Michael Crick
Handy neighbours?
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs on the Adam Werritty saga and a London street with a definite fox problem.
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Adam Werritty faces police investigation
The Police and Electoral Commission have both been asked to investigate the issues around Liam Fox and his unofficial adviser Adam Werrity.
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Fox hounded out
Channel 4 News looks at the career of the former Defence Secretary who has resigned following days of increasing scrutiny and questions over his relationship with his friend Adam Werritty.
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Werritty questioned again over Fox allegations
Adam Werritty, self-styled adviser to Defence Secretary Liam Fox, is being questioned for a second time amid confusion over whether Dr Fox declared attending a defence dinner in Washington.
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Liam Fox resigns as defence secretary
Embattled Defence Secretary Liam Fox has announced he is to stand down after prolonged speculation about his relationship with self-styled adviser Adam Werritty.
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Gary Gibbon
First class accusations against Werritty
Adam Werritty has been quizzed by senior officials (not sure if that is actually Sir Gus O’Donnell – suspect not) about whether he profited from getting corporate access to Liam Fox – we wait to hear Mr Werritty’s response, reports political editor Gary Gibbon.
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Fox under pressure as new claims surface
Prime Minister David Cameron has asked for an initial report on the investigation into Defence Secretary Liam Fox’s dealings with self-styled adviser Adam Werritty, to be delivered to him by Monday.
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Liam Fox, Sri Lanka, and a friend called Werritty
As Defence Secretary Liam Fox orders an internal investigation over his relationship with self-styled adviser Adam Werritty, Channel 4 News looks at the questions surrounding the 14-year friendship.
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‘It’s about time we had a serious prime minister’, says former Tony Blair aide
Jonathan Powell was Tony Blair’s Chief of Staff and right-hand man during the ten years he was prime minister.
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Facebook bans foreign advertisers during Ireland abortion vote
Facebook has blocked foreign adverts that target voters in Ireland’s upcoming abortion referendum. The referendum, being held on 25 May, could repeal the Republic’s Eighth Amendment, which currently upholds a near-total ban on abortions. In a statement, Facebook said: “as part of our efforts to help protect the integrity of elections and referendums from undue…
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How Twitter users were wrongly labelled as Russian bots after a government briefing
Media reports claimed a “government analysis” had linked specific Twitter accounts to the Kremlin – and highlighted two “bot” accounts in particular. But people who run these accounts have both denied it, and even appeared on camera to prove they are real people. So what’s caused the confusion?
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Whistleblower accuses pro-Leave groups of cheating in referendum
Last week whistleblower Christopher Wylie revealed to Channel 4 News how data was harvested from millions of Facebook accounts by his former employers Cambridge Analytica. Today he gave evidence to MPs in a lengthy four-hour session in which he claimed that the Brexit referendum result was cheated by pro-Leave groups and that the now-suspended boss…
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Legislators demand answers from Facebook’s Zuckerberg
Legislators on both sides of the Atlantic have given Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg a stark message: you need to tell us why you let Cambridge Analytica harvest data from tens of millions of Facebook users. And you need to do it in person. Not just lawyers. Not spokespeople. You, Mr Zuckerberg. The demands came as…
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Liam Dutton
Hurricane Joaquin: to strike or not to strike US east coast?
Eastern coastal states of the US are still under threat from Hurricane Joaquin in the coming days, but the forecast is far from certain.
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Liam Dutton
Weekend spring sunshine: 10 things you need to know
Where will it be sunniest? How warm will it be? Everything you need to know about this weekend’s weather.
