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Political Editor, The Guardian. Host of Politics Weekly podcast. Co-presenter @itvpeston Political Journalist of the Year 2026 @pressawardsuk

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1Nov 6, '24Headline writers not messing about18.3×7M456k41k6.5k
2Jun 3, '24Oh dear. The Conservatives’ first election broadcast shows the union flag flying the wrong way up, which is a distress signal… (h/t @Markwmw_02)11.3×4.3M11k2.7k272
3Mar 22, '23👀Fascinating insight into how No 10 reacted to my initial query about Partygate - all in the bundle drop just released by privileges committee. “I don’t know what we say about the6.1×2.3M12k4.1k189
4Aug 26, '22Emmanuel Macron: “The United Kingdom is a friendly nation, regardless of its leaders, sometimes in spite of its leaders”.4.9×049k7.2k411
5Apr 23, '23Almost two years ago I reported that Boris Johnson had tried to meet the Queen when he had Covid symptoms. I was told by No10 it was “completely untrue”. Yet @AnthonySeldon and @Ra4.8×1.8M12k4.8k264
6Aug 25, '22Health Sec Steve Barclay confronted by angry member of public over beleaguered ambulance service: “Twelve years. You’ve done bugger all about it”.4.6×036k10k421
7May 27, '22NEW: Boris Johnson has watered down the ministerial code - allowing ministers to break the rules without resigning - and blocked a bid to give his ethics advisor the power to inves4.1×022k10k351
8Jul 24, '23If ever there was a case for House of Lords reform...4.0×1.5M13k2.6k26
9Feb 28, '23Rishi Sunak tells #PMConnect that NI is “world’s most exciting economic zone" b/c of access to both GB and EU markets. Earlier he said this "very special position" makes it "incred3.9×1.5M11k2.7k68
10Dec 14, '21EXCLUSIVE: Extraordinary image of raucous Christmas party thrown by Tory aides at party HQ during coronavirus restrictions last year. Party hats, drinks, an entire buffet - while w3.8×023k10k246
11Jan 14, '22EXCLUSIVE: No 10 staff held ‘wine-time Fridays’ throughout pandemic with Boris Johnson regularly witnessing the gatherings. Sources say PM encouraged aides to "let off steam" despi3.8×022k9.3k282
12Jun 15, '22This is an explainer and a half! #ECHR3.4×022k9.4k1.3k
13Oct 1, '22Wow. Kwasi Kwarteng attended private champagne reception *hours* after delivering mini-budget where hedge fund managers (who would gain from crash in pound) urged him to double dow3.4×022k9.7k330
14Feb 4, '22EXCL: Police have a photo of Boris Johnson holding a can of a beer at his lockdown birthday party in June 2020 - taken by his taxpayer funded official photographer.3.3×022k6.3k227
15Jul 7, '22There’s always an article3.1×029k6.7k308
16Sep 19, '22Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby: “Those who serve will be loved and remembered longer than those who cling to power and privilege are long forgotten”.3.1×032k4.4k284
17Dec 16, '22Absolutely thrilled (and a bit overwhelmed) to have won Journalist of the Year, Political Journalist and @WIJ_UK’s Woman of the Year at the British Journalism Awards 2022. Thank yo3.0×1.1M12k5706
18Dec 11, '21EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson accused of personally breaking Covid laws by hosting a Christmas quiz in No10 last year - and we've got pictures 👀2.9×018k6.9k201
19Jul 7, '22EXCL: Boris Johnson and wife Carrie are planning big wedding bash at Chequers within weeks - with sources saying it's part of reason he wants to stay as caretaker.2.9×013k6.1k306
20Mar 10, '23BBC appears to have lost the dressing room on this one #MOTD2.9×1.1M17k1.8k39
21Apr 12, '22Boris Johnson has just claimed a historic first - the first sitting British prime minister to have broken the law.2.8×027k4.2k64
22May 26, '21Dominic Cummings: "Tens of thousands of people died, who didn't need to die." And there it is.2.7×024k5.1k111
23May 10, '22Keir Starmer kicks off his Queen’s Speech response by congratulating Boris Johnson on another first: “He’s the first resident of Downing Street to be a constituent of a Labour coun2.6×031k2.7k73
24Feb 9, '22EXCL: New bombshell image shows Boris Johnson with open bottle of bubbly at No 10 Christmas quiz2.6×015k5.3k145
25Nov 23, '22EXCL: Tory peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29m from profits of PPE business awarded large government contracts after she recommended it to ministers - incredible investigativ2.5×016k7.7k302
26May 26, '22👀Labour has bought up all the advertising on the Conservative Home website - the Tory members’ online bible - over the next few days and this is what readers will see…2.5×022k4.1k183
27Apr 24, '22They could’ve at least changed a couple of words 🤦🏻‍♀️2.5×025k3.6k80
28Oct 10, '22Nicola Sturgeon quotes Suella Braverman who said it was her “dream” to see an asylum flight take off for Rwanda. She adds: “*My* dream is that we live in a world where those fleein2.4×025k3.7k69
29Oct 19, '22🚨EXCL: Suella Braverman has departed as home secretary, causing yet more chaos for Liz Truss's government, with Grant Shapps tipped to take over.2.2×011k3.1k135
30Oct 14, '22Tory MPs already texting to say they think that Liz Truss's press conference has actually made things worse.2.1×021k3.3k70
31Oct 26, '22Absolutely thrilled to have won Journalist of the Year at the @londonpressclub awards. Such an honour. It isn’t always the easiest job in the world, but my god I’m lucky to do it. 2.1×024k1.2k28
32Jul 7, '22💥Hearing that staff in No 10 have been told that Boris Johnson IS resigning and his letter has been prepared. 💥2.0×016k3.5k78
33Sep 12, '22Whether you agree with her or not, this woman has a right to protest. Nor is this an isolated example. Police need to be careful not to over-step the mark.1.9×018k3.3k84
34Oct 20, '21I'm not sure the families of the 954 people who have died from Covid in the last week will agree with Sajid Javid that death rates are "mercifully low".1.9×018k3.6k40
35Sep 23, '22🚨Kwasi Kwarteng announces govt is scrapping 45p additional rate of income tax - paid by richest 629,000 who earn more than £150,000. An unashamed budget for the rich.1.9×017k4.1k94
36Oct 18, '22Mark Drakeford is usually a very gentle man.1.9×018k2.9k230
37Nov 23, '22Striking fr Tory MP @timloughton on lack of legal asylum routes. “I’m a 16yo orphan from an African country escaping a war zone & religious persecution. I have a sibling legall1.9×014k4k495
38Oct 19, '22BREAKING: Tory MPs now claiming that chief whip Wendy Morton and her deputy have both resigned - after fracking vote shambles. Total chaos engulfing govt.1.9×017k3.6k123
39Sep 29, '22Liz Truss said several times in her radio round that no family would pay more than £2,500 this year for energy bills. This is just *not* the case - and here’s why 👇🏼1.8×014k5.3k81
40Jul 28, '22Desk cleared, last story published, clocking off from @MirrorPolitics for the final time. It’s been a massive privilege. 🙏🏽1.8×022k60528
41Jul 6, '22Boris Johnson admits he "probably did" meet ex-KGB agent Alexander Lebedev *without* officials when he was Foreign Secretary on a 2018 trip to Italy.1.8×015k3.6k129
42Dec 8, '21🚨 If you’re one of those Downing Street staff who Boris Johnson has just thrown under a bus, my DMs are open and my sources are always protected. 🚨1.8×017k3.6k51
43Jan 5, '22Boris Johnson teases Angie Rayner for having aspirations to Labour's top job. But she replies: "I heard on the grapevine there may be a vacancy for PM soon, so maybe I *should* hav1.7×021k1.6k38
44Jan 31, '22That was an excoriating response from Keir Starmer. The silence with which Tory MPs listened to it speaks volumes.1.7×019k2.1k49
45Jun 29, '22BREAKING: Good Law Project to sue Met Police over failure to properly investigate Boris Johnson over Partygate. They want to know why Scotland Yard didn't issue questionnaires and 1.7×016k3.3k39
46Oct 31, '22💥Astonishing. Suella Braverman - home secretary of a government that has been in power for 12 years - admits: "The system is broken. Illegal immigration is out of control."1.7×015k3.4k87
47Oct 12, '22PM: Your majesty. Charles: So you've come back again PM: It's a great pleasure. Charles: Dear oh dear. Anyway...1.7×016k2.4k554
48Jul 12, '22BREAKING: Boris Johnson has blocked Labour's bid to hold vote of no confidence in Govt tomorrow Senior Labour source: "It's just another example of them ripping up the rules to pro1.7×013k3.6k70
49Jan 24, '22When we first revealed Downing Street parties in November last year, one source told me there had been “many social gatherings” in No 10 while the public faced restrictions. I’m no1.7×018k2.4k32
50Sep 1, '22Boris Johnson blames the last Labour government for lack of new nuclear power stations. But Gordon Brown gave the go-ahead for new sites in 2009. Under the Conservatives none have 1.7×014k4.1k94
51Nov 8, '22Gavin Williamson will pick up £16,876 in severance pay for lasting exactly TWO weeks in government (plus £2,589 in gross pay). As it's the third time he's been sacked/ forced to qu1.7×012k4.2k58
52Jul 18, '22Boris Johnson says he has "no idea" why Labour wants a no confidence vote in the Government. Commons Speaker forced to remind him: "It's actually the Government that has put it dow1.6×016k2.7k64
53May 25, '22Three in five Brits say Boris Johnson should resign after publication of Sue Gray's report, according to a snap @YouGov poll. And 74% believe that the PM knowingly lied about break1.6×014k3k27
54Aug 15, '22🚨Today is my first day in new job as Political Editor of @guardian. Excited to get going! As ever, my DMs are open and I'm on Signal if you'd like to get in touch. I always protec1.6×018k1.1k53
55Jan 17, '22Dominic Cummings says he will "swear under oath" that Boris Johnson not only knew about May 20, 2020 drinks party, but that he "agreed it should go ahead". If true, these claims ar1.6×012k4k79
56Jul 6, '22Grim mood in Downing Street. No 10 insider says "lots of tears" in building. "Writing on the wall now. The working assumption is that it will be today".1.6×013k2.2k86
57Apr 19, '22Boris Johnson is *explicitly* asked: "Did you deliberately mislead the House at the Despatch Box?" PM replies: "No". 🔖Bookmark it.1.6×015k2.3k476
58Jul 8, '22BREAKING: Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner cleared by Durham Police over Beergate1.5×015k1.9k19
59May 18, '22Keir Starmer describes working from home critic Jacob Rees-Mogg as “sticking notes on people’s desks like some overgrown prefect”.1.5×017k1.4k27
60May 10, '22Job news! I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be rejoining The Guardian as Political Editor this summer, taking over from the inestimable @GuardianHeather. Very excited about workin1.5×016k1k42
61Dec 14, '21EXCLUSIVE: Bombshell email shows organisers planned for *days* for No 10 staff to attend the "virtual" Christmas quiz in person. Senior official also told staff to "go out the back1.5×011k4.3k86
62Oct 27, '21Rishi Sunak talking about importance of first 1000 days of a child’s life as though he’s the first to think of it. If family hubs are so important - why did they shut more than a t1.5×014k3k25
63Jan 17, '22To put it another way, that's substantially more than the £3.2bn a year the BBC gets from its licence fee income.1.5×013k3.4k73
64Sep 7, '22BREAKING: British pound has fallen to it lowest level against the US dollar since 1985, when Margaret Thatcher was running the country1.5×011k3.2k98
65Aug 25, '22This is an astonishing breach of diplomatic convention from our current foreign secretary, let alone our next PM.1.4×013k2.4k47
66Oct 2, '22Liz Truss drops Kwasi Kwarteng in it on 45p top tax rate. “It was a decision that the Chancellor made”. She admits rest of Cabinet wasn’t informed in advance. #BBCLauraK1.4×012k2.6k63
67Mar 21, '22NEW: A second foreign office whistleblower says it was "widespread knowledge" that Boris Johnson directly approved evacuation of cats and dogs with Nowzad charity from Kabul - whic1.4×011k3k69
68Oct 17, '22Urgent question in HoC. Labour leader Keir Starmer begins: "To ask the prime minister..." Penny Mordaunt stands up. She then offers apologies to House as Liz Truss is "detained on 1.4×016k1.5k79
69Nov 22, '21In a 20 minute keynote speech to business leaders Boris Johnson has: - compared himself to Moses - pretended to be an accelerating car - referred to himself in the third-person - l1.4×011k2.8k180
70Feb 24, '22NEW: Rishi Sunak has received a questionnaire from Met Police as part of 'partygate' investigation. The Chancellor was present at the PM's birthday party in Cabinet Room on 19 June1.4×010k2.6k36
71Mar 16, '22🚨BREAKING: Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe has been released. Reuters reporting two detained British-Iranians - Nazanin and Anoosheh Asoori - on way to airport to leave Iran - lawyer1.4×014k1.8k25
72Feb 24, '22I'm always in awe of journalists who walk into danger, when most people would rather be anywhere but. Huge kudos to all the foreign correspondents out in Ukraine, so we at home can1.3×015k1.2k17
73Mar 7, '22Priti Patel says UK has "staff in Calais" to process refugees and it's "absolutely wrong" that they're being turned away. But Downing Street told us four hours ago there was *not* 1.3×011k2.9k41
74Aug 29, '22Voters may not notice this, but we journalists do…1.3×010k2.2k34
76May 3, '22This @gmb interview shows why cost of living crisis is so dangerous for Government. Boris Johnson struggling with story about Elsie, 77, who rides buses all day because she can’t a1.3×011k2.2k51
77Nov 8, '22BREAKING: Gavin Williamson out1.3×013k1.3k25
78Apr 24, '22Assured by who, exactly?1.3×011k2.6k48
79Feb 24, '22Important reminder that Vladimir Putin doesn't represent all Russian people1.3×013k2k30
80Dec 15, '21Labour leader Keir Starmer appeals to the PM to "look in the mirror and see whether he has the trust and authority to lead this country". I assume he means @DailyMirror? #PMQs1.2×014k1.3k21
82Oct 11, '22BREAKING: IMF criticises Kwasi Kwarteng again saying govt’s tax cuts and energy support package has made Bank of England’s battle against inflation more difficult.1.2×011k2.8k31
83Apr 14, '22Cabinet minister Simon Hart describes migrants - many of whom are fleeing fear and persecution in countries like Afghanistan and Syria - as “illegal people”. No such thing.1.2×011k2.2k39
84Jul 22, '22It’s France’s fault there’s a border…1.2×011k1.4k45
85May 20, '22It’s not an independent report. Never has been. It’s an internal one. And Boris Johnson is her boss. So there’s a big difference.1.2×011k2.3k28
86Oct 15, '22👀Miriam Margolyes not holding back on what she said to Jeremy Hunt when they met on way into studio. “When I saw him there I just said ‘you’ve got a helluva job, the best of luck’1.2×011k2.1k232
87Aug 31, '22LBC's @NickFerrariLBC not holding back, telling Liz Truss: "While you have been on a five-week beauty parade, people in this room have seen inflation go to the highest rate for 40 1.2×012k1.9k31
88Jul 1, '22👀Boris Johnson was made aware of allegations of inappropriate behavior by Chris Pincher before the last reshuffle, but appointed him deputy chief whip in February anyway - grim ba1.1×010k2.4k33
89Dec 14, '21You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide ☎️1.1×014k1k29
90May 23, '22NEW: Lib Dems to table a 'humble address' motion in Parliament today to force the Government to release minutes of Boris Johnson’s meeting with Sue Gray.1.1×011k1.8k22
91Jan 11, '22Labour plans to hit the constituencies of any Tory MPs who defend Boris Johnson with ads like these...1.1×010k1.9k24
92Jan 19, '22Keir Starmer: “At least the staff at No 10 know how to pack a suitcase.” #PMQs1.0×012k1.1k17
93May 23, '22Tory MP Roger Gale tells Times Radio PM should quit over "damning" new pics. "It's absolutely clear there was a party, that he attended it, that he was raising a toast to glass one1.0×010k1.9k22
94Oct 19, '22What must public be thinking? We’re in middle of cost of living crisis w households across the country fearful about how they’ll pay their bills. Yet the government seems to be loc1.0×010k1.5k18
95Oct 20, '22A front page for the ages1.0×011k1.3k177
96Jul 25, '22All is well in the Conservative party…1.0×010k1.4k43
97Aug 20, '22Love this 😆1.0×011k1.1k35
98Jun 3, '22It’s the woke liberal remainiacs innit 🇬🇧1.0×010k1.1k70
99Jan 31, '22Extraordinary moment from Tory MP Aaron Bell who says he travelled hundreds of miles to go to his grandmother’s funeral in May 2020. “I was not able to hug my siblings, there were 0.9×010k1.4k24
100Jul 13, '22Starmer describes Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi as “member for Stratford and Gibraltar” - a reference to his complicated tax history.0.9×010k1.2k20

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