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Political Editor for MailOnline. But it doesn't necessarily agree with everything I tweet

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Joined September 2010
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Joy Morrissey being promoted to shadow women and equalities minister in Tory reshuffle, with instructions to 'take the fight' to Bridget Phillipson
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Minister deadpans on Burnham's Brexit row: 'Day one has gone well but it'll be downhill from here on in.'
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Summer of sex KLAXON
🚨BREAKING: 69 Labour MPs have now called for Keir Starmer to resign as Prime Minister Follow our live tracker below for the latest count of Labour MPs calling for Keir Starmer to resign gbpolitics.uk/tracker/
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NEW: Andrew Gwynne, the ex-Labour MP, has been given a coveted parliamentary security pass despite still being subject to a sleaze probe. He quit the Commons earlier this year on health grounds after agreeing an exit package said to worth around £1m. mol.im/a/15738185
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I'm deeply grateful to all the Labour members who have shared their support. But I have decided to withdraw. It has been a privilege to take part in this race with such brilliant women. I will always be committed to this party and do everything I can to make it successful.
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A nice moment in the Commons this morning as Commons leader Lucy Powell pays tribute to @richard_kaputt on his final day as Parliamentary Editor, after 12 years in the gallery for the Press Association. He'll be hugely missed.
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NEW: Keir Starmer is Republican voters’ favourite world leader @J_L_Partners @DailyMail
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Striking ONS charts... if net migration fell to zero the projections suggest population would nearly halve over the next 100 years
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Friends of Kemi Badenoch not impressed with Angela Rayner's 'deals with Daleks' joke re trans row with David 'Dr Who' Tennant in her #LabourConference24 speech. 'Whoever buys Angela's clothes must also be writing her speeches, they're both terrible.'
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New MP Tim Roca notes in his maiden speech that he is the first Labour MP called Tim (there have been Tim MPs for other parties including the Conservatives, Liberals/LibDems and Irish Parliamentary Party)
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Tory 1922 committee chief backs yoga studios in all offices dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
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One that springs to mind is from 2015 when Hannah Bardell had to take it twice after making a mistake on her first attempt.
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Although it's difficult to be certain, this might be the first time an MP has had to re-take their Parliamentary Oath in order to sit and vote in the House of Commons.
Clive Lewis has just taken the oath again, after making a republican protest last time...
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Clive Lewis has just taken the oath again, after making a republican protest last time...
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And off I go….. good luck to whoever is elected to my old role on July 23 rd… start learning those new names- there’s quite a few !!!!!
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Ben Habib says he is 'considering his position' in Reform after Nigel Farage hands Richard Tice his job as deputy leader
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