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Chris Mason: Far from certain whether by-election strengthens Farage
Senior figures in Reform say they did price in both scenarios that have since played out: other parties saying they won't stand and some…
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Chris Mason: Starmer can ill afford any more days like these
Starmer is furious with Mandelson, and the mood among many Labour MPs is darkening, the BBC's political editor writes. Source link
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Chris Mason: Both Tories and Labour feel the Reform heebie-jeebies
Both of Westminster's mega brands, Labour and the Conservatives, feel discombobulated and the discombobulator-in-chief is the Reform UK…
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Chris Mason: Burnham saga unlikely to be last act in drama of Starmer's leadership
Chris MasonPolitical editor The other day I compared the saga of Andy Burnham, his ambitions and the forthcoming by-election in Greater…
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FPL tips for gameweek 18: Captain Hugo Ekitike, pick Mason Mount and go big on Arsenal defence
David Raya, Arsenal, keeper, £6m - Brighton (h) Arsenal's defence had a bit of a stumble following Gabriel's injury, but they have two…
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Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Recalls the Making of ‘Wish You Were Here,’ as 50th Anniversary Boxed Set Arrives: ‘There Wasn’t a Theme to the Record Until Syd Barrett Visited the Studio’
How we wish we were there … back in 1975, that is, and able to again listen to Pink Floyd‘s magnum opus “Wish You Were Here” as a fresh…
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Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point
Chris MasonPolitical editor You may have seen the blizzard of headlines over the weekend, in which the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, was…
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Chris Mason: Is this what spying by China could look like?
When MPs, members of the House of Lords and their staff were warned about the threat from Chinese spies, in one office in Westminster, a…
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Chris Mason: Unpicking a messy day for the government
Chris MasonPolitical editor "It's not been our finest 24 hours in government," one senior figure in government acknowledged to me, after…
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Chris Mason: Who on Earth will want to take on grooming inquiry now?
It's a mess. And it is extraordinarily difficult. To give you a sense of that, one of the candidates to rule themselves out of chairing…
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Chris Mason: SNP are the latest proof that things change quickly in politics
Chris MasonPolitical editor in Aberdeen A year or so ago, the Scottish National Party looked to be in deep trouble. They had been…
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Chris Mason: Starmer’s irritation with Burnham shows as he seeks to tackle critics
Chris MasonPolitical editor The prime minister will address a conference of centre-left leaders from around the world on Friday and argue…
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Chris Mason: Punchy Lib Dems use Reform UK as call to action
Chris MasonPolitical editor Sir Ed Davey's speech to close the Liberal Democrat conference was punchy. Here was a leader knowingly…
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Chris Mason: Faced with an almighty mess Starmer opts for big shake-up
This reshuffle amounts to the action of a prime minister confronted by an almighty mess - and hurriedly seeking to seize that moment for…
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Chris Mason: Trump's Scotland visit gives Starmer invaluable access
Two times around, the US president and the prime minister went, looking down on Donald Trump's new golf course north of Aberdeen. Finally,…
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Chris Mason: Starmer and Macron plead for patience in an impatient world
Watching the president of France and the prime minister close up was to see two men under the cosh, behind in the opinion polls and…
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Chris Mason: Labour still has a big persuasion job ahead
"I've not had as much quality time with my colleagues since the Brexit wars," a minister told me with a wry smile. A remark that gets to…
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Chris Mason: The UK's position on Iran is clear but will the US listen?
The prime minister has spoken to President Trump in the aftermath of America's attacks on Iran. But, in the end, the call beforehand…
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Chris Mason: A colossal social change that is now likely to become law
Take a step back, and it has been quite a few days. This has been a week at Westminster that has seen two decisions that point to a…
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Chris Mason: Labour is still blaming the Conservatives
A year ago today, Rishi Sunak called the general election. I think the suit I was wearing that day is still a bit damp now. Standing in…
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Chris Mason: A wildly unpredictable local elections
If last year's general election was all consuming and everywhere, this year's local elections, in truth, are neither. That is not to…
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Chris Mason: Gender debate has changed but it's not over yet
In nearly 25 years in daily journalism, I have never known another issue quite like it. The arguments over sex and gender, trans and…
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Chris Mason: As British Steel law rushed by ministers, officials waited in Scunthorpe hotel
There was a moment where all they could do was wait. Government officials were holed up in a Premier Inn down the road from British…
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Mason Gooding Says Ghostface Is ‘The Most Brutal He’s Been’ in ‘Scream 7’: There Was a Prosthetic ‘That Actually Turned My Stomach Over’
“Scream 7″ star Mason Gooding says with Kevin Williamson at the helm, who wrote the original 1996 movie-centric slasher, franchise villain…