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Tom Watson quits as Labour deputy leader
Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru and Greens launch pro-remain electoral pact

6.29am GMT
Guardian front page, Thursday 7 November 2019: Watson quits as deputy as Corbyn strengthens grip pic.twitter.com/VJNtXe52Y3
Thursday's front page: Labour stunned as Tom Watson quits as deputy leader #tomorrowspaperstoday #skypapers #bbcpapers pic.twitter.com/OwlPSnImsf
Tomorrow’s @Telegraph front page:‘Watson quits commons’ #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/PeWqFcljbh
Thursday’s EXPRESS: ‘Boris: Come with us or get horror show’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/U1nAV8glnp
Thursday’s MIRROR: Power to the North #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/vPXb1jODvu
Thursday’s TIMES: Watson quits as deputy leader of Labour Party #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/9ExLYtvTSP
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Boris Johnson heads north today, travelling to Scotland for campaign events.
Johnson kicked off the Conservative election campaign yesterday with a speech in Birmingham that he hopes will give his party some positive momentum after a series of damaging gaffes in recent days. These include Jacob Rees-Mogg’s suggestion that victims of the Grenfell Tower fire lacked common sense and Alun Cairns, the Welsh secretary, having to resign over his knowledge of a former aide’s role in allegedly sabotaging a rape trial. Continue reading...

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