering her speech in Manchester to mark the centenary of women’s suffrage.My colleagues Sarah Marsh and Rachel Obordo are covering it now on the suffrage centenary live blog. Related: Women’s suffrage centenary: Theresa May gives speech in Manchester – live updates 1.52pm GMT Caroline Lucas, the Green party co-leader, says she has doubts about the proposal backed by the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (see 10.48am) and the Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson (see 9.57am) to pardon the suffragettes.Pardoning suffragettes now is nice gesture, but I worry it erases their radicalism. They took direct action, they broke the law, becos their cause couldn’t be won by petitions & letters alone. Remember them as rule breakers & don’t allow their radical actions to be forgotten. Continue reading…
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PIERS MORGAN: A phone call I received from a fired-up Trump should be a warning to Democrats
President Trump called me for a chat on Saturday. It was our first conversation since he unfollowed me on Twitter in April after I wrote a Mail column telling him to ‘Shut the f*ck up Read more…