Dave Burke

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Political Correspondent at The Daily Mirror. Follow me for insight, analysis and pictures of my dog david.burke@reachplc.com

Jo White shared a recording of herself telling constituents: "I don't care who will stop the boats... my number one priority is to stop those boats." She demanded an apology after Robert Jenrick claimed she had said: "I don't care if we stop the boats" www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Robert Jenrick urged to apologise for sharing 'doctored' comment by minister

Reform's Robert Jenrick sparked anger by sharing a clip on social media suggesting Jo White said 'I don't care if we stop the boats'. Ms White shared a full clip in which she can be heard saying it is...

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We'll soon have our fifth Prime Minister since I joined The Mirror's Westminster team in July 2022. By comparison I was 29 by the time the fifth PM in my lifetime took office. This is madness.

The morning after a long night. New Makerfield MP Andy Burnham tells a victory rally: “It does open the space for the real change that this constituency needs”. He says it is a last chance for Labour to change - voters told him he’s not got a “blank cheque”

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Andy Burnham after winning a huge majority of more than 9,000: “We can't make all the great English cities be what they should be without big change at the national level. I always knew one day I would seek to go back to Westminster to complete that unfinished business.”

Makerfield’s new MP Andy Burnham says tonight could be a ‘turning point’ in British politics. He says there will be a ‘Makerfield test’ to make sure places that are overlooked by Westminster are represented.

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Top spies must probe whether Nigel Farage's phone was actually hacked as he claims, MPs have demanded. There are also calls to block him from Whitehall's wifi and prevent him from contacting ministers and officials after he alleged his device had been compromised. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Spies must probe Farage's 'compromised' phone demand as new questions emerge

The Lib Dems have written to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) saying it is 'unthinkable' that there would be no full investigation if Nigel Farage's phone had been hacked, as he claims

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Angela Rayner told The Mirror: "Farage's Reform can't even find the Gorton and Denton constituency on a map. Perhaps it's because they're too busy filling their party full of former Tories who failed the country." www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Reform MP Lee Anderson mocked by Angela Rayner over major by-election blunder

Lee Anderson shared photos of himself campaigning for the Gorton and Denton by-election outside Stanley House Function Rooms - which is in the wrong constituency

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Well well well. Andrew Rosindell wrote to Joe Biden asking for help 'decolonising' the Chagos Islands, then the following year wrote to (Foreign Sec) Dominic Raab saying failure to respect international demands undermined the UK. He's been very vocal recently 🤔 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Nigel Farage's Reform hypocrisy exposed by letters as turncoat flip-flops

Andrew Rosindell called for the UK to give up the Chagos Islands in 2021, a newly-surfaced letter shows - after The Mirror revealed he'd asked Joe Biden to help 'decolonise' the territory

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