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The anti-establishment Hard Right establishment. "Jim Davidson himself is a lifelong Conservative, and was a friend of the late Margaret Thatcher. He will not join Reform, as doing so would involve giving up his Carlton Club membership." www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

No laughing matter

Jim Davidson and Nigel Farage represent an England that will not go quietly

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his is a "breathing space" policy worth having. Andy Burnham bringing back a £2 bus fare cap across England to cut travel costs for millions in areas where passengers currently pay up to £3. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Bus fares to be capped at £2 slashing travel costs for millions

Bus users will see single fares limited to £2 across England from next year under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham's plans to offer a cost of living lifeline to hard-pressed voters

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Changing places in Downing Street and Burnham shuffled his pack. The new PM and Cabinet are the focus of the latest Pierce and Maguire podcast. Enjoy! youtu.be/MhOTlvHj9D8?...

Exclusive - Inside Burnham's No 10

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Are Andy Burnham's substitutions better or worse than Thomas Tuchel's? The full Cabinet of a new PM who denounced factionalism then sacked most of those loyal to Keir Starmer. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Burnham's Cabinet - Who's in and who's out as Rayner back and Reeves loses job

Andy Burnham has unveiled his top team as Rachel Reeves and David Lammy departed the government, with the new PM pledging 'the moment when Britain starts to believe again'

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Kevin Keegan's seasons playing and managing Newcastle Unite made us Sunderland fans really suffer. What a huge character as well as a wonderful footballer. RIP a football icon gone far too soon at only 75. Eff cancer. www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...

Kevin Keegan dies aged 75 as family pay tribute to Liverpool and Newcastle icon

Legendary former Liverpool star and ex-Newcastle and England manager Kevin Keegan has died aged 75 after being diagnosed with cancer

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Ruritanian Britain when a Prime Minister must go to a Palace rather than Parliament to resign to a nepo baby King then the next PM must go to the same Palace and hereditary monarch to be appointed. Vive la révolution!

To be Labour’s and the country’s messiah Andy Burnham would first need to be a very naughty boy. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'It's time for Andy Burnham to be a naughty boy and become Labour's new messiah'

Kevin Maguire says new Labour Party leader Andy Burnham needs to be "bold and radical" as a prime minister, challenging "everyone and everything that has gone wrong"

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“I don’t want anything to do with Spain. They’re hopeless, bad people.” Trump's hatred is another reason to want Spain to win the World Cup. You never know, the lying sexual predator might refuse to hand over the trophy and keep it for himself. www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news...

'Trump insulted Spain, hid from fans, and now wants to steal glory if they win'

Trump has spent months insulting Spain and hiding from World Cup fans all summer over fears of Epstein chants, and now - if Spain beat Argentina on Sunday - he's set to stand beside a trophy he has do...

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Much evidence Trump tried to rig the 2020 election after losing and some of Russian interference but not China But threatening to shut TV channels refusing to show propaganda live is very Xi Jinping The tinpot tyrant weakening the US is a Beijing dream www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump makes unverified claims of China ‘election meddling’ as critics fear ploy to challenge midterm results

Opponents warn president’s address about 2020 election loss is a bid to sow confusion ahead of midterms that could deliver big losses for Republicans

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“To characterise criticism of Israel, Netanyahu or Zionism as anti-Semitic is quite simply wrong. Zionism is a political ideology and Netanyahu has an ICC warrant out for his arrest for allegedly committing war crimes and crimes against humanity..." pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/da...

Daily Mail and Metro to pay 'substantial' libel damages to Loose Women panellist and husband

The publisher of the Daily Mail and Metro has agreed to pay substantial libel damages to Loose Women panellist Nadia Sawalha and her husband.

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When Ann Widdecombe preferred pumps to the Pope. This week’s Pierce and Maguire focuses on the brutally murdered Right-winger’s politics and personality. youtu.be/0t5OHPOwCAQ

Why Did Widdecombe Turn Down The Pope?

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Scandals don't come much bigger than wasting £10bn of £15bn spent on unusable PPE during Covid. The Tory VIP lane for donors, cronies and chums was a rip-off door. Hunt them down and grab back the £10bn no matter whatever that costs. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Covid Inquiry finds Tories ‘favoured powerful pals’ amid lack of PPE

The Covid-19 Inquiry's latest report says that the Tories' VIP Lane ‘embedded unfairness’ as £10 billion was wasted on unusable PPE - while nurses were forced to wear plastic bags

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Nigel Farage is a bigger joke than a comedian with a dustbin on his head as the Reform desperado’s panicky by-election stunt backfires. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Nigel Farage is a bigger joke than a comedian with a dustbin on his head'

"And Farage has haemorrhaged credibility whether he beats Count Binface or not in a backfiring Clacton gimmick, where the City spiv is a bigger joke than a comic with a dustbin on his head"

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Durham Miners’ Gala. Bands, banners and 250,00 people crammed into a medieval city to celebrate working class solidarity. This is the banner of my dad’s and a brother’s pit. No better place to be today.

Teeny Trump tribute act Nigel Farage's byelection stunt is backfiring badly on a leading light in the Hard Right monied elite running from mounting accusations of greed and sleaze. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Self-obsessed Nigel Farage’s priorities are himself, his money and power'

'Teeny Trump tribute act Nigel Farage is an angry Hard Right desperate chancer plotting a pricey £200,000 by-election to distract from his own dodgy dealings,' Mirror columnist Kevin Maguire writes

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Fa-Rage Against The Machine and Harry's bad day in court. Two huge stories in this week's Pierce and Maguire youtu.be/-E2mJnDNjN4?...

Fa-Rage Against The Machine. We Told You So!

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Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne. Aristocratic convicted fraudster and crypto gambler “Posh George” Cottrell. Anybody else super-rich secretly funded self-styled “man of the people” Nigel Farage’s opulent lifestyle?

British republicans couldn't script bitter, petty rifts like this 👇 "Prince Harry refused stay at Buckingham Palace for UK visit as it's no longer available." www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...

Harry refused stay at Buckingham Palace for UK visit as it's no longer available

The Duke of Sussex's team said he had accepted an invite to stay in Buckingham Palace for part of his UK trip but Buckingham Palace said the accommodation is no longer available

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Everybody who loves football will want Belgium to stuff the USA and Gianni Infantino sacked. Trump cheats at golf so will see corrupting the men's football World Cup as just another day. www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...

UEFA go to war with FIFA with brutal statement on Balogun World Cup ban U-turn

USA striker Folarin Balogun will be allowed to play against Belgium in their round-of-16 clash on Tuesday after FIFA controversially turned his automatic one-match ban for a red card into a suspended ...

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Happy 250th Birthday, America. No champagne though. You could've been appealing. Canada. Instead you're nasty Trumpland.

Norway fans' "Ro" beats even Iceland's thunderclap. What could ours do: Morris dance? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

‘Bigger than football’: Norway fans’ Viking row makes waves at World Cup

From Times Square to the Norwegian parliament and even in fighter jet cockpits, the choreographed row is everywhere

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Would be thrilling to see an orca and exciting watching dolphins on the North East coast. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Exploratory and curious animals’: mysterious rise in orca sightings off Northumberland coast

Reasons for increase not clear but experts say it could be welcome sign marine ecosystem is becoming healthier

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Hate-filled Hard Right politics is a profitable personal business for Nigel Farage and Reform leaders. Pleased the five-home property portfolio of gold finger and his partner is finally receiving wider coverage. Here are @DailyMirror details last month. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Inside Nigel Farage's multimillion-pound property empire

Reform UK’s leader is bidding to make Downing Street his home, yet he already boasts a portfolio stretching to four houses with another owned by his partner

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That's eight World Cup goals from Sunderland players with Habib Diarra's second for Senegal plus Brian Brobbey's Dutch three and one each for Ecuador's Nilson Angulo, Switzerland's Granit Xhaka and Haiti's Wilson Isidor. Only Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain players have scored more.

Supported by the British Government's Middle East UAE ally, Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces are accused of crimes against humanity and genocide. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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