Northern (Irish) powerhouse. Whitehall Editor, The Independent.
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EXC hearing an ex-minister set to seek the 80 names needed to run for Labour leadership if no other hopefuls come forward by Monday.
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OBR predicts the UK will "spend £14bn more on debt interest this year", chancellor announces
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More on our Budget live blog here
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Last week I wrote this exc on calls from senior Labour figures for Andy Burnham to rule out a coalition w the Greens after the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion.
Today at PMQs he seems to have done just that.
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Defence sec Wes Streeting has told the defence cttee: “Fundamentally, I think this country and our allies in NATO face a threat of a kind we haven't seen since the end of the Cold War.”
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Defence sec Wes Streeting tells @RuthDavidsonPC on Sky when its comes to Trump and Zelensky it is the UK's "role... in this situation is to try and bring our friends back together".
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RT @DavidPBMaddox: The 10 year plan to get the UK back in the EU drawn up by @euromove
With polling show overwhelming support to rejoin
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EXCL Andy Burnham is facing calls to rule out any kind of coalition deal with the Greens after ‘Zionism is racism’ motion.
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Now Tony Blair has warned Burnham not to enter coalition with the Greens
As fallout from 'Zionism is racism' vote continues
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Kate Devlin retweeted
Quoted by the @Independent tonight in their story about the Greens’ descent into the depths of crankery
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Hi @JoshuaGarfield I work for The Independent. Cd you follow me pls so I can send you a DM?
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RT @b_judah: Thank you @_katedevlin for talking to me about why I think Burnham should be hold and call a snap Europe election. The risks o…
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Prince William visited my local ActOne cinema yday.
Hard to quantify what it’s brought to community in 5 yrs-from supporting young people to relaxed screenings for neurodivergent customers. & returned a real buzz to the high st.
Wills clearly has gd taste @_petermason @RupaHuq
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Kate Devlin retweeted
This day 50 years ago, the Belfast Telegraph (the day after it was bombed).📌
Only 4 pages. 🗞️
Sold for a penny. 📌
Known as “Penny Marvel’ newspaper. 🗞️
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Kate Devlin retweeted
After the IRA bomb at Belfast Telegraph (50 years ago today) editor Roy Lilley got a phone-call from a reader …
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RT @SMurphyTV: Interesting: the Irish President Catherine Connolly (who constitutionally can’t say much) has given Donald Trump a book of p…
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