Cpac (Conservative Political Action Conference) in London’s dockands: Restoring Sovereignty and Integrity to Jorunalism (but not subediting, apparently)
Alexandra Topping
@lexytopping.bsky.social
Political correspondent at the Guardian. Northerner stranded in the South. Long-suffering Evertonian. Views are mine alone. Got a story? alexandra.topping@theguardian.com
I’m biased but this Today in Focus on Andy Burnham is brilliant- so insightful and compelling, brilliant voices - including that of our @helenpidd.bsky.social over her years as the Guardian’s chief Butnham watcher. That question about Manchester lungs is Peak Pidd open.spotify.com/episode/3zZc...
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I met Julie and Carole in 2022 when they were setting up @killedwomennw.bsky.social with 9 other families. There are few women I admire more. Here's the story of how they changed the law in honour of their murdered daughters >> www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
‘Imagine this was your daughter’: how grieving mothers campaigned to close sentencing gap
David Lammy’s decision to increase minimum sentence for domestic murder victims follows years of tireless lobbying
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This kind of crap from the BoD really undermines those of us who are trying to push against antisemitism across the political spectrum. Infuriating.
Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 3mo agoCompletely unacceptable from the Board of Deputies. This nakedly partisan hypocrisy does not represent me or many other British Jews. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
This is so blatantly sexist. Poor men, don't they play football too?
Without minimising the dire results for Labour, it’s extraordinary how chipper the Tories are. They’ve lost 500 seats from a low watermark, lost historic major councils to Lib Dems and Reform, show no signs of recovery in the esp LD areas they need to win. But MPs seem to think it’s going well.
I chatted to Lucy Hough before we really knew what was going on and talked about goats 🤷♀️>> What next for Labour as Reform wins big in elections? - The Latest www.theguardian.com/politics/vid...
What next for Labour as Reform wins big in elections? - The Latest
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has made substantial gains in local elections while Labour suffered heavy losses. So can the prime minister fight on? Lucy Hough speaks to political correspondent Alexandra To...
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Excl: Women will be massively underrepresented on ballot papers across the UK next week, with research revealing that almost twice as many men as women are standing as candidates across the local, mayoral and devolved elections www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nearly twice as many men as women standing in May elections in UK
Exclusive: women ‘massively underrepresented’ in next week’s local and devolved elections, campaigners say
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Exclusive with @peterwalker99.bsky.social - big shake up in British EU stance as minsters introduce bill which would enable the gov to adopt single market rules without a full MPs’ debate and vote as part of UK-EU reset >> www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Britain could adopt single market rules without MPs’ vote as part of UK-EU reset
Exclusive: Ministers planning new legislation for alignment without full parliamentary scrutiny if in national interest
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In this week's Politics Weekly UK hosted by me and @peterwalker99.bsky.social >> Has Trump taken us to peak Emperor's New Clothes? War ...and could it shift the dial in the local elections www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
Trump and the Middle East: can Starmer do anything? – podcast
Peter Walker and Alexandra Topping look at how the UK government is responding to Donald Trump’s fast changing position on the Middle East
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In this week's Politics Weekly UK, me & @lexytopping.bsky.social talk war, how on earth you deal with Donald Trump, and how, if at all, this affects the crucial elections in May. Contains a touch of swearing - mainly Trump's own language. www.theguardian.com/politics/aud...
Trump and the Middle East: can Starmer do anything? – podcast
Peter Walker and Alexandra Topping look at how the UK government is responding to Donald Trump’s fast changing position on the Middle East
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Great to meet James Timpson for this story. A man in a hurry to try and reform prisons while he can >> www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
‘Second chance’: why minister wants to jail fewer women in England and Wales
James Timpson believes many women in prison shouldn’t be there – and a new board aims to bring about change
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Yes Baz!!!! This is a totally mental game but you know you love to see us score on the back of a Gordon mistake #NEWEVE
a man in a blue shirt is standing on a field with his fist in the air .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt is standing on a field with his fist in the air .
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“I blame Thatcher”. After months of acrimonious infighting, what now for Your Party? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The leadership issue may be settled, but Your Party’s struggle for electoral relevance has only just begun
Incessant infighting has decimated his supporter base, leaving Jeremy Corbyn with an uphill battle to unite the left
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🚨 Jeremy Corbyn set to become the parliamentary leader of Your Party, after an election which also saw his rival Zarah Sultana voted onto the party’s leadership committee.
As a lot of people had expected given their name recognition Zarah Sultana AND Jeremy Corbyn are BOTH voted onto Your Party's leadership committee as "public office holders" As my piece explains below, that's going to make things interesting www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 🍿
Zero hour: Corbyn and Sultana duke it out in battle for the soul of Your Party
After eight months of rows and rifts, results of leadership election offering ‘fundamentally differing visions’ are due
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Well, I say we're off...lot of process being explained here. 25,347 people voted in the Your Party elections... a 61% turnout
Alexandra Topping@lexytopping.bsky.social · 5mo agoAnd we're off! Andrew Jordan apologises for the delay in the start and says Your Party has achieved something "extraordinary" in building a new socialist movement .... but admits "it's not always been plain sailing"
And we're off! Andrew Jordan apologises for the delay in the start and says Your Party has achieved something "extraordinary" in building a new socialist movement .... but admits "it's not always been plain sailing"
Alexandra Topping@lexytopping.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe were told "The results of the inaugural leadership elections for Your Party will be announced tomorrow, Thursday 26 February at 11am." Well....it's now 11.36, 1,500 are waiting on YouTube and Your Party are promising that the results will be coming shortly
Enjoying the Your Party members bantz as they wait tho
Alexandra Topping@lexytopping.bsky.social · 5mo agoWe were told "The results of the inaugural leadership elections for Your Party will be announced tomorrow, Thursday 26 February at 11am." Well....it's now 11.36, 1,500 are waiting on YouTube and Your Party are promising that the results will be coming shortly
We were told "The results of the inaugural leadership elections for Your Party will be announced tomorrow, Thursday 26 February at 11am." Well....it's now 11.36, 1,500 are waiting on YouTube and Your Party are promising that the results will be coming shortly
Alexandra Topping@lexytopping.bsky.social · 5mo ago“Anyone that’s chosen can speak,” declared the voice. “Anyone else I will fucking throw out.”>> irate hustings and flying accusations, inside the battle for Your Party >> www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“Anyone that’s chosen can speak,” declared the voice. “Anyone else I will fucking throw out.”>> irate hustings and flying accusations, inside the battle for Your Party >> www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Zero hour: Corbyn and Sultana duke it out in battle for the soul of Your Party
After eight months of rows and rifts, results of leadership election offering ‘fundamentally differing visions’ are due
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Unusually, a rhetorical question in a newspaper article to which the answer is undoubtedly yes.
Alexandra Topping@lexytopping.bsky.social · 6mo agoThis week Nigel Farage was accused of patronising a female journalist, hired a hardline anti-abortion theologian as his head of policy and promised to repeal the Equality Act on his party’s first day in government. Does he have a women problem? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This week Nigel Farage was accused of patronising a female journalist, hired a hardline anti-abortion theologian as his head of policy and promised to repeal the Equality Act on his party’s first day in government. Does he have a women problem? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Does Nigel Farage have a problem with women?
Critics say Reform leader’s patronising rhetoric is part of worrying trend. He says scrutiny is a two way street.
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Sam Freedman is one of the people everyone in Westminster, no matter what their political persuasions, listens to 👀
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 6mo agoGiving Braverman the education brief is quite a choice for Reform. I was on an education commission with her once before she went completely mad and she knew absolutely nothing at all.
This interview by Charlotte Higgins with Tracey Emin in today’s Guardian is really a masterclass in arts journalism. She provides content, structure and the space for Emin to breathe, elucidate, be without ever clumsily inserting herself. It is just brilliant www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘Regrets? Number one: smoking. Number two: taking it up the wrong hole’: Tracey Emin on reputation, radical honesty – and Reform
She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever
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As someone who plays a LOT of guess who, this really made me belly laugh
Patrick Cosmos@veryimportant.lawyer · 6mo agoPOV you are about to lose at Guess Who
"SELECT FEMALE DEPUTY TO END 'BOYS CLUB' IN NO 10, PM TOLD" @lexytopping.bsky.social for @theguardian.com Full Story: t.ly/1mvB8 Female Labour MPs have demanded #KeirStarmer appoint a senior woman as his deputy to oversee a culture change. #TheGuardian #TomorrowsPapersToday #IBPAPERS
