Politics Live: Reaction to London fire tragedy

Summary

Theresa May announces judge-led public inquiry into Grenfell Tower tragedy
MPs now quizzing minister about response to the tragedy
Queen's Speech to take place on Wednesday 21 June
Tim Farron is to step down as Lib Dem leader
MPs being sworn in to the House of Commons
Deal between Tories and DUP delayed because of the tragedy

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Emma Griffiths

DUP 'demands'published at 18:08 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
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Newsnight's election special is under waypublished at 18:05 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
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We should not waste time', Merkel aide sayspublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
BBC Newsnight
In an interview with BBC Newsnight, Peter Altmaier, Minister of Angela Merkel’s Chancellor’s Office, said it was “too early to predict whether there will be enough time” for Article 50 negotiations.
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We wish to bring the Brexit negotiations to good result after all and at the end. But of course we have to wait and see the concrete British positions will be. It's much too early to predict whether there will be enough time or not.
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We should not waste time. We should go into the details as soon as possible and we should at every stage of the negotiations, act and decide the clear commitment to have a good relationship even after Brexit to cooperate inside and outside Europe on important issues. And if they have that spirit we can overcome obstacles and we can find solutions.
Corbyn tells well-wisher: We're not far offpublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, surrounded by media, is greeted by a well-wisher, who says "unlucky". Mr Corbyn replies by saying "we are not far off now, are we".
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May PM 'only in name', says former aidepublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
BBC News Channel
Joey Jones, a former adviser to Theresa May, said the PM has suffered "ritual humiliation" at the hands of her own party.
He told BBC News that "it seems to me almost she is prime minister only in name".
Two of Mrs May's aides - Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill - have resigned following calls by Tory MPs for her to sack the pair.
"I think that what has happened here is the ritual humiliation and the humbling of the Prime Minister by her very own party," said Mr Jones, who was adviser to Mrs May as home secretary in 2016.
He added: "It is a very lonely situation in which she finds herself - hostage to the Conservative party, within Downing Street.
"The likelihood is there is going to be a knock at that black door and she will be on her way."
Don't know what to watch tonight?published at 17:21 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
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'Important' election to have called - Cleverleypublished at 17:16 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
BBC News Channel
Conservative MP James Cleverley has defended Theresa May's decision to call the general election, saying that it was an "important" one to have held and that Mrs May had now "reset" the election timetable.
He hailed the size of the popular vote the party had won, although he acknowledged that Mrs May had fallen short of her target: "What that election resulted in was 13.5m people that voted Conservative - that's a significant increase. Of course we have fewer MPs which is a massive disappointment. But ultimately what Theresa May has also got is a mandate to deliver Brexit."
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She has reset the timetable so that we don't go into these negotiations knowing that we have a general election hanging like a sword of Damocles within... a few weeks and months of the resolution of negotiations. It was an important election to hold and we can now get on with negotiating the terms of Brexit.
Petition against Tory-DUP deal hits 530,000published at 17:08 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
A petition against Theresa May's bid to ally with the DUP to gain a majority in Westminster has attracted more than half a million signatures since being set up on Friday.
Its author, who gives their name as Winston Churchill, said: "Theresa May said there will NOT be a coalition of CHAOS. She is now forming a minority government with the DUP."
Academic 'eats his book' over incorrect predictionpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
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Foreign leaders 'congratulate' PMpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
Theresa May has received congratulatory phone calls from both Australia and New Zealand's leaders today, a No 10 spokesman has said.
The Conservatives won the most seats in the election but lost their majority in Parliament.
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The Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called to congratulate the Prime Minister. They agreed the UK and Australia were close partners, and would continue to stand together, particularly in the fight against terrorism which was a shared threat facing us all. The Prime Minister offered her sincere condolences over the two Australians killed in the London Bridge attack, and over the police injuries sustained in the recent Melbourne attack.
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New Zealand’s Prime Minister Bill English called the Prime Minister to offer his congratulations. The Prime Minister said she was very sorry that a New Zealander had been injured in the London Bridge terrorist attack. They agreed they looked forward to continuing to work together as close partners.
Times columnist's selfie with Jeremy Corbyn...published at 16:54 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
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Europe’s press parodies Theresa Maypublished at 16:49 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
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'Right' for aides to resign - Cleverleypublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
BBC News Channel
The Conservative MP for Braintree James Cleverley has said he thinks it was right and the "honourable thing to do" for Theresa May's aides Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill to resign in the wake of the general election.
Speaking to the BBC News Channel Mr Cleverley said that the joint chiefs of staff had come in for "a fair bit of criticism" for the "important part" they had played in the campaign. He said:
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I think it's obviously sad when you lose colleagues like this but I think it was probably the right decision. It was a pragmatic choice and also the honourable thing to do in the light of what the election result was."
Tories now need to 'work with others'published at 16:37 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
Speaking in Stirling, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, said the Tories should work with other parties.
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I think what's really clear is that the Conservative Party, having failed to win a majority, now needs to work with others. And that means we can look again at what it is we hope to achieve as we leave the European Union - and I want to be involved in those discussions."
'Held to ransom'published at 16:21 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
BBC Radio Ulster
Theresa May should talk to MPs before entering into an arrangement with the DUP, a former leader of the Ulster Unionists has said.
Conservative peer Lord Empey said MPs "will not want to be held to ransom by any regional party whichever one it happens to be".
He told BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Politics show that Mrs May should wait until her backbenchers get into Parliament next week before striking a deal.
"And I have to say using phrases like 'price to be extracted' is exactly the thing that will upset them."
Alastair Ross: DUP won't be 'tied' to Toriespublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
BBC Radio Ulster
Former DUP MLA Alastair Ross expects a deal with the Tories would not be "any sort of formal arrangement".
"I would have thought the DUP would want to have as much flexibility in any arrangement as they can get, because they will not want to get tied into some of the less popular things," he told BBC Radio Ulster.
He said the DUP might support the Conservatives in a budget but "allow themselves the flexibility to take different positions".
Lord Dunlop leaves officepublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
There has been one voluntary departure from government today. Lord Dunlop is to "bow out of government", declaring it was a "good moment" for him to go, following the Conservatives' gains in Scotland.
The Scotland Office minister, who was given a peerage by David Cameron in 2015, tweeted his decision earlier:
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Tories 'reluctant' to move against Maypublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
Rob Watson
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The Conservative Party is furious with Theresa May for messing up an election it feels she should have easily won.
Now, alongside public and private grumblings against her within the party, heads are beginning to roll, including the prime minister's two closest advisors.
Mrs May herself is gravely weakened but for now at least the party seems reluctant to move against her as the alternatives are either a messy leadership contest or another general election.
Disquiet on Tory backbenches over DUP linkpublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
From Spectator political editor James Forsyth
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'Voters who decided late, favoured Labour'published at 15:53 British Summer Time 10 June 2017
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