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Henry Zeffman

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BBC Chief Political Correspondent Instagram: @hzeffmanbbc

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Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Keir Starmer's official spokesperson: "The World Cup might not be ours but the Falkland Islands definitely are” Asked who the PM would be supporting in the final, the spokesperson said: “The PM wishes both teams well for the final, especially Spain.”

Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · last mo.

EXCLUSIVE KEIR STARMER’S FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE RESIGNING *Inside “intensely personal” decision to quit *Impossible for new PM to spend less time on foreign policy *I saved the Labour Party *I was joking when I mocked Andy Burnham, in fact I like him www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Starmer: Burnham will have to spend as much time on foreign affairs as me

In an untypically candid interview, the outgoing PM tells the BBC it was "really tough" to accept his political career was over.

bbc.co.uk

Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

EXCLUSIVE Sir Keir Starmer will not seek to block Andy Burnham from becoming the Labour candidate in Makerfield, the BBC understands. An ally of Keir Starmer said: “Keir is focused on bringing the party together so it can tackle the issues facing working families.”

Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Olly Robbins's position is that the Foreign Office was put under pressure to expedite Mandelson's case, but giving him clearance was the right call. No 10's position is the exact opposite: there was not undue pressure, but Robbins nevertheless made the wrong call at the end of the vetting process

Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · 6mo ago

NEW: Who was John Pond? This August 2009 email exchange which was forwarded to Jeffrey Epstein included Mandelson, the PM's PPS Jeremy Heywood, the minister/adviser Shriti Vadera and... John Pond. Two sources have told the BBC that John Pond was in fact Gordon Brown, then the PM

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Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · 7mo ago

BREAKING Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the shadow cabinet, removed the whip and suspended his party membership. She says she was "presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect" to Reform

Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · 7mo ago

NEW Shabana Mahmood announces not only that Craig Guildford, the chief constable of West Midlands Police, no longer has her confidence after a "devastating" independent review, but also that the government will reintroduce the power for home secretaries to sack chief constables

Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Breaking: Hadush Kebatu has been deported to Ethiopia. He left the UK on a flight last night. Shabana Mahmood: “I have pulled every lever to deport Mr Kebatu and remove him off British soil. I am pleased to confirm this vile child sex offender has been deported."

Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · last yr.

EXCL: Kemi Badenoch is reshuffling her shadow cabinet today. And she has persuaded James Cleverly, defeated leadership candidate and former Foreign and Home Secretary, to make a frontbench comeback

Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · last yr.

EXCL: International law is at the heart of Sir Keir Starmer's government and its approach to foreign policy, the attorney general Richard Hermer has said. In his first broadcast interview, he said the government was "determined to lead on international law issues” www.bbc.com/news/article...

International law 'at heart' of Starmer's foreign policy, says attorney general

Lord Richard Hermer said that the government was determined to "lead on international law issues" globally.

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Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · last yr.

Why was Keir Starmer's honeymoon so short lived? Were Labour prepared for government? Has the prime minister found a new purpose on the world stage? Does Labour's strategy need to change to deal with fragmented multi-party politics?

AladdinNoons@aladdinnoons.bsky.social · last yr.

Great piece on Tory woes "You go from having a whole department of thousands of civil servants filling your red box with briefings to working out how to respond to the government in the House of Commons all by yourself," says one shadow minister, sitting alone at a table in parliament. 🥺 😂😂😂

Henry Zeffman@hzeffman.bsky.social · last yr.

The Conservative Party faces serious problems — is its leader one of them? My BBC InDepth piece on the despondency among Tory MPs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...