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Political correspondent @dailymirror . Photographer. Troublemaker. Follow me for insight, analysis and pictures of my dog.
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Now
@timfarron
tells the Commons: "If we're going to declare Rwanda safe because we want it to be, I could declare Blackburn Rovers back in the Premier League and Alan Shearer to be 30 years younger and in a number 9 shirt. But that's sadly not the case."
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This is the welcome Keir Starmer was given at his final campaign event in Worcestershire. After this it's all out of his hands
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The Archbishop of Canterbury told the House of Lords Suella Braverman's bill is "morally unacceptable" and undermines the UK's standing in the world. There are "too many problems for one speech in this bill", he says.
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First time back at
@O2ForumKTown
since March last year. Damn I've missed this venue. Tonight was the brilliant
@KSI
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🔥🔥 Blistering attack on Suella Braverman by former Tory chair Sayeeda Warsi, who says she's dragged the government "into the gutter" and questioned whether she's up to the job 🔥🔥
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EXCLUSIVE Tory minister accused of giving up after jetting off to Greece on holiday
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EXCLUSIVE: Furious Tories say Rishi Sunak 'must be stopped' over National Service
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If Boris Johnson was any kind of leader he'd have come out tonight and told us, rather than leak like a coward and cause a weekend of chaos. What happens to self employed people who have work booked next week? Shambles
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Buckle up, there's a lot going on in this story
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Home Office report highlights allegations of killings in Rwanda - days after MPs say it's safe
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Was a privilege to photo
@MrChuckD
from Public Enemy at the Gods of Rap show in London last night. A real groundbreaker.
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Well well well
One of Prince Charles’s closest aides quit last night after claims that he had fixed an honour for a Saudi tycoon who donated more than £1.5 million to royal charities.
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Campaign group
@CovidJusticeUK
says 'key players' behind Tory austerity should be questioned at the Covid Inquiry about whether cuts left the UK ill-prepared for the pandemic
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Formal complaint lodged with
@metpoliceuk
about refusal of this FOIA request. If they don't provide the info, will have to go to
@ICOnews
.
@RepublicStaff
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So the secret's out... Incredibly humbled to be joining the amazing
@MirrorPolitics
team on a permanent basis.
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There's a 'real risk' vulnerable people at highest risk from Covid 'are going to die' says
@libdemdaisy
as
@4gottenlivesuk
say they've been 'totally overlooked'
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Keir Starmer, standing alongside Reading West and Mid Berkshire candidate Olivia Bailey, says he’s hoping for a summer of change - but warns there’s still a long way to go
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Just in case MPs and journalists are feeling homesick, Kemi Badenoch is currently being drowned out by Steve Bray
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EXCLUSIVE: Grant Shapps 'using RAF choppers like an Uber' after being picked up 3 times in 6 weeks
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I guess fair play for not deleting this
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DJ Hype, Origin Unknown and then that Koffee remix. Last thing I expected on a Monday night tbh
THREAD 1/11: Now here's a story. Back in the 90s, along with lots of teenagers in Cornwall, I started going to raves & listening to hardcore and drum & bass. Here's me and my mate Ollie after a long night (Helter Skelter, Milton Keynes, 97...). And yes that is a high viz jacket.
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EXCLUSIVE: Grant Shapps got RAF helicopter to pick him up for Cabinet meeting about public transport
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Lee Anderson bottles by-election despite backing call for defecting MPs to face one
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Yet again Rishi Sunak doesn't offer The Mirror a question (I had an absolute banger lined up) so here's my proof I was actually in the room, mostly directed at my sceptical family
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Apologies to anyone waiting for a reply to emails and messages, I've been dealing with some asthma-related issues since the weekend. Absolutely in awe of nurses, doctors and hospital staff who work so hard under hugely difficult circumstances. If there's one issue that needs to
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A year on from one of my favourite shows of 2019,
@TheRealKano
at
@brightdome
. Can't wait to be able to do this again
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Rishi Sunak could face ANOTHER probe - this time over misleading asylum data
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Earlier I asked Keir Starmer what Labour will do to ensure Waspi women receive compensation. Suffice to say campaigners weren't satisfied with his answer
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Happy Birthday to funk legend
@george_clinton
, pictured earlier this year doing a great show in London
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First stop of the day in Hertfordshire, where Keir Starmer hugs candidate Alistair Strathern. Starmer says: 'We have one job, which is to make this a summer of change'
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It's been a year since the government's Rwanda project was announced. Apart from the Home Secretary on a PR trip, no one has been sent there. It's been branded 'barbaric' and 'grimy'. Piece here with
@thececiliajoy
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This is about the future not the past, says Rishi Sunak who has mentioned Jeremy Corbyn 7-8 times so far
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"The concept of the Royal Family exempting themselves from the Equality Act, it contradicts what the Labour Party stands for. We believe it's morally wrong."
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Couple of pics of legendary MC
@TalibKweli
at
@TroxyLondon
tonight. Loved the show.
#hiphop
#photography
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This is so upsetting... Footage released by
@peta
shows the distress animals face during lab experiments
Harrowing video shows lab monkeys gripping cage bars in distress and poking their eyes
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Brilliant start to the Innervisions Festival last night with a great show by the brilliant
@lalahhathaway
. Such a phenomenal voice.
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🥴🥴 Bungling Home Office officials wasted £500,000 on new asylum barges but couldn't find ports 🥴🥴
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🍿🍿 Big night ahead for Rishi Sunak as we await the results of the three
#byelections
. I'll be following the action on our liveblog here, so stay tuned for the latest
@MirrorPolitics
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Anyone who tweets about International Reggae Day with a link to a UB40 song gets automatically unfollowed. I don't care if you're a family member, my rules are absolute.
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‘I was hit with £10k fine for lockdown party - the Tories got handed honours’
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Last time I saw these guys in Manchester, the world was a completely different place. Really enjoyed
@ChildrenOfZeus
social distanced show at
@TheJazzCafe
last night. Amazing work to get live shows happening again.
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Day one of
@afropunk
London done. Great festival in a great venue. Here's
@SaulWilliams
performing earlier.
#photography
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Yet again the PM ends his press conference after taking only a handful of questions. My family are going to stop believing me when I say I’m in the room.
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Was incredibly inspiring to interview brave dad Brian Reed about the brilliant work
@wearetheloopUK
does to save lives.
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Guto Harri taking no prisoners. Tory rebels are "self indulgent narcissists" he tells
@SkyNews
after Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith quit over the Rwanda Bill
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Liz Truss continues to maintain her levelling down proposal was 'misinterpreted' but doesn't explain how and why she didn't just clarify it rather than withdrawing it.
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EXCLUSIVE: Police probe 'adverts placed by sex traffickers' in Suella Braverman's own constituency
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Thank you to
@AdamPugh
for talking to me earlier and for standing up to this vile behaviour. Utterly sickening, hope they're caught.
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The tour of football stadiums continues here in Nottinghamshire as Keir Starmer lashes out at the Tory ‘negative’ campaign. He says (again) that he’s pushing for a ‘summer of change’
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Lee Anderson fails to vote on Rwanda Bill despite posting video about it hours earlier
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@Nadine_Writes
@jessbrammar
@jimwaterson
Another worrying takeaway from this hatchet job is the normalisation of dropping the word 'Marxist' into references to Black Lives Matter. No desire to learn and grow, just dismiss and (try to) discredit.
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Tory bloodbath as Labour and Lib Dems sweep to historic by-election victories - our round-up of a very hard
#byelections
night for Rishi Sunak
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Some top quality dog photobombing in Buckinghamshire on the second stop of the campaign trail with Keir Starmer today
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Going into a gig tonight and security found my Tory Party Conference pass. Would have been better to have been caught with drugs and guns tbh.
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Had a great time photoing the excellent
@Femiakuti
at
@Islington_AH
tonight. Brilliant show, such a talented group of musicians and Femi is a force of nature.
#afrobeat
@SoundcrashHQ
@BluesandSoul
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One of my favourite records of the year, working from home has some benefits
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Gasps as Yvette Cooper reveals the secret cost of Tory Rwanda deal
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Unlike the UK government, the virus didn't clock out for Christmas
BREAKING UK coronavirus cases rise by record 53,000 as calls for tougher lockdown grow
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It's here, the best day on the Parliamentary calendar. The Westminster Dog of the year show, organised by
@DogsTrust
and
@TheKennelClubUK
. 19 MPs competing for the coveted title, some of them taking it very seriously.
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@josiahmortimer
This came up at
@iNHouseComms
@IPPR
panel event last week - Jonathan Powell said he reckons if there is something it’d be planning. Starmer predictably tight-lipped, but said he has been chatting to Blair about possible first few days 🤔
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Scathing
@hopenothate
report released today voicing serious fears about the way the Conservative Party is heading
Far-right 'has taken hold in Tory Party as Rishi Sunak scraps for votes' report warns
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This is absolutely harrowing. I spoke to
@jessphillips
who has been supporting a woman who was trafficked by gangs for a decade from the age of 13. She wants to meet Suella Braverman so she can explain all the ways she was failed by the Home Office.
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What an incredible performance tonight,
@mereba
is a superstar. Loved the show at
@LondonLafayette
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Really sad my amazing colleague and great friend
@lorrainemking
is leaving. Wherever she goes next will be gaining a superstar.
This afternoon I finished my last shift as a
@DailyMirror
journalist and I'm excited about what happens in 2024.
My heart goes out to my 450 colleagues at Reach PLC who will also be finishing their final shift either today or in a few weeks - but as they say onwards and upwards🙏🏾
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Despite suffering from a throat problem, George Benson came out onstage and showed he can really play. Very few artists in the world could keep the show going that long under the circumstances, get well soon
@GBguitar
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"Bad news I'm afraid. Remember that sandwich you carelessly left within reach? The left-wing economic establishment have had it away"
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Laughs as Keir Starmer asked about Tory attacks branding him a ‘part time Prime Minister’. “It’s increasingly desperate stuff, I can’t believe that 48 hours before an election they’ve got nothing positive to say”.
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Sajid broke down in tears as he told me about the family he can't trace and the violence he endured at the hands of the Taliban. Despite being in the UK for 10 years he's still awaiting asylum. Deeply traumatised, he's being supported by
@FreefromTorture
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Rock'n'roll star: Liam Gallagher in Manchester a couple of hours ago performing on the main stage at
#Parklife
#photography
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Was lucky to photograph the brilliant
@AndersonPaak
at the Parklife festival in Manchester yesterday. Busy day ahead.
#photography
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Amazing night tonight
@O2ForumKTown
as
@george_clinton
performs on his UK farewell tour. If you get a chance to catch him with Parliament/Funkadelic, do it while you can. Iconic.
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After months of work on this we're finally live. Data shows that 97% of racism complaints against police in England and Wales are dismissed, with massive variation between forces - which has raised serious questions.
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One of many highlights from day one
@lovesupremefest
, this is the brilliant Judi Jackson. Her version of Sinnerman was sublime.
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Lord Brian Paddick is leading a charge to throw out the Government's cruel Illegal Migration Bill, while dozens of peers will tomorrow demand changes
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My last purchase was an outfit for the dog, so probably not
You will always be better at spending your own money than the government is.
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Spent some time at the National Conservativism Conference this week. Was quite the ride.
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David Starkey comes swinging for Black Lives Matter. "They don't care about black lives, they only care about the symbolic destruction of white culture". He's only been talking 5 mins and he's also said all bad ideas are French
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A picture by my brilliant colleague
@ianvogler
that perfectly sums up the mood in the Labour camp. Just over 10 hours until polling stations open
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Hi
@bjornulveus
my boss just said this in a group WhatsApp and I wondered if you'd consider reforming
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Celebrating his 80th birthday today, the great Roy Ayers, pictured performing at various times in London over the last 5 years. His latest Jazz Is Dead record is well worth a listen.
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I've done it faster before. But having had a recurrence of the knee injury, I've never had to dig so deep to finish. Thank you to everyone who has supported me, put up with me and got me to this point
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The incredible Mavis Staples took us to church tonight at The Roundhouse. She is a force of nature, and at the peak of her powers. Amazing show.
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Suella Braverman getting a lot of criticism from her own benches today. Tory MP Richard Drax warned of possible legal action over plans to house 500+ asylum seekers on a 'quasi prison' barge in Dorset
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Labour considers 10% tax on Premier League transfers to boost small clubs
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Two incredible headliners, one great festival. On Saturday Gladys Knight topped the bill
@lovesupremefest
, while last night Lauren Hill brought the weekend to a close. Sublime.
@BluesandSoul
@MsGladysKnight
@MsLaurynHill
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